tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37392579886790282362024-03-06T01:33:58.911-05:00For the Love of LetterpressHOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-46406587444103171812012-01-03T15:33:00.000-05:002012-01-03T15:45:15.248-05:00Letterpress New Years Greeting/Announcement/Eye TestWow, there's a whole lot we need to catch up on...<br />
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First of all, I AM alive and printing, I've just been purposefully/accidentally quiet around here. You see, I come from a long line of notoriously fertile women and right about the time I decided to really give this thing (this letterpress thing, as I like to call it) a go, Jason and I found out that we were expecting! I mean, we were trying and all, I just really thought I'd get in a few more months of 'round the clock printing and designing and general starting-a-businessing. Yeah... I should have known better. And believe it or not, my 1 or 2 posts a month was enough to gather quite a few inquiries. For fear of getting in over my head, I put any blogging/advertising on hold. As you can imagine, printing is a little tough when you're verge-of-coma tired, dealing with an ever expanding belly, and have the looming threat of early labor potentially infringing on your deadlines. But don't fret! I haven't been on the couch this whole time! I have a slew of projects (mostly small referral based projects) I've been saving from the last few months to post here, now that I'm officially "too big to print" and have a little more time on my hands. AND I hope to resume printing in early May, after Baby Hanna makes his/her appearance and we've figured out our schedules.<br />
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Soooooo, may I present to you the Hanna Family New Year/Birth Announcement Card! It also doubles (triples?) as an eye exam! When I do projects for myself I like to see how far I can push the letterpress printing process, because if shit hits the fan I have no one to disappoint but myself. Minuscule fonts and hairline knockouts put this calendar just at the cusp of legibility. I apologize to my recipients of advanced years...<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60235620@N06/6629800981/" title="Letterpress New Year/Announcement 1 by for the love of letterpress, on Flickr"><img alt="Letterpress New Year/Announcement 1" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6629800981_0eaa85ca1f_z.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60235620@N06/6629800371/" title="Letterpress New Year/Announcement by for the love of letterpress, on Flickr"><img alt="Letterpress New Year/Announcement" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6629800371_e86f380549_z.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Yaaaay Babies!!!!HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-27903548448379759762011-08-17T13:16:00.002-04:002011-08-19T11:14:24.167-04:00If you want to get organized, sometimes you gotta make a mess first.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjjIv8lTHtAGiLs9z0BQyWRx6OMdqUi3A17pUYXLigHDiUSm0UkQN7hIvXAj_-CdRtAxEAAXTiMqi0T1hu7EIueQVBz4xGLjLS-V5_zutDOjlYTJT6viu-nDsuv3db0bdCDTSPZgwdwA/" width="480" /><br />
In the midst of changing the office from 70% Jason and 30% Holly to 10% Jason and 90% Holly.<br />
Don't worry, he has 100% of an office in the city now, in addition to the server room down the hall. You read that right, we have an entire room devoted to a server in our little ranch. Although we also have an entire garage devoted to a letterpress machine, so I guess I can't complain too much.HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-31345914688526607702011-07-19T18:47:00.001-04:002011-07-19T18:47:04.112-04:00&<img width='480' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iv_9Ig4Tt09tEx9vCf5yC3t6c_cVmqH87pgy1Boyy1lXe4qinZbKilDATZ7ZGCNjB6uZckKBvRcTIpEcx2lvTN8u5mocjJi7XV051sbjmdulkLot7l8y_lhKwgW9GJ8Ts_QxzYwZe5E/'><br>Amazingly, I made it through design school without ever learning how this little bugger got its shape. Finding this tidbit of information while flipping through Polk's classic "The Practice of Printing" just reinforces my undying love for the ampersand.HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-86137902277472447132011-06-02T16:36:00.000-04:002011-06-02T16:36:07.109-04:00Well hello there, cupcake!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60235620@N06/5790839927/" title="cupcake1 by for the love of letterpress, on Flickr"><img alt="cupcake1" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3556/5790839927_739c86dac9_z.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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Tara is THE luckiest girl in the world. Not only did she recently get engaged to a hot doctor (well... she's a hot doctor too, so he's just as lucky!) but he also proposed WITH CUPCAKES.<br />
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In preparation for coming showers/bachlorettes/and all those other things associated with weddings that require a thank you card (enfianced: take note! you will need lots and lots of thank you cards) she commissioned me to design something special to celebrate the cupcake-laced proposal. Don't you think everything should be cupcake-laced? Cupcake-laced traffic! Cupcake-laced dentist appointments! Cupcake-laced jogging! That would be awesome.<br />
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And that last photo, the one that's probably a little too busy for a product shot? Total accident. I was using that chair (yes, that crazy pattern is a chair in my house) to prop up a bounce board and I couldn't help but notice that the colors in the card matched perfectly. The fabric is from Anna Maria Horner, I found it in CO on a trip with Jason's parents. I've been an admirer of her work for a few years now, and I picked up this bolt without even knowing it was her. At least I'm consistent, right? Anyway, you should check out her <a href="http://store.annamariahorner.com/">site</a> and especially her <a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. She's insanely talented, her house is crazy colorful, and she has like 16 kids.<br />
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Letterpress printed on Ivory 110lb Lettra in "Red Velvet" (the cupcake du proposal) with Blossom envelopes!HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-36620255086503130282011-05-26T14:48:00.003-04:002011-06-02T17:40:23.075-04:00Now THIS is multitasking<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yzBb-NYH5dbKL3SvOSU-DhdoQfMJCO-YOCTPT6fx6g2Fhyphenhyphen-ZZGAQKEsgpGO2ACOm2ZZFujY8oLPO0WLbS4sKDqxdJy9cg3HhXAetB4ncx2HCSL8rHylCCeWm_WE3vwo4huDOVjvI5NI/s1600/IMG_0621.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yzBb-NYH5dbKL3SvOSU-DhdoQfMJCO-YOCTPT6fx6g2Fhyphenhyphen-ZZGAQKEsgpGO2ACOm2ZZFujY8oLPO0WLbS4sKDqxdJy9cg3HhXAetB4ncx2HCSL8rHylCCeWm_WE3vwo4huDOVjvI5NI/s640/IMG_0621.JPG" width="476" /></a><br />
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Cleaning roller riders AND getting a tan at the same time. This is the best job ever.HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-36449056236128166212011-05-24T16:45:00.003-04:002011-06-02T16:37:30.252-04:00Love:Holly & Bill<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60235620@N06/5756163570/" title="hb1 by for the love of letterpress, on Flickr"><img alt="hb1" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/5756163570_79c5b94f64_z.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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Not me Holly. A different Holly. I'm already happily married. And his name is certainly not Bill.<br />
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I pretty much had free reign with this one. I had just started thinking everything I do is completely unoriginal and lame (which I tend to do, like, everyday) when this little diddy popped into my head. I am butt-crazy in love with the logo I whipped up, and how those lines feel when you rub your nail across.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 21px;">Letterpress printed on 110lb Flo White Lettra in Good Ol' Black ink with Peacock envelopes</span><br />
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Woot!HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-9131193756084372992011-05-10T18:31:00.004-04:002011-06-02T16:37:50.414-04:00Love: Krissy & Steve<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60235620@N06/5707923233/" title="Vineyard Wedding1 by for the love of letterpress, on Flickr"><img alt="Vineyard Wedding1" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/5707923233_43609bf4a0_z.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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I always like to chat with the bride (and groom! if he's willing) a bit on the phone or in person before a start a design. The internet can be so impersonal. Through our initial email exchange Krissy said the theme of the wedding was "Wine". Wine? Like, just booze? Errr... okay. BUT through further explanation <i>over the phone</i> I discovered that Stephen proposed at a vineyard in California, <a href="http://www.bellawinery.com/">Bella Vineyards</a> to be exact. Aaaand they are moving from boring ol' Mass to California- sunny, glorious, sunny, vineyard-filled (did I say sunny?) California- after the wedding. Okay, now I get it. I did a little internet sleuthing and surprised Krissy with a custom drawing of the famous caves at <a href="http://www.bellawinery.com/">Bella Vineyards</a> and incorporated it into a simple design reminiscent of a wine label. She loved it!<br />
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Letterpress printed on 110lb Pearl White Lettra in a custom-matched Eggplant ink with Plum envelopes.HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-55051360722924453702011-03-30T19:10:00.005-04:002011-06-02T16:38:11.899-04:00Love: Kim & Billy<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60235620@N06/5575013185/" title="Kim & Billy 6 by for the love of letterpress, on Flickr"><img alt="Kim & Billy 6" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5575013185_0a0d9ccddf_z.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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The bride & groom wanted modern & simple & not something they'd look back on in ten years and say "HELLO 2011". Fait accompli methinks.<br />
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Navy & Poppy on Lettra 110 Flo White. Matching Navy envelopes with custom liners. Return address in Silver. Hopefully my last mag on wood job EVER.<br />
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So how are my pictures looking? Good? I am loving this depth-of-field shit. Every time I mess with it I think back to my one photo class in collage and how I totally bombed the depth-of-field project. I just could not grasp the concept for some reason. I'd like to blame the 20-ish year old camera I was using, but in hindsight it was probably just a hangover. Do you think they could be a bit brighter? I'm finding it hard to draw the line between "bright" and "blown out".HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-88635777661858199712011-03-04T10:37:00.006-05:002011-05-03T20:30:18.052-04:00Happy March 4th! Here's a Christmas Card!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Printed on Flo White Lettra 110, blind emboss (deboss? the jury's still out) and a custom mixed brick red ink. The always fashionable <a href="http://pewterandsage.blogspot.com/">Sarah</a> paired these with a lovely Gravel Paper Source envelope. More photos <a href="http://pewterandsage.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-christmas-card-2010.html">here</a>.</div>
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<li>I would like all my photos to be the same width, preferably the same width of my text. Is this something I need to do myself in p'shop or is there a magic "make all my pics the same damn size" button?</li>
<li>I would like to link up with flickr so people can see a larger version of my photos, but also because flickr is where all the cool kids are. I really don't have the desire to manually copy and paste a link for each photo. Where is the magic "flickr" button?</li>
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First of all, I recieved two wonderful gifts from my sister:<br />
1. Zoe Patricia<br />
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It's a hand me down, but I'm already taking immensely better pics with it compared to my old point & shoot with the scratched lens. And I'm super excited about all it's quasi-SLR functionality.<br />
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We spent an entire weekend with Paige & Emily while mommy and daddy were busy at the hospital. They are such good girls. There were lots of snuggles and giggles and only one huge meltdown. When I woke up Saturday there were little feet in my hair, and when I finally got home on Sunday I took a four hour nap.<br />
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I discovered I can feed southpaw, not as efficiently as the right but in a pinch (i.e. when I'm too lazy to redo make-ready) it works. And I still have all my fingers.<br />
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I smashed my first plate, not a good thing, but it taught me that all those other printers weren't kidding when they stressed over and over again "DO NOT PRINT WHEN YOU'RE TIRED"<br />
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Two lovely books came in the mail, I should practice using my fancy-dancy new camera and capture some of the loveliness.<br />
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An unexpected (especially unexpected since we just celebrated our first anniversary) wedding gift arrived on our doorstep: a weighty, warm, and soft hand-knitted blanket with a beautiful ombre stripe pattern. A sweet handwritten note that accompanied it explained it's tardiness; my aunt had been working on knitting this blanket for over a year, she experienced a few hiccups and with each one she did what most in my family would do: throw it in the closet and wait for it to fix itself. The eventual result was worth the wait, it fits just beautifully in our living room, even complimenting the paneling and the black leather sofas (we're just working with what we've got here, folks, but trust me, it's working). I'm surprised by the emotional attachment I've already formed with it.<br />
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It was almost 60 (!!!) here on Friday, which just happened to be a vacation day for me. I ran a 5k in a t-shirt then sat on the front steps with Wookie soaking up the sun.<br />
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My Boxcar base is on it's way! Everyday I've been running home to hoping to see it sitting quietly on the front step just waiting for me. Alas, not yet.<br />
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AND... this I'm really so excited about. We found our new kitchen table. It had been under a tarp in my Dad's basement THIS WHOLE TIME!!!!!HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-91631155040626953142011-02-08T21:54:00.004-05:002011-05-03T20:35:22.556-04:00Wow. I am so screwed.<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Props to all my homeys who got the jay-z/kanye reference.HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-89947826557438669392011-01-05T16:38:00.000-05:002011-01-05T16:38:03.265-05:00Thank you, InterwebsFor making today a little more tolerable.<br />
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Not too shabby for one working roller, huh? Roller two has already been fitted with smaller trucks (the trucks that came with it were too large so it wasn't hitting the plate), and rollers three and four just made the long journey to Cali and back for some new rubber, so starting next week I will be printing like a ROCKSTAR.<br />
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I designed and printed these for my longtime friend and (sole) loyal reader <a href="http://pewterandsage.blogspot.com/">Sarah</a> who welcomed her little girl <a href="http://pewterandsage.blogspot.com/2010/09/meet-maura-catherine.html">Maura</a> into the world this September. I've always loved hand drawing text and since Sarah wanted to keep things simple I thought it would be a good time to <a href="http://fortheloveofletterpress.blogspot.com/2010/09/studio-saturday.html">indulge</a> in my obsession. The frame around the photo is a nod to Sarah and Paul's (and my) history at a certain unnamed home decor company ;)<br />
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Printed in Strawberry ink on 110lb Fluorescent White Crane's Lettra ~ Blossom cardstock attachments cut with my Klik-N-Kut ~ Photo prints from SmugMug<br />
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OK back on topic. Sesame Street. Letterpress. And can you believe I actually REMEMBER that dog drawing?!?! No really, I do. Vividly. I've had this red scribbly dog thing swirling in my head for YEARS, with no clue where it came from until I found this link. I literally had a mini panic attack because for a second I thought You Tube had found a direct line to my soul.<br />
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<em>editors note:</em> (ha! I'm an editor) Unlike the press in the video, my Kluge is missing the feeder, which is fine with me. I can't even get two rollers working at the same time yet, never mind that whole gripping/sucking contraption. So I hand feed, and quite enjoy it, so far.HOLLY HANNAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615844229093139413noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739257988679028236.post-23028814709932407602010-09-28T17:00:00.001-04:002010-09-30T15:27:17.816-04:00Could she even pick up a form?!? <br />
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Most of you have heard about the <a href="http://www.dlisted.com/node/39013">recent passing</a> of Gloria Stuart, the actress who portrayed, um, Old Rose in the movie "Titanic", but did you know she was also a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Stuart">book artist</a>? Yep, when she wasn't chucking huge diamonds into the ocean she was settin' type and takin' names, until she retired at the age of... 96?!?<br />
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So here's a photo (unedited, taken with my iPhone) of a blind impression done as part of a small demonstration I did for some of Jason's employees (which is HILAROUS given my current insane lack of knowledge on the subject of letterpress). Computer engineers actually get pretty excited about antiquated, completely inefficient machinery. Who knew?</div>
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The plate is from my collection of old cuts that I've been using to practice... it appears to be a kid sleeping at his/her desk? Strange, yet fitting for this time of year. Oh, and this is my first print on Lettra, which I am already liking way better than Holyoke, which was much smushier.</div>
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So I'm just sitting here today, having my biweekly Killers morning, and what should happen to pop up in my google reader? Why, only The Most Fabulous Picture I Have Ever Taken!!! And where was it? <a href="http://bklynbrideonline.com/">BROOKLYN BRIDE</a>!!</div>
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While I was planning the wedding I kinda always secretly dreamed of having our wedding featured on one of the numerous wedding blogs that I stalked for a solid year and a half (like Brooklyn Bride). But now that the wedding is over, I kind of don't give a shit. I mean, why would I want to sit down and organize all these photos, try to come up with a witty story on how we met (online), found our band (it was the only one that island that didn't suck), or saved money (um yeah, we failed miserably at that)? Just so some strangers can oogle at our photos? I have better things to do with my time. Like letterpress. And watch reruns of True Blood. Oh, and spend time with my HUSBAND. Well, it turns out Brooklyn Bride was doing a <a href="http://bklynbrideonline.com/9959/studio-tour/studio-tour-clark-walker-studio/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bklynbrideonline%2FSRBY+%28Brooklyn+Bride+-+Modern+Wedding+Blog%29">studio tour</a> of <a href="http://clarkwalkerstudio.com/">Clark+Walker</a>, and they just happen to have a big ass canvas print of The Most Fabulous Picture I Have Ever Taken on the wall of their studio. So there I am, front and center on Brooklyn Bride, and I didn't even have to do anything! Oh, it's the little things....</div>
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Here's a few quick concepts I'm working up for baby Joe who was born May 15th. His family wanted to celebrate the fact that he is of the male persuasion, as he comes from a long line of female cousins (7th grandchild, first boy!!!)<br />
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