All wrapped up

Growing up my Mum taught me many wonderful things like how to be a good person, how to live life (which basically means how to be silly), how to be honest and warm hearted, how to cherish each day and love unconditionally. But most of all she taught me that presentation means everything!

My mum has always been the queen bee of beautiful wrapping. Last year she wrapped in Florence Broadhurst wallpapers, and this year she has outdone herself with her gorgeous blue and red dragonfly theme in the photo above. What a special mum, I feel so privileged to have grown up surrounded by such appreciation of the beautiful things in life!

Merry Chirstmas Mum!

xox

Happy Weekend!

My lovely friends, im wishing you beautiful pre christmas weekend. I hope you get time amongst the rush of shopping confusion this weekend to enjoy with friends and family. I am having a very big avoidance of the shops this year and have gone for a handmade approach and have made or purchased from other beautiful designers. With many 3am mornings this week madly sewing and swearing at my sewing machine, I hope, fingers crossed, I can now relax and enjoy the magic of christmas. I'ld love to show you what I've made, but that will just spoil the surprise!!

Before I head down to Sydney today I wanted to share with you a gorgeous letterpress idea which is being started by Paper Stories. Now unfortuantly its only open to those of us who print letterpress, and not admirers, but she is organising a global swap amongst the letterpress designers and printers of the world. You can find more information here. It will certianally be all my christmases at once receiving a beautiful big bundle of prints!

Have a most lovely weekend, and I'll see you all next week from somewhere down south!

xox

Christmas Giveaway Winners Announced!

Thankyou for all your entries into our giveaway, we had a huge number of entries and we are so smitten by all your lovely messages we received about our new shop. To celebrate I pulled out my Grandmas silverware and Old Country Roses tea set, mimicked a little drum roll and we are pleased to announce that the winners are:

Our limited edition Owl print goes to Lorena Mair
Our limited edition Bird print goes to Sena Sagani
Our pack of 5 Christmas Cards goes to Laura Kahn

Congratulations Ladies, your parcels will be on their way shortly!

And a quick reminder that our Christmas Sale continues right up until the 24th of December with our limited edition prints on sale for only $20!

Christmas Giveaway Ends Tomorrow!

We have had an amazing response here at Bespoke Press to our new shop, and we are blushing with all the lovely emails and comments we have received! Our post office is a short 10 minutes walk down the beach, so Ruby and I are loving after afternoon strolls to send our prints and cards to their new homes. We thankyou dearly for all your support - and the great excuse to get out of the studio and head down the beach!

Just a quick reminder that our Christmas giveaway ends tomorrow!! You can find more info here and here.

Also a huge thankyou to Swish & Swanky and Bondville for their gorgeous coverage on our Giveaway. You guys are the sweetest!

xox

Christmas Giveaway #2

Today we have listed our new letterpressed Magic of Christmas cards in our shop. Available in Raspberry or Black they come packaged with brown kraft envelopes in a set of 5, all packaged together in a gorgeous little casing for just $20. For all Australian orders we will be express posting to ensure that you receive them in time to post to those truly dear to you this christmas!

And to wish you all a Merry Christmas we are adding a box of cards into our shop opening giveaway! All you need to do is simply drop us an email at info@bespokepress.com.au and we will add your name into the draw.

Entries close midnight Wednesday 17th December and the winners announced next Thursday 18th of December. For all entries already received you have automatically been placed in the draw. Good Luck!

Shop Opening & Christmas Giveaway!

After much promising that our shop was on its way, we are so excited to announce that today it has been launched and is up and running! And to celebrate we are offering a christmas sale and a christmas giveaway - Goodness, its all happening at once!

To win one of our limited edition prints (we have one of each design above to be won) simply drop us an email at info@bespokepress.com.au and we will add your name into the draw. Entries close midnight Wednesday 17th December and the winners announced next Thursday 18th of December. Good luck!

And for news on our sale, up until the 24th of December our limited edition prints are available in our shop for only Aud$20! With only 50 prints available in each design, each print is printed on heavyweight tree free 100% cotton and comes signed and numbered. Payments can be made through Paypal.

Good luck with our giveaway, happy shopping and if you have time we would love any feedback on our shop!

xox

Its a peonie kind of day

Im having a most lovely time today drawing and illustrating peonies for a gorgeous wedding couple. One of my favourite parts of researching for wedding stationary is searching for inspiring photos to help build us a mood board which then forms the basis of the colour and style for our stationery design. Sometimes I come across the most beautiful things, such as these gorgeous photos by Sandra, Such beautiful colours and compositions. I am feeling most inspired!

In the studio today

We headed off down the beach first thing this morning for a early dip in the sea with Ruby our dog. Followed by my favourite freshly squeezed watermelon & pineapple juice, im determined that this must become my new summer routine. Ruby herself has established her own summer routine - sleep by the presses, occasionally stir when the churn of the press gets to loud and bark at vistors only when required.


Such barking was required today when the courier delivered our latest batch of photopolymer plates. Captured here today with my morning cup of tea.


Today we printed a gorgeous vintage invite in pretty pinks, I love handmixing our inks, its such a beautiful process to watch the colours blend.


Its also been great to watch my husband in progress building away in our studio. He is building us a new 3metre by 60cm work table for our office. Tomorrow its off to the panel beaters to be sprayed in a pretty shinny 2pac white.

Such a busy day!