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.