Sunday, November 13, 2011

Impress Me

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Who hearts lettepress?  On Saturday my friend Suzanne and I took an introductory class at Studio on the Square with Mindy Belloff of Intima Press.
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What is it about letterpress?  
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One classmate said it was "delicious", another that in a world of flat screens and flat pages, it's nice to be able to feel something tactile and real.  
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OK, that second person was me, but still...
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in just a few hours Mindy taught us about the history of the art and the incredible amount of detail and attention involved in setting type.  
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I always love seeing the tools behind the craftsmanship.
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It was a little scary working the huge press, but Suzanne did a great job!  
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We definitely want to go back to get more practice and learn more.
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But we were very happy with our first efforts!
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You can go to Mindy's blog to see how how she recreated the Declaration of Independence -- all set by hand!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Fun with Fruit

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Happy November!  I've been so inspired by lots of fall fruits and events lately, everyone is as busy as little bees....I really enjoyed Pie Party Live hosted by Jackie & Ken -- great job, guys!  I even won a copy of the Sarabeth's Bakery Cookbook, hurray!!
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I'd been meaning to make a pie (or 2!) but being sick for the whole month of October threw a wrench into my plans.  Eventually I got back to canning with some black grapes and red plums from a recipe in Canning for a New Generation.
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Love how the kitchen smells when fruit is simmering...
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