Tim Walker

I'm dying for the Tim Walker book, Pictures. He evokes such a fantastical, fairy land feel.. I want to dive right in!

More photos, all from google.. 

Printmaking Book

Happy Early Birthday to Me! Just ordered this book from Amazon! Really excited to try out some new printmaking techniques for my stationery. I'm also PUMPED to be signing up for a printmaking course at School of Visual Arts this spring that will go over six different techniques. 

Amy Jean Porter

Love this beautiful print by Amy Jean Porter

Inspiration: Elizabeth Demos

Over my holiday break I had the opportunity to sit down with former shop owner & stylist Elizabeth Demos. She was so kind as to give me several great pieces of advice in regards to my dreams & career. And of course her work is gorgeous, as you can tell in this photo from her site: 

New York Times Magazine

As a type nerd, I'm loving the typography solution for the New York Times Magazine's 10th Year in Ideas

Stationery Update

Oh hello - some of you may know I've been working on a line of letterpress stationery since last fall. I had a great success with my holiday cards at the Martha Stewart Craft fair back in early December. A good friend requested some New Year's cards - I designed two options, and I also just made some Valentine's Day cards on Saturday. Hopefully more Valentine's cards to come this weekend or next!


Setting type at the letterpress is still a new & time-consuming process for me, but there is something so refreshing by placing each letter by hand. I work as a designer/art director so a huge portion of my week is spent at a keyboard with a mouse in hand, trying a billion designs and clicking "command z" every 2 seconds. With hand-set type, you have to be very intentional & deliberate with your type decisions. Its a good balance for me to go back and forth between the two styles of working. 


Also of note, I've created a Facebook fan page should you wish to "like" me there. 


Some recent work:

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

When AFI put out their list of the top 100 films OF ALL TIME in 1997, a childhood friend and I vowed to watch them all that year. 14 years later, I'm still making my way through the list (36 down..). Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid was on "watch instant" on Netflix recently and I was so amazed at the beauty & goofy humor of the film. Killer cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross.

California Flowering Trees

Love this poster by Claire Nereim

Jenny Bowers

Totally digging Jenny Bowers' whimsical illustrations. 

Hand Drawn Type

Loving this hand-drawn typographic poster I came across on ffffound the other week

Stationary Debut

Woo hoo! Stationary is all set for the Martha Stewart Living Craft fair this Saturday 12/4, come say hello! 

Craft Fair Saturday

Well, its finally almost here. The Martha Stewart Living Employee Craft Fair is this Saturday Dec 4, 12-6pm. 


As the new year rang in 2010 from crappy 2009, and with a benchmark birthday (25!) I decided this would be a big year for me. I aspired to start a company. 


I took calligraphy courses, letterpress workshops, DIY silkscreen class.. 

all the while gathering inspiration & working hard at my day job (which I love now by the way!). This fall I have spent several Saturdays at the letterpress studio, working on a stationary line that I will debut this weekend.  


I have 750 various Christmas cards, an assortment of colored envelopes, a stamp with my logo & website on the way, and a dad who is helping me finally get www.maconyork.com up and going. 


While I have a long way to go, it feels really good to be making it happen, to put in the work and be pleased with the product.