Grad School Celebration

Did we forget to mention that Abhrajeet got into the University of Minnesota's Biomedical Engineering Grad Program? Pretty exciting right?

Abhrajeet came home this weekend thanks to the grad program to get a tour. He was introduced to professors, other grad students and the labs he could be working in.  You should hear about all the exciting stuff happening at the U!  After a busy day touring we obviously hit up Tiger Sushi on Lyndale for happy hour.

I couldn't be happier with the way life seems to be going for us right now.
As a little congratulatory gift I designed cigar labels as a present.

May 18th, 2010 is the day that we will both be back in Minnesota for good ... that's only 77 days, but who's counting?

Shirt

Abhrajeet and I aren't much for holidays but I couldn't resist making him a shirt with Studio Ghibili characters and using my new screen for Valentine's Day.

And to everyone I asked: yes, you can use normal fabric paint on your screen. It applies a bit differently (I spread it with a credit card instead of a squeegee) and make sure you wash the paint out of your screen ASAP!

Can't wait for more nights of wine, ice cream and great shows. 91 more days until we're done!

Valentine Cards

Valentine Day cards being sold for AIGA UW-Stout's Student Group

Studio On Fire :: Letterpress

As soon as I heard that Studio on Fire was hosting a workshop I jumped on the opportunity! Good thing I did too because the it was sold out in a mere 2 hours. I cannot thank Ben, Salina, Eric, David (and two other workers) enough for allowing a group from AIGA MN to tour the studio, pick your brain and give the press a try.

I've known about this studio for a few years and they are constantly being featured on blogs all around the US, so I just thought they would have some huge luxury space. However, their space is pretty small in comparison to their reputation and gives it a feels that a lot of heart and sweat went into make it what it is today. They are very proud of what they do and absolutely love letterpress. Ben used to work a 40 hour work week at a firm and went home and did 40 more hours a week on his hobby, letterpress. He soon figured out that he could create a business out of this and Studio on Fire has been going strong for 10 years. (man, I hope that happens to me someday!)


Letterpress machines are pretty much ancient. It took a great deal of muscle to get one page, I could never imagine doing a thousand sheets without going to the gym to train first.


I cannot wait to letterpress something... so if you're looking to get something designed and printed this way let me know!

Studio on Fire Website, Blog
More photos on Flickr

CaringBridge Banner

I am just lovin' my internship at CaringBridge. We are wrapping up the "One Act of Kindness" campaign and my design was chosen as the wrap up banner.