If You're In LA...

...you must head over to Highland Park to visit our good friend Rosanna's super cute new shop! 

I can't wait to visit the next time I'm down there!

Iron Curtain Press: Family Stationary

Teresa and I LOVE this personalized letterpress stationary made by our dear friend Rosanna of Iron Curtain Press.  It's created for a family, with a unique set for each member with their name and a graphic and even a matching lined envelope! Then, the best part, an extra set combining all of the graphics for the family as a whole. 

Realizing this could be the perfect gift for someone on your list? Details below.

If you'd like to give custom stationary, contact rosanna@ironcurtainpress.com for info, and check out how great the gift certificate is...

Vote for Iron Curtain Press!

Congratulations to our good friend (and blog designer!) Rosanna and her company Iron Curtain Press for being nominated for Martha Stewart American Made. I'm so glad to see their hard work and beautiful letterpress be recognized. The next step of course, is winning and that's where we come in. You can vote up to 6 times a day for Iron Curtain Press. The grand prize is $10,000 to grow your business. 

Click here to vote for Iron Curtain Press! 

A Beautiful Video...

I always love watching my friend Rosanna print and love how this captures it! Enjoy.

Hunter & Fox + Bunch Magazine Present: Iron Curtain Press from Hunter&Fox on Vimeo.

Holiday Cards from Iron Curtain Press

Our friend Rosanna of the Iron Curtain Press has yet again come up with some wonderful letterpress holiday cards. AND she's offering 10% off in her Etsy shop to our readers with the code: TTWWB. Here are a few of my favorites:

Iron Curtain Press

So some of you may have noticed, along with the blog update we've also added a sponsor to the blog (and are selectively opening it up to other interested parties!).  So I wanted to take a moment and introduce you to Rosanna of Iron Curtain Press.

I've known Rosanna for what seems like forever and she's always doing wonderfully creative things. She's responsible for our new blog design and the ombre cake we showed you last week but letterpress is what she does full time. 

She has an amazing old letterpress and designs, sets the type and prints by hand.  Its mesmerizing to watch and in the end, wonderful things like this come out! Look out for a giveaway coming soon!

Do email us, thethingswewouldblog (at) gmail dot com, if you're interested in becoming a sponsor. We will be selectively choosing and adding more people and things to our sidebar in the coming weeks and would love to chat with anyone who wants more info. 

An Ombre Birthday Cake

Isn't this cake awesome?! Even the inside is ombre! Our friend Rosanna, who lives in LA, made it and we thought it was so cool we asked to put it up on the blog. 

Here's a little blurb from her on how it came about:

The cake was for my friend and surfing buddy's birthday. The design on the top of the cake is the logo for our surf club. If it had been less than 102 degrees in my house as I was frosting the cake, I perhaps could have drawn the logo better than a two year old, but as it was 102 degrees in my house, this will have to do : ) The cake is an almond cake, and the frosting is an Almond Swiss Buttercream frosting. Super tasty together. Yay for cakes inspired by the ocean!

Our New Look!

We are excited to officially unveil our new look!! Big thanks to our friend Rosanna over at Iron Curtain Press (check out her fun card above) for the redesign, isn't she talented? Also, thanks to Jason for taking the lovely photos on the main page and "about" page. We are loving the new design, thanks for reading our little blog!

(image of cute card from Iron Curtain Press)