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Valentine's card metal type composition workshop
Sunday, January 25, 2009
These keepsake cards are all from the heart and made by hand. How can your Valentines resist such classic sentiments as S.W.A.K. (sealed with a kiss), XOXO (kisses and hugs), or Got love? Tweak your message to be old fashioned and charming or contemporary and straight to the point. Either way we guide you through setting up your design with type and images from our collection and hand printing up to 24 cards with complimentary envelopes. Plan on 5 hours of work plus time for a light lunch. Got lots of Valentines to wow? No problem. Additional sets of 12 cards and envelopes at the same time are available for $8 per set.
See workshop description for details. The Valentine's card workshop is only for Sunday, January 25th.
We thought it might be worth showing some images we have in our collection and some ideas that just might work.
basket: copperplate, 1.375" high
rooster: copperplate on wood. 1.5" high
Text possibilities:
>> A bushel & a peck of Valentine wishes. <<
>> I love you a bushel's worth. <<
>> We're looking to gather up some Valentines. <<
>> Wake up sleepy Valentine. <<
beehive: foundry metal, 0.625" high, brackets: foundry type
Text possibilities:
>> Bee my Valentine. <<
>> HI've got you under my skin. <<
>> Show me the honey. <<
>> Honey is sweet and so are you. <<
flashlight: copperplate on wood. 2" wide
Text possibilities:
>> Searching for love in all the dark places. <<
>> You light up my life, Valentine. <<
>> Valentine's day keeps going and going and... <<
border / handdrawn: linocut, 2.5" wide
border / outlined: copperplate on wood, 1.625" wide
Text possibilities:
>> You could put any slurpy kind of statement inside the frame. <<
couple inside heart: copperplate on wood, 1" high
Text possibilities:
>> Just about anything syrupy. <<
heart: copperplate on wood. 3.25" high
Text possibilities:
>> Got heart? <<
>> Could overprint with many of the other images. We liked the flashlight as a kind of cupid arrow. <<
man & woman dancing: copperplate on wood, 1" wide
Text possibilities:
>> It takes two to tango. <<
hugs & kisses: wood type, (of course, we can do a gazillion XO designs)
botanical design: copperplate on wood. 6.375" wide
Text possibilities:
>> Could print light and overprint with a large SWAK. <<
>> Love is a many splendored thing. <<
tomato: copperplate on wood. 1" wide
Text possibilities:
>> You say "tomato." I say "Be my Valentine." <<
two cupids mixing: copperplate on wood. 1.75" wide
Text possibilities:
>> Be my Valentine and we can mix up some stuff. <<
>> Valentine Potion #9. <<
two girls sitting: copperplate on wood. 1.25" wide
Text possibilities:
>> We are going to sit here until you be our Valentine. <<
woman with man writing: copperplate on wood. 1.625" wide
Text possibilities:
>> "Dear John,..." <<
>> How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. <<