for fun

1. Monique!, 2. salmon sushi, 3. Sonora High School, La Habra, 4. Teal Floral - MERCI, 5. Jake Gyllenhaal, 6. Old Fashioned, 7. Paris, l'amour..., 8. Creme Brulee..., 9. English National Ballet - Swan Lake, 10. Be Happy Always, 11. What's your sign?, 12. The Mods Paper Dolls

here's the deal... you answer the following 12 questions about yourself (my answers are in parentheses after each question):

1. What is your first name? (monique)

2. What is your favorite food? (sushi)

3. What high school did you attend? (sonora)

4. What is your favorite color? (teal)

5. Who is your celebrity crush? (jake gyllenhaal)

6. Favorite drink? (old fashioned)

7. Dream vacation? (paris)

8. Favorite dessert? (crème brûlée )

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? (ballerina)

10. What do you love most in life? (being happy)

11. One word to describe you? (gemini)

12. Your Flickr name? (jetaimemods)

Wanna play?: Type your answer to each of the above questions into Flickr's search. Using only the images that appear on the first page, choose your favorite and copy and paste each of the URL’s into the Mosaic Maker (3 columns, 4 rows)... Enjoy!

Metal Doily Press

Hi friends,

Now presenting my press name: Metal Doily Press! Above is the logo I'll be using on my cards etc., and eventually on a website. It's been a little while since I last posted but I'm excited about what I've been working on to print. I feel so relieved to have finally decided on something. The funny part is I came up with it over a year ago and didn't think I would actually use it. When we moved into our apartment in LA we noticed for some reason there is a metal looking doily around the lock on our front door and I said that will be my letterpress name when I start my business! Here we are and I decided to use it. I'm most likely moving all letterpress related entries to a new blog... I may move all entries and make all future entries from that blog as well but I'll keep you posted.

It's here!

After the stress of me taking a day off for the press to delivered and then being told it wouldn't be delivered until the next day... it finally made it! Luckily my dad is awesome and was home the next day and helped the guy set it in place in their garage.

Jenny gave me ink and furniture (the wood pieces used to lock in your type, see below. photo by hyperbolation via flickr) to get started.


I'm getting some art ready to send out and have a polymer plate made from Boxcar Press. The polymer plate allows me to design and typeset in Illustrator. Here is an example of one from one-story.com.



Once I get going with this I'm going to invest in some metal type from M&H Type in San Francisco so I can reuse the designs via polymer plates but then hand set the type for each individual project.

Next on my to-do list is naming my letterpress "business", I'm having a really hard time with this! We'll see what I decide...