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...

Wood Racquet Tennis Classic

One of the best experiences while interning at Baumvision was helping set up their annual Wood Racquet Tennis Classic Tournament. The proceeds from this all day event are donated to The Hoag Cancer Center in Newport Beach. This event starts early at 8am and goes until dusk, so RSVP to enjoy a great day of dressing up in your favorite vintage tennis gear and watching the tournament while raising money for cancer research.

Yay!

The press was delivered today!!
Lucky my dad has a weird work schedule and today was his day off so he was able to be there and let the guy in. This of course left me being a nervous wreck today because I wanted to be there to make sure it was set facing the right way, with enough room for me to get behind it and most of all that it wasn't damaged.

I'm going to visit this Saturday for my dad's birthday dinner so I'll take pictures then of the press in it's new home!

tomorrow!

edit: It didn't go smoothly and now it's not being picked up/delivered until tomorrow...maybe.
Sigh, I took a day off for nothing. A huge thank you to my parents and sister doing a lot to get the space ready for me. I owe them a nice dessert night the next time they come visit me in LA.

The move for the press is happening a lot faster than I had anticipated. It's being picked up and delivered tomorrow! I'm heading over to my parents tonight to clear the area it needs to go in and to be there already for the morning/afternoon delivery. Ah! I'm excited and nervous that it all goes smoothly.

I did get to go print on it this past Saturday. I practiced with an old polymer plate Jenny had and printed on both really nice cotton stock and stardream stock. I didn't save any of those because they really were just practice prints, I noticed though I would feel more comfortable working on a step stool..so there's one thing to keep an eye out for. I haven't even had a chance to photograph the goodies I brought home (free ink, furniture etc.) guess I'll do it all tomorrow along with moving in the press at my parents!

In other news, Karl & I saw radiohead last night and I'm still in dreamy-swoon land from the set. It was my 4th time seeing them but wow are they still really fantastic...

ok more tomorrow!

hmmm...

I wish blogger had the option like livejournal does to reply to individual comments!
Do you all check off the "send me follow up comments" option when you leave a comment? just curious.

Either way, thank you all so much for all the congrats about the new press. Hopefully I'll get to print something for you seeing that as of right now the only people that read this regularly are friends.

My goal for now is to start small and really get used to the process of printing. I've read all too often about someone starting etsy shops etc., with printing and then running into a problem with a press and then having to worry about filling orders. I don't want to put myself through that kind of stress (right away haha)

Thanks for reading friends!