Filed under: BirdDog Press, Friends, Inspirations | Tags: Julia Vandenoever Photography, Keira Ritter Design
It’s thankful week and I have so much to be thankful for. So, Keira & Joe’s wedding photos are up and you MUST go see. Stunning!
Keira is the client I’ve been buzzing about a LOT lately, her company is Keira Ritter Design Co., I mean, LOOK at how she designed her wedding {I’d like to steal that gorgeous jacket right off of her back}! And we know how much I love Julia Vandenoever. She took the brilliant new photos of my studio and farm shoots earlier this year, you will remember. I am lucky enough to work with both of them on a regular basis.
Filed under: BirdDog Press, Bozeman Collaborative, Craft Biz, Feedsacks, Friends | Tags: Estey Printing, thankful
I am thankful for other amazing folks in the industry who help me to do what I do best. Today, I had my friends in the offset & finishing business, Estey Printing, saddle stitch my new pocket pattern notebooks in an effort to reduce my workload and get them done before all of the upcoming Handmade Holiday Markets coming up {more on that later}. I often lean on fabulous folks in the paper {Atlantic Papers, Green Paper Co, Arch Paper, French Paper}, printing {Estey Printing, Flappys PrintShop, SmokeProof Press, Ghenghis Kern}, photography {Julie Afflerbaugh, Julia Vandenoever, Kevin Von Qualen, Jenna Walker, Recherche} professions to enhance my abilities and create unmatched collaborative beauty. Too many wonderful people out there that I get to work with on a daily basis to mention right here. I am lucky to love my job the way I do.
Filed under: BirdDog Press, Handmade Revolution, Handmaiden Papeterie, Letterpress | Tags: bookbinding, coptic stitch, envelope book, handbound books
Today, I had the pleasure of catching up with a client from the summertime. Her guestbook had a little spilling accident at the wedding, so she brought it back for repair and we talked about holiday cards. I am thankful for opportunities to reconnect with clients, having repeat clients and collaborative client efforts!
This is another of our famous envelope books, handbound with letterpress signatures and a coptic stitch. Guests wrote messages on cards and tucked them into an envelope, we saved room for rsvp cards and other memorabilia, too.
Filed under: Inspirations, Life, Mama Monday | Tags: chalkboard paint, gratitude, montessori, thankful
I have had this idea for years, and being that it’s Thanksgiving time, I put myself in gear a couple of weeks ago and finally got it done. We had these ugly pantry doors in our kitchen and I painted them with chalkboard paint to make a Thankful Wall. I want to instill GRATITUDE in my little one. So, today, Cullin & I cured the paint with some chalk and talked about what we’re thankful for, which quickly turned into a word game – fun! We are thankful for Cullin’s teachers {Ms. Athena & Ms. Laurie} at the Lyons Community Montessori. He has really enjoyed it there and they gave me an idea at our last parent/teacher conference on how to make learning sounds, language and reading fun. Today we played a game with words starting with M! I gave some descriptions and he guessed “monkey” and “marshmallow” and came up with “mitten” {which I think was just luck} and “mouth” {he really got this one} on his own. I plan to use this wall to make lists of things we’re thankful for and for thank you notes to be written, and probably a little doodling too. Nice and centrally located in the kitchen, hopefully the whole family will enjoy it!
Filed under: BirdDog Press, Craft Biz, Design, Feedsacks, Friends | Tags: 15-Second Pitch, blog, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles, Delta Sky, Design Mom, gift guide, holiday cards, Jason Oliver Nixon, Jet Set, Keira Ritter Design Co, magazine, media, newspaper, The Daily Camera
What a week!! Much exciting news to share, so I’ll give you a little run down of the week:
Started off Monday with a BANG! Mr. Jason Oliver Nixon, Global Lifestyle Editor of Delta Sky, plugged BirdDog Press, saying he would spend his last dime on a short list of things including stationery. Featuring photos of my feedsack notesets, he sang my song, preaching the essential practice of handwritten notes – AND he called me “delicious!”
That is not all, no, that is not all. I also found out that Colorado Homes & Lifestyles just released their winter issue complete with a gift guide from local design pros. You can see our vintage woodtype notesets on Page 22 of both the printed and the digital edition.
Tuesday, I printed holiday cards furiously on the press trying to get ready for two handmade holiday markets and fulfill my custom orders. Wednesday, Guest Blogger, “Papergirl” Lindsey featured our metallic ink & chipboard “Peace, Love & Joy” card on Design Mom. Thanks, Lindsey & Gabrielle!
Thursday, more furious printing and Friday, our 15-Second Pitch hit the Boulder newspaper, The Daily Camera.
Out with a BANG! I think I may have to go take a nap to recover.
Filed under: BirdDog Press, Design, Handmade Revolution, Inspirations, Letterpress | Tags: Dunton Hot Springs, Flux fine furniture, Julia Vandenoever Photography, Keira Ritter Design Co, paper goods, wedding, Wedding invitation
I have anxiously been awaiting Julia Vandenoever’s photos from Keira & Joe’s wedding at Dunton Hot Springs a few short weeks ago. Keira Ritter and I had such fun collaborating on these handcrafted mixed-media works of art. I can’t imagine anyone would be less than thrilled to receive a welcome bucket like that or who would have the heart to throw away a seating card that looked like this? For the invitation, we set the tone of the whole event by starting with walnut veneer cut by Joseph Kitt of Flux fine furniture, echoing the rustic grey-brown tones of Dunton’s weathered cabins and a sheet of soft cotton paper for just a hint of luxury. The next step was blind debossing the wheat-like organic texture and pressing wood and metal type in layers, keeping the message simple and the white space balanced. For a pop of color and an ode to the ghost town feel, orange grommets fastened each corner. Each invitation was presented in its own box, like a gift, with a sprig of wheat, then wrapped in distressed leather and wire with a token coral closure. This unique combination of unusual materials and rustic chic textures could only be built by an architect and the can-do custom spirit at BirdDog Press. Can’t wait to see more images from the wedding weekend on the Julia Vandenoever Photography blog!
Really loving metallics on chipboard this year. If you still haven’t ordered your holiday cards, the deadline is November 30th! UPDATE : Due to overwhelming response, I have put this year’s designs up in my shop : http://shop.birddogpress.com/category/holiday-cards
