It’s time for the final Stationery Saturday of 2010. Saturday, December 18, 11:00a.m. to 6:00p.m., we’re creating personalized matchbook-style notebooks. These three-by-five-inch booklets are perfect for stashing in your pocket, bag or glove-box (or someone’s stocking!). Blank covers in ruby, cornflower and ginger are ready to go; the name, initials or brief phrase of your choice will be printed on the front panel using black ink and sans serif lettering. The notebooks are filled with off-white recycled pages, perforated for easy removal. You get a set of 5 matching notebooks for just $29.00 (additional notebooks with the same imprint are $5.00 each). You can watch while we set the type and print your notebooks on our vintage Heidelberg Windmill letterpress, or shop and enjoy MorningStar coffee and home-made cookies while we complete your notebooks, or place your order and make arrangements to pick them up next week.

We’re thrilled to share the event with a couple of visitors as well; Erin Kate of ekate designs will be selling her Modern Locket collection, a modular selection of charms (some of which can be personalized on the spot!) from which you can choose to assemble a very personal necklace. And Barry Rubin, the pen-fanatic behind Ink: the Pen Store, will be selling a selection of modestly priced writing instruments. AND as if that weren’t enough excitement already, we’re throwing in a sale too: all boxed stationery and notecards (excluding holiday cards) will be 15% off the regular price.

Our Stationery Saturdays page has more details about this and other Stationery Saturday events.

If you’re a fan of Lunalux and/or Stationery Saturday, we’d love your help in spreading the word about our events. We’re created an event listing on the Lunalux facebook page, so you can share the information with all your paper-loving pals.

This weekend’s Stationery Saturday is super-sized in several ways. We’re offering not one but two different stationery products for personalization. AND we’ll be joined by Barry Rubin of Ink: the Pen Store, who will be selling an assortment of fine writing instruments. AND all calendars and datebooks will be on sale, 15% off regular price. As usual, coffee and homemade cookies will be available for all visitors (this week’s cookies come from the kitchen of a State Fair Blue Ribbon-winning baker!!!). We’re pretty sure that if you could attend just one Stationery Saturday in your life, this is THE ONE.

What’s on the press? Holiday photo cards, mostly. We’ve created three different designs using selections from our collection of vintage lead type and decorative boarders. Each flat 5 by 7-inch card has a space for you to mount a 3.5 by 5-inch photograph (we recommend ordering them from National Camera Exchange, our favorite local picture printer). There’s a holly jolly red design for those with the Christmas spirit; another printed in aqua blue ink with a Happy New Year message; and a third card, printed in lime green ink, wishing receivers a non-denominational “merry happy december whatever”. You choose the design you like (or a combination of 2), and the massage you’d like imprinted at the bottom of the card (we’re imagining stuff like “From the Smiths” or “Adam & Eve, 2010″). All are printed on bright white shimmering card stock, and available with various colorful envelopes. Not in the market for holiday cards? Shopping for gifts instead? We’ll also have luscious cotton card stock on hand, to imprint with the name phrase of your choice. These little folded cards are the picture of classic elegance – petite Bernhard Modern lettering pressed into the front panel of a 3.5 by 5-inch folded card, paired with your choice of white or colored envelopes. They’re small enough to stuff in a stocking, and they make great post-holiday thank-you notes as well. Whether you want you want photo cards or folded notes, can watch as we set the type and print your cards, do some pen-shopping and coffee-drinking while we make the magic happen, or split after you place your order and pick up the finished cards next week. It’s up to you!

You can read more about this Saturday’s plans, and get the full scoop on Stationery Saturdays, by visiting the Stationery Saturday page.

Want to spread the word about all this fun? RSVP to the event listing on the Lunalux facebook page, and invite all your stationery-addicted pals to check it out.

We’re also happy to be offer on-line ordering for far-away fans. The Lunalux shop at feltandwire.com, in addition to showcasing some of our favorite greeting cards, also includes listings for all of this weekend’s personalizable products.

We’re staying open late a few evenings between now and Christmas. And we’re hosting a couple of extra-festive Stationery Saturday events this month, too. So we publish here our December 2010 schedule, for your planning pleasure. We hope to see you in our little shoppe!

Weds. Dec. 8 – 11a.m. to 8p.m.
Thurs. Dec. 9 – 11a.m. to 6p.m.
Fri. Dec. 10 – 11a.m. to 6p.m.
Sat. Dec. 11 – 11a.m. to 6p.m. – Stationery Saturday! With guest vendor Barry Rubin of Ink, selling fine writing instruments! Calendars & Datebooks on sale!
closed Sunday & Monday

Tues. Dec. 14 – 11a.m to 6p.m.
Weds. Dec. 15 – 11a.m. to 8p.m. open late, for your convenience
Thurs. Dec. 16 – 11a.m. to 6p.m.
Fri. Dec. 17 – 11a.m. to 6p.m.
Sat. Dec. 18 – 11a.m. to 6p.m. – Stationery Saturday! With guest vendors photographer Kitty Rogers & jeweler ekate designs! Thank-you cards on sale!
closed Sunday & Monday

Tues. Dec. 21 – 11a.m.-6p.m.
Weds. Dec. 22 – 11a.m.-8p.m. – last-chance Stationery Saturday (the Wednesday Edition, part II)
Thurs. Dec. 23 – 11a.m.-6p.m.
Closed December 24-25 – Merry Christmas!
closed Sunday & Monday, as usual

Tues. Dec. 28 – 11a.m.-6p.m.
Weds. Dec. 29 – 11a.m.-6p.m.
Thurs. Dec. 30 – 11a.m.-6p.m.
Closed December 31 through January 3 – Happy New Year!

Tues. Jan. 4, 2011 – normal hours resume, Tuesdays though Saturdays, 11a.m. to 6p.m.

It can be hard to stock holiday cards – they have a very brief shelf life, and it’s hard to anticipate demand. But we’re sure we hit this category out of the park this year, with our in-house collection of cards plus a few additional designs from a. favorite design, Spark, Rifle Paper Co. and Paper Source. A few designs flew off the shelves as soon as we introduced them into the shop. But we still have a lot of great options available. And we know there are still lots of folks out there thinking abut a December 2010 mail push. So what are you waiting for? Our favorite Lunalux card is the three-color beauty pictured to the left (click on the image for a larger view), featuring text by Henry David Thoreau. Apartment Therapy included the original run of this card (same design. printed in different colors) in their round-up of the Top 10 letterpress cards of 2010 (click here to view their full list) and this holiday version has been a big hit too. We’re also in love with the Henry Happy New Year card from Spark, with the dachshund dressed in festive finery; and the Naughty List note from Santa, from Paper Source. All of these cards are available for your purchasing pleasure in the Luanlux studio store. And all of the Lunalux holiday cards are available  for on-line purchase at our Felt & Wire shop.