lettuce press catalog

portland, oregon

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Printer Allison Baer has been creating art, making cards, and sending love notes for as long as she can remember. After taking a circuitous route through ceramics and interior design, she followed her passion for layout and design, paper, and typography to graphic design. Allison fell in love with letterpress printing while taking classes at The School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. Lettuce Press was planted in Tacoma, Washington in the spring of 2008. All 4,000 lbs of cast iron love were transplanted to verdant (and often soggy) Portland, Oregon in August of 2010. The girls (pictured on cover: Bibb on the left, Hedy on the right) have been happily spinning their flywheels ever since as Lettuce Press continues to grow. All goods are designed by Allison and lovingly printed by hand, one color at a time on luxurious 100% cotton, tree-free paper with the cast iron expertise of Hedy and Bibb, LP’s 100 year old Chandler & Price 10x15 Old Style presses.

Letterpress printing is based on the 1439 Gutenberg process where movable type is set, locked up, inked, and then pressed against a waiting piece of paper.

Ink. Paper. Love.

a b o u t

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l e t t u c e c h e e r

gC04 - birthday wisdom gC02 - happiest of birthdays

gC03 - birthday sunshine gC01 - birthday argyle

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l e t t u c e b e t h a n k f u l

gC05 - thank you sew gC14 - merci

gC06 - many thanks

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l e t t u c e l o v e

gC19 - hugs & kisses gC17 - heart scribble

gC22 - penguin love stroll gC18 - heart hands

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l e t t u c e l o v e

gC20 - narwhal love gC21 - i want to kiss you squirrel

gC23 - alpaca nuzzle gC07 - jellyfish love

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l e t t u c e l o v e

gC09 - heart tree gC10 - i want to kiss you squirrel

l: gC26 - morse code thank your: gC38 - morse code i love you xoxoxo

gC08 - heart cookies

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l e t t u c e p o n d e r

gC27 - have a sunny day gC31 - wish for you

gC12 - go left

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l e t t u c e s a s s

gC29 - f* it gC30 - f* that s

gC28 - sofa king cool

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l e t t u c e s t a y i n t o u c h

gC11 - t rex rawr gC40 - s’up yo?

gC39 - i whisk you were here

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l e t t u c e b e r e a l

gC16 - oops eraser

gC15 - i’m sorry

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l e t t u c e g r o w

gC41b - baby feet blue

gC41p - baby feet pink gC13 - parenting

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l e t t u c e p e r s o n a l i z e

WS01b + WS01f wax seal monogram b + monogram f

WSo4 - wax seal heartWSo2 - wax seal ampersandWSo3 - wax seal anchor heartWSo5 - wax seal horse show

WS01a - WS01Z - wax seal monogram a - ZWS02 - wax seal ampersandWS03 - wax seal anchor heartWS04 - wax seal heartWS05 - wax seal horse shoe

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l e t t u c e p a t t e r n

pn02 - eastern pattern b

pn01 - eastern pattern a

pn03 - faux bois love

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l e t t u c e c e l e b r a t e

gC36 - father’s day

gC35 - mother’s day

gC32 - snowman

gC33 - hat, mittens, skates

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l e t t u c e j u d a i c a

gC24 - shalom

gC25 - mazel tov gC34 - chappy chanukkah

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l e t t u c e a c c e s s o r i z e

pC01 - bon appétitpC02 - bow - greenpC03 - bow - red

pC04 - chevronpC05 - garlandspC06 - silverware

ba01 - small bamboo barrel (1.5” h x 2” dia)ba02 - medium bamboo barrel (3” h x 3” dia)ba03 - large bamboo barrel (2.25” h x 4” dia)

12 plaCe CardS + 6 bamboo holderS

pC01b - bon appétitpC02b - bow - greenpC03b - bow - red

pC04b - chevronpC05b - garlandspC06b - silverware

12 plaCe CardS ph01 - 7/8”x7/8”x3/4” bamboo15 plaCe Card holderS

l e t t u c e s t a y c o n n e c t e d

WWW.lettuCepreSS.Com —

printed on a Chandler & priCe

10x15 old Style preSS

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100% Cotton, tree-free paper

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4621 Se 27th avenue

portland, oregon 97202

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t 503-688-0184

f 503-236-6414

pC04 - chevronpC05 - garlandspC06 - silverware

15 plaCe Card holderS

www.lettucepress.com