About
Salt + Pine Press
Salt + Pine Press is a Bradenton-based foil-press studio specializing in heirloom wedding stationery and alternative paper goods. We work with natural materials and deliberate details for those who value texture, weight, and authenticity. Each piece is pressed by hand, rooted in story, and meant to last beyond the day.
Meet the Designer + Printer
Kylee Himes
I’ve been drawn to paper for as long as I can remember — collecting heirloom sheets, hoarding scraps, lingering over journals with tactile covers simply because they felt right in my hands.
At family dinners, while everyone else cooked or talked, I was quietly making name cards and arranging place settings — not as decoration, but as a kind of ritual. Order. Intention. Atmosphere.
When I got my first job at sixteen, nearly every paycheck went straight to craft stores and stationery aisles. That calling never faded. It deepened.
Salt + Pine Press grew out of that lifelong obsession — a desire to create paper goods that feel tactile, weighted, and worth keeping. I’m drawn to materials that show their age and process, to details that don’t announce themselves loudly but linger once noticed.
I believe meaning lives in the smallest decisions. Texture. Pressure. Imperfection. When those things are considered carefully, even the simplest moment can carry weight.
Every project I take on is shaped slowly and intentionally. I don’t design for trends or mass appeal — I design pieces meant to feel like artifacts.
Photo Cred: Dead Focus Mag // Kayla Erny + Lesa Silvermore
About the Press
Earthy, Tactile, Historically Grounded
Each piece at Salt + Pine Press is hand foil-pressed using a modern machine that practices a technique over 100 years old. Foil stamping relies on heat, pressure, and a metal die to transfer foil onto paper — the method itself has been used for over a century to create lasting impressions.
In the studio, this process leaves behind depth, texture, and tactile resonance. You can feel it in the fibers, see it in the way the light catches, and trace it with your fingers. Every impression carries weight and intentionality, honoring both the material and the centuries-old craft it comes from.
This is not mass production. It’s a method rooted in history, used intentionally in the present, to create pieces that feel alive, tangible, and considered.