Comments (0) I am happy to announce snazzy new packaging for my 6 packs of cards. I found these lovely boxes on ClearBags.com . I chose the craft paper base for a more natural feel and tie it off with a lovely green satin ribbon. I think they look pretty sharp, if I do say so myself. All items are posted on etsy!
Steel Petal Press handmade letterpress cards are now available at The Inkling Shop in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago! The shop is relatively new and specialized in local handmade Chicago crafts and wares. There is also an art gallery in back. Stephanie, the owner is super duper sweet, and almost always there. If you’re in the neighborhood i definitely recommend a visit. There’s tons of cute things!
I just placed an order for Steel Petal Press business cards through the online vendor, Vista Print. I feel a little guilty / hypocritical being a letterpress printer and purchasing cheap business cards online, but Let me explain! – I have good reason!
I have hand-printed my own business cards in the past but I hardly EVER gave them away. Not only did they take a along time to print, but it also cost quite a bit in materials as well. I still have them; they are beautiful and I love them, but I cherished them so dearly I found myself holding on to them. I know what happens at craft fairs. People will take a stack of cards from all vendors they find even remotely interesting and then discard them all a week later. (I’m guilty of this myself) I couldn’t bear to think of my beautiful little labors of love being tossed aside so inconsequentially. I wanted who ever took one of my cards to love it as much as I did. It was my high standards and high expectations that kept those little cards stored in my top drawer for the last five years. I did give some away, but with extreme discretion. And now I still have all of these gorgeous two color silk screened plus letterpress printed business cards that I can’t bear to part with.
What’s the point of business cards if no one else sees them, right? SO — I have ordered a set to which I feel much less emotionally attached that I can disperse freely, with out guilt to the masses. I am still saving the ‘good cards’ only for those deserving.
Do you forgive me??
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