42Pressed Notes

20% off any wedding suite!

2012-01-25T19:57:49+00:00

HI Brides! Okay now is your chance to relish in your invitation moment… From now until February 15th, we are taking 20 % off ANY custom order (that means your dream invitation can be designed for a fraction of the price) or any suite from our current wedding collection! Not sure of all your details yet? No worries, as long as you fill out the order form (Enter 42LOVESVBRIDES in the additional notes section on the form) and secure your spot before February 15th at midnight, you’re in! So HURRY HURRY all you soon to be Valentine brides, we can’t wait to work with you one on one and make your dream invitation come true! xo

Therese and Amad’s Shower Suite

2012-01-24T19:59:12+00:00

Do these invitations look familiar? That is because they were ours for Riley’s shower… Carrie, Therese’s sister contacted us asking if we could design the same shower invitations because they fell in love with ours… With other clients, I would never do this, but since they were ours, I felt like it was fine and we were flattered… I think they came out great. Carrie ordered a favor tag for a sweet little piece of candy, a little note for Therese that she could write to her guests after the shower, and of course the shower invitation itself… So fun!

Remembering Tracy Turpen

2012-01-20T15:53:02+00:00

Yesterday I learned that one of my clients/friends Tracy Turpen passed away suddenly on Sunday, January 15. I cannot tell you how sad and shocked I am. She was an INCREDIBLE photographer, a true artist at her craft, a woman who oozed creativity throughout her work. Her photographs are chalk full of emotion, you can’t help but look at them and become inspired by her and her journey throughout life. I followed her blog religiously, probably more that any other blog out there. As soon as I would feel sad, overwhelmed, at a creative stand still, I would go to Tracy’s blog and literally my sails would become full again, that is how powerful her work is. On top of all her talent, she truly was a breath of sunshine, a beautiful person, she just had a way about her that was contagious. You just wanted to be around her.

I had the pleasure of working with Tracy while we re-vamped her collateral and identity (below) in 2009. We worked closely together to develop her brand and voice, and to have it mimic the powerful images Tracy so lovingly shot. I designed a sort of landscape logo using watercolor that I felt really captured her colors perfectly. She was a green and blue person most definitely, inside and artistically. For Tracy, it was all about the images, and how we could have the design enhance that. While I was putting together her brochure and working with all her photographs, I was just completely overwhelmed with her talent and how her images stirred something inside of me. It was truly an incredible experience to work with her. My prayers go out to her fiance Tyler, her sweet little son Evander, and her warm family that she spoke so softly about. Her spirit will hang on treasured living room walls for many years to come. Her legacy will live on through her partner/fiance Tyler, I just know it. Huge hugs Tracy, we will all miss you so much, words cannot express! xo

All images shot by Tracy Turpen www.tracyturpen.com

Anna Redfearn

2012-01-17T17:12:31+00:00

My dear, sweet friend Mary and her husband are having a baby girl in March… So I wanted to print these in time for her baby shower, which I went to last weekend at home (in Charleston) it was kind of a mom’s gone wild night, so fun, love my girls. Anyways, I told Mary I would add all the factual stuff later after she was born, weight, height, birthday but I wanted Mary to have them for her shower, so she didn’t go ahead and order them after. One less thing to check off the list after having a baby, right? (hence the reason why mine were 6 months late!)

I used a magenta pink which I am absolutely crazy about along with a metallic blue, which was also a special order and couldn’t be mixed from the pantone book… xoxo

Riley Magnolia Birth Announcement

2012-01-04T19:49:26+00:00

I know, I know… So I am a horrible mother, and even more so since this is what I do for a living! But I must say doing stuff for myself, especially printing, is so so difficult… I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I put all my customers and everyone else above my needs, but I finally had a little time to sit down and design/print Riley’s birth announcement. I have been OBSESSED lately with silhouettes, especially Riley’s, she has the cutest profile. When she was tiny, I called her the who from whoville (from the Grinch) her profile looked exactly like that! If you are one of our buddies, don’t look, yours is in the mail!

Hope everyone had a great New Year… I don’t know about you, but I am totally psyched about this year. Lots to look forward to and lots to accomplish! xxoo

2012 National Stationery Show Booth #2066 with a little pep talk…

2011-12-01T16:01:39+00:00

So it’s official! We are headed the 2012 NSS this year and I have to say I am kind of freaking out a little bit! Last year we didn’t go to the show, because I was pregnant with Riley and the show took place a little too close to my due date, so we decided to sit out and come back the following year with tons of new product and letterpress goodies to show off… Now that I have a baby, I am trying to figure out as a new mom, how to balance my work and my career and find that really happy medium, because right now, I feel very overwhelmed.

I have found that I can completely go off on a tangent with ideas etc. If you are a designer and a stationer, there are literally a million things you can design and put out there, so I have had to really focus and hone in on exactly what I would like to show for the 2012 nss and enter the show with a clear goal and vision. Having said that, here is our mission for the 2012 Show: We are primarily focused on weddings but will expand that focus to all things celebratory (ready mades, fill ins) with a few random moments of greatness which will include additional letterpress goodies that will serve to mark those amazing celebrations in your llife (baby updates, baby wellness book, 2013 calendar)

I feel a little vulnerable right now writing all this, because normally I am pretty determined, but with everything going on and associated with the show, money, time, will our new products do well, is my baby okay, all swirling around in my head, sometimes I get extremely overwhelmed and it is in these times especially, when it is so important to move forward and achieve my goals: Be a great mom to my sweet baby BUT also have a career that can be equally as rewarding and inspiring… I can have it all, and I will!! Now it’s time to put my head down and work but do it with a huge smile on my face, because honestly, there is really NOTHING I would rather be doing then what I do. Go 42! xo

Free save the dates!

2011-10-03T12:55:06+00:00

42 Pressed is back! And to celebrate, we wanted to kick things off with a little promotion. Here are the details:

Starting on Friday, September 30th, 2011 all full wedding invitation suite orders from our collection (invite, printed envelopes and rsvp set) placed up through November 30th, 2011 will receive free save the dates to go along with any order (no larger than A2 size or a #10). If save the dates were already purchased, don’t worry, we would love to offer a free enclosure card that can go along with your suite to make it extra special! In order to redeem, the wedding suite, save the date or enclosure card must be ordered all at the same time. So tell all your friends who are getting married and help us spread the word. This means HUGE savings and will not last long at all, so take full advantage while you can!

Welcome Riley Magnolia!

2011-08-18T14:59:41+00:00

Introducing our sweet baby!! Life with Riley has been amazing, tiring, frustrating, peaceful and so lovely all at the same time, I just can’t describe it! She is 2 months and doing so incredibly well. I am nursing away, all the time, every second it feels like! I am so thankful to not have had any issues with it yet, knock on wood, hopefully it will continue on through until I decide to move on, which I am thinking will be about 6 months. She has finally started to smile about a week ago and it literally melts my heart, she smiles just like me, with her WHOLE face… I love it so much! Not sleeping very much has been super hard, and exhausting, but Tyler has been so awesome. He wakes up with me for every feeding and then puts her down, so I can go straight to bed. How do single moms do this!?!? I admire you all so much! I am so thankful for my sweet husband and my family, we are so very blessed!

We took a little vacay to the family farm (the tea farm in Charleston) in the beginning of August. It was so great and relaxing. Lots of walks with the dogs, swimming, fishing, floating, listening to the frogs at night, watching afternoon storms roll in, great chats, good wine (missed my wine, but still can only have a bit since I am nursing!!) that place is literally my paradise! I can’t wait till we move back home… All in good time, for now we gotta do what we gotta do! Here are a few pics of what we have been up to the last couple of months and one of Riley just a couple of days ago, so you guys will all be up to speed on her growth! I miss all my tweeps, letterpress buds and blog followers so much, I promise to be back in action shortly! Hope you all are doing great xo

Riley and I moments after she was born.

Riley 8 weeks.

Tyler, Riley and I under the tree where it all began! My favorite on the farm!

How we Dwell at 42 Pressed!

2011-06-24T13:48:58+00:00

Hi Everybody! I wanted to share this little bit of press we got from Dwell! As many of you know, Tyler and I are expecting our little one ANYDAY now, it’s crazy to think about it, we are so excited, and we were even more excited when Chrissie from Dwell wanted to feature our new beloved nursery on the Dwell Studio blog, as well as our shower invites that we designed. Here is the post, I hope you all enjoy! We’ll keep you posted when Riley decides to make her debut. It can’t some soon enough! xo

First Flush Festival

2011-05-20T14:34:28+00:00

For those of you who don’t know, my family has been in the tea business forever, and my father, a 3rd generation tea taster is part owner and runs the only tea plantation in America, called The Charleston Tea Plantation or American Classic Tea. It is located on a tiny island outside of Charleston called Wadmalaw and it is literally my paradise. Growing up on a tea farm was an experience all in itself! Every year we put on a huge festival out on the farm to celebrate our first harvest, and every year it seems to be getting bigger and bigger. We design and letterpress the poster to promote the festival around town and then also to sell them the day of. Below is this years poster, printed on 110 LB Lettra for that extra yummy impression. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals headlined and they were amazing, Grace even signed one of my posters and wrote “To Jackie, xoxo Grace” I was elated, she seemed really down to earth and awesome when I met her. Riley Magnolia was dancing around in my tummy for sure while they were playing, it was a great day. Here is the slideshow of the festival from the Charleston City Paper. Till next year everyone!