http://rainyplanet.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:44:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I keep getting hung up on blogging about last Sunday's Print Arts Fair because I can't decide where to start. So this will just have to be the first in a series. I'll start with the two vendors who sat to the left and right of the Rainy Planet booth. Both ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/06/18/new-faces-at-the-print-arts-fair/ Just a reminder that the Rainy Planeteers will be selling schtuff at the Print Arts fair at the Museum of Printing in North Andover, Mass. this Sunday, June 15, rain or shine. Other highlights of the fair to make it worth your while: An Adams-Washington colonial-era hand press printing a faux ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/06/10/reminder-print-arts-fair-is-this-sunday/ This Globe article about local font designer David Berlow is sort of interesting. Maybe worth 20 seconds of your life. But it's ultimately kind of disappointing. Why does the lede assume you don't know what a font is? ("Unless you're in the design or publishing industry, David Berlow won't bother explaining ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/05/28/boston-globe-article-about-font-designer/ These are pure genius, and I wish I had thought of each and every last one of them first. Favorites: I Am Sorry I Played it Huffy on the Phone / (inside) It's Just That Society Did My Nerves Up Wretched Baby Can You Please Check Your Makeup in the Car / ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/05/28/achewood-greeting-cards/ Despite the dearth of blog entries in the past several months, the Rainy Planet Press is still kicking. Well, maybe nothing so animated as "kicking" but we continue shuffling irregularly toward some unstated and frankly unknown goal, whenever we so please. The big news, which I am very delinquent in ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/05/13/coming-soon-the-5th-annual-print-arts-fair-at-the-museum-of-printing/ My Rainy Planet co-conspiritor, Terri, normally blogs over at The Shy Turnip about books, knitting, cats, The Comic Strip Presents, and all manner of fine things. But she's also been posting great writeups of recent letterpress activities, like the Bazaar Bizarre, and our increasing involvement in the Letterpress Guild of ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/02/29/welcome-terri-to-the-blog/ Terri and I have traditionally taken a one- or two-day getaway sometime around Valentine's Day or President's Day, for a little romance and to help stave off the winter blahs. This year, just having come back from a pretty heavy-duty vacation in Germany and France in January for April's wedding, ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2008/02/17/portsmouth-16-feb-08/ In case you missed Terri's recap of our 2007 Bazarre Bizarre experience, check it out. It was a fantastic event and once again we felt privileged and humbled to be a part of such a great show with so many creative folks selling their wares. It was nice to get ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2007/12/21/terris-recap-from-the-bazaar-bizarre/ Don't forget to come early to the Cyclorama to catch us at the Bazaar Bizarre tomorrow (Sunday, Dec. 9). Doors open at noon, and last year, the line stretched around the block until well after four. http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2007/12/08/bazaar-bizarre-reminder/ The bad thing is that I've been a bad blogging doobie lately. The good thing is that I've been a bad blogging doobie because I've been a good printing doobie, and Terri and I have been creating fabulous new Rainy Planet creations in preparation for the Boston Bazaar Bizarre. Come visit. ... http://rainyplanet.com/blog/2007/11/28/come-see-us-at-the-boston-bazaar-bizarre-07/