Diy letter press

Build a Letterpress & Use It to Print Things: Shortly after getting engaged, it became clear letterpressed save-the-dates, invitations, rsvps, & thank you notes were in my future. After a bit of looking around at commercial letterpress, as well as used presses, it also became clear these t…

How to Make Affordable DIY Letterpress Wedding Invitations: I think the simplicity of letterpress is beautiful. I am in love with the debossed effect, the solid colours and all the endless variations caused by handcrafting each piece. Letterpress is all very enchanting, which is why I wanted letterpress wedd…

DIY Letterpress | Boxcar Press

I am really excited to share with you fun things I have been making my new letterpress machine I have been playing with…a Lifestyle Epic Letterpress! Have you seen these yet? I first saw one a few months ago when someone had reviewed one on their blog and I was immediately drawn to it. I

I love how letterpress looks so I really wanted to try making my own letterpress wedding invitatio...

How to create easy letterpress at home. Letterpress can be expensive, but I share how to get the letterpress look for a fraction of the price!

How to Make Affordable DIY Letterpress Wedding Invitations: I think the simplicity of letterpress is beautiful. I am in love with the debossed effect, the solid colours and all the endless variations caused by handcrafting each piece. Letterpress is all very enchanting, which is why I wanted letterpress wedd…

In part one of our four part series on letterpress, Melissa takes a close look at the L Letterpress system from Lifestyle Crafts that is based on the Epic 6 machine.

When I first started out printing, I used metal gauge pins on my tabletop press. Now I prefer the disposable paper gauge pins made at home. I had a very tight registration to do for a client once and broke a metal one having to shift my paper around to find the perfect position. I was a little sad about it and rather than break another, my husband jumped in and suggested we make some paper ones. Paper ones give me a lot of leverage when I have to reposition my paper to get the colors to line…

Call me crazy, but I really didn't want to even try letterpress at home because I didn't want to get hooked on another crafty obsession…