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Usually I don't have time to draw the Satsuma Press holiday cards til the last minute, which is not ever what I plan. Still, it's what happens year after year. This week has been chock full of to do list stuff; next will be the same.
Somehow, despite everything that has been going on, I found time to draw two holiday cards. They are simple – a sprig of foliage, a wreath – and I don't think I'll be drawing more than these. I'll print them in three holiday-like colors – cranberry, silver sage, leaf.
I'll be away from home and studio August 21st to the 26th. Liam and Ben will be staying almost a week longer than me at Ben's mom's place so I plan to get a good, strong start on printing both the holiday cards and the 2011 calendar. I can't wait!!
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I have been working on the 2011 calendar lately. I wasn't sure what I'd do this year since my first thoughts of blind impressions with watercolor fell from favor. For me, that is. To be honest, I was feeling a little overwhelmed by this yearly project. But I'm really liking the direction of this – lots of circles and lines. It's simple with only a few months having more then one colorway, slate gray text and a blind stamp at the bottom of each page. I also decided to go with a slightly smaller format – 5.5 x 8.5 – still on 100% cotton paper.
I plan to have these ready for you by the middle-to-end of September. My idea is to do a fairly small run of 200 or 250 – and I'll start up a pre-order list at the beginning of September. Sign up for the Satsuma Press Newsletter right here if you want to know when that happens.
P.S. The wreath for December will also be printed as an all-purpose holiday card in a few colors – silver sage, leaf, cranberry and metallic silver.
August, already. July went by in a blur. My father-in-law passed away on July 19th – just one year and a day after the death of a very close friend. Mid-July seems cursed, but I know it's not really that way. In the same month, Liam went to week long camp for the very first time. And loved it. We picked him up from Welches on Saturday, July 17th and drove home on the back roads.
Because of our unexpected week away to be with family, I am incredibly behind in the studio. Mailbox Monthly for July has not been finished – and I'm sorry. I discovered yesterday that the cd sleeves I ordered for MM are not so letterpress friendly. They have a shiny finish on them and the ink smudge too much, so on to Plan B. I'll be printing something else for the (now late) July edition and trying out some kraft paper cd sleeves next.
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