EP 144: ALL ABOUT THE NOTED+GIFTED EXPO WITH KATE MURRAY

The Retail Whore

Kate Murray is the owner of Quick Brown Fox Letterpress, based in the Hudson Valley of New York. Quick Brown Fox makes quirky cards with perfect puns the old-fashioned way: one color at a time, one card at a time, on turn of the century letterpress machines.

To pay her dues, Kate worked in two amazing NYC letterpress studios for more than 10 years. When the opportunity came up to salvage and restore two presses, both in pretty bad shape, Quick Brown Fox Letterpress was born. Most of the cards that you see on Kate’s website are printed on the press that was in the worst shape, Goldie the Golding Jobber.

Years and years later, Kate is constantly adding to my line of quirky, pun-filled letterpress greeting cards. Each card is painstakingly printed one at a time, one color at a time, with immaculate registration on a late 19th Century and early 20th century letterpress. Some people may say, "11 colors for one card?! That's a lot of colors!" But Kate always says, "There's no such thing as too many colors."

Here, Michelle and Kate talk about the Greeting Card Association, the merger of Noted and Gifted, and the old San Francisco Now show. Kate also shares how she wound up taking over Noted without show experience, how this year’s show will be different from last year’s, what retailers can expect at the show, how to sign up, and more.

What’s Inside:

• All about the merger of Noted and Gifted
• Teasers for this year’s Noted Expo
• What retailers can expect at the show

Mentioned In This Episode:

Attend Noted+Gifted
Noted Expo on Instagram
Greeting Card Association on LinkedIn
Greeting Card Association on Facebook
Quick Brown Fox Letterpress Website