remember this stack of paper i blogged about 2 posts ago?
after roughly 1400 passes through the press, 600 pearl or rhinestone embellishments, and 200 paper flowers later, here was the end result…
this is what i did this weekend…
i attacked this huge stack of paper. fittingly, this post is under the mommy mondays theme because the paper, crane’s lettra cover 220 lb paper, is the MOTHER of all paper! the stack on the top is crane’s lettra 110 lb paper, still deliciously thick, but the stack on the bottom is 2 ply– so thick and luxurious that the paper alone makes a statement.
i also completed a few flat printed projects too.
like these giveaway tags for these invitations…
“first it was a hobby, then it became a disease, and now it’s an obsession”, that’s what mr. paul aken, letterpress guru and owner of The Platen Press Museum – A working museum dedicated to preserving the arts of hot metal casting and composition, letterpress, multigraphing, stone lithography and bookbinding, said to my husband and i this past saturday. this was my second visit to the museum {my husband’s first} yet awe inspiring nonetheless. when you first walk in, this is what it reads…
