sorry to sound dumb, but what’s a conditioner and where can i get one?

Maybe conditioner is what you need.

Hi Judith, that sounds very interesting, where did you get these boxes?

thanks Kathryn. good point on the design. I have yet to decide on whether to stick with just photopolymers or add in handset type. I also have cuts that I have collected over the years just because they look cool to me. sam

I use small rigid business card boxes. They stack nicely on shelves and you can write pantone number + date on the end. Then i smudge some ink on the top edge.

Sam,That’s always a good debate. I still love the idea of not pushing my C&P too hard or Vandy for that matter. I try to do something in between. So you can see a an impression but not over punching it. Especially not so deep that the paper warps etc. It can be difficult to market that but if your design is good and your craftsmanship is…[Read more]

Hi Samantha,thanks for your advice.Since writing that post, i have taken the plunge and bought not one but two large presses. Once is a chinese platen pedal press, and the other a heidelberg windmill. i have used the pedal press to make my wedding invitations (teaching my self to use it), not 100% deep impression, better impress on text an image…[Read more]

Hi Rachel,I started out with an Adana 8×5 back in 2006. I got one off ebay and an old printer friend from the UK picked it up for me, looked it over and added some books and such to help me out and then shipped it to the US. It’s a great little press. I only got it to do wedding invitations for one of my best friends. I got that press cheap and…[Read more]

Hi Davina,I wondered about that too but since I’m trying to start a letterpress business that would produce and sell notecards and such, I would think it would be a copyright infringement if I used their plates to use on things I’m selling unless they have an angel policy I suppose.if you find out anything, let me know.

i use my ipad as a tablet to draw and then open them in illustrator to make them vector files. there are tons of sketch/draw/paint apps available for the ipad. the one i use is call paper by 53. I believe there is a way to make the ipad function like a wacom tablet but you have to use airDisplay and turn off your firewall (which I don’t recommend.…[Read more]

Oh, I googled Atlantic Paper and found several different sites. Is this,www.atlanticpapers.com, the site you use ?

Hi Meghan…. see the updated listhttp://ladiesofletterpress.ning.com/forum/topics/huge-envelope-sale-french-paper-paper-source-envelopes

THANKS! Everyone 🙂 Good to know Samantha!