enJOY it

Wanted to answer a few questions left in the comments or via email:

+ I use a cheap Polaroid camera that I bought at Target. It does nothing exciting except spit out pictures. I did not even realize there were multiple types of Polaroid cameras until seeing the amazing work of artists on flickr. My camera takes 600 film and the only secret to it is that it does much, much better in bright sunlight.

+ The words in the layout above (and on the yellow circle layout from yesterday’s post) were made from De-flecto rub-ons. They are sold at office supply stores and come in huge sheets. The are my favorite text items to work with because I can stick them anywhere and they are small enough to get a lot onto a page. (To make the background for the above page, I photocopied polaroids of the sky onto a piece of paper multiple times.)

+ I do not have a letterpress. I rent press time at an art studio called Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, Maryland. I really stumbled on to the place through a lady I met while at work. I would do some research online if you are interested in finding a letterpress place in your area. I provided links to some great letterpress websites in a feature I did for Heart Handmade.

+ I currently have no place that I display my layouts or scrapbook pages – mostly because I have not been making any layouts or scrapbook pages. I designed for Cupcake Scrapshop for many months, and had a great time playing with the kits, but that was the extent of my layout making. For the most part, these days, I just put together mini books and those all get displayed here on the blog. Recently – I have started uploading art journal pages on to flickr. I would love to get back into regular posting in a gallery again. I just have to do some work to actually put up.

+ The geese have disapeared from our lives. We returned from Hawaii and they were gone. Paul and I were quite upset for awhile and I still find myself looking for them whenever I leave the house. Hopefully they realized that there are such things as lakes and decided to move on to something better.

+ I am very interested in any and all letterpress projects. Wedding and otherwise. I have no portfolio other than what you see in my etsy. I am quite sure that the first big project I take on will be the paper pieces for my own wedding. But let’s be clear – I want to get married for 1000 reasons besides letterpressed goods. 🙂

Have a fantastic Saturday.