packaging party / open studio

gilah press has a new rule: we must package our cards before they go into inventory and down into the basement. to help us catch up and speed things along, lots of gilah press friends came to the studio last wednesday to help us with the dirty work.





it was a great night with new and old friends alike, good wine, pizza, beer, and lots of laughter.

gilah press is having an open studio on wednesday, april 9. it will start a little after 6 pm. you should come! check out our website for the address and additional contact details.

hope everyone had a great easter!

happy st. pattie's day

we're a couple days late, but happy st. patrick's day! though st. pattie's day was technically on saturday, kat decided we needed to celebrate with a couple of black and tans anyway. here's to our very minimal irish heritages!

from left to right: tammy (friend of ours), whitney (right behind her), the mustache ride, kat, and justin (our monday intern).

salvation army luncheon

a few weeks ago (march 5) we attended the compassion in action salvation army luncheon at the sheraton in downtown baltimore. we designed and letterpressed the sponsorship package that was sent out before the thank-you luncheon. it was fun getting all dressed up and heading downtown to enjoy ourselves. we even spotted our logo on some of their posters:



here's whitney, kat, and charisse (friend of ours) sharing a moment at the table:



near the end of the luncheon, a really amazing speaker named dr. freeman hrabowski went on stage and gave a very moving speech. i was fighting back tears! great ending to a fun girl's afternoon out.

bridal event at grey rock mansion

we took part in baltimore magazine's bridal event at the grey rock mansion on sunday. here's what our booth looked like as we were closing up shop. what you can't see is kat who just happened to be hiding behind the counter as i took this photo.



and looking out from our booth into the tent.

hello, internet

gilah press + design now has a blog, and you're currently reading it! check back regularly for updates on studio happenings, new letterpress work, and upcoming events.

we are a letterpress and graphic design studio located in baltimore, maryland. the studio consists of three gals named kat, whitney, and nathalie. oh--can't forget our studio cat, pica. all of our letterpress work is printed in-house on chandler & price platen presses. for more information, check out gilahpress.com.