October, 2008 | Heartfish Blog

Happy Halloween!!! & Giveaway Winner

Posted on October 31, 2008October 31, 2008 by Hijiri

Wishing everyone a happy Halloween!! It’s my first Halloween in NYC, I’m so excited to see people’s creativity in the city tonight. I have to work on our last minute costume… and not done yet, but hopefully pull some together by tonight and will be able to share some fun report here.

I got a Halloween greeting from my girls in SF! It was so good that I had to share it. Thank you, guys!

From left; Cheryln’s robot, Sarah’s luchador, and Anna’s cat pirate.

Pumpkins on the stairs (From my neighborhood in Park Slope):

and these handmade pop-up Halloween cards I came across at etsy are just so cute! I like pop-up cards. They are so fun and it has perfect “boo” effect for Halloween.

Mr Owls Haunted Castle:

The Mummy:

Bats in the Dark:

Also, thank you so much for entering my little letterpress card giveaway!!! I used random.org to select the winner… and that is:

michele who said

“The power of the printing press is awesome!”

Congratulations, Michele, I will contact you shortly and get your information so I can send you the card!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Rae Dunn.

Posted on October 30, 2008October 29, 2008 by Hijiri

I got to work on Rae Dunn.‘s little online banner (you can see it under my “shop” on the right column, that’s one of them) and we did a work trade – her store has been on my Etsy favorites for a while so this was really a great reward for me! She was so nice to work with and when I received the package, I had to take pictures because it came in with great personal touch and I just had to share it with you here.

It’s like receiving a present! With her little “Thank you” tag – Thank YOU, Rae!!

and I love this paper! I’m not sure where it’s coming from, but I thought it was so cool.

and I got her “calm.” dish:

“Dream.” heart – it is so cute in person. Everything is so cute in person.

and this was a surprise, but I got “Joy.” and “Accept.”! In a little pouch! They are with my black and white corner in my office area and I love it!

Thank you so much, Rae!

She has a lot of cool clay work like vote rock. and awesome pourer. and many more at her etsy store.

Guest Blogger at sfgirlbybay 2

Posted on October 29, 2008October 29, 2008 by Hijiri

I am over at sfgirlbybay again today! I am sharing my letterpress/wood type love with the readers along with Hatch Show Print book I love.

Please see my whole post from here.

Note: Today is the last day to enter the letterpress card giveaway.

Silkscreen Reclamation Project Report

Posted on October 28, 2008October 28, 2008 by Hijiri

I posted about this cool poster for Silkscreen Reclamation Project before and I stopped by there before my letterpress class last week to see what’s up there – it was so cool! Basically, they all took this piece as a base art (one color word bubbles) and put each creativity on to it, and “reclaimed” it.

I enjoyed seeing the project very much. Here are some work from the exhibition: