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Letter Pressed

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About Me

Born and raised in Fresno, CA. Married to an amazing woman named Carlita. We share our apt. with one bratty cat, Luna. I create letterpress greetings cards and custom stationery. Have dabbled in writing, publishing, toy making, and toy collecting.
Please visit my website for some cool, modern cards, or if you need personalized stationery (it's all the rage ya know!) right here: Letter Pressed . Also you can check out my blog for info on Artist Series cards and prints, and to see custom jobs I've done for folks, Letter Pressed's Blog .


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Presston Plush

Presston Plush is available NOW!!. Go to the LP site and order yours today...Thanks! We hope to turn our logo into a vinyl toy sometime in 2007. Stay posted here or visit Letter Pressed's Blog .

Meet Presston the new LP Logo...


Brian Taylor of Candykiller has created a logo for us. Presston is the new identity of our Artist Series line of cards and prints. Sometime in the near future we will have a whole new section of our website devoted to this division of Letter Pressed . Great big thanks to Brian. Let us know what you think of Presston under "Comments." Thank you, MB

Best selling cards back in stock.

Our most popular cards, some of which have been sold out for quite some time, are reprinted and back in stock. We've got new colors, new ordering options, but the same old minimalistic greeting card goodness. No sap here, just straight and to the point!! All cards are made in America, foil stamped in small batches by a local printer. Papers are acid free. We'll have ordering info up soon (single cards are $3.50, including S&H, and 5-card packs are $12.50), you can order them now by visting these pages:
Many Thanks
Happy Birthday
Happy x5 Birthday

Ink-Slinger No. 5 and Steven the Bat cards ON SALE now!


INK-SLINGER NO. 5

Brandt Elling Peters is a self taught artist currently living in Tampa, FL with his wife, fellow artist, Kathie Olivas (who as well is exhibiting internationally) and their two dogs Bailey and Diego. He has been exhibiting in numerous galleries across the US & Canada. He states, "Having grown up on the West Coast most of my life and coming from a family of uber ‘antique’ collectors and artists, my eclectic upbringing was filled with a wide range of ’Pop’ ephemera. Many of those inspirations now show up in my work and stem from the backdrop of my childhood."Details: •Limited to 500 numbered cards. •Foil stamped in silver on Strathmore Ivory 88 lb cover stock. •Accompanied by French Speckletone Frostbite envelopes. •A2 size folded cards, blank inside.
North American Orders:

$10/Pack of 5

International Orders:

$10/Pack of 5 + $5.50 Int. S&H


STEVEN THE BAT

Artist Series card number 6 from Bwana Spoons!! Bwana Spoons was raised in the woods. He likes moss and Lego and monsters. He likes making zines and comics and paintings and silk-screened prints and smashing tile and making things with rainbows and animals. Over the years he has worked on and/or created several zines and comics. Bwana is currently working on his new “My Peeples” toy project. The first- “Steven the Bat” to be released in the fall by Super 7. He's also finishing up the third issue of the new arts zine “Pencil Fight”, doing tile and room treatments for homes in SF and Portland, working on his comic “Welcome To Forest Island”, curating the traveling show Plushtastrophe, and continuing to show his paintings. His illustration work clientele includes Nike 6.0, Hewlett Packard, Nickelodeon, Top Shelf, The Stranger, Dogtown, Hessenmob, Imaginasian TV, Laika, Monsieur T, Buster Design, WK, Uno Caol, Vans, and others. Steven the Bat is printed in blue foil on French Paper Speckletone Starch Mint 100 lb. cover stock, and comes with speckly ice blue envelopes blind-debossed with a small image of Steven.

North American Orders:

$10/Pack of 5

International Orders:

$10/Pack of 5 + $5.50 Int. S&H

My Interests

Designer toys. Letterpress printing. Modern design. Movies. Music. Artists such as: Tim Biskup, Joe Ledbetter, Gary Baseman, Bwana Spoons, Nathan Jurevicius, Jeremy Fish, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Christopher Lee, Brian Taylor, TADO, Jermaine Rogers, Brendan Monroe, Ron Rege Jr., Souther Salazar, David Heatley, Jeff Soto, Bob Dob, MCA, Sas Christian, Blaine Fontana, Luke Chueh, Thomas Han, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

I'd like to meet:

Maybe reconnect with some old friends. Uh, it's usually not best to meet your heroes, cuz they tend to disappoint.

Music:

Beatles, Kinks, The Who, Beach Boys, Lilys, Pixies, T. Rex, Tom Waits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Velvet Underground, Talking Heads, Doors, Radiohead, The Strokes, White Stripes, Death Cab, The Shins, and The Dalloways!!

Movies:

Eraserhead (and all things Lynch), Coen Bros., Taxi Driver, Barfly, Wes Anderson, P.T. Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski (Repulsion & The Tenant), Scorsese, Tarantino, etc.

Television:

Lost, Arrested Development, Scrubs, CSI (original), Law and Order (all of them), My Name is Earl, The Office, ER.

Books:

Original Black Sparrow Press. Bukowski, Fielding Dawson, Wanda Coleman, et al. Old issues of smellfeast and Wake Up Heavy!!

My Blog

Latest Artist Series Card

This could be the cutest Artist Series card to date!! AS card ..7 is from Brian Taylor, aka Candykiller. Brian is a super-talented artist and graphic designer who hails from Scotland We loved this l...
Posted by Letter Pressed on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:43:00 PST

Back from Holiday

Ah, the wife and I had a nice trip to the Central Coast (Cayucos, Morro Bay, SLO) this weekend. But now it's back to real life. Some highlights of the trip: Frank's in SLO. Best hot dogs on the We...
Posted by Letter Pressed on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

3/15/05

The Regé card is done and it looks gorgeous!! Also have the next artist cards lined up. Will try and post pics and links for both soon.
Posted by Letter Pressed on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

First Blog

Just signed up on MySpace, and am still trying to figure everything out. This will be used primarily to promote my website Letter Pressed, and talk about the goings on behind the scenes. My latest ca...
Posted by Letter Pressed on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST