Welcome to Verity Ink!

Verity Ink was born out of an eleven year old passion for cardmaking, with stamps and embellishments. And in May of 2010, I turned my sights from stamping to owning a letterpress. Our first press is a 1907 Chandler and Price 12x18 platen press we named Freedom. The second press we have acquired is a Kluge 10x15. With one eye on the bride, and another eye on the small business in need of business cards and other advertising, I am eager to create for the southwestern Ontario client that up until now has not had an opportunity to buy letterpress products locally.

Chris' wedding day gift to his bride.

I gotta admit, for someone who hates crying, I teared up when Chris sent me these images earlier this afternoon.  I loved creating this special project, and it is so incredibly cool to see that the moment was caught on camera by their photographer.

Chris came to me a few weeks before the wedding, wanting to know if we could recreate an email from about three years ago that he had written for Lisa when she had been away from him for a spell.  It is incredibly sweet, and thoughtful, and romantic, and who doesn’t want that for a gift from their groom?

I had hoped to letterpress this.  I set rows and rows of type, before realizing my job case was not full enough, and there were not enough spacing to be able to lay the whole project out.  So I went to plan B – which was to silk screen the email.  A long process, and hard to get right, especially with that much text, but it turned out beautifully.  I used white ink on black paper, to co ordinate with their theme, and also to create some drama.  I custom made an over-sized envelope to match, and wax sealed the letter; and I do believe they were both thrilled with the results.




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