Jilly Jack Designs Letterpress Classes

Pints, Pizza & Posters Saturday Adult Class

During this class you will work as a group to create and print 

12” x 18”, 1 color posters using wood and metal type along with vintage imagery. Posters will be printed on our Vandercook Universal I press. Each person will print up to 6 copies of their poster to swap with the group, so you’ll walk away with different posters. Pizza and soft drinks will be served and we welcome you to byob. Class will be 2–3 hours based on class size and how quickly everyone works. Class size is a minimum of 2 and a max of 6. The fee is $45 per person and payment and reservations must be made in advance.


February class dates: 

2/13 from 6 – 8 p.m.

2/28 from 6 – 8 p.m.

March class dates:

3/5 from 6 – 8 p.m. 

3/19 from 6 – 8 p.m.


Pop, Pizza & Posters Sunday Kids 12 & Up Class

During this class kids 12 years old and up will work as a group to create and print 8” x 10”, 1 color mini posters using wood and metal type along with vintage imagery. Posters will be printed on our Vandercook No.1 press. Each person will print up to 4 copies of their poster to swap with the group, so they’ll walk away with different posters. Pizza and soft drinks will be served. Class will be 2–3 hours based on class size and how quickly everyone works. Class size is a minimum of 2 and a max of 4. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The adult may take the class as well or opt to just hang out. The fee is $35 per person and payment and reservations must be made in advance.

February class dates: 

2/21 from 2 – 4 p.m. 

March class dates:

3/13 from 2 – 4 p.m.

For more information or to reserve a class time email jill@jillyjackdesignsllc.com.

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 at NSS 2015

Here is proof that I'm set up and ready for the 2015 National Stationery Show at the Javits Center in New York. I'm sharing two huge booth spaces (92362 & 2363) with 13 other letterpress artists in the Ladies of Letterpress group booth. NSS is such an amazing show. The talent and amazing booths at this show never disappoint. I'm glad I'm not a retailer. It must be so overwhelming. The fun begins Sunday morning and goes on until Wednesday. I'll post more pictures later.

Take care,
Jill

NSS 2015 Best New Product Finalist

Our SMALL Collection has been chosen as a finalist in the National Stationery Show's Best New Product Competition for 2015! We are so thrilled to have this card line be recognized as it has special meaning. All these cards were created using vintage metal cuts and lead type from the collection of letterpress items from the late Mr. Small. We love the idea of keeping his collection printing for future generations.

If you're attending the show, please stop by the Ladies of Letterpress booth 2362 to see these little gems in person.

Take care,
Jill

All ready for the NSS 2015!

Whew! It's always crazy around here in the month leading up to the National Stationery Show. We shipped our booth items off yesterday and are taking the time today to pick up the studio and relax a little.

This year Jilly Jack Designs will be part of the Ladies of Letterpress group booth. There are a total of 14 letterpress studios that will be exhibiting in this booth. We've been working super hard to prepare for an awesome show. I am so honored to be in this booth with such amazing talent and can't wait to meet them all. They are from all parts of the states as well as a few from different countries. I wish everyone safe travels with no hiccups!

Our new drink recipe series letterpress prints along side our beer lover and cycling letterpress prints. 

A peek at the SMALL Collection and some of the metal cuts that were used to produce the cards.

This year we will be returning to the show with only letterpress work. Our line includes over 25 letterpress art prints and a new line of 4 bar cards, called the SMALL Collection. This collection is a composed of 18 designs that are created with vintage metal cuts and lead type from a collection of letterpress items that we purchased from the late Mr. Small. He was a local hobby printer who also volunteered as the letterpress printer for the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. We are so proud and honored to keep his collection of type and metal cuts printing for future generations.

If you happen to be going to the National Stationery Show, please come see me. I'll be in booth 2362!

Take care,

Jill

Jilly Jack Designs new studio

Here are a few pictures of our new studio those who can't make it to our grand opening.

We love our new space so much! We would love to give you a personal tour.

Have a great day.

Take care, Jill

More details on our Grand Opening

We have some great special guests coming to sell their wares at our grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 27.

First off is Mindy McCain of Loominarias, hand-dyed and handwoven scarves and shawls.

Loominarias shawls and scarves are light and silky and wonderful to touch. Handcrafted from hand-dyed tencel in unique, vibrant colorways, these luxurious fashion items are handwoven in a variety of original and traditional 

http://www.loominarias.com/

Next up is Ponsawan Sila is a polymer clay artist. She is crazy talented. Check out more of her work on her FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ponsawan-Sila/478456348832044?ref=hl

Also joining us on Saturday is the Retro 101 Noitique on Wheels. They have an amazing mix of clothing and accessories to keep you retro chic!

See what they're up to on their FB page.

https://m.facebook.com/shopRETRO101

We will also be open on Sunday, so please come by and see what we're all about. 

Take care,

Jill