Egg Press Letterpress Cards – Forgiveably Hip

Where else would they be?

I normally hate shopping for greeting cards. The designs are typically lackluster, and the copy is overwrought and too wordy. I’d rather write my own message, thank you.

So I was refreshed to discover Egg Press on my most recent card shopping excursion. Egg Press is a letterpress printing company that makes some of the best designed and most adorable cards I’ve seen. Most of their designs feature awkward-but-lovable animals printed in two or three colors. Text is limited or absent, making their cards versatile and allowing me to write what I actually want.
 

Love it.

They print their cards using antique letterpresses. Letterpress printing seems to be emerging as a luxury art-form; honestly, I’m much more excited by their designs and creativity than by their printing process. So go check out Egg Press, a company  on the leading edge of the new American craft movement working out of an old warehouse on outdated-but-hip equipment. Why am I not surprised they’re based in Portland?

Finally, don’t miss their ridiculously awesome artsy-craftsy “stitch kits.”