L Letterpress + Giveaway
*WINNER randomly selected and announced : Congrats Lauren! and thank you again L Letterpress.
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to personally meet with one of the creators and staff behind the L Letterpress at Lifestyle Crafts in their QuicKutz office building. I was very impressed with their back story and how they are wanting to extend the art of letterpress to be more accessible to the average Jane or Joe.
I don't think it will ever replace the nostalgia, impeccable perfection, deep impression, and process of my dear friends that have letterpress companies, but it can be an extremely useful tool for the at home designer crafter. I like to think of the L Letterpress as something similar to a Gocco created all the way back in 1977. (Are you familiar with what a Gocco is? If not read here). Seeing it in action, and they also gave me a machine to try myself I am amazed at the quality and how it has a similar look and feel to letterpress, but don't be worried letterpress businesses --- you will be fine.
They have a variety of plates to choose from, but what I really like is that you can also upload your designs to make your own custom plates which makes it a lot more versatile.
It is a pretty cool machine and I am very happy to be able to share one with you readers! Lifestyle Crafts is giving a L Letterpress Combo Kit and custom letterpress plate to a lucky Black Eiffel reader. (A nearly $190 value) You can find their product line here to purchase and I've also seen them at Paper Source, but you can also find them at select craft stores.
To enter: please leave only one comment below, no anonymous please and make sure your email address is accessible. Giveaway will close on February 15th. Winner will be selected randomly, contacted and announced on this post on Tuesday February 16th. (GIVEAWAY CLOSED & WINNER ANNOUNCED.)
(Photos from L Lettepress)
874 comments:
1 – 200 of 874 Newer› Newest»Whow, lovely idea and sounds like great product. I fall in love in creative papers time ago and I am still dreaming about letterpress machine.
I have wedding this year and for sure invitations will be made with letterpress. Maybe with a bit of luck ;-) I can even do it by myself. warm regards anna
oh, i love this... :O)
yes please!
Oh my goodness, how awesome is that? I would play hookie just to play with that. ;o) elizabethgosney@hotmail.com
i have been wanting to know how well this machine works. great review! now i want one that much more!
I would love this!
Oh my! This is really a fab giveaway! *keeping fingers crossed* I could really use this for my wedding stationary! Cheers!
This would make such a great addition to our family...especially as we sit and make Valentines for all of our kids classmates.
This is great- I've been wondering how well it works. I'd love to be able to do letterpress at home. Thanks!
Oh, <3.
another fun item to keep me from doing school stuff...love it. i'm trying not to get my hopes too high, but i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
-katie b.
k515b@yahoo.com
Oh, L Letterpress...I have loved you the moment I saw you....please, oh please, won't you be mine?
oh wow that is so great.. would love to win this
I'd love to try this!
how cool! i could use this a million ways.
This would come in quite handy for my BFF's December '10 wedding. :)
new crafty toys are the best! I've had my eye on this one...
eunice.chow@gmail.com
This would be the most fun to win!! Fingers crossed over here!
I've seen this before! I love making cards. Having one would be so much fun!!! Thanks for the great post.
This would be a great gift for my colleague who does our graphic designs. She's crazy about fonts and letterpress!
Oooh, what a pretty thing to win! If I were so lucky to win this, I would make cute tags for gifts for all the beautiful women hosting wedding showers for me! And I might as well make my own wedding invitations as well...and thank you cards too! Oh, please please pick me...fingers & toes (sort of) crossed...
~lindsay
What fun!!
that is amazing! I'd love to get my hands and creativity on that.
eaherrin(at)hotmail(dot)com
Oh the crafting possibilities!!
That would be so much fun to play with!
This is really cool! What a great idea - count me in.
i'd love love love to win!
this makes pretty things! this makes me excited!
very cool. I had no idea that there was something like this out there, but I love it! Thanks for the chance to win!
superheroemu {at} gmail {dot} com
stationary junkies buy and create
Wow, this sounds so accessible and so versatile! I keep thinking of all of the great things I could do with it!
what a great idea. (crossing my fingers...)
oh letterpress, how i love thee. and to think that i could do it myself.
definitely not real letterpress, but after seeing the demo at Alt i keep thinking about how much it would be to own one!
xo
Kelly
designcrushing at gmail dot com
This is fantastic!
(randall.noblet@gmail.com)
that sounds like so much fun!
This is perfect for a small apartment dweller - like myself! Thanks for sharing such a great product.
What a great idea! Love the cards it creates and would love to have one of these.
I would love this!
I have been coveting this since I first saw it--yummmmm.
Wow, I love this.
What a fantastic idea - I have been waiting for something like this!! thx!
Wow- brilliant idea to make modern & accessible letterpress.
I would love to try this out!
Cheers!
The hubs and I have been dreaming about owning a little press f our own. This would be perfect!
i have been waiting for this!!
Sounds absolutely wonderful-- I'd love to try it out at home.
Oh my goodness - this sounds amazing!
Fingers crossed!
ooohhhh! I love my Gocco and think this would be a wonderful addition to my home office :)heather.erdene@gmail.com
I would love to win this and test it out!
ooh! pick me pick me!
This is on my wish list! Great giveaway! amylaud at gmail dot com
oh my, i'd love to win this!
I've never heard of this machine! I'm off to check out the details right now!!
Jennifer
fieldandsea[at]fieldandsea.com
Holy SMOKES! I would love this. Every day.
I've been checking these out and would love to see how it works!
kendall.potter(at)gmail.com
I've heard about this and would love to try it!
this
would
be
amazing.
I am palpitating just thinking about all of the fantastic things I could do with this great product! Thanks so much for a great giveaway!!
Ack! My heart might explode from joy!!
I heart this machine!
Oh, how fun this gem would be!
Hooray for accessible letterpress!
pretty please!
I could have so much fun with this!!
clmerrifield@live.com
I don't think I'd be able to get any work done, I'd be so into playing with this. Fabulous!
Amazing! Love the idea of being able to do this at home!
Looks like a great tool! And what a fun day early birthday present that would be for me if I won! Thanks for the chance to win! :) Stefanie
Oh my goodness this thing looks amazing.
what a SUPER giveaway - thanks to L Letterpress, and YOU for the opportunity to play with that! Have you seen the movie Typeface...I've been a little obsessed with letterpress ever since!
What a great idea!
lovely giveaway, thanks!
who wouldn't love their very own mini-letterpresser?
kphollander at gmail dot com
Accessible letterpress..sounds like a totally fun set-up and I'd love to play around on this.
So glad to hear they are making custom plates as well! :)
I have been coveting these for awhile and would LOVE to win! Thanks for the giveaway!
teamschmidt93 at gmail dot com
Awesome! Letterpress classes are so expensive, so this is exciting.
Wow! That sounds so cool! I would love this!!!
great giveaway, so generous! would love to win : )
What an amazing giveaway!! I would definitely use it for my own stationery line!
Wow, what a cool giveaway!!
Such a great idea for those of us who would love to have their own letterpress company but can't afford it!
wow, this is fab!
bridget.melloy@gmail.com
I have been awaiting the arrival of this machine. Letterpress is right up my alley. I look forward to hearing more about it - sounds lovely.
this could be a ton of fun!
How lovely to have one of these at your home, so convenient!
crabtree.brittney@gmail.com
Oh my goodness! I think that my dreams have come true...what a fabulous invention for a poor art student who longs for a cheaper (and more accessible) alternative to a traditional letterpress studio. Also, my birthday is this week, and what could possibly make a better birthday present? Gotta love giveaways... Thanks for giving us this chance, Black*Eiffel!
sara@sara-wood.com
This is like a dream come true!
It's another great giveaway!
I have been wanting one but had no idea you could make custom plates... that is so great!
Oh, this looks amazing! Would my inner ( but so far, hidden) craftiness actually emerge?
kdegrand AT hotmail DOT com
i've wanted to get my hands on this for a while now :)
This looks so cool. Please please please let me win!
Love. This. My mission this year is to bring back snail mail and this machine would make it oh so prettier!
i would LOVE to try this!
This looks like an amazing amount of fun.
a.podbereski(at)gmail.com
Wow, that is great!
-myra
what a great tool!
newburghg@comcast.net
ohhh, another item to covet along with the gocco that's been on my wish list forever! love...
this is one of the most exciting things i've seen in a long time!
eliza{dot}cohn{@}gmail{dot}com
i would love this!
Yummm..at home letterpress!
Oh Wow.. I'd love to win this! Imagine all the cards you could make :D
teganlovesinternet(a)gmail.com
This would be an awesome valentine's gift for my wife. Here's to hoping :)
love it!
I love this product! My husband took a letterpress class in november and is very into silk screening. He would LOVE this. ( and so would I !! )
wow oh wow - what a cool product!
I would love to have this to keep a stack of always need thank you notes around!
oh gosh what a nice giveaway!
oooooh! ideas are already running through my brain!
i have been wanting to try one of these out. i love traditional letterpress, but this would be great for small projects...
paperlustbooks@gmail.com
Me oh my do I wanna get my hands on one of these pup dogs and take it for a spin!
Would love one of these!
Thanks for the opportunity and for a wonderful blog!
This looks like so much fun!
This looks like so much fun, I would LOVE to win!!!
I had no idea products like this were even available. Amazing! I would LOVE this, especially for the birth announcements that I'll be sending out in a few weeks.
Oh oh oh! Please pick me! I am just starting to design my wedding stationary, and I dream of letterhead ALL DAY LONG! This might actually make the look attainable for my budget!
xoxo
Abby
brightyellowworld at gmail dot com
how beautiful!
dianahulme@gmail.com
Oh, very exciting!
marybhanson@aol.com
Mary
Oh that is really nifty! Please enter me, what a great drawing!
fountaingirl (at) gmail (dot) com :)
So great!
erin.may.davis@gmail.com
Looks like so much fun!
Oh, this little machine can be my Valentine. Pleaseplease. :)
Wow! It would be the BEST valentine's day present ever!
I've been ogling these guys. What a wonderful giveaway to be hosting- -thank you! Fingers crossed!
Oh, letterpress, how I love thee!
oh my gosh... this, quite honestly, would be the most awesome thing ever! happy valentine's to someone super lucky!
c.dvorachek@gmail.com
This looks like so much fun! I'm already thinking up designs for the custom plate.
darlynandmike
gmail
com
Let's hope... I've been drooling over this for months!!!
oh! so gorgeous!!
margie@freshimages.ca
this is awesome! :)
Looks like fun!
i would love this so much!
I wish!!! Looks like a good distraction from studying!!
that would be awesome to win!! great giveaway!
What a great tool for gift giving!
I have been considering investing in one of these kits lately and would dearly love to win won!
I'd really like to try this! Fingers crossed...
darceyy@gmail.com
i have always wanted a gocco... and now a mini letterpress! looks like i'll be adding this to the wishlist! :)
Oh, how fantastic it would be to win this! I am getting married this year and have always wanted letterpress invitations, but unfortunately we don't have the budget for them. What a gift this would be!
hello!
I'm a young graphic designer!! wining this would be some kind of a paradise to me!!!!
your blog is an inspiration for me! thank you:)
kiss*kiss*
pose.toi.la.question@gmail.com
looks like a very cool product!
-betsey
oh my gosh this is so neat! looks like lots of fun!
mkdavies2@gmail.com
so smexy would absolutely love it
My dream is to run my own letterpress studio. Until then, I try to sneak into my friend's studio when I have time. I've seen the L Letterpress before and wondered what kind of quality it produced -- sounds like a great "at home" substitute! I would love to win this giveaway. Thanks for making it possible.
Oh my!! This has to be the best giveaway ever! Crossing my fingers that I'm the lucky winner! :D
whoa baby, sign me up!
I've been drooling over this letterpress kit for months! Would so love to win one. :)
hannah27@gmail.com
Wow! Love it!!
No way. I think I am in LOVE!
apalepinkpeony.blogspot.com
brooklynskanchy@gmail.com
this looks both dangerous AND fun to try. :)
Just started my own business - this would be a big help. Fabulous giveaway!
neato!!
mollytompkins@hotmail.com
What a fab giveaway! I am an invitation junkie and would love to add this to my collection of tools.
oh yes please! i would love to win this!
lizdesignsthings@hotmail.com
I absolutely love letterpress but have no access to it. This would be perfect!
How cool! This is exactly the kind of product that I always wished existed. It's nice to know it's not a pipe dream anymore!
i'm in :)
this product looks really cool! and would be great for a young designer like myself with no budget or access or knowledge of real letterpresses, even though i love the look and quality.
thanks!
cristina
menciacr@msu.edu
oh my goodness!! I can already imagine all the projects I can do on that! :)
lovin this blog, btw! :)
nuree dot choe at gmail dot com
Awesome!!!
oh the wonderful things I could do with this!
oh i would LOVE to win this please!
soraelee@gmail.com
Wow! This would be a dream come true! amberlou82@hotmail.com
I would love the opportunity to own this product! It would be so amazing for the wedding goods that I design! Please please please!
I can have dat?
gosh, could i be so lucky?
jillnmortensen at gmail dot com
what an incredible giveaway!!
momariew@gmail.com
How lovely, I'd use it all the time =) mediagrl5@aol.com
The first time I saw this machine on Paper Source I gasped. The idea of a simple to use at home letterpress is fantastic. I love my gocco, but this takes it a step further. This would make my paper crafting so much more fun. Great give-away.
please, please, please
me peeease...(^__^)
My son's 6th Birthday is at the end of March. It would be so much fun to use the L Letterpress in making the invitations and party bags. :)
wow! what a great product. so accessible. i would love to win this!
so neat.
[jaeriko15(at)yahoo(dot)com]
This is fantastic and I would love to make lovely things with it!
Ohhh what fun!
in the 80's I was trained as a high school student on letterpress. I transferred to typography Linotype class the next year because it was the wave of the future- I still love letterpress though.
What an amazing product! I'd love it!
ooo i've been itching to get my hands on one of these things since I saw it at the alt summit!
What a great giveaway! Fingers crossed :)
I'd love this! I have just the place for it next to my Gocco.
<3
samanthalynnweiss@gmail.com
what a fantastic giveaway!
This L Letterpress would be a great stationery-making tool. I want one!
This looks so fun!
michellejoycee@gmail.com
My husband was going to get this for me for Christmas - and had even ordered it before finding out it was on backorder until at least mid-January. He cancelled the order so I could have some presents to open on Christmas. But I've still been lusting after my own letterpress machine!
Oh how I would love this - I really need something to inspire me as of late!
This is great!
what a great gift! think of all the possibilities...what fun!
i'd like to be in the running! -JD
Oh I love making cards at home!
This would be fantastic!
randi@rgardnerphotographs.com
This would be fantastic!!
This looks like the ultimate fun!
I have never heard of this little machine... can't wait to learn more about it. I hope I win :) Thanks for the opportunity.
oh! i saw them demo at ALT and totally wanted one for myself, hope i am a winner!
jchongdesign(@)gmail(dot)com
I will live with this machine and love him for the rest of my life, cross my heart.
what a great giveaway!
fingers crossed!!
katiehren@hotmail.com
Wow...I think I need this....desperately. Pick me! Pick me!
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