for christmas last year, B gave me a gift certificate for a one-day letterpress class at a paper arts studio. it took until august to schedule it, but we finally managed to take the class. the only thing better than working with beautiful paper and ink is working with beautiful paper, ink, 100+ year old machines, and zillions of little compartmentalized cabinets and drawers*. a photo journal of the afternoon:

* compartmentalization, both literal and figurative, is basically my most favorite thing ever.