Wild Ink Press

Hey there. Remember me? Previously known as a blogger, stationer, mom and farmer’s wife? Yeah. Didn’t think so.

Let’s play a bit of catch up, shall we? I’m headed to the National Stationery Show tomorrow, our third year in a row (you can see years one and two here). We are very excited about all the amazing new things we’ve designed and printed, the incredible new stores we are in (!), and what next week will hold, but let me tell you this: growing and expanding quickly comes at a cost. I haven’t had a teensy bit of spare time since January, and neither has Matt. It’s been Wild Ink Press, and farming, and Wild Ink Press, and family, and Wild Ink Press, and then more Wild Ink Press after the kids go to bed.

But, life goes on in the cracks of that, and life is still beautiful and memorable even so. I haven’t posted an instagram update since January, so I thought before I start slamming you with “New at the Show” posts, I would give you a little personal update: pics from February to April. Our baby boy, Kip, likes to ask for “the dump” (all of his remaining dinner dumped out onto his highchair plate) after he’s eaten all his veggies. We think it’s pretty darn cute.

So, in honor of Kip (who celebrated 6 months with us this week!), here is  “the dump” of instagram pics.

{ Stuck in the mud: A Heidelberg press move on the only day it rained that month }

{ Press move, part deux: navigating our Bocce court, which is still busted to this day }

{ Valentine’s day lunch: M & R forever. }

{ Valentine’s Day dinner: Filet Mignon wrapped in Pancetta, crusted potatoes, herbed butter. We stayed in – I made that!! }

{ Refreshing Wild Ink’s branding manual }

{ Refreshing our packaging. So excited about this year’s look. I will share it with you soon. }

{ 11 years. }

{ Blossom fight!! }

{ Major order out: you can find our cards at select Papyrus stores!! }

{ Night-time goofiness. }

{ Want to know how we come up with ideas for cards? We make a messy list. }

{ Easter: eggs. }

{ Easter: Sunday. }

{ A play food feast! }

{ Anemones. Happy Spring. }

{ Consider this your official booth preview. Black as night with tons of moulding? Yes please. }

 { Staining the top of my best Ikea hack ever. A rolling countertop for the booth. }

{ Printing. Lots of printing. In this case, split fountain. }

{ Hand addressing NSS envelopes. I love me some white ink! }

{ Story cubes. What a tale this was! }

{ Kisses: Lance edition. }

{ Kisses: Kip Edition. }

There you go! February to the end of April. Lots of work, but lots of life too. I promise not to unload so many at once ever again.

Looking forward to sharing more soon!