We Commissioned a Mural
Big changes came to 305 Shotwell Street in November 2025. We received a storefront improvement grant from the city of San Francisco and we had muralist Bunnie Reiss paint a wrap around mural on our building…
Typesetting and Printing the Stories of Paper Dolls
Typesetting uses individual letters and spacing made of lead to construct the paragraphs which are then printed with a letterpress. The inked letters press into the paper leaving the printed image behind. This method is full…
Creating the Doll and Printing the Uniforms
San Francisco illustrator Annemaree Rea crafted all the illustrations by hand–the old way, using pen and paper. The doll went through many revisions before we settled on the one shown. Her body type and ethnicity is…
Rags Make Paper Dolls
Our first book edition is a Paper Doll book in collaboration with women veterans. The women sent us stories told through a part or parts of their military uniform and these items were printed on paper…
I LOVE it When…
Our valentine printing event was a big hit! Over 70 people stopped by to make a valentine on our handmade paper; everyone walked away with a smile. We printed our logo on the back of all…
Valentine Printing
Do you LOVE it when there’s paper, letterpress printing, and chocolate involved? If you answered yes, you’re in luck because Drew and I will be letterpress printing valentines on handmade paper in front of Dandelion chocolate…
Cacao Sack Paper
Cacao beans are shipped in jute sacks. The sacks are not reusable to the chocolate maker but they can be repurposed into many things including paper. We are fortunate to have a bean-to-bar chocolate maker in…