Starting out the new year at an affordable, community friendly art space is pretty awesome. Here are a few photos. Online shopping is the norm these days, it seems! So I think you either put your heart and soul into the best retail space possible or you focus on saving money and art…latter is my vibe right now…maybe forever. Anyway, look for more limited edition cards in the future!
2022 YAY!
I can’t believe it is already almost April! Yay! The cherry blossoms are blooming and yes! we had a 70 degree day. Just a few photos of the past 3.5 months.
The holidays have arrived and it happened so fast!
Today is November 1. 2021 Two more months left in this odd numbered and ODD in general, year. See card below.
The Coast
So beautiful on the Oregon coast.
Springtime is lovetime...
The buds are starting to show. I love springtime! Viva sweet love!
Crazy times.
What a crazy time we’re living in right now. I hope everyone stays safe and sane…and at home.
We’ll get through this…together.
Maybe send a card? :)
New space
Hello! Happy pre-Spring. The bulbs are popping up and the sun is shining. Yay! AND Lark Press will be joining forces with Julie of Studio Olivine to open a new letterpress studio in the lovely Humboldt neighborhood near Solabee and Shipwreck! Check back soon for more info!
Lark Press retail will be closing it's doors mid-June
After 14 years, Lark Press, the retail shop will close mid-June, 2019. But we will still be stocking our cards at lovely shops in Portland, Oregon and other cities around the US. So please! go to our stockist page and see where you can find our cards. And of course, we will be selling Lark cards and other letterpress printed stuffs online.
Finally...some really pun cards!
I’m not going to lie. I’ve always avoided making cards that have puns…mostly because I’m not really that clever when it comes to this type of humor. BUT, I decided to get on the pun wagon and actually had a lot of pun! Ok, I’ll stop. But check these out. I basically combined my fav things: birds (surprise!), an egg, cat paws, beautiful squishy cotton printing paper, neon ink AND VOILÅ! (Click on photo for slideshow.)
only one month until Valentine's day...
Gratitude equals happiness.
Small things. Big events. Nice people. A sunny day. A rainy day. A ladybug. Good health. Great health. Friends. A cold beer. Sunbreaks. Kittens. :)
e.e. cummings
dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at this wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for god likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)
e e cummings
Calendar 2019
Just finishing up the 2019 Lark Press calendar. I didn’t make one last year so decided to go all-out this year with watercolor AND letterpress! And I’m wishing I could spend all my work time dreaming up projects like this one… both art mediums are so satisfying.
it's you...it's always been you.
I found this lovely chalk written message on my walk home from Lark Press one summer day. (I luckily only live a few blocks from our brick + mortar shop! SO lucky.) Voilá. Thank you iphone camera....you really do a nice job in a pinch.