Today's Friday I'm in Love feature is something I've been sitting on for way too long. Are you excited? Good.


I love type. I love letterpress. I love all things to do with words, and paper, and the texture of combining the two. I love it all. So, when I found out that a friend in London has a roommate with a letterpress business, I knew I had to see the magic happen for myself.

In September, I made a quick trip to London ON to visit some friends and meet the maker behind Type.Cast letterpress. Andrew James (AJ for short) runs his shop out of a small garage in an unsuspecting residential neighbourhood. Housing two ginormous presses, this teeny garage has me rethinking the way I use space.


While visiting AJ and his shop, I arranged for a couple of custom designs to be printed. While AJ did his thing, I snapped some photos of the shop itself. I was swooning over all the different typefaces, inks, and equipment. This place is a stationery geek's dream come true.









Before leaving for London, I sent AJ some multi-purpose tag designs. My plan was to learn and watch the process first, figure out a use for the tags later. (Still working on that part!)





It's been a few months, so I forget much of the lingo and keywords I would need to explain all of what he did next. But the gist of it: here are the photos of him turning the design into printed goodness. With a smile on his face, of course.





Even before the ink was applied to the rollers, I was absolutely in love. Look at the impression! The only thing better than words are words you can run your fingers over. Or see shadows in. Good golly, I love this stuff.




The final product was printed in a beautiful turquoise that matched the blog. While AJ cleaned up, I played around with this thingamabob that lets you take a much closer look at the end result. I felt like I was looking at diamonds.





And here is the end result after the ink set and the cards were cut. Beautiful, textured, perfect. I want to have their babies.






If you're interested in learning more about (or working with) AJ, you can find him here:

Website: andrewmjames.com
Instagram: @type.cast



Happy Friday!

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