Bon Voyage

Last weekend we took a roadtrip up to Seattle and paid a visit to the Hiram M.Chittenden Locks. It was a beautiful afternoon, there was a concert in the park, and the fish ladder was teeming with sockeye. One of the boats waiting for passage to Lake Union caught our eye:

As huge fans of The Deadliest Catch, this trip was also a good excuse to eat here. (Try the halibut!)

Jezebel

Another discovery from the Stationary Show was Jezebel. Check out their "Gilded Lillies" Collection:
Individual cards, $3.50, box of 7 of a single style, $15.00. Letterpress are $5 per card and $18.00 for a box of 6 of a single style.

Sesame Letterpress

I LOVELOVELOVE letterpress and just fell in love with these cards from Sesame Letterpress when several people wrote about them after the Stationary Show this spring. If I were still living in Minneapolis, one of my goals was to take letterpress classes here. In addition to these charming calling cards, Sesame Letterpress has a stunning collection of wedding invitations, personal notecards and baby announcements like these:

You can learn more about them here at the Sesame Letterpress Flickr page.