Monday, June 14, 2010

Introducing myself.

by eli

Hello, Darling Press readers. My name is Alicia Carrier and until now I've been a random name under some of the photographs. I am a photographer, an illustrator, and a close friend of Jason and Alia Hoffman. I spend a lot of time hanging out at their house while our kids party it up, drinking tea and sharing ideas with Alia, and often photographing their wares.

5 pack

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belly bands

I like to think of myself as a sort of silent partner in this enterprise. Eventually you might see some guest designs from me, but until then- here is the face behind some of the photographs you see here. I dabble in product photography, but I like to incorporate a homey, comfortable feel in my images. I try to show details like paper texture and embossing that give a feel for what letterpressed prints really look like.

belly band imprint

Jason and Alia are so cool, and I love taking photos of the process of their work, from the sketches that are fleshed out over cups of tea to the finished, printed product.

Anyway, I just wanted to say hi. You can find more information about me here.

(P.S. aren't these custom-made belly-bands for 5 and 10 packs of cards AWESOME? I love the design of the lettering. Well done, Jason.)

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Father's Day Offerings


Well, we finally got the cards for Father's Day printed up. It feels good to offer up two versions. We are a little behind the curve, admittedly, but there's always next year, right? And who says you can only send a card to your dad on Father's Day, anyway? We send cards to our dads all the time, but we print cards, too, so maybe that's a bad example.

This was Alia's drawing. What could be more manly than a stag, hops, and plaid? I think she did a great job of integrating her proud stag into a Nouveau-style border with the tattoo inspired banner and text.

portrait fathers day card

The image for this card came from one of the daily drawings I was doing last year. Recently, my granddad passed down all of his family photos to me -- and he has been researching our family for decades, so he had quite a collection to pass down. This is my great-great-great uncle (?) Edmond Eli "E.E." Waites. I thought the intimate portrait would make a fine looking card. We hope you do, too.

Up next, the congratulations card, and we hope to post some images of all the business cards we have been asked to print!