South Pasadena is turning 125 years old and the town will be celebrating all day long with activities during the day and the Art Crawl at night featuring local artists. Come to De Milo’s studio 5-9pm and letterpress a Happy Birthday card on marble paper using vintage wood type. Ambitious printers have the option of personalizing their cards by setting a name of their choice in lead type.
De Milo prints for free on December 17, you support the fair trade artisans by buying their handmade marbled paper. $30 for 20 cards/envelopes. $20 for 20 coasters. Both packaged in a recycled craft gift box. Order five sets and get a sixth set completely free! For ease of production single initials will be used rather than the multiple initial monograms pictured. Preview initial designs and paper color choices here. Order online below by December 16, 2012
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Had fun this week recycling odds and ends of paper into gift certificates. Redeemable at De Milo Design’s Studio or on the website. Special snowflake holiday certificate packaging (pictured above) available until December 21, 2012.
For those interested in gifting a day of Letterpress Lab, this one’s for you:
Received the Christmas Cards today! These are so, so beautiful, and the shipping was lightening fast! Thank you so much for all you do!
Aloha, Maryellen in Hawaii