Looking through the window at Just My Type Letterpress Paperie’s new location on Second Street, you see a humming scene: a miniature letterpress, with delicate fair-trade Himalayan paper rosettes hanging above. Behind are displays of cards, prints and stickers. In keeping with the shop’s theme, it has an old-timey feel. Shops all over the country […]
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The Old-Fashioned Way
The Back Porch 1380 Ninth St., Arcata Open Friday and Saturday, 10 am–5 pm or by appointment. Locals remember when you could go down to the old recycling center in Arcata and get a door, or an old sink, or some random wood for a project you dreamed up that morning. Well you can again, […]
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The Old-Fashioned Way
They don’t make ’em like they used to. Except when they do. These shops and their hands-on craftspeople take us back to the beauty of reclaimed wood and metal, paper and ink. The Back Porch Locals remember when you could go down to the old recycling center in Arcata and get a door, or an […]