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Blog Post Meridiem
Nighttime is just like daytime but with fewer socks and more Professor Blastoff.
Who is Professor Blastoff??
Professor Blastoffis a podcast/my gateway to dreamland. Not because it’s boring!Shut your pretty mouth.But because these three comedians lull me me to sleep with their soothing silliness.How can silliness be soothing??Just listen to itand quit judging me.
Speaking of professors, a(n) (assistant) professor(Alicia Erian)at Northeastern University (Department of English and Tomfoolery) took such a shine to Zeichen Press that she is our new (virtual) intern! Responsibilities include (but aren’t limited to): Telling me how awesome I am.
She didn’t love this next card butIstill loveher.
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How two women spun straw into gold at the No Coast Craft-o-Rama
In this story, the ‘straw’ is paper-and-ink and the ‘gold’ is a cash box full of cash.
If only mortgage companies and grocery storesaccepted hugs and back rubs in exchange for their products and services! Alas, they do not, and so we are forced to peddle our wares.
Normally, shops around the WORLD (that’s right) peddle our goods for us, but once a year, we come out of hiding, and on horseback, to peddle our own goods at the belovedNo Coast Craft-o-Rama.Is it because we love laughter and the spirit of the Holiday Season? Or is it because we love money?
Oh, the reformed Scrooge inside of me says it’s not about the money. IT’S NOT.
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See You There!
Where?
AT THE MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET FOR THE NO COAST CRAFT-O-RAMA!!
Directions:
1) Put on all of your clothes and coats.
2) Hitch sled-dogs to sled.
3)MUSH!!
4) Do ALL of your Holiday shopping. And eating.
Is there a better way to embrace the Holiday season??
NO.
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Halls (Of The Midtown Global Market) Will Be Decked With Such Goodness
There is always SO MUCH TO DO this time of year! Jen has to print and fold about a million cards and I have to sit still so my daughter can do my nails.
Yes, those are adorable pandas. And yes, that is stigmata.The No Coast Craft-o-Rama has an amazing line up this year (as usual), there isMiss Amy Jo,Adam Turman,glass|wares,Cosmo’s Collars,Moss Love Terrariums,Oh Dier,Soup Hunter Guitars, and… so… much…MORE!!
SO, bring your money and your eyeballs and get ready to check everyone off your Christmas list!AND send a belated Chanukah card (is that a thing??)
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Eight Days of Thanksgiving
Postable asked me to create a cardthat celebrates a very rare occurrence: Thanksgiving and Hanukkah falling on thesame day.I don’t know much about theJewish Faith but I think that meanseightdays of leftovers.
This mash-up won’t happen again for another 77,000 years.It’s true.
In other news… Jen and I will celebrate Thanksgiving the way we always do: in period costume.Twist: Jen will be dunked in the dunking chair until she confesses to being a witch.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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A Winter Cocoon
Now that the temperature has dropped to depressing lows, I’ve turned to TLC reruns for comfort. …My Strange Addictionis the best thing on television… Why wouldn’t I gorge myself on other people’s dysfunction?
But enough about women addicted to drinking their own urine. Here’s a card about perspective.
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How To Be A Supercentenarian
It’s easy!
Old folks like Misao Okawa credit their longevity to poached eggs and whiskey.
Oh, I can do that.
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Norway? YESway!
We’ve had some big orders come in froma shop in Oslo… I’ve been trying to figure out how they heard of Zeichen Press…
Here’s how:If you take a running start, and are a good swimmer, you can get to Oslo from Denmark, and Denmark is just Germany’s top hat… And Germany, as you know, is the birthplace of Gutenberg.
Andof letterpress… Right? LETTER press??ZEICHENPress?? Clearly ZeichenPress is synonymous with letterpress in that part of the world. All they had to do was google letterpress to find this:
There you have it.
Mystery solved.
TakkLiebling.
Oh, clearly they speak English, but I don’t speak Norwegian and that’s where the interweb comes in handy:
Translator says:
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Alexis and Martha Stewart DO Love Zeichen Press
I knew it!
They’ve only been pretending to not see me chase them down the street! Kidders!Alexis just ordered all of herHoliday cards from the Zeichen Press shop… which card will she send to Martha??
