Let it swim
Just listed new SMILE letterpress prints in new colors! This was a request from my customer and I ended up liking the color so much! Hope you like them, too… these are very limited in quantity (15-18 each) so please grab them if you like it!
Wood type blocks set on Vandercook press:
Hot off the press:
SMILE Letterpress Print in Lavender:
Here is another color version…
Hot off the press:
SMILE Letterpress Print in Pink:
Smile :) :) :)
Thank you all so much for entering the SMILE giveaway! Each single one of your comments made me smile so much!!! Thank you!! I think when I’m sad or upset, I will read all your comments again and so I can smile! :) Thank you!
I wish I could give everyone my SMILE print… but I have a winner…
I printed all your comments… (If you tweeted, blogged, etc. and you told me that in 1 comment, I typed your name again and made extra entries.)
Cut each in pieces…
and folded them tiny.
I mixed them well…
picked one…
and here is the winner! Congratulations, Lindsay!!!
Thank you, everyone, for all your smile!!! xoxo Hijiri
Yes, you heard it right. I am giving away this new SMILE letterpress print in yellow that I just printed! “SMILE” is absolutely one of my favorite words and the gray ones got all sold out so I decided to print more… in yellow this time!
It is in 5×7 inches, letterpressed by hand using vintage wood type blocks on 110lb, 100% cotton Lettra Pearl White paper with soy-based yellow ink – means it’s very eco-friendly! Limited to only 60 prints.
Here are some behind-the-scene photos…
Adjusting its placement and the impression.
Wood type all set, yellow ink set, and ready to print.
Hot off the press…
and here is the final product!
((the dachshund is from DAXDACHS in Ginza Tokyo and the little jewelry box is from Suga Jewelry.))
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To enter, please leave a comment in this post telling us “what makes you smile” by midnight EST on Monday, February 22nd and I will pick a winner and announce one on Tuesday, February 23rd (my birthday!). You can be anywhere in the world, I will ship it to anywhere :) Also, if you tweet about it 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! You have today, this weekend and Monday so hurry!
GOOD LUCK and BIG SMILE to all of you!!!
Inspired by my “thank you for shopping” cards I printed before (they are all gone…!) I printed “SMILE” mini prints for everyone in the world to share. It is absolutely one of my favorite words and just having the word around is actually really nice and makes me smile every time I see it :) so here it is… smile :)
On Vandercook Press:
Hot off the press:
and here is the final product. Available here.
Shown in a white 5×7 frame with friend in a nut and NYC stamps.
Hope you like it! Have a lovely smiley day!