I'm really proud today to introduce you to Smock. It is a new line of letterpress wedding invitations, letterpress announcements and letterpress greeting cards – sustainably printed on bamboo paper in upstate New York. They are powered by wind energy and donate 1% of their sales to environmental causes through 1% for the Planet. Their retail packaging is tree-free and petroleum free and certified biodegradable. For their employees, they subsidize 20-week Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) memberships with a local organic farm. Their commitment to the environment affects everything they do.
The fine folks there are offering Poppytalk readers a really sweet deal this week. A giveaway of three packs of their notecards (each is a set of 8 letterpressed cards with lined envelopes - your choice)! A retail value of $54. All you have to do is visit their website (www.smockpaper.com) and then come back here to Poppytalk and leave a comment in our comments box at this post telling us what your favorite product is at their website. We will then pick a name through some fabulous scientific method yet (wink, Fiona) to be determined next Wednesday, September 3rd and announce it then.
Also we are thrilled to be the first to introduce you to their brand new fonts they had specifically designed for them by calligrapher, Debi Zeinert. They worked with internationally-renowned type designer, Richard Kegler (of P22), who has created fonts from Monet's handwriting, among others. They created two styles -- one classic, one modern (the fonts are called Smock Clermont and Smock Spencerian), and they're only available through Smock.
Smock Clermont
Smock Spencerian
Comments
I really like the "Willow" cards - I love grey & yellow together and I LOVE pussy-willows!
There are so many beautiful products on the Smock website; it is hard to choose just one! My favorite note cards are the Derby notes. But I also love the "Merci Beaucoup" Etienne thank-you notes (I'm a grad student in French. Lit., so it's kind of a given). :)
Thanks again!
My favorite is the Vettore wedding invitation, so classic. If I got this in the mail for a wedding, I would know it would be a special event!
It's really hard to choose a favourite but I think It has to be the "Horsey" stuff, just adorable!(I would definitely put that one on my wall)
I think maybe Bloom is my favourite of the three. Beautiful!
LOVE this pattern!
These are all really lovely - I like letterpressed cards that are bold, colourful and not to "precious" So these are perfect!
as for a smock favorite, that was a tough task -- everything is so lovely. i guess if i have to choose, i'd say it's a tie between "giraffe" and "ellie" social notes!
~kim
also - how cool that they participate in a CSA for their employees! *JEALOUS*
I'd have to say Engadine was my favorite.
i love umbrellas.
Thank you for such a wonderful give-away!
I would have gone for the Kurai or Vettore invitations.
and what a lovely website design.
Thanks and great job!
HY
Thanks for the chance to win!
i actually purchased nouveau from etsy, it is absolutely lovely!
On a site usability note, I really like the beautiful product photos, but as a consumer trying to decide between multiple Thank You cards, it would be nice to have the option to see all the products on one page with Thumbnails. (My 2 cents)