letterpress christmas card

letterpress christmas card
Originally uploaded by purlyshells

Update: Hello friends! It's been so long but I'm going to start blogging again over at techmomboss.com. Hope to see you there xo

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Last weekend, I worked on our christmas cards. I printed them using my new old printing press.

I splurged and used this paper from Crane's -- lettra 220lb weight -- which is a luxuriously thick 100% cotton paper. This paper is made specifically for letterpress.

It took me a weekend to finish them. I printed the first color (grey) on a Friday night, the second color (red) the following night, then mounted them on grey cardstock. I addressed all the envelopes on Sunday.