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Don’t Miss Cosmic Sans!

by Sara McNally | August 17th, 2012

Cosmic Sans has sprouted legs and taken off running! Submissions are coming in every day, and we are so impressed by what our fellow space lovers are coming up with! This show is going to knock your proverbial socks off. Look at this sneak peek:

Insane, right!? Yes, that is Zoidberg! (Left by Zac Schwiet, right by Lisa Schneller) And that’s just the beginning. We’ve got light sabres, space monkeys, and Gordon Freeman’s crow bar coming your way!

So here’s what you’re going to do.

1) Plan to come to the show. And then do it!

2) Print out this flyer and hang it up somewhere that ~~nerds~~ cool people will see it.

3) RSVP that you’re coming on our Facebook event so we can make enough space snacks for you.

We can’t wait. We’ll see you there!

Our CreativeMornings Talk

by Sara McNally | August 13th, 2012

CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for “creative types.” Each event is free, includes a 20 minute talk & 20 minutes of Q&A, and brings together creative folks to share their work and experiences. CreativeMornings was started in New York City in 2009 by Tina Roth Eisenberg (SwissMiss), to create an “accessible, inspiring morning event for people to meet.” We’re big fans of CreativeMornings – we love attending the Seattle events, and enjoy impromptu CreativeMornings in the office, listening to the wealth of content available from all over the world!

July’s Seattle CreativeMornings was hosted at Maker’s Space, a rad new coworking space in downtown Seattle, and featured a talk by us! (Crazy, right!?) These photos of the event are by the lovely and talented Jenny Linquist.

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Renegade Shopping Summer 2012

by Sara McNally | August 10th, 2012

Renegade was awesome. Sincerely awesome. We got into a ton of mischief while vending – our fellow vendors’ goods were way too rad to resist. Every time one of us took a trip to the bathroom (on the opposite end of the building from our booth), we’d come back with something fun for ourselves or a gift for someone else.

The show sign (I cheered when we drove in!)
and fun new artwork in the studio by Paper Parasol Press, Hello, Lets Be Friends & Of Hearty Stock

Things we came home with:

We bought an ultra rad tee shirt from Gnome Enterprises for our friends’ son Jackson. His 2nd birthday party was the day we got back from SF, and we were really excited to bring him back such an epic shirt. He’s at the age where he likes to pick what he wears every day, and I’m pretty sure that dinosaurs and robots are the best thing ever when you’re 2.

We got an awesome chicken shaped cutting board from Mac Cutting Boards for my mom’s birthday. My parents had chickens when they moved to Florida but can’t have them at their house here, so we’re always on the lookout for fun chicken themed things. Continue reading ☞

Renegade Craft Fair SF Summer 2012!

by Sara McNally | August 9th, 2012

This was our first time as vendors at any Renegade Craft Fair, and let me tell you – we are hooked! The turnout was incredible, the organizers were highly organized and helpful, the vendors were suburb, the shoppers were excited… and we had so much fun. It was such a great show. We can’t stop raving! Here are some photos of the goings-on:

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Urban Craft Uprising – Winter Show 2011

by Sara McNally | December 8th, 2011

We made it back from our Florida trip just in time to set up for the Urban Craft Uprising winter show! We did the summer show this year, so we assumed that we knew what to expect. But instead… holy 10,000 people, Batman! Our expectations were far exceeded – the amount of people in attendance was astounding, and we were busy all day, both days. We really had a great weekend. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came out to see us!

For those of you who couldn’t make it, here are some photos of our booth (taken by our stellar intern, Jenny).

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We’re Fab, too!

by Sara McNally | September 16th, 2011

We’re big fans of Fab (as you can tell from our gushy blog entry a few weeks ago). So, we’re proud and excited to announce that we’ll be a featured seller on Fab this coming week, September 20-23! (We’re super excited. Seriously.) We’ll be offering two of our letterpress art prints and several of our boxed card sets at a huge savings! Make sure you check out the sale and stock up!

If you still haven’t heard: Fab.com is “design online.” The Fab.com website offers daily design inspirations and sales 70% off retail. Membership is free but by invitation only. Members receive exclusive access to daily curated design sales featuring the world’s leading designers and manufacturers. And you can join by clicking here!

Wayzgoose 2011

by Sara McNally | August 30th, 2011

This weekend we participated in the 10th annual Wayzgoose event at the School of Visual Concepts. (For general Wayzgoose info/history, check out our previous blog post.) SVC is a great school with relevant classes on web topics, digital media, advertising, etc., as well as a full print shop, offering letterpress classes each quarter. (The best of both worlds, I’d say!) SVC is also the host of the Seattle Wayzgoose, and has been for 10 years!

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Coming Soon!

by Sara McNally | August 17th, 2011

We are excited to announce that we’ll have a table in the letterpress marketplace for the 2011 Seattle Wayzgoose! We’ll be in good company with 20+ vendors, offering their best letterpress goodies for perusal and purchase.

Wayzgoose is a tradition in the printing world that goes back to the days of working by candlelight. Each year on or around St. Bartholomew’s Day (the 24th of August), a wayzgoose would be given by the master printer to mark the end of summer and the start of the darker winter season of working by candlelight.

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Urban Craft Uprising Vendors

by Sara McNally | July 13th, 2011

We loved browsing the Urban Craft Uprising. Our fellow vendors were super talented, and offering such exciting things! Here are a few of our favorites.

Heather of Material and Movement makes beautiful jewelry from recycled vintage china. Her pieces are beyond beautiful, and definitely on my wish list.

Alexa of Foamy Wader has delicate and fun jewelry. This axe necklace has me written all over it. I visited it several times throughout the show – too bad my birthday isn’t coming up!

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Our Urban Craft Uprising Booth!

by Sara McNally | July 12th, 2011

This weekend we were a vendor at the Urban Craft Uprising! We attended our first summer show right after we moved to Seattle two years ago, and we loved it! At the time, Brad and I shared a daydream/goal of selling at the show, and we were so excited and pleased to see that come true this weekend!

We’ve done small shows in the past, but this one is the best, and we wanted to rise to the occasion! We built a display shelf from scratch. It was a fun project, but it taught us that we definitely prefer working with paper than with wood! Nonetheless, we really like how it turned out, and it was so fun to see all of our new designs displayed.

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Open House!

by Sara McNally | March 1st, 2011

Hello Friends! We’re preparing for an Open House at our new studio in a few weeks, and you’re invited! If you’re in Seattle (or willing to travel), we’d love to see you there. Come see where we work, what we do, and enjoy an evening with us. We genuinely believe in an open door, open heart policy – we want you to know us, and we want to get to know you. This is an opportunity to celebrate this new step for the company with old friends, and make new friends!

If you’d like to receive your own limited edition letterpress invitation postcard, e-mail us your address: hello AT constellationco.com