Last, but, definitely not least, here is the Halloween inspired letterpress print that will be available tomorrow for Poketo x Moveable Type’s “Type or Treat” letterpress event at the Poketo Store. No introduction to Kate Bingaman Burt, you’ve seen her here on Poketo for years, most recently for her awesome Poketo kitchen linens collection we launched a couple of weeks back.

I absolutely love this print with its signature, playful KBB lettering style… In the shape of a bat, no less. This print will be available exclusively tomorrow, printed straight from Kyle Durrie’s 22 foot Lettepress Type Truck that will be parked in front of Poketo.

The event is free, family friendly, and open to the public. You can also have the rare opportunity to apply ink to a letterpress printer and see how this historic craft works. Check out the shout out from LA Times… awesome! Our friends at AIGA Los Angeles will also be here at Poketo.

Our neighbors Cafe Dulce will have delicious Halloween inspired donut holes and a selection of wines from our good friend, Melissa Acedera will be on hand. Special thanks to artists Kate Bingaman Burt, Kim West and Michael C. Hsiung for making artwork for this event!

RSVP for ‘Type or ‘Treat’ here.

Poketo x Moveable Type presents ‘Type or Treat’ Halloween Event
Date: Monday, October 29th 2012
Time: 5-8pm
Location: Poketo Store, 820 E. 3rd St, Downtown LA, 90013

We’re thrilled that you guys love our new kitchen linens collection as much as we do. They are such a delight to behold and can be used in so many ways – as placemats, to line serving trays and fruit baskets or to decorate the home.

One of our customers, Min Choi, kindly shared with us her creative take on our tea towels – by using it as gift wrap for boxed liquor and a bottle of wine! We love how easy it is, and best of all, can be re-used long after the gifts have been unwrapped. Here’s her step-by-step guide for stylishly wrapped presents:

For boxed gifts

1. Place your gift in the center of the tea towel.
2. Take one end of the tea towel and fold it over the gift.
3. Lift the bottom of the tea towel and hold it in place.
4. Take the opposite end of the tea towel and make a triangular fold with it.
5. Wrap the triangular fold over the gift, then twist the top and fasten it with ribbon or twine.

For a bottle of wine

1. Slip the neck of your wine bottle through the loop at the back of the tea towel to secure it.
2. Take one end of the tea towel and fold it over the bottle.
3. Roll the bottle towards the other end of the tea towel.
4. Tuck in the ends and secure the package with the loop on the tea towel.

Thank you Min, for showing us how you are re-purposing our tea towels!

How are you using your Poketo kitchen linens? We’d love to hear from you!

The Office of Kate Bingaman Burt. Lots of art stars were here with us that day…Chris Bettig, Clifton Burt, Charlene Liu, and Nicole Lavelle. We got lucky, for sure.

Kate’s studio is is as colorful and bright as she is. It’s called Team Projects, a shared space with Kate, Clifton Burt, Nicole Lavelle, and Will Bryant. Team Projects is within an even bigger facility called ADX. ADX is a makers dream, a 10,000 plus square foot space with a wood shop, laser cutter, CNC milling machine, and more. In my next post, you’ll be blown away by all of the pics I took at ADX, you’ll see an incredible space where people go to work with their hands and literally, make just about anything. Now, be blown away by OKBB… The Office of Kate Bingaman Burt.

We got some radness brewing with Kate this year… Angie and Kate, going through the details here.

Wow… Charlene Liu, Kate, and Chris Bettig.

Kate and our old friend, Chris Bettig who happened to be in Portland at the same as us. We get lucky.

The adventurous, Nicole Lavelle. She rode across country last year on a hand built bamboo bike.

The awesome, Clifton Burt.

You know Kate Bingaman Burt, I know you do. Maybe it was from a picking up one of her zines, hanging an art print, a textile, or possibly wearing one of the many things she has done for Poketo over the years. Or, maybe you know her from Obssessive Consumption, Kate’s ingenious (and disciplined) project of illustrating all her daily purchases since 2006! We love Kate and it’s always a treat to get surprise greetings in the snail mailbox… and, even more of a surprise to see some sneak peeks of future Poketo x Kate Bingaman Burt projects in the mix! Stay tuned for that…

We’ll be up in Portland over this long weekend, hanging out with Kate and a lot of other awesome folks. As always, we are instagr.am-ing on the go, find us there!