tacoma's tiniest letterpress

i've started what i consider will be the best mini canvas project EVER.

first i carved a simple block print for the flag shape
and printed 1,000 tiny flag banners!
{slight exaggeration}

up next i will be collaborating with a writer,
{doesn't she just look smart?}

and lastly i will be using my letterpress letters,

and hopefully achieving greatness.

cross your fingers.

xo,meggers

10 point bodoni

i wish the wayzgoose event was every month.

it was a blast.

i was so happy to drag my parents along.
all three of us were drooling over everything we saw.
{letterpress and block printing are such a beautiful art}

my dad even tried to convince the letterpress guys to sell us some equipment.
it didn't work out.
yet.

i thought it was really neat that the kids from UPS were screen printing material for free.
they did such a good job!

i brought some red bulk material and got red on red.
it looks great!
i still have no clue what i'm going to do with it though!

it was especially cool to see this design being sold on t-shirts at sonja later in the week!
gotta love the local support in tacoma!

i bought a ton of little gems in the form of greeting cards and posters
but my all time best purchase ever
was this..

i have admired old letterpress letters from afar for a very long time.
they are normally so stinking expensive even being near them costs you!

you can imagine my excitement when i saw a table with multiple sets for $10!
bodoni also happens to be one of my favorite typefaces (i know.. nerd!)
there were 2 or 3 italic and this little 10 point guy.
i almost cried.

i'm kicking myself for not buying all of them.
the type is pretty small and they do need to be cleaned up a bit...
but it's worth it!

you can tell they were well loved before i came along,
and you better believe i am planning on loving them just as much!
i have some projects in mind!!

remember this teeny tiny canvas i'm so in love with?

i bought 8 more.

maybe i should have tacoma's tiniest letterpress show when i'm done with them?
awesome.

okay, enough slacking.
back to sewing!

xo,meggers

superb

off to work!
i'll be working on more owl pillows as well as some other designs tonight.
i'm on a pillow craze!

tomorrow i'm heading to king's books for their annual letterpress and book art event, wayzgoose!
it's open to everyone and it's FREE!!!
check out the details here.

hope you're all enjoying a little bit of sunshine.
have a great weekend!

xo, meggers