I have been using a lot of Lettra directly from Crane, and it’s been arriving fairly quickly for me (I’m in Lawrence, KS), usually within 2 or 3 days. I can never find a tracking number when I log in to my account, but if I call, they don’t seem to mind giving it to me over the phone. Good luck!

I live closer to their shipping center than you do, so maybe I’m the one who is spoiled 🙂 Hopefully you have better luck this time.

Thanks! Maybe I’ll give them another shot… it’s been a year, so maybe it’s improved. Or maybe I am just spoiled getting my paper so fast here from the Midwest Co’s I use!

I order online directly from Crane and it always arrives 2-3 days after I place the order. You can log into your account to see if it has shipped, although they usually send me a tracking number. And right now they have free shipping on orders over $75.

I hear you. I now have a clause in my contract for clients who are providing me with a design that says the design must be original and/or they must have a license for reproduction. I don’t know that this solves the problem, but I can’t possibly know what every other press is doing. You’re lucky to have caught that before printing.

ugh. I totally agree. What is with this philosophy? ? I want this exactly and I what I really want is for you to copy it for a cheaper price, and I want it yesterday. It also kills me when I come up with a design completely independently and then see something ridiculously similar online, I would hate for someone to think that I copied their work…[Read more]

I guess I admire her moxie for finding a way around buying and learning to use a real letterpress, but even more amazing is all of the press she seems to have received. I can see both sides of the issue here, but I admit, it does ruffle my feathers a little.

The customer might not only feel duped, but disappointed when they see that the mixing of media in this way is not attractive. The super-deep impression next to surface-sitting ink to me is not only a no-no, but bad-looking. It ought to be called de-boss with laser, or laserbossing, or something.

yeah… I contacted this gal a while ago when I first came across her shop because she didn’t explain her process. She had said she didn’t want to offend any printers and in her profile is more explicit about her practices yet when you use the term “letterpress” in your shop name and tag items as “letterpress” I feel like it is misleading. I think…[Read more]

Hmmm. I agree with your about thinking that the process is clever, but I also don’t like that it’s called letterpress. Letterpress is defined as “the process of printing from an inked raised surface especially when the paper is impressed directly upon the surface”, but I would go a step further and say that there should be an actual press…[Read more]

take out the spaces….http:// http://www.etsy.com/ shop.php?user_id= 6271302

Is there a link you can post?

I agree with Kelly. I always get a 50% non-refundable deposit and the balance is due before shipment. If the client is in a hurry I let them know they can send final check the week before shipment and I also started taking credit cards. I’ve been burned once or twice when I was overly generous with a client, but quickly learned my lesson!

I think these are probably gone, since they were about to go to scrap at the time I found out about them. And they were all floor models, so you really wouldn’t want to ship them. If you’re talking about Paul at the museum, I don’t think he’d ship either, as it’s just not worth it. They’re so big and heavy so they have to go freight…. you’re…[Read more]

I ask for a deposit of half the job’s fee up front before I begin work and I have all my local clients come to my studio to pick up the finished job. That way I get the remainder of the balance from them before the goods leave the studio and don’t have to do any waiting. If it’s a rush job, and the client will be picking it up from me, I will…[Read more]

Would they be willing to ship? I’m in NH – I don’t think I could drive there to pick one up.I would appreciate any info as I have been scouring the internet for a C & P.Thank you.Claire