Post-Marked #6: A Thousand Little Voyages

“Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt, I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.”
- E.B. White

A few weeks ago, there was a flurry of announcements that scientists had found the largest black holes in the universe yet. The beautiful thing about announcements of that magnitude is that they make us all quiet for a moment, as we are reminded of just how tiny we are.

I made this newest Post-Marked collection to celebrate the vastness of the world around us and the universe beyond. This is the last collection for 2011, but I’m excited to let you know that I’m going to keep making books in this series in 2012. For now, the plan is to make a new collection on a different theme each month, so stay tuned for what’s to come!

December 16, 2011 – 4:06 pm | By Maggie | Posted in bookbinding | Comments (2)

Craft fairs galore!

If you’re in NYC this weekend, please stop by any of the three fairs we’re doing and say hi and pick up some great new letterpress cards, journals and albums! On Saturday, December 10, we’ll be all over Park Slope in Brooklyn, at not one, but two fairs! I’ll be at PS 321 for Stuff …

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December 9, 2011 – 10:07 am | By Maggie | Posted in business, events | Comments (0)

Thank You

Sometime in 2001, I think, my dad told me I should be making books. I’d made books as a hobby for years but he meant that it should be my life’s work. It took me a few years and a few office jobs to figure it out for myself. My decision to leave the world …

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December 1, 2011 – 4:15 pm | By Maggie | Posted in breathing, business, quotations | Comments (2)

Post-Marked #5: Animalia

“Huge elephants! Huge jellyfish! Huge whale!” That was Charlotte, as we made our way through the American Museum of Natural History about two months ago. There’s nothing quite like going to the museum with an active, curious toddler in tow. You see everything as if you’d never laid eyes on it before and it’s all …

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November 25, 2011 – 3:26 pm | By Maggie | Posted in bookbinding, influences, quotations, the littlest printer | Comments (1)

Botanica

And, suddenly…it’s November! My mom has an incredible green thumb, and her dad, Grandfather Bud to me, studied forestry at Syracuse. Growing up identifying every plant that crossed our path (or was even close to our path), I’ve learned enough to identify most common plants, but I’m still no expert. More than anything, I have …

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November 3, 2011 – 10:55 pm | By Maggie | Posted in bookbinding, influences, my mom, process, quotations | Comments (0)