Guest Curator at Felt & Wire

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.

Lunalux in Metro magazine

We’re thrilled to see two cards from our shop included in the Survival Kit feature in Metro Magazine. When they sent an intern over earlier this fall to pick up a few cards for a photo shoot, we weren’t sure how they’d be used. But if you pick up the November issue of the magazine, you’ll find us on page 72, just inside the back cover. Our “You’re Pretty” card, letterpress-printed here in our Minneapolis studio, is pictured along with a clever birthday card from the Chicago letterpress studio a. favorite design. We’re down in the corner, between the McDonald’s chicken sandwich and a bottle of wine. That’s right, folks: modest red wine, a humble fast-food sandwich, and letterpress-printed greeting cards are KEY to your cultural satisfaction this month! You can view this feature online at the Metro Magazine website. If you need a “You’re Pretty” card but can’t make it to Loring Park, you can order this card (and many of our other designs) through our new online shop at Felt & Wire. It’s just a click away. And check out our blog archives to read about other media mentions we’ve garnered.

Mother’s Day Cards! Get your Mother’s Day cards!

Is there a mom, gramma or baby momma in your life that deserves a little recognition? Tell her how great she is with a sweet Mother’s Day card. We think this year’s selection of cards is the best yet. You’ll find cards from Dude and Chick, a. favorite designs, Hello Lucky, Dee & Lala, Lunalux, and more. Mother’s Day is Sunday May 9, so there’s still time for you to swing by and pick up a card or three. As these photos show, we also have some swell gifts that we think your moms will love. All the cards and gifts shown are available in the Lunalux studio store – click here for store hours and directions. Top photo: wood-type card from Cheap Crap Card Company, plus Japanese Washi tape and wax paper stationery from Tinted Mint. Bottom left photo: name game buckslip card from a. favrorite designs, plus Emilie Sloan cherry blossom make-up case and Lunalux scratch pad. Bottom right photo: floral card from Dee & Lala, plus fabric-covered thumbtacks and magnets from Girl of All Work.

You need Valentines? We got Valentines!

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching (this Sunday, February 14 – tick tock!). So get thee to a paperie (such as Lunalux) between now and Sunday to pick up a card or two for your nearest and dearest. Our favorite lovey-dovey cards this year are from a. favorite design, a little Chicago-based company. We’ve been eying their clever creations for quite some time, but finally pulled the trigger and placed an order when we saw all the great new love-themed cards they released just in time for Valentine’s Day. Shown here are the ones we like the best. Most are letterpress-printed, and very well printed at that. Except for the “you’re f@!%ing amazing” cards, which are individually created on an antique typewriter (we love the juxtaposition of the slightly cruddy letters with the fancy cotton deckle-edge stock) and accompanied by envelopes lined with pages from the phone book. Lunalux, Dude and Chick, Wiley Valentine, F.G. & Co. and Binth are also represented in our V-Day display. We also have packs of vintage-reproduction Valentines (the corny kind you might have passed out in grade school) and stationery sets letterpress-printed in pinks and reds, if you plan to spread the love en masse.

The Lunalux studio store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11a.m.-6p.m., for your Valentine-shopping pleasure. Visit our store page for details and directions. We hope to see you soon!