Ocean coral personalized letterpress printed stationery

Ocean coral letterpress printed stationery, personalized with your name. Each card is printed with my antique Chandler Price printing press, one card at a time. First for the coral images and then the printing of your name with my hand set metal type. Printing on plush 100% cotton card stock creates a marvelous impression that you can see and touch.

Ocean coral letterpress personalized stationery.

With Aloha Letterpress Printed Cards

 Mountain Apple Bossoms with their delicate tendrils. 

Share some warm aloha with these lovely letterpress printed Hawaii Mountain Apple cards. The folded cards in the top feature `Ohi`a` ai,  Hawaiian mountain apple blossoms. When the ruby red blossoms appear, it is a sign that the fruits will soon follow. After the red tendrils fall, the fruits will grow from the base of the blossoms. In a few months, the luscious red fruits will be juicy and sweet.

Aloha Pineapple Letterpress Cards with Letterpress printed sacks.

These beautiful golden yellow letterpress printed pineapple cards are perfect for sending your aloha or mahalo. This card set is enclosed in a clear box and then tucked into a cotton muslin sack that has also been letterpress printed with a golden yellow pineapple.

Sweet Succulents Letterpress Printed Cards

Hello, sweet succulents! Hand illustrated and letterpress printed greeting cards in a golden green. Just right for sending a warm hello. And believe it or not, we do have a lot of cactus, the prickly pear cactus, on the island of Maui.

It's believed that the cactus was brought to Hawaii to feed cattle in the early 1900s and as you drive about the island, you just might see some.

Valentine Letterpress Cards You Light Up My Life

Send your love with these newly printed letterpress Valentine cards. Each card is printed twice for the different colored image and wording on plush white cotton card stock. Cards are placed into a clear box and then tucked into a letterpress printed cotton muslin sack. Use the sack for an added surprise! Valentine Letterpress Cards

Handmade Journals with Handmade Paper

My hand sewn journal on the top features a Coptic binding that has a braided stitching that joins the signatures of the book with the book covers.

The bottom photo shows a journal that I used while on a trip to Japan. I like to add items to the stubs of the page sections. This one has a real Gingko leaf that lined the streets in Osaka.

A journal can be used in many different ways:
• travel • gardening • sketches
• dreams • recipes • memories

Handmade Journals with Handmade Paper Covers

Hand bound Coptic sewn journal with sturdy Davey boards covered with my handmade papers.

Finally found some time to bind some books. This book is sewn with a Coptic binding that features braided stitching along the spine side of the book. I used some of handmade papers to cover the archival Davey boards. The golden paper is made of Japanese Gampi that was cooked for about 3 hours and then beaten into fine fibers in my Hollander. Then I dyed the gampi fibers in a dye from Lotus leaves. The other paper is made from beaten hemp and then layered with some bamboo fibers.

I love to use these books for travel journals, sketches and musings. The sections of the book has stubs that allow me to add bits of ephemera or memorabilia.  

Lovely Thank You Letterpress Cards Names and Hearts

Finished cards after printing first with blind debossed letterpress type and then a second printing with beautiful red hearts. Blind debossing combined with an inked image or by itself makes a marvelous impression with a wonderful tactile and visual sensation! 

Letterpress Printing Names and Hearts Aloha Letterpress

A customized order that is wonderful for wedding thank you notes, Valentine's Day, or anytime of the year! 

A custom printing the other day with blind debossing of names and a beautiful red heart.

Step 1: Handset Dorchester metal type into the chase with wood furniture and locked into place.

Step 2: Placed the chase with metal type onto the larger press.

Step 3: Printed text with blind debossing, inkless impression.

Step 4: After fitting heart ornament into another chase, I inked the smaller printing press disc and rollers with deep red handmixed ink. After determining the exact registration for the heart between the names, I printed the deep red hearts.

Happy Holidays Mele Kalikimaka from Aloha Letterpress

Share your bright and cheerful holiday greetings with some delightful letterpress printed Christmas  cards. I print each card, one at a time, on my antique printing presses on plush, luxurious 100% cotton card stock with a wonderful impression that you can see and touch.  More holiday cards and personalized stationery are available at my shop.

Aloha Letterpress at Made in Maui County Festival

My Aloha Letterpress booth minutes before the opening of the Made in Maui County Festival at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center in Kahului on Saturday, Nov. 8. Thank you to all who stopped by to visit! I wish I could have brought my antique printing presses, but they were much too heavy. 

More Made in Maui County Festival

Thousands of visitors and locals attend the inaugural Made in Maui County Festival held on November 8 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. 

   

First Made in Maui County Festival

Made in Maui County Festival on Nov.8, 2014. Photos courtesy of Made in
Maui County Festival.

The first Made in Maui County Festival was a marvelous event with about 9,000 island visitors and locals attending on November 8.

Despite the showers, a line of people stretched along the sidewalk and down the street as they waited for the gates to open at 8 a.m.

Thanks to the coordination and support of the County of Maui Mayor's Office of Economic Development and the Maui Chamber of Commerce, this first festival featuring a wonderful array of Maui County goods was a fabulous event!  Mahalo nui loa to
all!

First Made in Maui County Festival

First ever Made in Maui County Festival on Saturday Nov.8, 2014 will feature goods made in Maui County. Hope to see you there!  For more information, visit www.MadeinMauiCountyFestival.com.

Ki'i Pohaku Petroglyph Letterpress Stationery Aloha Letterpress

New collection of Ki'i Pohaku letterpress printed stationery featured in Lei Chic Honolulu Magazine!
Ki'i Pohaku Letterpress Stationery New Collection

Featuring Hawaiian ki'i pohaku petroglyphs from Aloha Letterpress.

Personalized letterpress stationery kupukupu fern

Personalized letterpress stationery featuring Hawaii's kupukupu fern, a native plant. Kupukupu fronds are often used as haku or garlands or as adornments for the head and wrists. Each card is hand printed with my antique printing press on plush 100% cotton card stock for a marvelous impression, highlighting the fern's lovely fronds and your name printed with handset metal type. 

Personalized Letterpress Stationery Tropical Fronds

New letterpress printed stationery with blue tropical fronds and a marvelous distinctive font.

You can almost hear and picture Elvis singing "Blue Hawaii" as he drifts down the the river. What tropical charm! These personalized letterpress stationery feature beautiful deep blue fronds and a wonderful all caps font. I printed the deep blue fronds first on plush 100% cotton card stock and then followed it up by hand setting the metal type and then printed the name.  Each card is printed one card at a time using my antique printing presses. By using my metal type, no dies need to be processed to have a name plate made. This means prompt printing and quick delivery for you. 

Sometimes, clients will have customized images and special fonts they want. This also can be done and letterpress plates will be ordered. This takes about 3-4 days for me to receive them and then I can print.

Pretty Pink Dragonflies Letterpress Stationery

Oh so lovely! Lovely pink dragonflies and your name printed on pillowy white 100 percent cotton card stock.

What better way to share your thoughts and messages than with your own personalized letterpress printed stationery. A trio of delicate dragonflies and your name are printed on plush 100 percent cotton card stock for a wonderful tactile impression that you can see and touch!

New Personalized Letterpress Stationery Script Font and Swirl Brackets

Personalized letterpress printed stationery with swirling gold brackets and your name by Aloha Letterpress.

Classy and elegant, these personalized letterpress stationery feature a beautiful script font and swirl brackets that add a special appeal to your correspondence. Printed on plush 100 percent cotton card stock for a delightful impression. I handset the brackets and your name with metal type one letter at a time and then print on my Chandler Price printing press.  No special dies or plates needed and this means that I can print your order promptly and send it you quickly. Other colors available as well.

Share some aloha letterpress stationery

You can almost hear the ukulele strumming as these lovely hula maidens dance in these new letterpress printed cards. Each card is hand printed on my Chandler Price antique printing press for a delightful impression on plush 100 percent cotton card stock. Share your aloha today!

Awesome Ampersand Letterpress Prints Personalized

These new letterpress prints feature awesome ampersands customized with your names. Ampersands have such unique beautiful qualities, each with its own special character.  The origin of the word, ampersand, evolved from the words "and" and the words "per se" and the symbol is derived from the Latin "et" that translates as "and."  The history of the ampersand can be traced back as far as 49 A.D. and has evolved over time with many variations adding to its typographical beauty.