Letterpress business cards1/6/2024 Maria: So the technique is maybe similar, but the end product is completely different for each person.Ĭayce: But it’s also working with the old, the old presses. What I love is that it’s a similar process, but it is so different every time based on all the different factors that people choose.Īnd so I like that there’s so much variety in what I’m printing, even though it’s a similar end product. Stationary and thank you cards and that kind of stuff. I think for me personally, a lot of the other creative things that I had tried, it was a bit like what you said with, I enjoyed doing this for myself as a way to kind of wind down, but could I see myself actually wanting to do this over and over and over again?Īnd I think what I love about the stationary, especially because what I tend to mostly do is like note cards and stuff like that for people to use for weddings. But when it’s something that you really, really like – I think you found your thing – it doesn’t seem like a job anymore. And then realize, oh, I don’t wanna do this for hours on end. And then I thought, you know, do I really wanna crochet like 500 of these blankets when it takes forever?Īnd I love the idea of trying all these things and then kind of sitting with it for a little while, because it’s easy to get excited and then start a business. What I found for myself is that I would, like you said, maybe try crocheting. I find it so interesting that you said that you tried a lot of different things because as creative people, sometimes we have many passions. So it’s been nearly 10 years that I’ve been running it. And I started my business, I’d say properly towards the end of 2012. But once I started, it was like, that was it. So from there it took me a while to finally get into building a business. And it was just immediately like, “oh, I love this.” It’s the perfect kind of combination of hands on, getting messy with these old machines, and then this beautiful final product. I was living in San Francisco at the time and the class did an introduction to letterpress stationary. And when I was planning my wedding – this was back in 2009 – letterpress was huge for stationary, and unfortunately it was out of our budget. But none of them felt kind of the right way to go business-wise. When I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do as a business, I was trying out many different things sewing, knitting, crochet, all sorts of things like that. Can you tell me how you found your passion for stationary and how that led to your business?Ĭayce: So I’ve always been a creative person. Maria: I love to feature creative artists on this show. Maria: Hi Cayce, thank you so much for being here!Ĭayce: Oh, thank you so much for having me. Take a listen to Cayce as she coaches us into believing in our dreams! After discovering her passion, she opened up her shop. M aria: Thank you for tuning in to episode 132! How many of you have started a small business from a class or a new hobby that you learned? Today’s guest shares how her wedding inspired her to learn letterpress.
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