Inspired by the lace heart, I created a polymer plate.
Hot off the press:
Lace Heart Letterpress Print in Black:
Lace Heart Letterpress Print in pink:
Cute hearts on your lovely wall <3
p.s I am leaving town in 2 weeks for about a month — please shop accordingly! :)
You might know already that I am obsessed with heart-shape… so this street stopped me immediately! <3
It was then navigating you to the subway entrance…
I hope this makes you smile for the rainy grey day (at least in NY)… :)
Off to letterpress studio today… see you all tomorrow!
Scenes from the studio…
The first color printed… without the heart.
Now, place the linoleum heart in the right place…
Adjust the placement and the height of the linoleum by placing papers on the bottom…
and there! Makes me smile every time :)
and here is the final product: Live What You Love Special Edition in Gray with Red Heart
To enter, please leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite color combination — 2 colors, please — by midnight EDT on Monday, May 17th and I will pick a winner and announce one next week!
You can be anywhere in the world, I will ship it to anywhere if you win :) Also, if you tweet about it (@hijirik) or if you mention about it on your blog, that gets you more entries — make sure to tell me by leaving another messages so I can count that, too! GOOD LUCK!! A big HEART to you all!! <3<3<3
I’m going to my letterpress studio again today, printing something very sweet…
See you all tomorrow! Have a great day :)
Anyway. I’ve been finding some coffee related cool items here and there so I thought I should share my coffee love to you today <3 Enjoy!
Hello Darkness My Old Friend print (via scoutie girl):
Heart Coffee Scoop (found via etsy storque):
hmmm these things are inspiring me to print something new… with coffee love in mind :) Something to think about… (sip sip)
As you know, I could never get enough “hearts” and when I realized, my flickr favorites and etsy favorites were filled with hearts! So I decided to share some here for a celebration of… love! Enjoy :)
via dottie angel:
Tiny Sterling Silver Heart Ring:
via dayataglance:
via mrs. french:
Heart balloon planter (my friend yuki also sent me this shortly after I hearted this on etsy):
via kygp:
via sa_su:
via tinytoadstool from dadaya:
via simple + pretty:
Happy Happy weekend! <3<3<3
I will be back on Tuesday! (Monday is a President’s Day holiday here in US and we are celebrating our pre-wedding-anniversary! *we got married on the President’s Day, but the actual date is the 19th… and the actual celebration will be on the 19th so it is “pre” anniversary… yes, it’s complicated :))
Type setting without letter “O” — yup, there would be a heart there…
Adjusting the placement.. I love the accidental typographic art. So great.
When everything is set, just print away…
Next, set the curved linoleum heart in the place in between where the letter L and V were placed.
Hand mixed hot pink on the press…
a pink heart :)
Even though you thought you placed in the right place, you always have to adjust around until you have it right.
and there it is!
Live What You Love Special Edition 2010:
I hope you enjoy the process and the new print!
p.s I printed more orange, too… It had been out of stock for a while… but it’s back :)
To start the month, I wanted to share these beautiful little white hearts by All Things White — love the vintage buttons and its details. I would love to hang it on my door or on a wall… so very lovely!
Hope these will make your Monday a happy one! :)
Perfect for the black and white area for our house… It can go with these pillows, too…
Here is a red one. Few more colors are available and they all look so cute, I want to have them all if I could… :)
