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

‘A Drink­ing Song’ by W.B. Yeats

Wine comes in at the mouth

And love comes in at the eye;

That’s all we know for truth

Before we grow old and die.

I lift the glass to my mouth

I look at you, and I sigh.

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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 Love’ by John Clare

I né’er was struck before that hour,

With love so sud­den and so sweet,

Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower

And stole my heart away complete.

My face turned pale as deadly pale,

My legs refused to walk away,

And when she looked, what could I ail?

My life and all seemed turned to clay.

And then my blood rushed to my face

And took my eye­sight quite away,

The trees and bushes round the place

Seemed mid­night at noonday.

I could not see a single thing,

Words from my eyes did start -

They spoke as chords do from the string,

And blood burnt round my heart.

Are flowers the winter’s choice?

Is love’s bed always snow?

She seemed to hear my silent voice,

Not love’s appeals to know.

I never saw so sweet a face

As that I stood before.

My heart has left its dwelling-place

And can return no more.

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‘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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‘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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‘A Statue Of Eros’ by Zen­odo­tos (325 BC).

Who carved Love

and placed him by

this foun­tain,

think­ing

he could control

such fire

with water?

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

‘Love Is Not’ by Mar­cus Argentarius (20 BC — 30 AD).

Love is not just a func­tion of the eyes.

Beau­ti­ful objects will, of course, inspire

Pos­sess­ive urges — you need not despise

Your taste. But when insa­ti­able desire

Inflames you for a girl who’s out of fashion,

Lack­ing in glam­our — plain, in fact — that fire

Is genu­ine; that’s the authen­tic passion.

Beauty, though, any critic can admire.

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Valentine’s Day is just over a month away. Here’s Coulson Macleod’s top ten typo­graphic prints that would make the per­fect gift…

Please note: Last order date for bespoke and out-of-stock prints is 1^st February.

1. ‘Wed­ded Bliss’ — from £49

A per­fect Valentines gift for the Mr or Mrs in your life. Prin­ted on solid lime­stone it can be pur­chased framed (hand­made from reclaimed tim­ber as shown) or unframed and is also avail­able per­son­al­ised with your own names.

2. ‘Kiss’ Bespoke Print — from £59

You pick the places and we do the rest — a per­fect Valentines Day gift for the loved one in your life. Shown here prin­ted on a white­washed oak panel with a solid oak frame for £239.

3. ‘You Are Amaz­ing’ — from £29

The quote says it all. Avail­able as a print only, or presen­ted in a Coulson Macleod-branded gift box, this lovely art­work on solid ash makes the per­fect Valentines Day gift.

4. ‘What’ Bespoke Print — from £59

The words on this print — writ­ten by ourselves — are often read out at wed­dings, so this makes the per­fect gift for all you loved-up couples out there. Your names are added to the bot­tom to make a won­der­fully romantic Valentines Day gift. Show here prin­ted on calico fab­ric and framed in reclaimed tim­ber for £239.

5. ‘I Love You’ — £199

A fab­ulous print from our lim­ited edi­tion Love Col­lec­tion. Prin­ted on a white­washed oak panel and framed in rough-sawn solid oak, this makes a great Valentines gift for the loved one in your life.

6. ‘Love­notes’ Bespoke Print — from £59

You choose the words — simply add a name (we’ve put in the name Emma), a mean­ing­ful poem or song lyric, or simply a declar­a­tion of love — and we put it together for you. A won­der­ful Valentines Day gift. Shown here prin­ted on a solid ash block and presen­ted in a gift box for £79.

7. ‘Whole Lotta Love’ — from £49

Con­tain­ing all the quotes from our vari­ous ‘Love’ prints this makes the per­fect Valentines gift for that spe­cial per­son in your life. Prin­ted on solid lime­stone it can be pur­chased framed (hand­made from reclaimed tim­ber) or unframed (as shown).

8. ‘What Is Love?’ — £199

The ori­ginal (and still most pop­u­lar) ‘What Is Love?’ print from our lim­ited edi­tion Love Col­lec­tion, prin­ted on solid oak. The words say it all — a fant­astic Valentines Day gift.

9. ‘Stamp’ Bespoke Print — from £79

Choose the words and add your names to make a won­der­fully per­sonal Valentines Day gift. Shown here prin­ted on a solid ash block and framed in reclaimed tim­ber for £189.

10. ‘I Love You Now. I Love You Always’ — £199

From our lim­ited edi­tion Love Col­lec­tion, prin­ted on solid oak, this print con­tains clas­sic quotes from romantic films. A lovely Valentines Day gift. Also avail­able as our bespoke ‘Jamie’ print where you get to pick the words (from £59).

Plus every pur­chase of a ‘love’-related print between now and Valentines Day will receive a FREE hand-crafted Valentines Card (while stocks last).

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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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It’s no secret that Coulson and Macleod are get­ting mar­ried. Which means we’re pay­ing far more atten­tion to wedding-related blogs and websites.

Before being engaged, I looked through the wed­ding blogs for more aes­thetic reas­ons. They are gen­er­ally beau­ti­fully styled. And yes, you get to spy on other people’s wed­dings, which is strictly a girl-thing.

One of our favour­ites is Rock My Wed­ding and we have a great rela­tion­ship with them. Not least because one of the founders, Char­lotte, owns one of our ‘Love Makes The Ride Worth­while’ prints.

Char­lotte even fea­tured the print on a post called Wherever I lay my (fancy) hat… that’s my home.

And we get many Rock My Wed­ding read­ers becom­ing Coulson Macleod customers.

But now that I’m a bride-to-be, I can’t get enough of their site. The design is great. The con­tent is fresh. And they main­tain a high stand­ard of the wed­dings that they fea­ture. All unique and lovely.

So the fact they were extremely keen to col­lab­or­ate with us made us very happy.

So, if you fancy win­ning one of our new ‘Love Unlim­ited’ prints in time for Valentine’s Day, go on over and check out Rock My Wed­ding to find out how.

And the second of our two brand new Coulson Macleod typo­graphic art col­lec­tions launched today…

The Love Unlim­ited Collection

A super chunky (8cm deep if you want the exact meas­ure­ment) hand­made, vintage-style, rough-sawn solid oak frame sur­round­ing a white-washed oak panel prin­ted with dis­tressed typo­graphy. The size of the art­work is 54cm x 54cm.

The Love Unlim­ited Col­lec­tion has an unlim­ited print quantity.

The oak panel is cut and sanded by hand before being covered with a coat of diluted white lac­quer wash to fill the grain, and then sanded and re-washed with the lac­quer a second time. The panel is then over-printed with UV ink.

The mitred frame is hand­made using rough-sawn solid oak. We pur­pose­fully retain any defects in the oak to add to the charm and char­ac­ter of the piece. These can include knot holes, warps and water marks, so each frame is totally unique.

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