Letterpressed & Foil Stamped Advent Calendar

We had so much fun coming up with this year's holiday card.  In fact, we started on it last December, when we had the idea, just a little too late!  We giggled as we came up with the facts behind the different windows, and teased Erin every time some one suggested free shipping as a promo (since she has the final say over accounting at Haute Papier, she always vetoes this one).

The card actually had several runs through several different printers to get to the end product.  First the fronts were letterpressed in red, followed by foil stamping in gold.  While those were then being die cut and scored, we worked on the insides.  Since we actually made two different versions of the card - one for Haute Box subscribers and one for our wholesale vendors, we had four runs for the inside red pieces.  And because our new white printer wouldn't print as big as the inside piece needed to be, we had to glue two pieces to the inside!  Finally, we glued on the backing to seal it all together.

And last, but not least, we ran the computer calligraphy on the red envelopes and put our elves (aka finishing department) to work placing the 4 stamps on the outside.  

We hope you enjoy the card as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you!  Happy Holidays!

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Letterpressed Thanks!

What better occasion (and you send them before the massive piles of holiday mail begin) than Thanksgiving to send letterpressed love to your friends and family to show them just how much you care?! Here are a few of our favorite cards we letterpressed for the most gracious turkey day of the year!

(eggplant and papaya letterpress wreath card, letterpressed sage thankgiving feast card, chestnut letterpress thankful card)

We love NEON notes!

And for our second installment of our new products, we're excited to share the notecards from our collaboration with Dabney Lee.  We're smitten with her snappy patterns and sentiments and just love how they came out once we letterpressed them in the neon colors!  If you're in NYC for the National Stationery Show, come see us in Booth #2046 to see them all or if you're not attending this year, send us an email and we'll send you images of all 12 notecard designs (and the coasters - coming tomorrow!).

Baby Announcements au Natural

In honor of a certain someone's first birthday today (we CAN'T WAIT to show you the circus-themed party we've been working on) we are finally sharing the beautiful baby room our dear friend Nancy Margaret prepared when her first born was on the way.  Working with neutrals between taupe and dove gray, we letterpressed these oh-so-soft announcements with a chevron pattern frame for them to share the news with their loved ones!