font love

Once December hits, the countdowns start to pop up everywhere. Top songs of 2010. Best news stories from 2010. Popular colors of 2010. Well, I totally geek out over type. So I wanted to share Veer's staff font picks of 2010. Plus, Margaret and I share a love for Business Penmanship by these guys.
image via Veer

it's not too late

Hey procrastinators! It's not too late to order your holiday cards. What an amazing way to send warm wishes to friends and family. And if you don't have one picked out, check out my (slightly modified) art on sale at Minted. For you trendy types, collages are all the rage. And this collage is filled with sweet little wintery illustrations that spell out JOY. enJOY.

let's get down to business

You might notice things are looking a little different around here. Not only are we cleaning up the shop and putting it together, we are cleaning up our web space, too. Lots of papery excitement to come. I promise. in the meantime, we have our very own established URL. There's not much to see at the moment. But it's a start. Visit us at dearlolaletterpress.com or say hello at hello@dearlolaletterpress.com. While we love a good old fashioned paper note, we love email, too.

letterpress goodies

As I build my studio, I've been getting lots of letterpress deliveries lately. Looking forward to printing on Big Red really soon.

Apple does letterpress

Dear Apple - You never cease to amaze me. Your letterpress photo cards are really cool.

Dear Friends - I can make photo letterpress cards of all sorts, too. //coming soon//

creative and inspiring birthday goodies

I've mentioned that my birthday is my favorite holiday, and I was truly spoiled this year by my nearest and dearest! Letterpress drop caps by Jessica Hische were included in the goodies. Can't wait to put these up in my new house. And I also received amazing inspiring books like Fingerprint and New Vintage Type to add to my library. I'm a lucky girl.

it's official

Big Red is moving into her new studio. Both Red and owner are ecstatic. I know it doesn't look like much with all the trash from demolition (I've been tearing up sheetrock and flooring more than I've been printing and designing lately). But I'm going to be turning this into a stellar studio for Big Red in the next few months. There will be lots of pictures and updates to follow.