justin's last day / sheena, the new intern

monday was our intern justin's last day at the studio. we took him out to lunch and then left a little early to enjoy some snacks and drinks at kat's house.

here's justin opening gifts and reading a card:



our delicious spread of cheese and crackers:



me and whitney enjoying some rosé inside the kitchen:



kat and justin hanging out on the front porch:



on wednesday we introduced our new intern, sheena, to the studio. we reviewed her fantastic portfolio, went out to lunch at miss shirley's to get to know her a little better, and then got her working for the rest of the day. great to have you with us, sheena!

we're on design*sponge

the gilah press + design studio is featured on design*sponge today! thank you to anne and grace for asking us to be included on design*sponge as one of your "sneak peeks." read the whole article here! wee!

national stationery show 2008

three weeks ago was such a whirlwind. gilah press + design had been preparing for our third time at the national stationery show for months and it was finally time to put all of our hard work on display!

we spent hours putting together dozens of press kits. they took up more room than we thought:



these little notepads were given away at the show. they were a hit:



about two hundred catalogs were put together by hand with help from our intern maggie:



whitney's husband jacob even pitched in and built us a pair of beautiful dollies:



and then it was off to new york...

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putting up the booth was relatively painless since we had the help of our intern justin and kat's husband adam this time around (usually it's just us three girls, or just two of us):



we put up all of our cards and made sure they were positioned perfectly:



in the end our booth turned out great!



after the show we wandered around times square...



...and met up with a great pair of letterpress people from australia that we met at the show earlier.



their company, chapel press, puts out some really beautiful letterpress work. it was so cool to share funny stories about our company with them and vice versa. all the little quirks and things about the letterpress business can be really fun to discuss when the other person actually understands what you're talking about!

all in all it was a fabulous show. we had a blast running into our regular buyers while also making some great new contacts. we're looking forward to next year!

gilah press on roadside scholar

this morning we were mentioned on the wonderful roadside scholar blog run by gigi leonard. she did a great interview with kat and showed off a lot of our favorite pieces. thanks so much, gigi. now go check out the write-up!

updated website / open studio

i can't believe i didn't mention this sooner! our website recently underwent a somewhat major overhaul/update. we've put up all new letterpress and design work, new locations where you can find our work, and--my favorite part--personal biographies! go check it out.

due to our success at the pcb paper show on march 27th, we decided to hold another open studio last wednesday night for all the new people we met. we had a great time getting to know all-new potential clients and students alike and had a grand ol' time eating, drinking and speaking with everyone. unfortunately i've got no pictures of the event since my batteries died, but here's a video of whitney giving a demo on our smaller chandler and price press at an open house that took place a few months ago.

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.