In the spirit of Valentine’s Day we’re post­ing a daily love poem & a Coulson Macleod typo­graphic print. Just because we love love.

‘Did Not’ by Thomas Moore

‘Twas a new feel­ing — some­thing more

Than we had dared to own before,

Which then we hid not;

We saw it in each other’s eye,

And wished, in very half-breathed sigh,

To speak, but did not.

She felt my lips’ impas­sioned touch -

‘Twas the first time I dared so much,

And yet she chid not;

But whispered o’er my burn­ing brow,

‘Oh, do you doubt I love you now?’

Sweet soul! I did not.

Warmly I felt her bosom thrill,

I pressed it closer, closer still,

Though gently bid not;

Till — oh! the world hath sel­dom heard

Of lov­ers, who so nearly erred,

And yet, who did not.

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In the spirit of Valentine’s Day we’re post­ing a daily love poem & a Coulson Macleod typo­graphic print. Just because we love love.

‘First Day’ by Christina Rossetti

I wish I could remem­ber the first day,

First hour, first moment of your meet­ing me;

If bright or dim the sea­son, it might be

Sum­mer or winter for aught I can say.

So unre­cor­ded did it slip away,

So blind was I to see and to foresee,

So dull to mark the bud­ding of my tree

That would not blos­som yet for many a May.

If only I could recol­lect it! Such

A day of days! I let it come and go

As trace­less as a thaw of bygone snow.

It seemed to mean so little, meant so much!

If only now I could recall that touch,

First touch of hand in hand! — Did one but know!

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From now until Valentine’s Day (whilst stocks last) we’re includ­ing one of these gor­geous hand­made cards with every pur­chase of one of Coulson Macleod’s love-related typo­graphic prints. The hand­made card has been designed exclus­ively for Coulson Macleod by Ruby Wren.

Each heart has been indi­vidu­ally cut by hand from wild­flower seed paper. A true labour of love.

So when you’ve fin­ished with your card you can plant it and wait for the flowers to grow. Lit­er­ally watch your love blossom.

And this is what you could be growing…

• Pretty yel­low Birds­foot Tre­foil, Black Medick, and Meadow Buttercup.
• Red Cam­pion.
• White Cam­pion.
• Purple thistle-like Black Knap­weed and purple Self­heal, a mem­ber of the mint family.
• Feath­ery foliaged Yarrow.
• Watch the leaves of your Com­mon Vetch fold at night and attract bees and but­ter­flies with your ice-pink Musk Mallow.
• It was con­sidered lucky to step on an Ox-eye Daisy, the first flower of the year.

And these lush grasses will sprout too…

• Rib­wort Plantain.
• Brown­top Bent.
• Red Fes­cue.
• Cres­ted Dogstail.
• Meadow Fes­cue.
• Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass.

And the C5-sized envel­ope is made from ele­phant poo (and no it doesn’t smell). Oh, and just in case you think we’d slipped up with the cel­lo­phane outer wrap­per, it’s made from corn starch.

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Today Coulson Macleod loves pot­ter, Sue Binns.

Largely self taught, Sue pro­duces a wide range of func­tional domestic stone­ware. We just love these blue & white stripes. Func­tional and oh so desirable.

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Here it is folks… The Coulson Macleod Sale…

40% off all Coulson Macleod typo­graphic art on our web­site. Includes bespoke word art. Please use the dis­count code: JANUARYSALE at the checkout.

Any print ordered in the sale will be dis­patched after 3^rd Janu­ary (if in stock). Bespoke and out-of-stock prints will be dis­patched the week start­ing 9^th Janu­ary 2012.

The Coulson Macleod sale is for a very lim­ited time only.

Here’s a little sneak peek at our hand­made wed­ding invitation…

Recycled card­board. String. Hand-stamped tag. Very simple. Very Coulson Macleod.

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Today Coulson Macleod is lov­ing Songt­sam Meili in Yun­nan (near the Tibetan bor­der), a hotel that is about as remote as it gets. A mere six hour drive from the nearest air­port (and prob­ably a very bumpy & scary jour­ney we ima­gine). But worth it.

The hotel is in a tiny vil­lage inhab­ited by just five fam­il­ies (who prac­tice poly­andry). With so few people we can’t fathom how a woman can find that many men to marry. Enjoy the view…

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Little update.

Coulson Macleod has shipped typo­graphic art prints to homes and offices in Aus­tralia, Aus­tria, Bel­gium, Canada, Cyprus, Fin­land, France, Ger­many, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ire­land, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Neth­er­lands, New Zea­l­and, Nor­way, Poland, Singa­pore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzer­land, United Arab Emir­ates, and right across the USA.

That’s 28 countries.

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Today Coulson Macleod loves the work of Swedish pho­to­grapher Anna Ådén.

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Coulson Macleod’s latest typo­graphic art. Three designs avail­able three ways.

print with reclaimed tim­ber frame

Calico print dimen­sions — 35cm x 35cm x 2.5cm
Reclaimed tim­ber frame dimen­sions — 55cm x 55cm x 6cm

calico print only

Calico print dimen­sions — 35cm x 35cm x 2.5cm

print with painted MDF mount

Print dimen­sions — 35cm x 35cm x 5cm

We’ve wrapped a block in nat­ural calico (unbleached cot­ton), which has been washed by hand then dried flat to give a tex­tured ‘crease’ effect. Over­prin­ted it with a winter tree image and text.

Then moun­ted them three dif­fer­ent ways, to give you plenty of choice…

Print Only. Backed with a thin sheet of MDF. A saw­tooth hanger and pro­tec­tion pads are fixed to the rear so the print is ready for hanging.

Print with Painted MDF Mount. A block of 2.5cm thick MDF is hand-painted grey and moun­ted to the rear of the calico print. A saw­tooth hanger and pro­tec­tion pads are fixed to the rear so the print is ready for hanging.

Print with Reclaimed Tim­ber Frame. The frame is hand­made using reclaimed antique Vic­torian roof tim­bers. The inside of the frame is hand-painted in grey and the calico print is then moun­ted in the frame, and a hanging mech­an­ism attached to the rear so it’s ready for hanging. We pur­pose­fully retain any defects in the tim­ber to add to the charm and char­ac­ter of the piece. These can include knot holes, nail holes, warps and water marks, so each art­work is totally unique.

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