Chicago - March 08, 2010

Chasing Paper

Paper Parasol Press

Dear long-distance relationship guy,

I miss you like whoa. But we can write each other letters like the old days. Pretty special, eh? 

Love,
Cindy Tomczyk

Dearest Cindy,

You’re a killer illustrator, and you love paper. Launch a business.

Air(mail)-kiss,
LDRG

Okay. I’ll call it Paper Parasol Press. I’ll design greeting cards on my 1,000-pound vintage letterpress machine, Olga. I’ll do everything (draw, screen-print, emboss) and create a spanking-new site.

Go, girl. You should take cues from American and Euro folk art. Roosters. Vintage Airstream trailers. Russian nesting dolls.

Yes! And cheeky phrases like Yee Haw, It’s Your Birthday, and You’re a Reel Catch. I’ll even do custom work (like bridal).

Are you hinting at something?

Who, me? I’d never press you.

Available at Paper Boy, 1351 West Belmont Avenue, at Lakewood Avenue (773-388-8811); Renegade Handmade, 1924 West Division Street, at Winchester Avenue (773-227-2707 or renegadehandmade.com); online at etsy.com. For more information, go to paperparasolpress.com.

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