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[handcraftedbyjoy]

I made this card using the Craft-A-Flower: Orchids Layering Die Set by Altenew.

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[doredavetiye]

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[buromarks]

[maharelillo]

I'm so proud to present the new hardcover edition of Hortari, my collection of illustrated short stories ! It is available now in my Etsy shop, and would make a wonderful present to any book lover this Christmas.

♡ The first softcover edition has less than 90 copies (I still have a few available, they will soon become collector). I printed 300 copies for this new lavish edition, which is a ridiculously small run compared to established publishers, but a very big step for me.  I tried to keep the price as low as I could (while doing my best to leave some money in the bank... probably failed here, but books are better than money ;). As you can see the cover is embossed with gorgeous rose foil and I redesigned the endpapers for the hardback binding. I hope you will love it, and can't wait to hear/read what you think ! ☆ I will keep my Etsy shop open while I'm away for the Paris children book fair, and will ship orders before I leave or when I get back on the 6th of December :)

[diagnosingdan]

Where did I go?

It’s hard to believe that my last post on here was over three years ago, and what a busy few of years it’s been! I’m not going to ruin the suspense by sharing everything at once, that would leave me with very little to talk about. Instead, I’m going to pick up where I left off.

Before I get started however I should mention that I’m taking a slightly different approach to my blog this time round. I’m not going to be sharing this on social media. Instead it will be a space of solitude — if a public blog can ever be such a thing.

A warm welcome to those of you that have accidentally stumbled upon my blog. My name is Dan, I’m now 30 and for over 12 years I’ve lived with an undiagnosed health condition. 

The last time I wrote on here I wasn’t sure where my career was heading. I needed a job where I could work flexibly around my condition, but those kind of jobs aren’t easy to come by. That’s when, cutting a very long story short, Becks and I decided to create one!

Jot Paper Co. is a design and print studio specialising in hot-foil, letterpress & Risograph stationery. We knew whatever business we started had to be product-led. That way work wouldn’t come to grinding halt whenever I have a relapse. 

With a restored hot-foil machine we started designing and printing greetings cards and in a few short years Beck and I have moved Jot from our one-bed London flat, to my parent’s garden shed, to a humble studio space in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. We now supply our products to stores across the world and despite there being a long way to go until Jot is fulfilling its creative and financial potential, I’m incredibly proud to call myself co-founder and director of Jot.

There’s a lot more to this story, most of which focuses around the sacrifices Becks has made to allow Jot to exist. But for now I really should crack on with some work so I want to leave you with a couple reasons I couldn’t be happier with our decision to start a business: 

I no longer have to rely on disability benefits. 

Flexible working has meant that my health has massively improved too!

[claudiustefan]

2.0 notebooks made from recycled materials. Te covers are hot foil printed at Fabrik, Bucharest.

[federflug-calligraphy]

Time for a shoutout for Lennie @thecuriousartisan and Gail @the_md_writes who teamed up to create the Lettering Foil Pen that works much more exactly than a regular »hobby« foil pen! It comes with 4 tips – fine, extra fine, broad edge and extra broad edge – as well as with detailed explanation how to use it plus various lettering exemplars. It’s such a cool tool to create calligraphy with a bling … like, for example I did here, a little house-warming gift for friends. Btw Lennie is doing a give-away at the moment, check out her account! :: Ich habe seit einer Weile immer wieder mit »hausgemachter« Heißfolierung herumprobiert – mit diesem Lettering Foil Pen von @ thecuriousartisan funktioniert das richtig gut, weil es hier vier auswechselbare Spitzen gibt – fein, extra fein, breit und extra breit. Hier ein Beispiel, das ich mit der feinen Spitze gestaltet habe! #tcaletteringfoilpen #heißfolierung #hotfoil #hotfoiling #calligraphy #kalligrafie #kalligraphie #goldfoil #copperplate #englischeschreibschrift #englishroundhand #flourishing #verzierung #caligrafia #calligraphyart #calligraphylove #flourishforum #federflugcalligraphy

[buromarks]

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