What's new with Jilly Jack Designs

We've been updating our offerings in our etsy shop. In addition to our letterpress prints and custom stationery, we are now offering custom stationery as well as our overstock of note cards at great prices with special sale bundles that will go away after the holidays.

Click here to visit our shop.

We are also trying to build our circle of friends to share sneak peeks, special offers and news with, so we've added an email newsletter sign up on the blog. Feel free to sign up and you can opt out at any time.

Thanks for visiting!

Take care,
Jill

Jilly Jack Designs Grand Opening!

Things are really coming together here in the new studio. We are so excited to announce the grand opening of Jilly Jack Designs Letterpress Lab and Art Studio. Please stop by on Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28. We'll pop the doors open at 10.

Our new address is 254 1st Avenue, S. W., Suite F, Carmel, IN 46032, we are in the brightly painted building just East of the Monon Trail and South of Main Street.

This coincides with the Carmel International Arts Fair, which is free, so mark your calendars for a great day of art in the Carmel Arts District.

We will be demonstrating various presses throughout the day. Our letterpress prints and paper goods will be available for purchase and our custom stationery and wedding invitation samples will be on display. We are also lining up some special guest artists to join us, so stay tuned for further details.

I hope to see you!

Take care,
Jill

Jilly Jack Designs' New Printing Press

Jilly Jack Designs newest press: Vandercook Universal I

We are so excited to add this Vandercook Universal I cylinder press to our new studio! We can't wait to share some of the new creations rolling off this press. With this addition we will be printing larger pieces, including art prints and posters. Stay tuned for future posts on projects and the unveiling of our Etsy site.

Take care!

Jill

See Jilly Jack Designs debut offering at surtex 2012, May 20-22. We are proud to be represented by A Fresh Bunch in booth 444. Stop by and see our work as well as fellow AFB member's work. You won't be disappointed!

Jilly Jack Designs is in the Fall issue of "Stationery Trends" magazine

We are so honored to be included in the Fall issue of "Stationery Trends" magazine in their story featuring stationery for the four bs, brides, babies, birthdays, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. The photo featuring some of our new Wedded Bliss Album line of letterpress wedding invitation suites also appears on their web site. Thanks to all at Stationery Trends for their continued support!

Also in this issue is a great designer profile on Kseniya Thomas who runs the letterpress shop, Thomas-Printers and is also co-founder of Ladies of Letterpress with Jessica White of Heroes & Criminals Press.

Take care,
Jill

Jilly Jack is Back in the House

Literally and figuratively! I've been absent from my blog, working diligently towards the National Stationery Show. It's been quite a whirl wind affair, to say the least! Now that I'm back, it's time to do follow-ups with retailers and media alike. No rest for the weary and the crazy ;-)


I met some amazing folks during the show. I find most stationery designers to be really helpful and friendly. I don't think you'd find that to be the case at most trade shows. I brought my hubby, Dave, along for the ride for the first time. He was a real trooper! He says he has a new found appreciation for what I do. He endured sore feet and expensive cab rides. He was my unofficial twitter jockey at the show and was thrilled to be retweeted by industry pros! Plus he got to watch a taping of Letterman, so not bad for a week in NYC.


We had some amazing food as well. We stayed a block away from Hell's Kitchen and had two amazing meals there. The first was at the Thai restaurant called Room Service at 690 9th Avenue. The decor was just as the amazing at the food. The pomegranate mojito wasn't bad either! The other great meal we had was at the Eatery on 9th and 53rd. The food, company and service was exceptional. Our favorite dessert was the cupcakes my cousin Tyler brought us from Billy's Bakery. Thanks Ty! He brought us 4 and we each had one, the maids either ate or tossed the other 2. I hope they ate them, so at least some one got to enjoy them. They were boxed and in a bag on the desk, not sure what was up with that!


All is good. I hope you are all doing well too! I will leave you with a few pics of the two new product lines we launched at the show. Our custom everyday stationery album and our custom wedding letterpress album.


Take care,
Jill

Letterpress Stop Motion Animation

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If you love typography and letterpress you will love this stop motion animation by Lynn Kiang. It was a collaborative effort with Sara Raffo and Gregory Geiger.  Lynn Kiang is currently studying at the Rhode Island Institute of Design.

Take care!
Jill

"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

Typography Tuesday

Good morning! This is the first of what is going to be a reoccurring column on my blog. So to kick off Typography Tuesday I thought I would share some fabulous wood type that I bought last week. I'm so fortunate to live in the same area as one of the major collector/sellers of all things letterpress. We sifted through a ton of boxes and drawers of type until I came across this beautiful set. It's an extended face. I also scored an extra bold set that is equally as gorgeous. I can't wait to print with them. I'll be posting the results in the future!

Take care,

Jill

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Interview

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Interview from Shane Nassiri on Vimeo.

I thought you might enjoy this video interview with Amos Kennedy Jr. He is a letterpress (artist) printer, who has enjoyed much success and he's a really interesting person.

I hope you have a great weekend! It's snowing here, we're supposed to get 6-8 inches which is a lot for the area.

Take care,
Jill

Letterpress Video

Letterpress Coasters from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.

Okay, I'm a sucker for anything to do with letterpress printing and thought I'd share this video with you. It shows the process of making letterpress printed coasters. Not only is the subject matter cool, but so is the way the video is shot as well as the music.

I'll let you all in on a little secret as well. I just bought my first letterpress printer. It's huge and I'm still perfecting it, but I love it!

Enjoy!