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We're growing here and looking for a traffic and project coordinator to help in our custom printing department. This is a full-time position and you can read all about the job listing here.

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.

Tis the season! Last week we had one of our favorite days of the year – an afternoon party, production line holiday card signing and SECRET SANTA day at Egg Press HQ. From year to year the creative folks that we work with out-do themselves and come up with the most amazing gifts for $10 or under. Many are hand made with love. Here are some of this year's gems…

It was an even split. Exactly half of the gift makers chose paper as their medium. The other half (seen here) got their textile crafting on. From sewn garments (oh, Tess!), to felted items and a tiny embroidery portrait – they represented!

We are loading up our sleighs and looking forward to a weekend of holiday sales and merriment. Portlanders, don't miss your chance to support all of your favorite boutiques, jewelers, stationers and artisans during Give Good Gift and the Portland Bazaar. We can't wait and neither should you. Come see us!

Give Good Gift
Friday, December 7 / 6pm – 11pm
Saturday, December 8 / 10am – 3pm
Union Pine
525 SE Pine Street Portland, OR

Portland Bazaar
Saturday, December 8 / 9am - 5pm
Sunday, December 9 / 9am - 4pm
Sandbox Studios
420 NE 9th Avenue Portland, OR

Designed especially for the 2012 holiday season: limited edition zipper pouches!
Each pouch is hand screen printed and sewn by us at Egg Press. Choose from a wonky polka-dot pattern, a triangle repeat or combs! Available as a PENCIL POUCH (measures approximately 8.5" long , 1.75" tall, 1.75" deep) and a DOUBLE-TALL (measures approximately 8.75" long , 4.5" tall, 1.5" deep) for your bag organization needs.

Available at eggpress.com and at the following upcoming Portland events:

Give Good Gift
December 7 & 8
Union Pine
525 SE Pine Street
Portland OR

Portland Bazaar
December 8 & 9 (9:00 AM to 6:00 PM)
Sandbox Studios
420 NE 9th Ave
Portland, OR

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.

Have we mentioned our talented staff? Turns out that Emily and Tess have knitting in common and both have mad skills at the craft. Earlier this year they teamed up to make something very special for baby Aster. They took on a colorwork pattern (skill level: advanced!!!) and each committed to a section of the sweater. The finished product was presented this week to much fanfare. Here's what Aster & Rosa + team Knit had to say…

Rosa: I think it’s the most adorable thing in her closet and so special because it was made just for Aster by her friends at Egg Press. I love the tiny heart pattern because it’s just a little bit sweet and it adds variety to her wardrobe of stripes and solids. Aster says “uh oh oh” because that’s what she says, but I think that means she loves it!

Emily: The pattern is adapted from Sally (All those knitters out there can see it on Ravelry here). The pattern is for a baby cardigan, but we adapted it into a vest to make it quicker to knit – also vests are so versatile! We each knitted one side of it, and then Tess seamed it and added buttons to the shoulder to make it easier to put it on and take it off. The knitting did take us quite awhile, so we were both happy we decided to knit it in a 1 year old size! The yarn was Cascade Heritage sock yarn (made in the pacific northwest!). We chose a sock yarn because it is superwash – meaning that Mama can throw it in the washer and doesn’t need to worry about it shrinking.

Happy halloween everyone! Some of us celebrated Halloween last weekend as zombies, bouquets of flowers and child beauty queens. Others will be chaperoning Care Bears, mummies, ninjas!, Grim Reapers, zombies and witches tonight - then confiscating a large portion of the loot. Have you heard of the Switch Witch?! Here's the deal kids: if you leave your candy outside in a pumpkin, the Switch Witch will take it and leave a toy in its place. Seems fair right...?