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A red, white and blue print item to get you excited for the Fourth!
3/0, DVD Cover, Quinault PC100 70# Text White, Pantone soy-based inks

Cartune Xprez is a “traveling roadshow of animated video and multimedia performances,” brought to you by a collection of creative people including Hooliganship, E*Rock, and Josh Mannis.

Check here for more information on how to obtain this awesome DVD! These folks will be spending the fall in Europe, on an invite from NOASS in Riga, Latvia. If you live overseas, look ‘em up!

A summer event at Hinson Church in SE Portland.
2/2, Business Card, Chipboard 20pt Kraft, Pantone soy-based inks

By day, Noah Wilson is a graphic designer. By night, he’s the Children’s Ministry Coordinator for Door of Hope Church, a Cross-Centered church in Southeast Portland. Fresh at their new location in the Hinson Annex, Door of Hope’s mission is to reach the city of Portland and build community. Keep your eyes open for more beautiful work from Door of Hope, Noah Wilson, and community artist collaborators! Rumor has it there’s a Prayer Journal Scout Book in the works…!

Check out Door of Hope’s summer gatherings, Thursday at 7pm.

Come and get ‘em! While supplies last, we’ll be giving away these delectable Scout Books for free to people who can stop by our shop and say hello! With a lined interior, our Grocery List Scout Book comes complete with a week of Portland Area Farmers Markets printed on the back.

Are you ever out and about and want a quick reference to where you can get fresh fruits and veggies on a Wednesday afternoon? What about a Monday? Pull out your handy Scout Book and you’ll find a week of on the back, complete with phone numbers, location and times.

We’re located at 1003 SE Grant St, on the corner of SE 10th and SE Grant. Big yellow building. You can’t miss it. We’re here Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm. See you soon!

The infamous Jim Ward, of At the Drive In, released “In the Valley, On the Shores” this past spring and Pinball had the pleasure to print this lovely design. Package design by Armando Alvarez of Viva Creative is a 2/2 metallics on Chipboard. The new release is available at Tembloroso for the modest price of $7 a pop. It is worth checking out. Track 2, Broken Songs, is a personal fav. Get yours today!

Sucking up the rays on the sidewalk outside the shop…the urban garden on wheels.

Crafty!

Cutest. Cover. Ever.
Scout Book Pair, 1/0 and 2/0 Covers, Chipboard 20pt Kraft, Pantone 462 and 383 soy-based inks

Loft Home Decor of Austin Texas had this pair of Scout Book printed up recently. Such great design! We’re loving the woodgrain and the halftone images of stylish furniture. Loft Home offers a stunning collection of home furnishings over on their website and at their store in Austin. In Texas? Need a new end table? Maybe if you head over to Loft Home, you can pick up one of these lovely Scout Books!

A sleek business card for a local writer.
2/0, Business Card,  Environment 120# White Cover, Pantone Blue 635 and Gray 405 soy-based inks

Every writer needs a calling card, and this lovely one belongs to Erik Henriksen. Erik is on staff over at the Portland Mercury as their film editor. He also works as Henriksen Industries. Looks so nice up close!

A pocket notebook for everyone: even mad scientists!
Customized Scout Book,
2/1 Cover, Environment PC100 100# White, Pantone black and yellow soy-based inks
1/1 Interior, Quinault 70# Text White, Pantone process cyan soy-based ink

Fresh from the Pinball Presses comes another great use of the Scout Book from an inventive client. The Storyboard Book is a customized Scout Book with a double-sided white exterior cover and unique interior pages. According to a great little blurb on the interior covers, these gems are intended for “directors, producers, photographers, designers, writers, crackpots and mad scientists.” And they’re for sale! Head over to thestoryboardbook.com to purchase a pack of two for only $10!

Corin and Salah, the creators of this book, plan to expand their line of custom notebooks.

The Storyboard Book is pocket-sized proof of just how custom your Scout Book can be!

Pinball is proud to introduce the first edition in our new artist’s series, Scout Book Illustrated. In the same vein as our Designer Card Series, the series will feature great works by our favorite artists, near and far. The inaugural edition is a pair of Scout Books featuring illustrations by Portland’s own Bwana Spoons! These Scout Books feature the standard chipboard coverstock and blank interior pages for all of your doodling, list-making and note-taking needs. Printed with a hot-pink Pantone soy ink, they’re good looking and sustainable!

Bwana is currently touring the world with these Scout Books in tow, so if you happen to be in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, San Francisco, San Diego or Los Angeles, find Bwana! Grab a Scout Book! (and check out the great art shows he’ll be participating in.) Follow his travels on his flickr stream.

Keep your eyes open for Scout Book Illustrated editions to become available soon in our online shop.

Interested in being a featured artist on our next Scout Book Illustrated edition? Head over to Society6, an online community of illustrators and artists, and apply for the grant we’re offering there! One lucky person will be selected to have their artwork be the next Scout Book cover, and they’ll also receive a free order of their books! How awesome!

There are still 3 days to support an amazing organization,  Disjecta through their Keys to the Factory raffle. The drawing is Saturday night starting at 8:00. Do not miss it!