Book Design by Lucy Holtsnider

01/07/2022

2021 was a banner year for me as a designer! I designed the covers of 24 books. To read more about it, check out this blog post!

https://www.lucyholtsnider.com/blog/2021-year-in-review

09/08/2021

I’m excited to share that I redesigned my website over the summer and it’s finally ready for prime time. Take a spin and let me know what you think. I’m proud to share more book cover designs than were there previously, as well as links to art, upcoming classes, and my print shop. If you know someone who is writing a book and needs a cover design let me know!

Book Cover Design for self-published authors including paperback, ebooks, typesetting, and interior formatting. Lucy also teaches workshops and makes letterpress prints.

08/12/2021

Curious about the process of designing a book cover? Connie Morain Baker wrote a fabulous book about surviving breast cancer, and I had the honor of designing the cover and interior. You can see process shots and videos in my blog post here:

Today I'm excited to share the story of one of the first books I designed for a self-published author: Stay On: Build Resilience and Thrive While Facing Cancer by Connie Baker. I didn’t understand at the time how lucky I was to have Connie as an early client. Not only was her book beautifully wr

05/04/2021

Remember these two? I carved these snowy plovers last fall for my small business Saturday sale. I'm heading into the studio this week to give them new life in letterpress! 🐦🐦

04/30/2021

Thanks for a super week of print sales! :) You've helped keep Milo eating his special bacon treats and me out of veterinary debt after that cone misadventure. 🤪 Today in my Instagram stories I'm putting images of each print that remains in stock - go check 'em out! You can still get mom a gift in time for mother's day.

04/28/2021

There are just 11 more days until Mother's day! Did you get her something yet?? Here's an idea, how about some dahlias in indigo? 🦋 Also, I am hard at work on my first reel. 😮 I'm excited to share that soon!

04/27/2021

Wooo! What an awesome first day of my print sale. Thank you so much to everyone who grabbed a print! There are still lots of colorful flowers and birds left. 😎 Here is a blended roll from my Swainson's Hawk print!

04/26/2021

Today is the day! My mother's day shop update is now LIVE! Here is the link, see you there!
http://www.lucyholtsnider.com/mothers-day

04/25/2021

I am SO excited to share all of my NEW prints with you all tomorrow! I've shared a lot of behind the scenes pics and videos, but the finished prints haven't all made it up yet. If you want to see them all, check out my shop tomorrow at 12 MST! Or better yet... get on my mailing list and you'll get the link two hours early. ;)

04/24/2021

Experimenting with different colors for the next layer... 🤔

04/22/2021

Here's that fade in action! It's the first layer of some shady aspen trunks. 🍃

04/21/2021

I got a new roller this week! 😀It's a 10.5" wide soft roller. This might sound like kind of a silly purchase because my press has its own set of rollers (which were expensive and annoying to repair so I should probably be using them). Buuut I just love hand inking my prints so much! I can add a fade in any direction, and my clean up time is much shorter for these small editions. So someday I'll ink up the whole thing and show what that looks like.