We’re having a sale at the Lunalux studio store, and you don’t want to miss this one. Select greeting cards, boxed notes, stationery sets, journals, holiday cards, datebooks and gifts are marked down as much as 90% off original prices. Plus, if you spend $25 or more, you’ll receive a grab-bag of Lunalux treats (a $20 value) for FREE. We recently announced this sale to our postcard mailing list with a great Theodore Roosevelt mailer. It’s letterpress-printed in transparent white and opaque white inks on hefty blue card stock. We like how the opaque ink create a pale milky blue, while the transparent ink results in a darker shade of the paper color (click on the image to the left for a larger view). Of the nearly 30 quote postcards we’ve sent to our store mailing list over the past seven years, this is one of our favorites! Sale prices and the free-gift-with-purchase deal run through March 7. If you’re a Minnesota resident who wants to be added to our postcard mailing list, send us an email with your mailing address.

In observance of Valentine’s Day, we’re hosting another Stationery Saturday on February 14. Enjoy a glass of champagne or a coffee and some chocolates while your personalized stationery is letterpress-printed before your very eyes! These folded notecards can be customized with a name or phrase of your choice (up to 18 characters and spaces) in purple ink on ecru deckle-edge notecards, and paired with either purple or ecru envelopes. We’ll be running the Heidelberg Windmill this time around (instead of the lo-fi hand-cranked proof press), so you’ll have to keep your hands to yourself. At just $29 for 10 cards, this makes a great treat for yourself or a perfect gift. Visit our Stationery Saturday page for full details.

We’re also excited that this weekend’s event was featured on KSTP’s Twin Cities Live TV show on Tuesday afternoon. Thanks to Alexis for spreading the good word by including Lunalux in her segment about great things for single gals to do on Valentine’s Day. You can view the segment at the KSTP website.

A big thank-you to Sara Glassman, style reporter at the Star Tribune, for mentioning Lunalux in yesterday’s paper. This weekend’s Stationery Saturday is included in her weekly roundup of sales and shopping events. Click here to read about it on the Star Tribune website, or pull the Feb. 5 Variety section out of your recycling bin and look for us on page E8.

Visit Lunalux to pick up a Valentine’s Day card or two! We’ve got a stunning selection this year, including playful screen-printed cards from La Familia Green, F.G & Co.’s Victorian-inspired romantic tokens, minimalist letterpress cards from Page, and more. Lunalux has a few new love-ly cards in the mix as well, including the new chickenboy “I love you this much” card. And, for those with a darker outlook on this holiday, there’s the classic “Happy Fucking Valentine’s Day.” Our studio store is open Tuesdays through Saturdays 11a.m. to 6p.m., please stop in!

Lunalux hosts the first Stationery Saturday of 2009 on February 7. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’re creating made-to-order monogram stationery sheets – get some for yourself and write a proper love letter, or order a set for your sweetheart. We’ll be printing in black ink on 25% cotton watermarked A2 stationery sheets, and you we’ll package the stationery with your choice of colorful envelopes. You can watch while we print, or spend the time shopping in our studio store. Visit our Stationery Saturday page for more details.

2/4/09 – Thanks to popfizzdaily.com for mentioning Stationery Saturday yesterday! If you don’t already know about popfizzdaily.com, do check it out! This fun daily e-mail newsletter spotlights hot events and products in Twin Cities shops and restaurants (think Daily Candy, Minneapolis-style). Click here to see what they wrote about Lunalux, and to sign up for the daily e-mails.