Obsessed with Letterpress and Typography!!

Blank Note from Smock.

My boyfriend thinks I'm completely crazy, my best friends laugh when I tell them I need to go buy crayons, and  the truth is that I really AM going crazy! This school has no artistic element whatsoever and it drives me nuts! There are no art classes I could take, no artwork of substance, and I hate it. So, I sit here on my computer in my spare time, lurking for hours upon hours on Pinterest at design, letterpress, and illustration pinboards, following the links, and then spending another half hour on the site they bring me to! Then, once I get an inspiration, I have to open my sketchbook, take out the box of 94 crayons my best friend Hannah took me to Wal-Mart yesterday to buy, and just draw away!

Baby Card from Smock.

Last night I was up until 2 a.m... drawing.

I'm going to change my major, after taking the fall semester off, to graphic design. I'm obsessed, and I love it! I recently discovered letterpress, which has made me fall even deeper in love with typography. I never thought one day that I'd be obsessed with greeting cards, invitations, and thank you notes. (I thought I hated thank you cards after having to write them out for TWO graduation parties last summer).

Picture of me and Dom I drew last night.
It's not very good, and it didn't
turn out looking like us.

I'm just in love, and I want to know more! I wish there was somewhere in my little town of Auburn, NY where I could learn letterpress. There's an awesome shop that I found online that's in Syracuse. I'd LOVE to visit it!! It's called Smock. (This link is more for my reference tee-hee). Also in my travels, I found this gorgeous paper design site called Minted... with amazing birth announcements. A little pricey, though, but cool for inspiration and ideas for what to do when it comes time to make my own. (I can't wait for that!)

Some more cool sites like these: (mostly for my reference, again)
http://www.finedaypress.com/default.aspx
http://ohsobeautifulpaper.com/
http://www.hellolucky.com/

Thank You card from Fine Day Press.

I'm just so in love with all of these things. They make me so inspired and want to create something of my own like them... but I don't know what! Hopefully I figure it out! 

Until next time!!