Lark Press

If you like stationary and buying paper, this is a great store to poke around. Better yet, when we were there, one of the employees was using one of their old letterpress machines to make additional cards. Expensive, but high quality.

The sweetest little shop with all sorts of fun treasures in addition to beautiful letterpress cards and stationery. I visit every time I’m in this area of town, always find something interesting, and leave feeling happy. I came in with my daughter once and the lovely lady behind the counter let her see how the press operates. A Portland gem!

Card stock. The difference between a card and a piece of art. Sure — in the era of email, any card is worth cherishing but Lark Press makes cards worth framing.
I love the seemly lost art of sending mail. In the digital age it’s a sweet way to show a pal you care and are thinking about them above and beyond a text. As adorable as an emoji kissy face may be, it just doesn’t always do the trick.
Lark Press makes beautiful and unique card stock and prints. Everything in this place is frame worthy. While they don’t have endless isles of cards a la Hallmark I assure you they have something that will meet your needs. Prices are comparable as well. For the same price as a big brand card you get a hand printed work of art! If you need a sweet «thinking of you», thank you, sympathy, I love you, whatever it is –they have it all. Whenever I know I’m in need of a card this is my go-​to spot. My family/​friends have even taken notice, asking where I’m getting these little gems.
When it came to invites for my wedding this was my first stop. Unfortunately, it was a bit out of our price range. If you’re looking for an impressive way to announce something and have the coin to back it up, I would stop in here for sure. They’ll make you something memorable.
They also have tiny nicknacks. Great for host gifts or for those pesky gifts for people you don’t know well or have it all. Lark Press does not disappoint.
So — before you send that winky smiley face or heart text message consider stopping into Lark and saying it with some pizzazz instead.

Looks cute but never open when you need it to be. Just so you know people who work till 6pm like to spend money too.

Lovely Cards,
Friendly Service,
Talented Designers,
Variety of Products.
Small, but mighty… Lark is sublime!

Cute things, but horrible service. Rude mean people who don’t seem to want to really sell anything. I like the stuff here but refuse to buy when people act like its a huge hassle to ring you up

Walked in to get wedding invites. Didn’t even get a greeting. Who runs a buisness and ignores their customers. Suck it!

Another card printing shop in Portland that has their own press. Nice store, good cards. Staff was a little unfriendly, but she warmed up after a couple of minutes of browsing. Bonus: They had a reminder that mother’s day was a month off and had mother’s day cards ready to go.

I wish I could buy the entire store! I’ve never seen such humorous and unique letterpress cards. Pet lovers – save your money to buy some pet-​themed cards and home décor here.
Make sure you have ample time to view the entire store; we nearly missed our lunch reservation since we lost track of time here.

Put a Bird on It!
This is the place to come for your Portlandia fix, if you are into birds, or if you are a fan of the quirky and fantastic art of letterpress.
I love it that you can hear the clickity clack of the presses from the minute you walk in, because they actually are conducting printing while you are in the store. The cards, stationary and wall prints (either suitable for framing, or in some cases, sold in frames) are artful, odd, and whimsical.
I suspect that many people who don’t know Lark Press stumble in during their two hour weekend wait for brunch mecca, Tasty n Sons. On the other hand, those epic waits provide great exposure to a reemerging art form that’s taking off in Portlandia, and all over the Pacific NW.

Incredibly cute shop with beautiful and funny letterpress designs as well as cards for every occasion.

Can I please have one of everything here?! I love all of the pieces they have here and I want to buy and frame everything here.
It was my first time there today and I only minused one star because I didn’t even get greeted despite having someone standing less than 10 feet away from me. Sorry, I am a stickler for customer service.
That won’t keep me away, I’m hoping it was just and off day because I will be heading back here for holiday gifts!

If you want to find a truly unique and beautiful present or card for someone come here.
The letterpress designs are simple, yet perfect and geared toward the Portland lifestyle, cycling, nature, etc. I can always find something to suit the occasion I am buying for.
This is a place that makes me want to correspond with people the old fashioned way.

Letterpress printing AND a retail store? I’m in love.
Cute little letter pressed greeting cards, lots of bird themed items, handmade passport holders, just the most unique little gifts.
Custom made wedding invitations and business cards. I took a look through their sample invitations and they’re absolutely stunning.
It was so good that we spent nearly 45 minutes in there.

In love. Seriously, this place makes my heart melt each time I see the treasure trove of imaginative creations they have displayed. There are a variety of different paper selections with whimsical impressions for each and every occasion. It makes me want to write a love note to everyone I know just to share a little piece of the magic…
It’s no wonder we had our wedding invitations custom made for us here. Four and a half years later and we are still getting compliments on them! Jean was amazingly easy to work with, and truly has a gift for her trade.

This is what paper used to be before it became the limp crap that we feed into our laser printers every day.
That’s probably not really true on many levels, but that’s how you feel when you run your hands over Lark’s quality, heavy, letterpressed pieces while watching the giant iron machinery churn out new ones. It’s worth a visit to take it all in.

Wow. Who knew that one shop could change the way I look at correspondence? Well, that and marrying a man in love with the post office.
It all started with a dilemma around our wedding invitations.
My mom being a graphic designer, I saw no reason to hire someone else to do some expensive job that we could do «in-​house». I even thought we could do it ourselves. Then we began to design. We bickered. over-​analyzed, stressed and fretted, and what we came up with was basically something we had seen at… yes, Lark Press. I’m so happy that we got help outside the family for this one, and our invitations turned out amazing. The letterpress feature was lovely. We got tons of compliments on them.
The most fun part was going to Lark and perusing the cards, invitations, and gifts. I always left there with something to give as a gift, and I felt good about it: a beautiful tiny hat for a new baby, a gnome onesy, thank you cards, gift tags, etc. And I left with an understanding of why someone would put such care into paper products: that they are a tradition of thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and delight in a mailbox full of junk.

Lark Press has the most beautiful selection of letterpress items. Every card feels special and substantial. Many are worthy of framing. The paper itself is gorgeous. They also carry really fun baby shirts and onesies, and other cute gifts. To me this place is just quintessential Portland. Quirky, fun, made with love. A much more worthy venture to support than Hallmark.
*If you are looking for beautiful and unique wedding invitations… this is the place!

I used Lark Press for my wedding invitations, they turned out fabulous! I knew I wanted letterpress wedding invitations and Lark Press’ prices were very competitive with the affordable letterpress printers that I found online. Jean helped me design them, she took my visions and turned it into the most beautiful wedding invitation I’ve ever seen, oh so very elegant! I highly recommend Lark Press for wedding invitations, thank yous, and anything letterpress that you can envision!

Hand letter pressing makes me get a little teary-​eyed. Really, I am easily duped into buying anything paper that I can run my fingers over and feel all of the little impressions.
Lark is an unassuming, simple store with a fun assortment of all things letter pressed from postcards to tags, bookmarks, calendars, and stationery. They keep several portfolio books of custom order samples, really fun just to flip through and get ideas.
I have seen Lark stuff around town for sale, but it’s worth a trip to the store itself to catch a glimpse of the actual press (es) in action and to pick up a couple of totally rad cards. The products in the store are a mix of their own and others from around the country, and as per usual– the Portland stuff is the best. There is something quirky and cute everywhere you look.
Love this store.