GIVEAWAY!

Hi friends! The Tabletop Letterpress Workshop turns 6 years old and I'm having a special giveaway! Head on over to the Instagram account @snap_and_tumble for the details! Good luck!

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instagram giveaway

I'm hosting a small giveaway to mark the launch of the LEGO Letterpress Workshop for Kids on Instagram. Have a look @snap_and_tumble for details!

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ask and you will receive

UPDATE: 3:29pm Nicely done, folks! And the prints have been grabbed up :) Snail mail from S+T coming to a postbox near you soon!

I've got all these geisha prints and am in the mood to write and post!

The first 8 folks who fancy themselves a handwritten note on one of my latest Showcard prints should:

1. Send me an email at snapandtumble[at]gmail[dot]com with their complete mailing address and...
2. ...in your email, ask me a question or two (or three) to which I'll respond to in my note. Questions could be studio-related, print-related, weather-related, anything!

I'll update this post when the first 8 (who've sent me the above information) have claimed a print. Only one print per person please :)

Easy peasy.

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who's up for a print exchange?

Over the weekend, I had a great letterpress workshop with Casey and Pam (hello!). Both are quite familiar with the intricacies of print, one being in the print industry and the other a printmaker. At the end of the workshop I took out a vintage block that I bought from an antique market a couple years ago and realized that I hadn't tried it out on the Showcard yet. I never would've tried to print with it on the platen because the size of the printable area is much too large (4.5 x 6").

Thanks to Casey who shared some of his bright white cardstock with me, I pulled off some nice prints with straight black ink from the Showcard. The prints aren't perfect, but I'm still impressed by the ink coverage and transfer.

How fantastic is this ad for the Smith Corona cashier? I love the different fonts, the images, the coupon, the one bullet point and "A keyboard to fit your business".

Would anyone be up for a print exchange? Let's get a little snail mail going! I'd love to see your work in person. I've got three of these prints (10x7") to trade with those who are interested who also print (using woodcut, litho, linocut, silkscreen, letterpress, gocco, etching, drypoint, intaglio, rubber stamps etc.). It'll be a random draw that closes this Friday with three print exchange partners. Let me know in the comments below (or send me an email at snapandtumble[at]gmail.com) with the following info: 1. who you are 2. what city you're in 3. what you print with 4. what you'll trade and 5. your email address. Hope to see you in the mail soon!

PS. I'm in Toronto, Ontario Canada and this is open to international participants!

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UPPERCASE magazine Issue 8

Hooray! Uppercase Magazine issue #8 is now available and stacked with beautiful photos, articles and interviews. I've had my copy for about a week now and am just waiting for a quiet moment to take in all of the great stuff that's included in this issue (see Charlotte Rivers' abcedery page for instance).

For my sample, I created 100 postcard-size prints in 3 colours and tucked them inside 100 editioned and printed kraft paper bags. I handset metal and wood type for this project. The postcards were printed on the tabletop Chandler & Price while the paper bags went through the Showcard mini. In addition to the 100 prints, I included 10 7x7 prints for the giveaway that Uppercase will be having for it's subscribers. The 7x7 print was run through the press three times - one for each line, since my Showcard bed wasn't big enough to fit it all.

It was great printing and pulling these samples together. Have a look and marvel at all of the other samples that were included from across the globe!

To get your hands on a copy of issue #8, check out the stockist list.

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Monday starts with the winners of the Letterpress Curiosity Workshop Giveaway. I used the random number generator to determine the lucky participants. Congratulations May and Melinda Josie! Please contact me to arrange a date in October. I'm looking forward to our workshop!

Thank you to those who entered with such nice comments and for spreading the word. Also a thank you to those of you who didn't enter but posted on their blogs, Facbook profiles and Tweeted about it.

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giveaway: letterpress curiosity workshop!

via we heart it

The first Letterpress Curiosity Workshop happened at around this time last year. It's been a wonderful experience meeting each of the participants. Some of which who've either become friends or have kept in touch about their own letterpress adventures. I'm in a celebratory mood! This milestone calls for a giveaway. { I apologize for excluding a lot of
s & t readers on this one because you kind of have to be local to claim the giveaway. }

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What's the giveaway? A spot in the Letterpress Curiosity Workshop! The workshop will happen some time in October and will be determined at a later date. Two winners will be chosen at random and will attend the same workshop together.

How to enter the giveaway: Two steps. 1) Comment below with your email address and a link to 2) your blog, Facebook or Twitter account spreading the word about the giveaway.

End date: Entries will be closed on Sunday August 29th, 12am EST. Winners will be announced here on Monday August 30th so please check back.

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postcard giveaway: give-it-forward

Hi folks. Finding snail mail in my letterbox never fails to make me smile. Handwritten letters, postcards from far-away, or packets with a little surprise makes it even better. So, in conjunction with the Letterpress Postcards + Notecards Workshop, today we're going to give-it-forward! For this postcard giveaway all you need to do is let me know who you'd like to give this set of 5 letterpress printed postcards to.  Leave your comment (single entries only, please) below and I'll pick a winner at random on Sunday July 4th. I'll notify the winner (make sure I've got your email address) and ask for the mailing address of their lucky recipient. Then, I'll giftwrap and send the postcards on the winner's behalf. Go for it, make someone's day :)

UPDATE as of Sunday July 4th: the winner is  Paper Pastries! Thank you to those who entered the giveaway. I wish that I could give everyone else who commented on the giveaway something...and so I will! :) If you'd like a postcard send me your mailing address and I'll be sure to post one in the mail for you.

weddingbells

Weddingbells is hosting a giveaway of snap & tumble custom stationery! There is still time to enter before the draw on April 1st. Thanks to Associate Editor, Roseanne Dela Rosa for featuring snap & tumble on the Weddingbells blog :)

Thank to everyone who participated in the custom stationery giveaway and for showing interest in snap & tumble's new work. Your tweets, posts and Facebook links were very much appreciated. A winner was chosen at random this morning - congratulations to Aimee! I'll be in touch with you about your new personalized flat cards soon.

I hope you all had a good Olympic weekend!
Hooray Team Canada :)

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at the handmade stand

Hop on over to The Wedding Co.'s blog and get in on the great Etsy handmade giveaways they're hosting. There are quite a few lovely pieces and all you have to do is leave a comment on the post about the wares you're interested in winning. Good luck!

letterpress lucky

Congratulations, Angelune! You'll be receiving some snap & tumble letterpress cards and other stationery goods! Please send me your mailing address :)

AND, for everyone else who entered a comment on the token of thanks giveaway, if you'd like, please send me your mailing address as well. I'd love to send you a letterpress postcard as a small gesture...and just because snail mail is fun.

a few snapshots of our tree and ornaments. a printer's tree must have letters, of course.

one more sleep 'til Christmas. and it's the last day to enter the token of thanks giveaway.

enjoy the day, everyone!

letter love fridays + a token of thanks

How did it get to end of the year so quickly? The last six months have been a roller coaster ride of fortunate and timely events. Having been laid off from my job in the summer to switching gears in the fall and offering the first of the Letterpress Curiosity Workshops, I've seen a growing number of people in support of my small printery. As a token of thanks, I've collected a bundle of my letterpress printed cards (17 of them!) and extra special goods to giveaway to a lucky reader!

All you've got to do in the comments area is share one great thing that's happened to you in the past year. Be it an adventure, a memorable meal, a gesture of kindness, or getting a handwritten letter in the mail, anything goes! A comment (with a valid email address) will be chosen at random on Friday December 25 at 8am EST. Good luck and have a handmade weekend :)

NB: Thank you to those who have already entered comments - there are a couple of you who haven't made your email address available to me (you may send it to me at snapandtumble@gmail.com if you'd like) and I'd hate to not be able to include you in the draw because of it. So remember to give me your email address - it'll be the only way for me to contact you if you've won! :)

thank you {soft grey + pale yellow}

snap & tumble is going to one of 20 Etsy sellers to be featured at the January 2010 The Wedding Show put on by the good people of The Wedding Co. In it's ninth year, the show has added The Handmade Stand which is dedicated to handmade goods that are all things wedding-related. After the show, the handmade items will be given away to The Wedding Company blog readers.

There's a definite movement towards including specialty handmade wares in weddings, and I am all for encouraging and supporting that idea. Kudos to The Wedding Co. team and Catherine Lash for sharing and embracing the handmade!

giveaway {playing favorites}: winner!

Winner of the Favorites Giveaway is chucksdaisies! Chucksdaisies will receive an 8.5x11" letterpress print of five words of her favorite things. One if which is "mail"! And speaking of which, it'll be shipped free as well. Thank you to everyone who jumped in and shared their own fun five favorites. I'll be offering the Favorites prints in the shop, all you have to do is give me your 5 favorites and the order should be complete in about one week.

giveaway {playing favorites}

The other day I was thinking about some of my favorite things. Polaroids, letterpress, typewriters, stamps and fabrics are just a few. I took out my metal fonts and thought, how nice would it be to see the words printed in one place - a little bit of me in a few (dozen or so words)? I narrowed them down to five, randomly arranged them and printed away. Then I thought, everyone should have a letterpress print of the things they love!

Starting in October, I'll be offering "A Few of My Favorite Things" on 8.5x11" cotton paper, but of course, they'd be a few of your favorite things. To kick things off, I think a giveaway is in order!

If you'd like a chance to win your own print just comment below with 5 of your favorite things. Whatever you list has to be a single word or name. For example, it can't be 'leg warmers' or 'Grandma Mary'. The winner's 5 words/names will be printed on Crane's Lettra stock and shipped free. The winner will be chosen at random and notified by email (so please make sure to include a valid email address in the comment form). Closing date will be September 30th '09 11:59pm EST and winner will be announced on October 1st '09.

good luck, everyone!

letter love fridays

Happy Friday everyone! I'm looking forward to another weekend of the Letterpress Curiosity Workshops and meeting a new set of letterpress junkies (hi Celine!).

On Monday I'll be doing a giveaway to kick off a new item that will be in the shop. Start to think of playing favorites - details to come!

Have a super weekend, all :)