Tanya Owen really cares about where you lay your head after a long day. She’s the artist behind Girliture, her furniture painting business that started focussing in on pillows this fall. “I’m not even sure what made me decide to try it, but I had been stenciling some furniture and thought I’d try one of […]
Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio
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Give thanks
Clockwise from top: When a simple thank you is not enough by The Hungry Workshop, Inkwell Boutique, inkwellboutique.ca | Sarah Phelps helps you slather on the honey, sarahphelpscreative.com | Tie it up with ribbon by Papillon Press, Duly Noted Stationery, dulynoted.ca Clockwise from top: Show how much you heart them with a postcard hand drawn […]
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End of Storey
We were really sad to hear that Second Storey (1526 Queen Street, above Put Me On) is bowing out of business this month. The “girls upstairs”—five uber-talented women who run the boutique together—have decided to pursue different paths that lead some of them to new cities, new careers or back to school, and instead of […]
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A true East Coaster
If that frosty beverage you’re clutching ever-so-tightly is royalty, this Inkwell Handmade Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress (1658 Market Street. 405-8309) is a suitable throne. What began as a funny made by Inkwell’s Andrea Rahal—who, with word play in mind, joked about printing East in large letters on a coaster—turned out to be the spark […]
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Inkwell’s tried, tested and TWO
Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio is having a birthday party and you’re invited—the unique Halifax business is turning two years old! To commemorate two years in business, the adorable shop is hosting an open house this Saturday, June 1 from 10am until 5pm. Don’t have time to go out and buy a birthday […]
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Nailed it
Continuing on the path of cuteness, Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio has brought in an assortment of nail tattoos from UK artist Kate Broughton and man, they’re awesome. These tiny birds, bikes, cocktails and Christmasy things are going to make you want to immediately plan a weekend manicure party and then, consider a […]
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Inkwell has a birthday
“I never knew so many beautiful things could exist in one place without causing the world to implode in a series of rainbows and unicorns.” That’s how one voter described Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio (1658 Market Street, 405-8309) for The Coast’s Best of Halifax contest last year. With that sort of enthusiastic support, […]
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Greeting cards at the holidays
Dearest Coast readers, both holiday junkies and haters: In case you didn’t know, holiday greeting cards are still a thing. Despite our tendency to lean away from paper by sending mass emails, ecards, Facebook shoutouts and holly, jolly hashtags, the corporate card biz is still doing OK. The roots of handmade messages of good cheer […]
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Best New Store
Gold Winner Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique and Letterpress Studio Silver Winner Oddjects Bronze Winner Plan B We dare you to step into this shop and not want to buy something. Seriously, these are the cards you wish you’d get in the mail, the notebooks you wish you could write your haikus in and the prints […]
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Just your type
1 Canary yellow adorns Katie Tower’s letterpressed creation 2 & 5 Emily Davidson takes a cue from nature with these handmade invites 3 & 4 Duly Noted draws inspiration from letterpress-style typefaces with these custom invites 6 Don’t forget to say thanks with classy cards or personalized stationery for your wedding party from Inkwell Modern […]
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Inkwell launches letterpress printing services with open house
Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio (1658 Market Street, 405-8309), a hub of local craft and artisan’s work—as well as unique internationally sourced gifts and stationery—is having an open house to introduce its letterpress services, August 18 from 6-9pm. There’ll be prizes, prizes, prizes and you can enjoy refreshments while printing your own bookmark […]