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More Stores!

Colleen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:20:53 +0000

I’m pleased to announce three more stores that carry my letterpress products! Derby Farm Flowers & Gardens (Arlington, MA), The Curatorium (Providence, RI), and Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) all have an assortment of note cards, prints & gift sets. They’re all wonderful stores, so if you happen to be near one of them definitely drop in!

For my full list of retail carriers, click here.

If you’re a retailer and you’re interested in my wholesale information, send me an email and I’ll send it your way.

Alt Design Summit Coaster

Colleen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:15:13 +0000

Someday, I would really love to go to the Alt Design Summit conference. So many talented bloggers & creative folks that I admire on a daily basis, all in one place! Looks like a such an inspiring, great event.

Check out this amazing letterpress coaster from this year’s conference – via Oh Happy Day.

{image shown belongs to Oh Happy Day}

2012 Letterpress Calendar on Sale

Colleen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:26:59 +0000

My 2012 letterpress calendar went on sale today at 20% off. There aren’t too many left, so make sure you get one before they’re gone! Don’t forget that 10% of all proceeds of the calendar are being donated to the Mass Audubon Society.

Click here to see them in the shop.

Letterpress News

Colleen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:04:54 +0000

Big news! My letterpress items can now be found at On Centre (Jamaica Plain, MA), Clementine (Middlebury, VT), and Rare Device (San Francisco)! I’m so pleased and proud to work with these stores and they’re all fantastic – make sure you stop by them if you live nearby.

More stores to be announced next week! If you’re a retail store and would like my wholesale information, send me a quick email and I’ll get it right over to you.

Valentine’s Cards

Colleen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:58:51 +0000

So proud to see that two of my Valentine’s Day cards were included in a Valentine post on Oh So Beautiful Paper yesterday. Thanks, Nole!

Don’t forget, Valentine’s is now 4 weeks away… the shop has cards & gift sets for each of your favorite people!

Holiday Cards

Colleen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:08 +0000

After being inspired by these images of pears & kraft paper from OSBP, I decided to design my holiday card for my clients, vendors, and colleagues with pears on branches printed in gold & fig inks and paired with, of course… a kraft brown envelope. I am so very lucky to work with friendly and talented people on a daily basis, and wanted to wish them well during the holidays and thank them for the opportunity to work with them. It took me a while to draw out all the pears just the way I wanted them, but I was pleased with the final results.

You never know when a photo will inspire your next project!

{for more of my letterpress work, check out my Flickr}

Valentine’s Day Items in the Shop

Colleen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:22:13 +0000

Valentine’s Day note cards, love notes & lovers coupons are now stocked in the shop. It’s hard to believe it’s now only 5 weeks away!

{images shown via the shop}

Parrott Design Studio Website

Colleen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:35:05 +0000

One of my favorite letterpress studios just updated their website this past week! Congrats, Sarah! The site looks amazing… definitely check it out!

{image shown belongs to Parrott Design Studio}

Cynthia Warren

Colleen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:18:36 +0000

I’ve been a fan of Cynthia Warren for a while now, but recently revisited her portfolio for inspiration of illustrations with fine-line work. She is so talented! Love her drawings and especially love her use of typography.

{images shown belong to Cynthia Warren}

Video Project

Colleen — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:48:39 +0000

I recently was asked to be filmed & photographed by photojournalist grad student, Sarah Mongeau-Birkett. She needed to make a short video based on someone’s work and their process, and contacted me after finding me when I showed my work at SoWa. Here’s the finished piece! She did a great job and was awesome to hang out with early on a Friday morning (she was such a trooper at got up at 4:30 am to be able to make a train down to Providence!).

Sarah take gorgeous photographs and blogs frequently; for more of her work, check out her blog here.