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September 29, 2007
the poetry car posse
by gl. at 10:55 am
so it's true that magnetic poetry is no longer selling the "really big words for grownups" magnets that i have heretofore been using as trixie's typeface. but i emailed them to ask if they had a stash hidden somewhere i could buy from them, and i was delighted when they said they had ONE in "the archive" (their closet) that i was welcome to have. dave, the owner, said "give her the replacement for free; trixie was excellent."
[really big words for grownups box]
[make love with fire: look at those lovely serifs!]
["here's hoping these stay put!"]
plus, they sent a magnetic poetry keychain, a tiny refrigerator with a tiny light bulb that turns on when you open the tiny door and a tiny crisper that stores the tiny magnets!
[tiny poetry, the polar opposite of big words]
but i've always had simply fantastic service from magnetic poetry. for the clay guided art night last year, i lost the dot for the "i" in their "poetry stones" letter kit, and though i just asked if i could buy one, they shipped it to me for free and let me pick a couple of other letters, too!
the only sadness here is that because this really is the last package of really big words with serifs, the loss of future magnets will hit me pretty hard. i'll starting taking "shrinkage" more personally when i can't replace the magnets.
but on the bright side, trixie's starting a posse! bridget & caryn are thinking of putting together their own poetry cars & trucks! caryn's in washington d.c., but bridget's thinking it would be cool if we picked one night a month for the poetry cars of portland to gather at burgerville like the classic cars do. there may be only two of us now, but soon we will be a mighty poetic force, swift like haiku but as epic as the odyssey!
[celebrate the world through wild romance]
[update sep30.2007: the owner of magnetic poetry blogged about trixie! eeeee!]
posted by gl. | September 29, 2007 10:55 AM | comments (8) | categories: trixie
Comments
How incredibly cool is THAT! Good for you for thinking to ask about a stash and good for them for being so right on about Trixie!
That's good business.
Viva la Poetrix!
Posted by: shelley Noble at September 29, 2007 4:12 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Trixie is back!
. . . And my brain is mulling on how we could make you some replacement words down the line.
I love stories of companies providing amazing service like this!
Posted by: Sister Diane at September 30, 2007 8:30 AM
i'm pretty impressed. i just wish they hadn't discontinued them! i'd love to make my own, but i haven't figured out how to make them appropriately weatherproof.
Posted by: gl. at October 2, 2007 12:30 AM
Woo-Hoo! I just placed my big order for magnetic words! I got "The Blank Canvas" washed yesterday, and applied a few experimental magnets today . . . will blog later! I am very excited - Burgerville, here we come!!
Posted by: Bansheegrrll at October 2, 2007 11:29 AM
Oo-oo! And I just had another idea - you could make your own car magnets - Kinko's and other places will make custom magnetized signs, right? Just prepare them a file with a bunch of words on it in the right font, then cut it up! Presto! Perhaps more expensive, but weatherproof . . .
Posted by: Bansheegrrll at October 2, 2007 3:14 PM
bridget, a magnetized sign at kinko's is brilliant! i wonder if they'd cut them, too...
so which night should we meet at burgerville? poetry in motion!
Posted by: gl. at October 10, 2007 4:44 PM
And - another blogger friend of mine found this:
http://www.papilio.com/inkjet%20magnetic%20waterproof%20paper%20flexible.html
So we really CAN make our own . . . think I need to order some now . . . not compulsive . . . no, not me . . .
Posted by: Bridget Benton at October 12, 2007 11:35 AM
augh! we have a color laser printer, not an ink jet. but it gives me a place to start...
Posted by: gl. at October 12, 2007 2:27 PM