Stationery Saturday: wood-type folded notes

Our collection of wood type has been a great source of inspiration for us lately, and it shows in this week’s Stationery Saturday designs. We filled a press with a bunch of orphan characters, and printed this mismatched pattern on folded cards. Saturday November 12, from 11a.m. to 6p.m., guests in our Minneapolis studio can get these woodtype cards personalized on the spot, for just $29. For the first time in Stationery Saturday history, two unique customization options will be offered: a monogram in bold aqua letters or a name/phrase in orange type. Here’s how this will work: first select tan or gray pre-printed cards. If the monogram design is calling your name, you’ll head to the Vandercook proof press where Morgan will be printing with aqua ink and sleek wood characters. If you need more than three letters to get your point across, Jenni will take care of you at the Heidelberg Windmill, with orange ink and a couple different 30-point lead fonts. You can tag along as we set type and bring your cards to life, or check out the holiday cards and 2012 calendars in our shoppe while we work the presses. And if you’re too busy to stay, you can place an order on Saturday and pick up your cards at a later date.

Can’t make it to our studio on November 12? You can still get in on this action! We will continue to accept orders (while supplies last) from customers in our shoppe, through November 18. Far-away friends can order online through the Lunalux storefront at feltandwireshop.com.

You’ll find details about this week’s designs, along with our plans for the November 26 and December 3 events, on our Stationery Saturday page. If you’re a facebook user, we hope you’ll connect with us there too. That’s often the first place we reveal Stationery Saturday designs, and we always create events listings so our friends can help spread the word. Visit the events tab on our facebook page if you’d like to RSVP to one of our upcoming events!

 

 

Pride poster

This weekend’s Pride festival in Loring Park will bring thousands of folks to our neck of the woods. We invite everyone to stop by our studio for a little printing project, to raise money to combat the Minnesota Marriage Amendment on the ballot in November 2012. Our Vandercook proof press will be set up with bold wood type and a rainbow of ink; visitors can try their hand at printing or pick up a ready-to-go print. We’re asking $10 for each poster – we’ll keep $2 per poster to cover our costs, and donate $8 from each poster to Minnesotans United for All Families, the campaign that is working to defeat the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in our state. We try to steer clear of politics in our work most of the time, but we’re so sickened by this proposal, and we’ve been struggling to think of ways to raise awareness and help prevent this yucky amendment from going into effect. We’re envisioning these posters hanging in windows across the Metro, and brandished at rallies for months to come. We’ll be open Saturday from 11a.m. to 6p.m., and are looking forward to printing with all the festival-goers.

Hot off the press: a free poster for you

It’s a beautiful spring day here in Loring Park. We spent the afternoon puttering around a quiet studio, doing a little of this and a little of that. Some valuable work got done today, but our favorite project was this off-the-cuff print, with TRUST YOUR GUT letterpress-printed in milky aqua ink on striped translucent sheets. We love the big fat letters printed in such a pale color, on ethereal paper. And we want you to have a copy to hang in your cube or on your fridge. Just stop by the Lunalux studio store on Saturday, April 10, between noon and 6p.m., and you can have your own copy. We’re happy to be here and think it will be more fun if you stop by.

Bold gold monogram cards

This weekend we’re hosting one of the year’s last Stationery Saturday events at the Lunalux studio. Saturday, November 28, 11a.m.-6p.m., we’ll use bold wood type to print gold monogrammed notecards. You can look over my shoulder as I set the type and run the antique letterpress, or do a little shopping while I do the heavy lifting. The cost: $29 for 10 cards with matching envelopes. We remodeled our shop back in early October and the shelves are full of tempting treats, so this is an ideal time to shop, even if monogrammed notecards aren’t on your list. We have a lovely selection of holiday cards; Moleskine datebooks and beautiful calendars; and tons of unique gifts and stocking stuffers too. So after the Thanksgiving roller coaster of turkey coma followed by Black Friday shopping adrenaline, we hope you’ll stop by Lunalux.

Click here for more details about Stationery Saturdays. Click here for more details about the Lunalux studio store, including hours and directions.

(drum roll please) Introducing Morgan!

We’re happy to introduce Morgan, the newest Lunalux intern. Morgan is a recent MCAD graduate, and has a wealth of experience in print-making and paper-making (she’s been interning for a while at Cave Paper). She’s a real gal about town, perhaps you’ve seen her waiting tables down the block at Joe’s Garage, or working the coat check at First Avenue. She’s been helping out around here for a couple of months, and we are thrilled to have her on board. She has a great attitude and we appreciate her cheerful, creative energy. You can see pictures of some of her previous artwork on her blog (which she doesn’t update very often, but nobody’s perfect). Until now, we’ve kept Morgan busy with the basics like packing orders and assembling products for the shop. But yesterday we finally set her loose in the type department, and she created a couple of great cards that we’re now selling in the Lunalux studio store. Both cards shown below were printed on our Vandercook proof press, using a combination of wood and lead type. So funny! We look forward to seeing more additions to her series.

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