Come join us at Madewell in Birmingham (214 Summit Blvd. Birmingham, AL) this Thursday, December 10 from 6 to 8 for Madewell’s Hometown Heroes holiday event.

We’ll be unveiling a few brand new prints, Madewell is offering 25% off all Madewell purchases, and treats from Urban Standard and brews from Avondale Brewery will be served!

Check out the Facebook invite here. We hope to see you there!

It was great to share what we do with the folks over at Southern Living for the “Shop Local” feature. The June issue is now on newsstands, so be sure to pick up a copy—and have a great Memorial Day weekend, everybody!

In celebration of Southern Makers 2015, Cotton & Pine Creative is offering a special letterpress deal through April and May!

Get 200 1-color letterpressed business cards and 100 1-color letterpressed coasters for $200! (Upgrade to 2-sided printing for only $75!)!—Or if you have something special in mind, get 30% off any letterpress order!

For more info or to place your order, contact us at 334-271-6879 or info@cottonpine.com and mention the Southern Makers deal!

Note: If you are a Southern Makers vendor and want to get your order in time for Southern Makers, please order by April 19.

Get 200 letterpressed postcards for $200 in any of these color duos—paper, plates, printing, and shipping included! We are now taking orders for all of these duos—just make sure you don’t miss the deadline for your favorite color combo!

To submit your order, click here and fill out the form.

We’re fans of all things Alabama (and all things barbecue, for that matter)—so we were thrilled to get to collaborate with the Alabama Tourism Department to create this poster commemorating The Year of Alabama Barbecue.

To make these special posters we went old-school, cutting out the letterpress plate by hand and then letterpressing it on our 1907 Miehle.

To see some footage of our fearless leader, Daniel Mims, hand-feeding the posters into the press, click here. And to grab one of these posters for yourself or a barbecue-loving friend, visit C&P Mercantile online or come by the shop!

Check out The Year of Alabama Barbecue featured on Southern Living here.

and at Cotton & Pine we can’t wait to kick off the holiday season, so we’re excited to announce our Holiday Open House! Be sure and stop by the shop on Thursday, December 4 between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. We’ll be releasing our line of ready-made holiday cards, hot off the letterpress machine, taking orders for personalized christmas cards—and serving hot apple cider!

We’re super excited about our new personalizable christmas cards and we can’t wait to show them off, so here’s a sneak peek.

If you would like to place an order for some personalized family christmas cards, come by and see us at the Holiday Open House or give us a call (334.271.6879) or email (info@cottonpine.com)!

Sincerely,

The Cotton & Pine Team

From artwork, to plate making, to printing, to die cutting, letterpress is a unique process that requires time and care—but it’s well worth the extra effort, as we think you’ll agree. To give you an idea of what goes into each letterpressed piece we create, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the printing process.

For more information about letterpress printing, visit our letterpress page, and to learn more about motion storytelling, please contact us.

Plywood needed two different pieces: an invitation and a thank you card, both inspired by the event’s theme, “See Unseen,” and incorporating the event artwork by Atlanta-based artist Kevin Byrd.

We incorporated Kevin’s geometrical design as a pattern across the front of each card, creating an eye-catching texture when letterpressed. On the thank you card we used a reversed out method to make the theme statement appear raised. We printed both cards on a bright, fluorescent white Crane & Co. 100% cotton paper, to enhance the modern, clean feel of the artwork.

We so enjoyed collaborating with Plywood People and Kevin Byrd to create these unique pieces—it was truly our pleasure to design and print these letterpressed cards and invitations for Plywood Presents.

Our team had a great time at this year’s Plywood Presents and we left inspired and energized as we always do!