Hi Deirdre,I sent you a message on Briar Press but am not sure if you received it. It was under my old name Sage Letterpress. Is your machine still available? Please let me know, I’m interested in checking it out.Thanks and take care,Diana KellerIron Lady Press

Count me in!

4-8 depending… Although I end up using a regular piece of card stock that is cut to the size I need. Once everything from color and impression to placement is where I want it to be, I’ll put in the real thing. Still, like Kristy said: too many! 😉

I’d say 7 to 10 business days. I’ve seen as much as 2 to 4 weeks as well. I have a C&P 10×15 and at first it took forever to do things- set up, inking, printing,etc. The longer you work on them, the more proficient you become. If you have items that you want to print for yourself, or to sell, I would time yourself from start to finish and see how…[Read more]

I’ve done that as well- in fact, the job I am working on has both digital (ink jet) and letterpress components. I’ve seen it called a variety of things; I’ve settled on calling it hybrid. It is time consuming and mine was a pain, as I could not for the life of me get it to feed through the rear of my printer, so it took me over and hour and a half…[Read more]

Christy,Congratulations on the new family member! =)I’ve had a few presses in the 6 years that I’ve obsessed over letterpress printing. The very first press I purchased was an Adana HS No. 2 table top. I named her Adele. The next presses I purchased were a 6×10 Craftsman tabletop and a 3×5 Kelsey. I didn’t have them long enough to name. I then…[Read more]

Kerry,Hello! Once the bug bites, you’re a goner! =) So I did a search on Briar Press and you should check this particular message post. It talks about the Kelsey Victor. From what I glanced at in the post, Kelsey purchased these presses from Cook- best of luck on whatever you decide!http://www.briarpress.org/15060Look at this link as well:…[Read more]

Hi,If these are still available I’d like these:WNP #10 OE Envelopes $31-37 new per 100prices each as marked.  quantities are estimates.

• Luxe Cream apx 30 $6
• Chartreuse apx 50 $8
• Sage apx 30 $6
• Cement apx 60 $9
• Red apx 60 $9
• Moss apx 30 $6

Please let me know the total plus shipping and if they’re still available.Thanks and take care,Diana Keller

Hi! I did when they first came out on my (then) Golding Pearl. Although they work ok I wouldn’t use them for long runs since the plastic can (and did) crack. Also I’ve seen several Etsy shops sell the items they make from the “L Letterpress” and calling it actual letterpress printed items. I don’t know if they have an Angel policy to be honest.…[Read more]

Denise, Did you ever get a small demo press?  The very first press I purchased was an Adana HS2. It looks like it has a 3×5 built in chase. I purchased new rollers and even found an instruction manual on Ebay for the press. I never used it thoug, ended up getting my pearl. If you’re still interested I can pull her out of the box and send you s…[Read more]

Hello, I have a Golding Pearl #11 Improved and when I purchased it in 2008 it cost me 1200. She was press ready so I didn’t need to purchase anything except ink.  Hope this helps! Take Care,Diana

Well, there was a post about LL in another discussion here wondering about what she was using. My thought (along with others) was that she was using photopolymer plates to press the design into the Lettra, maybe with a sizzix type or quickkutz type machine because she’s not using an actual letterpress. After looking at her site and walking around…[Read more]

I’ve printed on Lettra with my Epson 1400. Just wording and it looks nice. I haven’t tried any intricate designs but I think that before running the invitations through their compression plate system, Letterpress Light runs them through a printer. They use Lettra but I couldn’t tell you if they ran it through an ink or laser printer.  I’ve run…[Read more]