Creative, custom holiday cards.

Ho Ho How cute are these?

Can’t believe it is almost Thanksgiving, which means writing holiday cards is around the corner.

We just finished a really fun project for a client who plans ahead! We delivered these letterpress printed holiday cards last weekend.

They are printed on eco-friendly 100% cotton, tree-free paper and use a 100% recycled paper bag envelope. The perfect accompaniment to the donation noted on the back of the card to Home Boy Industries. So cool, socially tuned into what’s important and handmade in the USA! Love it. The client provided outstanding inspiration by writing the copy, Spiffy Press designed the card.

Inside of the card reads, “Hope you don’t get lame stuff.” We love clients who seek quirky, creative, handmade goods to spread a little holiday cheer.

Need a custom card for the holidays or any time of year, give us jingle (pun intended).

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I like Hola Guapo/Guapa the best.

Offset cards with gr8 design

We got some cool pix of greeting cards from J. Moody of Chicago. She sent these along from her recent summer vacation in Europe.

These cards are from Barcelona. She sent them along because they reminded her of Spiffy Press’ text lingo cards, but these aren’t letterpressed. They are still cheeky, fun and colorful!

Thanks Jen!

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The first ever!

We’ll see  you at the Unique LA Summer Show, right?

Be there.  It’s a first! July 30-31, 2011, 11am–6pm (see link for details).

You’ll find completely new, fresh, designer stationery (like, um letterpress cards and gifts), jewelry, clothing and more more more!

More than 250 vendors will delight your eye and get your creative mojo going!

Don’t miss it. The Spring Show was overwhelming with wonderful design of all kinds.

If you love unique design, don’t miss the Summer Show. Stop by and say hi to Spiffy Press!

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How sweet. I beer you too.

If so, then I Beer You!

I just made this fun greeting card design for the Unique LA show, but haven’t put it on the site yet. I know, I know I need to. Stop nagging.

Back to the blog….beer is a great stand in for what you love…or if you love beer then you beer someone, something, some place! Why not?!

This is also a great Graduation, Congratulations and Happy Dad’s Day card! Hint Hint.

Since it’s not on the site, call me to order it…626-676-5342 and I’ll ship it to you today.

Cheers!

ps. stay tuned for more designs from the show…I’ll add them to the blog first!

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New unique designs for Unique LA

Hi.

If you missed the Unique LA show, we printed a bunch of new letterpress greeting card designs for the event. We will post each one separately, but in the meantime, here’s a look at the new designs. Sorry we are a bit behind getting the new pix to our website, but don’t let that stop you!

Contact us if you’d like any designs you don’t see on the site just yet. Unique LA shoppers get 5% off greeting cards, and 10% off of custom projects (wedding invites, business stationery, personal stationery, etc) when ordered before May 23.

Scott
626-676-5288

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It was big and it was orange! You couldn't miss it!

Were you at Unique LA over the weekend? If so, you saw our booth…and you saw all the other vendors that were there…steep competition. We were so tickled today when we saw that we won Best Table Design at Unique LA! Wow! Soooo pleasantly surprised and I feel honored to be singled out for design…that’s what I love to do.

I’m sharing the love by offering 5% off of all greeting cards purchased from our site through this weekend.

Please use coupon code ULA2011 at checkout.

Me and my MIL at ULA on Mom's Day

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Me at the press. Where it all happens, people!

I’m a letterpress printing madman this week, getting ready for the Unique LA show next weekend, May 7-8!!

Of course, I printed the color orange first! See you there!

Oh, how I love the color orange!

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See, I told you that's what she said.

We said adios to Michael Scott of “The Office” this past Thursday. I know I’ll miss him, how about you?

I found this silly software app that may just fit the bill when you are ready for good natured, inappropriate comments, a la Michael Scott.

If you need to send the real thing in person, check out our That’s What She Said card! It’s the best. We know The World’s Best Boss would agree with us!

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Your mom's always wanted a tattoo, right?

A big, letterpressed congrats goes to K. Schneider of Southwest Ranches, FL for being Spiffy Press’ April letterpress winner!!

If you sign up to win our monthly letterpress giveaway (a whopping $25 vaue), you too might find a mixed box of letterpress greeting card designs in the mail.

Thanks to K. Schneider for visiting spiffypress.com!

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Let your fingers do the walking at these museums

Good morning. I’m sort of making an assumption with this post that if you enjoy letterpress, you enjoy art. Fine art. Museum art. Hand-made art that take times to create and is one of a kind, or nearly, that you just can’t get in any old mall (like, say, um a unique letterpress greeting card for your mom. Just sayin’.)

Then there’s famous artworks throughout the world that everyone knows about, but just can’t get to. My other assumption is that you, like me, can’t hop on a plane to visit art museums around the world….would love to, but it’s not quite in the budget.

That’s where this Art Project site comes in real handy. It puts famous artworks from 17 museums in Europe and the U.S. at your fingertips. Take a tour of the museum and zoom into any painting in great detail. It feels like you are there! My favorite museum in NYC is here, the Frick. Check it out!

Just poked around the site now and it’s like I just was just in Amsterdam and Washington, D. C. this morning. Take a trip to another part of the world from your desk … it’s a nice little break and there’s a lot of beautiful art to see in the world. Take it all in and have a spiffy day!

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BTW, I'm thinking of you!

Uno. Did you know that January 9 started letter-writing week? So, while I’m a bit late in reporting this, feel free to put pen to paper and get in touch with someone you meant to catch up with last year…it’s not too late. A great way to start the new year is by sending a Spiffy Press all-occasion greeting card, like BTW. Such as BTW I meant to write to you last year, but am doing it now! Better late than never.

Hot love letters

Dos. Valentine’s Day is around the corner. I recently read that the largest card company in the U.S. (you know who they are) has over 6,000 card designs for the day of love. Per Real Simple, 12 writers were paid to develop these messages of amour. The only message that really matters is yours. Put your thoughts of love and passion in a cheeky Valentine’s Day card with one of seven Spiffy Press designs, like HOTTIE or XOXO. They are blank inside so you can write a nice, long love letter. Your significant other will appreciate it.

One last tidbit…the US postal service processes 6,761 pieces of mail on average every second!! Second! That’s a lot of mail. Make sure your card is in the mix and mail a card today.

Talk to you soon!

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Type you can eat! Now there's a typeface for me.

In the spirit of cute holiday greetings combined with new ways to make and use type, enjoy this entry from the New York Times opinion page!

And when you’d like some hand-made, typeset, letterpress business cards, I know where you can get some

Happy  Holidays everyone!

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OMG! This is my favorite card.

Today, our friends over at Simple + Pretty blog served up this book on  Futura, called I Love Futura! The book is from Victionary & Two Points.net, available at Ginko Press. It’s beautiful!

The graphic designer in me loves the layout…it’s bold, bright and confident. Just like Futura. I want to jump into each page and look at the samples they show. Instead I’ll have to buy the book.

I love all types of type and incorporate them in my letterpress designs and printing. My favorite is still the OMG card in orange.

Have a great day and hope you find something you love that makes you happy!!

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See, I told you that's what she said.

Oh wow! It’s been a while since I popped in to post and say hello. Hope everyone is doing great and getting ready for a fun and happy holiday.

Here’s a reminder to sign up to win free letterpress greeting cards. Every month we give away a mixed box of cards so you might get “That’s what she said,” or Mom Tattoo or Chill or THKS or Nerd or Holly card.

Here are some of our past winners…add your name to the list!

W. Landesman of Bedminster, NJ
N. Cepeda of Boston, MA
K. Klauber of Rockville, MD
K. Kwok of Arcadia, CA
L. Lombardo of Middleton, NJ
C. Gravelle of Camarillo, CA
K. Magee of  Malden, MA
A. Kitt of Littleton, CO
E. Quinton of Charleston, SC
C. King of Boulder, CO

Take a chance and sign up!

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Wowie! Thanks to our friend and fan, Caroline Britton, for sending along this pic of our HO3 letterpress holiday card design at Kate’s Paperie in SoHo, NYC!

These cards were designed for Kate’s but you can order them directly by calling us at 626-676-5288. You won’t find them on our website just yet, but we have loads of other fun and bright modern, holiday letterpress designs. Order 10 boxes or more and get free personalization and return addresses printed on your envelopes. Order now!

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HO 3

Not sure why I’m always surprised to find myself nearly mid-November, but where’d the year go? Yes, it flew by. Yes, there’s lots to do on the holiday list-o-stuff. Onward we go.

Now’s the time to order your holiday greeting cards so we can have them to you in a couple weeks of your order. As always, when you get 100 cards (10 boxes) or more, we’ll personalize the inside and print your return address for free. This Ho 3 card (blank on the inside) is my favorite new design, plus there are all the designs on the site. And I should mention I have my first Hanukah card to offer, but I need to take a picture still so I’ll post it in a day or so. It says “Chappy Chanukah” on the outside, blank on the inside.

Not the card-sending type? If you are looking for a truly personalized gift, we can have your custom note cards ready by Christmas for your BFF, boss or mom. See our site for info, although just know you won’t see pre-made designs because we make the design for you! Does your friend love tennis? Your boss a music fan? Your sister just loves the color yellow? Whatever the interest or style of the receiver, we make a one-of-a-kind design. And then, print it on 100% cotton, tree-free paper. It all goes into a 100% recycled paper-bag envelope!

All tied up with a bow! Ho Ho Ho!

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I like the S the best!

Quick hit for a Friday. Saw this bright, bold, modern shelf  and thought “MUST have this!”

I’m a sucker for anything designed with letters, fonts, type!! I really want one of these for my office. I could fill it up in no  time. If you love modern, bold design, like Spiffy Press, give us a call.

I design custom business stationery, logos, greeting cards, holiday cards, wedding invitations, party invites. You name it!

See you soon.

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Letting you get a word in edgewise...talkinghelps.net

Ok, this blog post is primarily to share a website we launched today for Shannon Murphy Psychotherapy in Los Angeles, CA. However, for those of you out there who could use a little talk therapy, then here’s a recommendation. Shannon is an awesome person, easy to talk with and non-judgmental. You’d like her. You know you’re out there. It’s ok to give her a call.

So onto the web aspects of this blog. Spiffy Press strategized and wrote the site for SEO, designed the site to work with Shannon’s business cards and built the site! Voila! And you can see Shannon’s business card design on our site too. Of course, we designed and letterpress printed her cards. What else? She’s really an awesome client and great person to work with. I know first hand from two projects.

Enjoy clicking around the site. We’d love to hear your feedback!

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How can you resist such nerdy charm?

I recently ran across this link that scientifically (ok, it uses a Venn diagram so that counts as scientific to me) defines what a nerd is. It sort of cracks me up, cuz it seems so accurate. Here’s my version of a nerd. It’s been a very popular card lately…I guess there’s more than just one nerd out there! Have a great weekend everyone

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HB2me!

This month marks the one-year anniversary, or birthday depending on how you look at it, of Spiffy Press’ website! Yeah Spiffy!!

We wanted to say thank you for your support and encouragement as we embarked on bringing our letterpress stationery, wedding invitations, greeting cards, and graphic and web design talent to the great big world. We feel loved.

See you ’round.

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Ready for your next wine buzz?

For all you wine + letterpress lovers out there, here’s some info for you!

Invitation Buzz found Spiffy Press and highlighted our letterpress wine wrap on its blog featuring a bunch of wine-related letterpress goods.

The Spiffy Press bottle wrap is a unique touch for any bottle of wine (or booze). It makes a standout impression from the usual bottle bag/gift wrap for a hostess or birthday gift. And who doesn’t like to see a bottle walk through their door for any occasion?!

Pour yourself a glass of your favorite wine and take a look at Invitation Buzz’s compilation of all things letterpress + wine! Cheers.

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Good morning! Here’s a little something to ponder as you sip your morning cup of joe. Ok, so I’m no math whiz and have no clue how it works, but I love the creativity-meets-nerd approach. I’m going back for a refill. See ya

Careful!

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