Knapping Press

For Plastic-Free July: a look at how we package our products. Every material is chosen to be protective, durable, and as low-impact as possible. ❤️

• Greeting Cards - Available loose (card tucked into the envelope) or fully packaged with a home compostable cellophane bag, clear closure tape, and a 100% recycled disposal instructions page.

• Note Card Sets - Available package-free (bound with a 100% recycled kraft paper band and curbside recyclable glue dots, with a 100% recycled cover sheet) or fully packaged with a home compostable cellophane bag, clear closure tape, and a 100% recycled cover page.

• Mini Desk Calendars - Packaged with 100% recycled materials (cardboard box, packaging labels, Kraft paper band, tissue paper, and product information sheet) and home compostable clear closure tape.

• Artworks - Packaged with a home compostable cellophane bag, clear closure tape, and 100% recycled cardboard backing.

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Available for retail and wholesale. Link in bio 🌎💚

Website Launch Sale ✨�

For the last several months I’ve had my hands full with a major project: overhauling our website with the help of a designer. Squarespace was a good home for our shop for many years, but without a web design background, I could never quite bring our site to a place where it felt truly representative of me and my work.

Now, with intentional design, updated photography, and a refreshed artist bio, it finally feels like me, and I couldn’t be more proud to share it with you.

To celebrate the launch and to thank you for your support, we’re running a 3-day sale. Shop any time now through Monday, June 15th at 11:59PM EST for 20% OFF your entire order. Use code NEWSITE at checkout. ❤️

Special thanks to Divya of , who helped bring our vision to life. ❤️

🗑️ April Business Waste 🫙

Our journey as a small business trying to create as little waste as possible.
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Another month, another honest look at the waste we generated, because sustainability is a practice, not a destination.

April kicked off Spring market season, so I knew going in that waste would be higher. Two drop-off markets meant individually stickering every item, adding more non-recyclable backing paper than usual. The bigger contributor this month, though, was supplier packaging. A bookkeeping journal arrived wrapped in rigid protective film and shipped in a coated bubble mailer. Packing tape adds up fast, too. It's one of those things I can't always control on the receiving end.

What I can control are my own choices, and I make them as intentionally as possible. While completely eliminating waste isn't realistic, I believe small, consistent choices add up, and progress matters more than perfection.

Our non-compostable and non-recyclable waste for April:
• Release paper from sticker labels
• Release paper from mailer envelopes
• Release paper from home compostable closure tape
• Scotch Magic Greener Tape (53% plant-based) that I used during my April pop-up
• Packaging tape from supplier packages
• Rigid protective plastic film from a journal
• Coated bubble mailer
• Plastic film from ink cartridges

Thank you for following along on this journey. It's not perfect, but every small choice matters. ♻️

Richmonders! 💕 Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the Fan Arts Stroll last week and stopped by my table! It was so lovely to have two days in a row of great weather and wonderful conversations with y’all. I especially enjoyed nerding out about Swedish dishcloths with the folks who were familiar with them while also getting to introduce a whole bunch of new folks to them too. 🤓

A huge thank you to my host Tom for the hospitality, and to Fan Arts Stroll for having me! 💕

Cyanotype sweater by the ever talented . ❤️