Friends

Mother's Day is a big deal around here and we are celebrating with TWO special promotions.

**The first is for our Portland friends. Mother's Day means pretty cards and flowers which gave us the idea to team up with our friends at Anna Mara Flowers to offer a special Mother's Day treat! Between now and Mother's Day you'll receive a free Egg Press card to go with any Mother's Day purchase from Anna Mara.

Advance notice for arrangements is always encouraged (you can order in person or over the phone) but the shop will be stocked with lovely plants and flowers for 11th hour shoppers as well.

Anna Mara Flowers
2181 NW Nicolai St Portland, OR 97210
503.785.4986

**The second event is open to anyone. Visit us on Facebook and tell us what your Mom gave you that you're most grateful for. Our favorite entry will receive a gift certificate for a set of personalized stationery for their Mom. The contest runs through May 1st. In the case of an overseas winner a gift certificate will be sent as a PDF via email.

We've been thinking about all the talented people in Portland, and pleased to realize how many of them we know. We count ourselves very fortunate. Jon Humphries has been a friend for years. He's a well known skateboard and action sports photographer with amazing portraits and a beautiful film reel. Recently he was asked by Color Magazine to do a story on folks in Portland. Our very own Tess Darrow made the roster! Check out the rest of the photos here.

P-Town, we love you… but SF, what can we say – your town is a whole lotta inspiring. This last weekend we spent two quick days in The City by the Bay. Our first stop was a tour of the new Heath Ceramics Factory near the Mission. The huge kilns for tile production are not up and running yet but were impressive nonetheless. We ate well: Puerto Rican food in San Rafael, Mexican in Oakland, Belcampo cheeseburgers, sandwiches from Salumeria. We went to Old Oakland for pop-ups (yay for Umami-Mart!), and the Marin Country Mart to visit friends (missing the food cart round up by one day!). And lucky for us our trip coincided with the Heath Ceramics annual sample sale in Sausalito. Needless to say our carry-ons got heavier.

The Second Annual Egg Press Holiday Sample Sale at the Schoolhouse Electric Factory begins THIS FRIDAY! If you are in Portland, please come join in the fun.

All letterpress cards are $1 – including lots of new Egg Press and Studio Olivine seconds, samples and discontinued styles. Also, it will be your once a year opportunity to get great deals on Kata Golda goods and gifts. As always, there will be tempting snacks and beverages to enjoy as you browse, PLUS give-aways and prizes!!

Let the shopping begin: Friday, November 16th – Monday, November 19th
Time: Friday, Saturday and Monday 10am – 6 pm; Sunday 11am – 4pm
Place: Schoolhouse Electric Design Library (2181 NW Nicolai, Portland, OR 97210)
And for all of you out-of-town friends, the online sample sale will be held November 23rd– Dec 3rd at eggpress.com. For this limited time our best quality seconds will be available in bundles of 10 assorted cards for $10.

We first met Alison from Kata Golda yeaaaars ago at the National Stationery Show. We were already big fans as we'd seen her work at our local stationer, Oblation Papers and Press. Kata Golda incorporates many forms of craft including needlework, bookbinding, felting, pottery and letterpress printing. Throughout the aesthetic remains consistent: charming hand stitched or hand drawn illustrations of animals and things from the natural world, each with a personality of its own. To meet Alison was a thrill and to find out that she lived in the Pacific Northwest was icing on the cake. She has joined us at our Holiday Sample sale ever since.

The holiday SAMPLE SALE begins this coming Friday. In addition to great deals on Egg Press letterpress cards (not to mention a batch of things from Studio Olivine), Kata Golda will be here with great deals on ornaments, tooth fairy pillows, nature pals, tea cups, cups in cozies, zipper pouches, little journals, finger puppets, and DIY kits. It's a sale not to be missed!

Sample sale details:
Dates: Friday, November 16th – Monday, November 19th *
Time: Friday, Saturday and Monday 10am – 6 pm; Sunday 11am – 4pm
Place: Schoolhouse Electric Design Library - 2181 NW Nicolai St, Portland OR 97210

If you are in Portland, we hope to see you there! If not, stay tuned for the on-line sample sale to follow.

It's wonderful to have friends in town and to get the chance to see your city with fresh eyes. It's even better when they bring the good weather with them!

Lindsay Laricks, proprietor of Little Freshie and Brady Vest of Hammerpress came to Portland last weekend all the way from Kansas City. They brought good cheer and damn decent weather (we have the windows open in the studio even now!). Though 3 days is not nearly enough to eat your way through town, they did a commendable job. Big on the list were Cacao (spicy passion fruit truffles??!), Kask for cozy cocktails and Olympic Provisions. And on the shopping end of things Canoe, Beam and Anchor, and of course, Schoolhouse Electric did not fail to impress. Thanks for the visit guys – we wish you lived closer!

If you haven't seen their work, you should - and better yet, if you are in KCMO pop in and say hello! These are outstanding and immensely talented humans!

We got a rare treat this week when our friends Anja, Anne and Mia from Parkhaus Berlin popped in from Germany! It was a great excuse to drop everything and show them around town. We played 'German 101' with Mia (11 years old) and learned how to say Chicken (huhn), Dog (hund), Popsicle (eis), and Frog (frosch). We're ready for a trip to Berlin!

Buy the bunnies here (though not in time for Easter).

Find the coasters and placemats at Canoe, one of our favorite Portland shops!