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Copper meets foil & typography in new prints from Inky Co.

Copper, foil typography, letterpress, fun with words; they’re all things I LOVE, so I’m a fan of these new limited edition prints from stationery brand Inky Co. and we have a set of four to give away to one lucky reader.

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Inky Co. is an Australian stationery and gift wrapping online store, established in 2011 by three graphic designers (mum and daughter) Chloe and Carolyn, and Sarah. Inky Co. operate in a colourful creative space in Melbourne, where their sketch pads are currently open to pages of reindeers and snowflakes as they are in full Christmas preparation mode!

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All papers and prints are designed and manufactured in Australia using 100% green energy and environmentally friendly materials. These new prints are foiled on a 1961 Heidelberg Windmill Platen letterpress using beautiful gold and copper foil. Each print is lovingly presented in a clear sleeve with cardboard backing and hand numbered. While designed to be unique and fun, they also keep practicality in mind, so they fit a standard frame size and will suit a wide range of interiors.

There’s a limited run of 50 of each design, making them a great starter piece to a collection.

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The Inky Co team are passionate about interiors and hope to continue to expand upon this collection with new typographic prints and art already in the works.

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To be in with a chance of winning one of each of the four limited edition prints, complete the form below by 6pm Sydney time on Friday 26 June 2015.

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Off Topic Tuesday: my wedding invitations

I just have to share my wedding invitations with you now they’ve all safely arrived to our guests here and overseas. I am so in love with them. I really can’t imagine anything better (other than a letterpress version, which I couldn’t afford). I worked with the ever patient Kate Reeves Robertson at The Story of Us to create my dream invites and the perfect start to our big day countdown.

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The white on navy invitation (with polkadot reverse) is for the UK post-wedding lunch we’re having at the end of our honeymoon in November. We had to make it different to the white wedding invitation, as some people were sent both. We also had an insert card with a striped back, an RSVP postcard, a fuchsia envelope seal and a tag with our wedding website details on the reverse.

When I received my printed goods back from Kate, I almost shed a tear. You dream about getting married for years (I wasn’t one of those girls with a scrapbook and all, but I won’t lie and pretend I hadn’t imagine what my wedding stationery might look like, being a paper nerd). Putting them together in the right order, addressing the envelopes (Damian’s job), inserting the envelope liners and getting the right stamps for overseas and domestic mail was a much bigger job than imagined and saw our dining table become a production line for three solid nights. (Top tip: use post-its!) It was fun though, despite the sore necks.

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Beautiful letterpress prints on sale!

You’re going to thank me for this one, I’m sure of it! Bespoke Letterpress produce all kinds of divine prints, stationery and invitations and they’re selling loads of their prints, even limited editions, for just $20 with free shipping! Squeal! It’s almost too much for this girl who loves letterpress, typography and paper products in general!

I bought this lovely yellow one for a friend (when it was full price of course) a while back and she loved it. Go on, treat yourself!

You can find the Bespoke Letterpress Boutique sale online here.

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FOR THE LOVE OF TYPE Oh, how I love typography! I suppose it’s because I’m a wordsmith (

FOR THE LOVE OF TYPE

Oh, how I love typography! I suppose it’s because I’m a wordsmith (Okay, journalist) that I love the look of words, fonts and typography and why I already have such a big collection of type-based prints from Keep Calm Gallery in the UK.

But this week, thanks to Louise over at Table Tonic, I stumbled upon New Zealand’s g&m design and promptly fell in love! What I like most about their work is that it’s all inked and printed by hand (using a collection of antique letterpress printer’s blocks originally destined for a coffee table) and every piece is personal.

g&m (otherwise known as Gretchen and Melissa) design and create hand-printed personalised typographic artworks on Italian paper or canvas. Gretchen says: “You come up with your 20 words and choose your colours and we will turn it into a piece of art. Words may be around a theme, or simply an eclectic collection of significant words, places and dates in someone’s life.” The perfect gift for for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, graduations or farewells or just a great treat to commission for your own wall at home.

Gretchen Fraser and Melissa Laterveer started their business after being inspired by a magazine feature on typography. They made some prints with Gretchen’s collection of printers’ blocks and the popularity of their designs with friends led them to establish g&m design in 2007. They now create hand-printed personalised typographic artworks for customers around the world.