Jilly Jack in Stationery Trends Magazine

I have a thing for magazines, ask my husband! Most of my magazines are for pure pleasure, but Stationery Trends magazine, even though it's a trade magazine is great to read for business and pleasure. I was so thrilled when mine arrived Friday and I discovered Jilly Jack Designs was included in the publication! Our new letterpress coasters were included along with our custom birthday invitations for A Fresh Bunch. How lucky can one girl get? Thanks for letting me toot my own horn a bit!

Take care,
Jill

Jilly Jack's Typography Tuesday

Hello friends! Here is my font find for Typography Tuesday. Sketchetik is designed by Ossi Gustafson and published by Hiekka Graphics. It's a sort of sketch version of Helvetica. It reminds me back in the day when we had to hand letter our type, you know before computers. Well maybe you don't. Anyway, I really enjoy this face and I thought you might too.

Another thing I recently discovered, now you have the "option" to buy two separate licenses, one for print and one for web use of a font. Is this new or have I been living under a rock? Why not just have one license and charge appropriately? Chances are if I print it, I'll post it too. What are your thoughts on this?

Take care,
Jill

Jane Austen, Go Figure!

I admit it, I'm a total Jane Austen geek! I was surfing and found this hilarious Jane Austen action figure. It's on the Archie McPhee web site. I just think action figure and Jane Austen are so incongruous that it's awesome. For all you Seth Godin fans they have an action figure of him as well, along with action figures from a Crazy Cat Lady to Bach. This site is basically an online gag gift store, with a taste for anything bacon flavored and mustached. So head on over for a chuckle.

Hope you have a great weekend!

Take care,
Jill

Images ©Archie McPhee

Bright Color Palette for the New Year

I'm feeling optimistic today. It's snowing, windy and gray, so instead of creating a color palette of soft grey hues, I've gone the opposite route. Here are eight bright and cheery colors to start off the new year with vigor and energy. Take that winter!

Just wondering if colors affect you the same way they do me? Let me know what your favorite colors are and why. I'd love to hear from you.

Take care,
Jill

Jilly Jack's Etsy Picks

Today I'd like to introduce you to the very charming work of artist Cori Dantini. I just stumbled upon her work on etsy.com and I find it magical. Please take a minute to give it a peek here. I love her use of color, line and texture. She has a blog http://coridantinimakes.blogspot.com where you can find out more about her. Makes me want to paint. Love it!

Take care,
Jill

image is ©coridantini2010

Jilly Jack's Typography Tuesday

I wanted to share this font that I just saw on MyFonts.com, It's called Rooney. It's designed and published by Jan Fromm. I love it because it feels friendly to me. It's a serif that doesn't feel too formal, it has weight and presence. It comes in six weights, I prefer the light, medium and bold. I plan to add Rooney to my font collection asap!

What are your thoughts on the face, love it, hate it? I'd love to know.

Take care,
Jill

main part of image from myfonts.com gallery

"Little Book of Letterpress"

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and that 2011 will be a stellar year for everyone!

I was fortunate enough to receive this lovely little book for Christmas, Thanks Dave and Jack! I love it! "The Little Book of Lettepress" is written by Charlotte Rivers with a foreword by Yee-Haw Industries and published by Chronicle Books. It gives a quick history of letterpress and its mechanics, with the main body of the book serving as a portfolio of all the current artists in letterpress printing. It's a virtual who's who of all things letterpress. Each page is filled with color photos of projects and brief descriptions of the process and paper used. If you are a letterpress junkie like I am, you'll love this book as well. You can find it on Amazon.com.

Please feel free to share what your favorite gift was!

Take care,
Jill