Governors Island Jazz Age Lawn Party

I was so excited to be a part of the vendors on the island last weekend! I partnered with my friends NecksTuesday and we set out for a fun day in our Jazz Age outfits. It was an absolutely lovely morning. We were all a bit sleep deprived, but had the perfect people watching vantage point. I love the fact that some shoppers don't even notice the vendors behind the table. It's interesting what you can pick up.

It was an experience driving my car onto the ferry and driving around Governors Island too. It's just an eerie place. No one lives there so it's a lot like a ghost town. There are 2 pools, a church, and lots of houses that are no longer in use. They put up a Dance floor in one end of the Great Lawn and dance the day away. It was dreamy and surreal.

It felt like we were far far away from New York City.

Lots of beautiful people and even a Bill Cunningham sighting.

Lots of folks bought cards and I would love to do it again next year!

Laughing and playing and printing, oh my!

With several cards in mind, I dedicated the last two evenings to print. In an attempt to make more matted prints, I found 2 quotes that tickle my fancy. I hope others like "It's never to late to have a Happy childhood" ~ Berke Breathed and "Earth Laughs Flowers" by Ralph Waldo Everson. I dig them and I guess that's all that matters, but I do hope they sell.

Probably my favorite thing about printing is the happy accidents. I wasn't really sure how the prints were going to work out or even what colors I was going to use. I was thinking blue and pink for the Flower quote. When I had the rust color on the press, I decided to add a bit of mustard yellow to the ink plate and see what happened. I love this rusty orange result. If it hadn't been so late in the evening, I would have printed more rusty orange flowers for other cards. At some point I had to stop. I'm glad I used so many different colors of paper though. I was planning on printing just on the ivory, but grabbed a stack of colored 5x7 sheets. I didn't end up getting a very good print of the text on the watercolor ivory paper and I love the purple and light yellow pieces. Fun stuff. Can't wait to see how they come together.

I also used Savoy paper for cards for the first time. I was trying to get away from scoring and folding the cards on my own, but the quality is so nice and worth the extra work.

3 colors and lots of new cards and prints.

I made a trip to AI Friedman for mattes. Framed printed quotes coming soon!

hyc Creative on Skreened!

Coury and I have put our heads together and made a tee-shirt shop on Skreened! It's super fun. Take a look! hyc Creative on Skreened

New Toys from Letterpress Things in Chicopee, MA

I've been anxiously trying to make a trip to Letterpress Things in Massachusetts for months. Everything finally aligned. There there lives a new little baby in Rhode Island and we went to visit him and his family Saturday morning, then headed 2 hours north to the little gem of Letterpress Things. Coury was excited for me. He said I should just go wild, but I only hoped to spend $100 and to my suprise, that's exactly what I did, to the dollar.



John Barrett might be the nicest gentlemen I've met in a while. He was very eager to help everyone find what they needed and offer suggestions. I went in with a list of things that have been overpriced on Ebay for years. Line gauge, Composing stick, tray. I left with those and several new blocks, Quads for 8pt, 12pt, and 30 pt, a new font (12 pt Gothic), business card size paper, @ symbols in lots of sizes, and an interesting wooden storage box.

It's a lovely visit. www.letterpressthings.com