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E is for Easter

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Hijiri

Easter is coming soon, it’s April 4th this year so I have printed the Alphabet greeting cards — E is for Easter! It’s actually so perfect for kids, they can learn alphabet and celebrate Easter at the same time :)

Mixing ink: Wanted to mix a pretty pastel colors for Easter, for both boys and girls so picked pretty pastel green.

On the Vandercook press:

After adjusting the placement, print away the first color.

Second color / border:

Adjusting, adjusting…

until you have it perfect!

Here is the final product:

Available here. Enjoy!

New: Love Themed Letterpress Alphabet Greeting Cards

Posted on January 27, 2010January 29, 2010 by Hijiri

Yesterday was my first day of printing in 2010! I must admit… I had missed it so much! So happy that I get to print again :)

Keep that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner (can you believe it?) in mind, I printed 4 more letterpress Alphabet Greeting cards — all LOVE themed! I really enjoyed printing them and here are some behind the scene photos…

I decided to print all in red, one of my favorite colors and the color of love…
Setting wood type blocks and the polymer plates 2 at a time:

Checking impressions and adjusting placements:

Put red ink and…

print away.

2nd set — setting wood type blocks and the plates in the same position from the 1st set, but since the letters are in different width, adjusting a little here…

and print them away.

2nd color — I hand-mixed nice chocolate brown :)

Adjusting the placements… very important…

looking good :)

printing printing printing!

and here are the final products:

V is for Valentine:

L is for LOVE:

(I wanna frame this one — all the alphabet card is frame-able in US standard 5×7 frame — FYI)

X is for XOXO:

Lots of nice wood type texture on letter X.

I is for I Heart You:

I hope you like them! :)

Holiday Alphabet Greeting Cards

Posted on November 4, 2009November 4, 2009 by Hijiri

Whew. I’m so happy to announce that the Holiday Alphabet Greeting Cards are available now at my etsy shop! I have been printing these here and there for a while and finally finished all 6 different cards, I’m so excited! I know holidays are still a little bit ahead of us, but trust me, it will sneak up on you and next thing you know, you’ll be shopping for last minute… (like me, every year) so please shop accordingly :) These are limited in quantities, too.

I took so many pictures while I was printing each card as usual and here are some glimpse of it. It took a while, but I printed them with all my love, I hope these bring everyone a nice and warm holiday season…

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And here is the each of the finished Alphabet Greeting Card… I made them as festive as they can be… :)

J is for Joy:

P is for Peace:

It is in metallic gold.

N is for Noel:

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R is for Rejoice:

This is in metallic blue — I love this color.

W is for Warm Wishes:

Y is for Year 2010!:

A set of all 6 cards are available, too!

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Thank you for looking as always! xoxo

A, C and G

Posted on August 31, 2009August 30, 2009 by Hijiri

Good morning :) Hope you all had a nice weekend and are ready for a new week! It’s going to be September… so fast… I didn’t like the heat and bugs bites (oh, I hated them!!!), but when I think about the summer is ending, I miss it already…

Anyways. I printed 3 more alphabet greeting cards and they are available now at my shop :) Here are some behind-the-scene photos as usual!

Mixing ink… I always think about if the word has a color, what color would it be before printing. Mixing pretty sky blue for…

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C / Congratulations! I think sky blue is nice, fresh, happy and very celebratory for any occasion. Printing wood type “C” and the plate at the same time.

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1st color printed.

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Moving on to next… mixing pretty green…

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for G / Get Well — this wood type “G” was a special one, has lots of textures! Hoping this lively green makes your loved ones feel better…

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1st color done.

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and moving on to the 3rd one… mixing nice orange…

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for A / Anniversary :) I thought of red at first for the love related anniversaries, but rethought and decided to go with orange — can be sent for a shop anniversary, a blog anniversary, a work anniversary… any kind of anniversaries!

Setting wood type and the polymer plate, ready to print.

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