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. 

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.

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.

Pretty Purple Passion Fruit Blossom Personalized Letterpress Stationery

Oh, so pretty and luscious!  These Lilikoi personalized letterpress stationery feature your name in a lovely script font and purple lilikoi or passion fruit blossoms. The lilikoi fruit is sweet and tangy and its blossoms are beautiful with their white and purple tinged hues. Newly designed and personalized just for you.

Newly Printed Letterpress Stationery Wildflowers

My new personalized letterpress stationery features these whimsical wildflowers. I hand illustrated these wildflowers with Illustrator and had the image processed into a magnesium plate. Hand mixed some transparent ink, Pantone Green and Process Blue to create this lovely aqua blue and it matches the aqua envelopes wonderfully. Applied some ink to the press ink plate, prepared the mag plate for printing in the chase and then printed the wildflowers. Followed that with a second printing for the personalized name with individual hand set lead type. I love to print with different shades of blue, perhaps because of the beautiful blue Hawaiian sky that we see almost every day of the year. These cards and many other personalized stationery are offered at my Aloha Letterpress shop.

Sassy Cat New Letterpress Cards

Sassy Cat loves to strut his stuff! Printed on an antique Chandler Price press with a magnesium cut and metal type.

Aloha Letterpress Sunny Hibiscus Hawaii's State Flower...Share some Aloha

The yellow hibiscus is Hawaii's beautiful state flower. Printed on 100 percent cotton paper with a bit of texture, it's a wonderful way to say, "Aloha" to friends, family, and loved ones. Now featured at my Aloha Letterpress shop.