What arrives
A letterpress star-map card, your message, and a keepsake envelope. Add the presentation box at checkout if you want it ready to give.
Hold the night
that began it all.
Their exact sky, letterpressed on cotton paper. A gift made to be held—and remembered.
Product details
Dimensions & materials
Card folded: 5 × 7 in
Paper: 310gsm cotton
Envelope: 100% cotton
Ink: archival, lightfast
Optional box: rigid, foil stamped
Made by hand
Designed and letterpress printed in Texas by our small team using vintage presses and time-honored craft.
Our processDelivery estimate
3–5 business days to print
2–4 days for shipping
Express options available
Our process
Our process
1.The Idea
Born from the Order of the Night Sky: a quiet society for remembering the dark—and protecting what remains.
2.The Design
The greeting card's side fold—and every safe area, plate, and compass point—is resolved before ink ever meets paper.
3.The Calculations
We shift the sky through time, match the same stars, and calculate which remain visible tonight.
4.The Making
We print and inspect every piece, side-fold the greeting card, then wrap and pack the order by hand in our Texas workshop.
5.The Experience
They open a sky made only for them—from the keepsake envelope or optional box—and feel the moment before they understand the method.
Conservation
The night sky is disappearing.
Artificial light is erasing the stars. We believe in protecting what connects us—to wonder, to each other, to the wild.
A portion of every purchase supports dark-sky preservation and science at public observatories.
Our conservation commitmentThe Night Sky
The Night Sky
Guides
Where to See the Milky Way
Tips for finding dark skies near you.
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Dark Sky Project
Twenty years of astronomy, culture, and preservation in Takapō.
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Mapping the Sky
Tools, telescopes, and timeless questions.
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Night Notes
Thoughts from the road and the field.
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