Often when clients discuss their personalized stationery with us, we try to encourage them to include a motif or image that represents them. Sometimes this will be something related to their job (a pen and inkpot for a writer or a hammer and nails for someone who works in construction or woodwork). Or, it might be something more related to their hobbies (a camera for someone interested in photography perhaps).We love these notecards because the client has chosen an image which literally captures one of his defining accessories: a pair of bold glasses! Teamed with a bright lined envelopes these are just super.

- Jana

We have printed business cards a few times for Nicolette Owen owner of Nicolette Camille. She is a floral designer and she designed this card to reflect the scope of her business.

It looks so pretty in letterpress with all the fine detail picked out.

Check out Nicolette's beautiful creations on her blog too. Card designed by Linda Aldredge, the creative force behind LuLu Organics.

- Jana

We've been trying to document some of the basic activities that are part of each and every printing job we do. We've shown you how we oil the presses. This time we wanted to demonstrate how we mix inks to exactly match color choices. It's a process that melds science and instinct! Take a look:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIg_uOiiIpo

We recently printed a really interesting New Year Card for New York restaurant, The Modern. It's housed in the Museum of Modern Art in the city so we knew that the design would be something creative and unusual.

It was art directed and designed by Faith McCormick. We love the blind embossing that covers the whole card. We also really like the alignment of the main message. A card that really highlights the tactile nature of letterpress! Here's a close up of the blind embossing:

- Jana

We think Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse to remind the people you care about just how much you care about them! Valentine's cards don't have to just be for a single loved one. We love sending mini-notecards out to our closest friends and family.

There's nothing nicer than receiving a nice handwritten note and February 14th is an especially perfect day to open up the mailbox and find something good waiting!

With this in mind, we designed and printed these luxury notecards sets:

Just right for Valentine's Day...but equally good for the rest of the year!

They can be purchased directly from our online shop by clicking here.

Just before the holidays we were commissioned by the creative agency, Hugo and Marie, to print a range of coasters for their clients.We love working with this company because the designs are always a little quirky, surprising and naughty!

We can't choose our favorite! I kinda love the Snoop Dogg design:

But actually they are all really cool:

We heard from one of the staff members at Hugo and Marie that a few clients were requesting additional coasters: it's so great when we hear that a product we printed was a  big success!

Here's one more photo of the huge piles of coasters in our studio, just before we mailed them out:

- Jana

This next notecard design shows how you can re-purpose a motif from an invitation and use it on your notecards. This couple asked us to design some lovely Save the Date cards for their wedding, which featured a nautical knot blind embossed at the top:

They then got in touch with us to print them some thank you notes and again they used the knot image, this time printed in blue.

We love the sense of continuity that is established through using the same design components and ink colors across a whole suite of personal stationery.

- Jana

It's that time in the year when I am resolving to become more organized and to stay on top of personal admin. A lot of our clients seem to have the same idea: they are getting in touch with us to order personal notecards and business cards. January is the perfect time to get your stationery needs in order and make sure you have printed items for the year ahead!So, I'm going to be posting a few blogs about some of the notecard designs we printed in 2012...starting with these gorgeous cards which feature a stunning decorative border.

The black ink looks so sharp and was the perfect complement to envelopes lined in a gorgeous pale green color.

Stay tuned for more notecard ideas...

- Jana