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 long it takes you to get those done. I know you said that you usually print 2-4 hours, for me in the beginning, it took me that long just to get one design running on the press. Now I can do a couple of designs, same ink color, from set up to finish in about 20 minutes each depending on the run (just did this for 100 circle monograms and 100 invitations). Again, she’s motorized and has the ability to run on a treadle, but I’ve run her on the motor. I hope this helps!

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 to handfeed them through my Epson R3000. And that was only 25 sheets of Lettra! The mother of the bride came back and asked for digitally printed thank you cards and since I already had a plate for the monogram, I letterpress printed them and basically presented this upgrade as a gift ( I know them well and they have been wonderful to me!). No joke, it took me 15 minutes to set up and run 100 one color thank you cards vs what it would’ve taken me to do them digitally. 😉

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 purchased a Golding Pearl #11 and named her Frau (in honor of my German mother in law). Both Adele and Frau are now in new homes. I then purchased a Golding Official #6 tabletop and named her Ophelia. After Ophelia, I purchased a Golding Jobber #7 and a Kelsey 5×8. The Jobber is named Jocelyn, the Kelsey is named Kiki. For Christmas, my husband purchased a Chandler and Price 10×15. She is named Charlene. I also have a showcard press but I haven’t named her yet. Both Jocelyn and Ophelia are in Indiana getting cleaned up. Charlene is in my basement and is what I primarily print on. Kiki needs rollers. The showcard is just sitting on a table right now. Looking back at all of these presses, I can honestly say I’m a hoarder! My process of naming my girls is pretty simple. Their first name starts with the letter of what they are. Except for Frau. 😉 Good luck in naming your girl. My husband really questions my logice every now and then, escpecially when it comes to naming the presses.

Take Care,
Diana

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/15060

Look at this link as well:  http://excelsiorpress.org/restored.presses/Louis/Victor/index.html#impression

Take Care,

Diana Keller

Sage Letterpress

Hi,

If these are still available I’d like these:

WNP #10 OE Envelopes $31-37 new per 100

prices 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. After the cracking incident I didn’t really bother to pursue it. I’ve recently seen the wedding version of these plates on clearance at our local Hobby Lobby. Hope this helps out a little!=)

Take Care,

Diana

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 some pictures!

 

Take Care,

Diana

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 the craft stores I revised the photopolymer idea to having both the positive and negative plates made. Similar to the quickkutz embossing folders that have both a positive and negative. I along with several others have looked up the “compression plate system” and have found nothing on it but what she has posted. I also remember that as of last summer she was only charging 4.50 for her invitation suites that included an RSVP but now they’re $12 for the suite. Good for her that she can command those prices. I think she achieves unlimited colors by just printing regularly on the Lettra then uses her system to line up the design and press. Or I may be totally wrong! =) Hope your designs come out! I just use the ultra premium matte setting in the print preferences and then hand feed them through the printer. Let me know what your outcome is!

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 Lettra through our solid ink printer and it didn’t look that great (entire page design). Hope this helps!

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