research-a-mundo

so for weeks and weeks i've been trying (and somewhat stalking) to get a hold of this lovely local printer from Ann Arbor. She has an adorable little shop called elevated press and so naturally i decided that it would be her who would be my mentor.

problem one - up until yesterday she didn't know who I was
problem two - people with their own businesses tend to be fairly busy which leaves very little time for giving free lessons and advice to wanna be's like me.

BUT. she was wonderful nonetheless.

she invited me to her new studio where she has 3 presses and a gigantor paper cutter, and gave me a brief intro to all that is letterpress. which included her story - she's only been printing for the past couple years and got started when she was doing her own invitations for her wedding a funny little story including the fact that she MADE... yes made her own letterpress out of some crazy scrap metal... talk about an inspiration.

she had a couple great stories... some of which i already new because i've been reading her blog (but i didn't want to tell her that because leading up to this i had already emailed her a gazillion times and thought saying oh yeah i read about that after every story she told me may have been a bit creepy... not to mention rude?)

this is what i want now... how long till christmas?



maybe if im really good manfriend will buy it for me just because ;)