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Daniel Danger

{ posted by Laura, Letterpress Intern }

Daniel Danger and I both grew up in rural New England. While I'm busy die cutting your save-the-dates, he's busy selling out of his intricate screen prints in a blink of an eye. Ever since I met Daniel while both attending RIT in Rochester, NY,  I was a fan of everything I would see of his. This is still true, and I find myself with an even deeper appreciation of his labors as I'm in the print-world as well now. Thematically, Daniel's prints often capture the New England countryside, towns, woods, and mills in an atmospheric way that feels like a distant memory, and definitely plays a nostalgic role in my mind's eye.

I leave you with a few of my favorite prints of his as of late:

“september”
23×30″ fifteen color screenprint, edition of 100
2008
 

“i was born in a house of wyeth”
20×25″ five color silkscreen, edition of 125
16×20″ one color intaglio, edition of 10
2009




“lock and key or latchkey, a house you tricked empty”
20×30″ five color silkscreen
2009




And, as we do love our whales and prints here at Two Paperdolls, what's one more?
“so how can we hope to float?”
six color screenprint, edition of 180
edition of 20 on blue
2008

To see more of Daniel Danger's prints, visit http://tinymediaempire.com.

Steady as it Goes

{ posted by Jen, head production assistant }
 
While aimlessly searching online for some inspiration last night, I came across something I must share.

A few months back I did a post on some very intricate laser cut business cards, lamps and leaves . I thought I would simply add a few more examples to my previous post; however, this turned out to be a completely different can of worms. These leaves were not laser cut at all, they were each very carefully hand carved. This beautiful art form comes to us from China, where very skilled artists take months just to carve one leaf!

Here's an interesting fact, these amazing artists prefer to use the leaves of the Chinar tree, native to India, Pakistan, and China. These leaves are considered 'lucky' in Chinese tradition.

I will never look at leaves in quite the same way. Instead of being a nuisance in which we all must rake each fall, I choose to look at each one as a blank canvas!

{ images via treehugger }

Be Mine on the Main Line

{ posted by Nicole, director of sales }

Come on out to support Philadoptables at the 2nd annual Be Mine on the Main Line Event this Thursday, February 4th, at Spamps Restaurant in Conshohocken. Great food and drink specials along with desserts compliments of Cakes and Candies by Maryellen. Please RSVP via rsvp@aroundmainline.com or check out the website for more details.

Another Unconvential Wedding Set

{ posted by Jen James, Designer }

Crystal's post the other day about the creative reply cards she used for her wedding inspired me to post this very interesting wedding invitation found on the blog Share Some Candy. A funky design and screenprinting shop called Kayrock made them for the couple. I love the way this invitation tells the story of the couple's relationship, in case any details were missed along their 7 years of courtship.

 

{ photos courtesy of Share Some Candy. }

Winter Wellness Day

{ posted by Nicole, director of sales }

I am a huge fan of Terrain in Glen Mills. If you haven't had a chance to peruse their home and garden wares or taste their delicious fare in the cafe, this is your chance! This Saturday, the 6th, they are hosting a Winter Wellness Day filled with mini facials and hand massages. $10 and a quick reservation will bring you into a world of bliss. Click here to RSVP or head to their website for a list of their weekly events and workshops.  

{ photos courtesy of oh, joy! }

Beautiful Losers

{ posted by Christina, designer }

I am a sucker for documentaries. Most make me feel guilty for not buying enough organic, not having an electric car, or feel like I'm not doing enough to save all of the animals in the world even though I donate a dollar every time I go to Pet Smart.

Beautiful Losers however, simply inspired me to just go out there and Make Something.

Check it out for yourself!

So long, fare thee well!

{ posted by Brooke, designer }

My last 2.5 years here at Two Paperdolls and Louella Press have been a wild journey on which I have learned so much and become a better designer in the process. Today is my last day as a "doll" and I wanted to take the opportunity to say goodbye to my colleagues at the dollhouse, and to you, the readers at Louella Court! I hope my posts have enlightened and entertained you :-) It has been a blast!

{ "Goodbye" letterpress card by Orange Beautiful }

Shoes + Pants = Shoe Pants

{ posted by Amanda, VP }

One of my favorite celebrity blogs is Perez Hilton. I always hit up his site once or twice a week to get my dose of Hollywood gossip. In my browsing past week I came upon the ultimate piece for your wardrobe designed by Sebastian Errazuriz, and recommended by Perez. They are called Shoe Pants... the perfect combination of Converse and denim.

 

In Sebastian's words, "I see them as conceptual exercises, which hope to motivate people to look again, question paradigms and establish an unexpected approach to an object or situation. Hopefully by exaggerating the extents of what is possible, we are also questioning our daily reality and creating awareness."

Are you brave enough to make this statement?

Old Style meet Modern

{ posted by Chris, designer }

Most people who know me know that I’m first-off a technology geek, and secondly that I love a good serif. 
While the iPad just came out yesterday and my inner nerd wants to talk about that, I can’t help but yell about a great typeface I discovered. Hoefler & Frere-Jones designed a font called Chronicle that I’m dying to use on a project. They described this font as a “blended Scotch.”

“A vigorous hybrid of time-honored forms and contemporary design strategies, Chronicle Deck & Display is a new suite of headline faces that brings strength and utility to the classic serif.”

Priced at $500.00 for the full set, this font is not cheap... but when your client list includes President Barack Obama, Nike
, NBC Universal
, The United Nations
, The Wall Street Journal
, and Life Magazine
 (to name a few), then you definitely have the authority to charge that much.

You can see more about this font and tons of others at the H&FJ site or you can give Chronicle a test drive here.

Firefox Personas

{ posted by Whitney, web designer }

I decided to upgrade my Firefox web browser today to version 3.6. I am really excited about this new release because in the words of typekit.com, "It represents a significant milestone in the ongoing story of fonts on the web. This marks the first browser to support the emerging Web Open Font Format, or WOFF." This is very exciting for the web in general, but when I opened my update, Firefox did something I was not ready for. It asked me to choose my "persona," which is basically like a skin. It has thousands to choose from — I was classic and went with GreyDay.

{ all images via Personas }