We get Twin Cities Business magazine each month, and always find interesting stories in here about developments in the broader community. We’re thrilled that a few of our letterpress stationery products were included in the November 2011 issue, in a story about holiday gifts in the work place. The story includes a brief Q&A with Daniel Post, the great-grandson of manners maven Emily Post. Mr. Post gives this advice regarding the best gift for a colleague or employee: “Stick to items that can be used in the office like stationery, paperweights, et cetera.” That being said, we’re pretty sure we’re ground zero for all your office gifts this year! Look for Twin Cities Business on newsstands near you, or check out the mag in digital format. Lunalux products are on page 26. Other recommended reading in this issue: there’s a story on page 16 about our pal Barry Rubin, who’s now both a pen seller AND a pen DESIGNER. Way to go, Barry!

Thanks to the crew over at thelinemedia.com for publishing a feature about Lunalux last month. The story covers a lot of different elements of our business, and includes some very handsome pictures of our studio. Horn-tooting aside, this is a pretty cool website about the creative economy in the Twin Cities. You’ll find stories about unique retail, publishing, design, art, architecture, and more.

We’re honored to grace the pages of the newest issue of Minnesota Bride magazine. First, you’ll find us on page 36 of the spring/summer 2011 issue, on newsstands now; a story about unique wedding stationery includes an invitation printed at Lunalux last summer, along with a brief explanation of the project’s uncommon story. Next, check out the portrait of bride and groom Brandyn & Mario on page 146. See those  rustic old doors? Those are OUR doors, where our studio opens into the back alley. Photographers LOVE those doors. If you’ve got nuptials on the brain, this issue has other great content as well, including unique reception locations and stories about both cakes AND cupcakes. We particularly love the State Fair wedding photos on page 64-65.Visit the Minnesota Bride website for a list of locations that sell the magazine.

If you’re interested in learning more about our custom letterpress-printed wedding stationery, click here for general information about pricing and our process, or click here to explore posts from our blog archive about our favorite wedding projects.

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.

Now that Lunalux is selling its wares at feltandwireshop.com, it’s a treat to see how this team of paper professionals (Felt & Wire is operated by the folks from Mohawk Paper) is constantly working to keep shoppers and vendors engaged. Such as the guest curator program. Each week, they ask a different design or stationery professional to create a themed collection, which is featured on the front page of the site. This week, the guest curator is… me! It was harder than I thought it would be to develop a theme and assemble a pleasing assortment of products that support it. Some weeks the collections focus on concrete concepts like a specific color. But me, I went abstract – Nostalgia (click here to view the complete collection). And I am excited to see my very favorite item from the collection (and my very favorite holiday card of the year, incidentally) featured on the main page of the marketplace: a. favorite design’s vintage arrow sign card, with its improvised capital “I”. This image is like the tree in the Charlie Brown Christmas special, but for type geeks: hopeful despite its short-comings. We hope you’ll check out our collection at Felt & Wire Shop, and keep an eye on the guest curator slot for weeks to come, it’s a pretty fun feature.