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New Business Card Designs

Here are 4 new Business Card Designs using found blocks,
vintage 8pt Garamond, and 24 pt. Goudy type

Mix and Match Vintage Blocks

I LOVE using old blocks and mismatched fonts to create cards. Beautiful accidents often happen. Sometimes the design is created or changed by how it locks up in the press. Creating photo polymer plates from Illustrator designs is great, but holding the weight of vintage fonts and blocks is what got me into loving letterpress. I love all the work that went into each block and wondering what they were used for in the past. Even before I bought my press, I would scour Ebay looking for cool blocks to create cards. My first purchases were groups of odd blocks and mixed letters. It's a fun challenge to try to use everything I have. 

Today, I found some great pieces! We took our little moogle to Comic Con and on the way home stopped by Hells Kitchen Flea Market. There is an awesome vendor there with a great collection of old printing pieces. He's the one that told me about Letterpress Things in MA a few years ago when I was vending there. The Bell block will definitely turn into one my 2012 Holiday Cards.
Not sure about the others, but I'm looking forward to experimenting. 

Today's find:

Little Moogle (Aria dressed as Final Fantasy Character)