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  • September1st

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    Pearls & Lace Proofs

    Posted in: Business Papers, business cards

    Sorry guys and dolls, I CAN’T find my USB to the Canon. SO you are getting proofing week until I dig that thing up from the studio move.

    Anne from Pearls & Lace provided a stunning logo. Sometimes I get projects that I just sit there and drool over because they are so beautiful. Anne’s logo was so great as a jumping off point for her business cards which will be 3/0 letterpress printed pretty darn soon!

    Pearls & Lace, RI

    We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with Anne and her great logo, and provide business card layouts and design that tied it all together for her. These will be going on press soon and I can hardly WAIT to see the finished piece.

    Pearls & Lace, RI

    Pearls & Lace, RI

    What is your favorite?

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  • August30th

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    to the Lighthouse! Proofs

    Posted in: branding

    These were done for Sonia as part of a branding package, I can’t wait to tell you more about the concepts behind these, but will wait until I print the final designs! Enjoy.

    To the lighthouse! design proofs

    To the lighthouse! design proofs

    To the lighthouse! design proofs

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  • August27th

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    Inspiration Home RI proofs

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    This was a RI option presented to the client, they wanted to explore flying pigs and boxwood wreaths for their identity for an amazing home interior design business. This project was collaborated on between myself, one of our freelancer’s Sarah and an employee Makayla and was a really unique concept to work on. Ultimately the client ended up going in a different direction, but I just couldn’t pass up showing you the flying pigs!

    Dubbed Caesar Pig

    Dubbed Vintage Pig

    Dubbed Zodiac Pig

    To request an estimate for branding and letterpress work,
    please Get An Estimate     as we’d LOVE to work with you!
    All designs ©2010 Dingbat Press

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  • August26th

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    First Day of School

    Posted in: About Me, branding

    We’ve been preparing for this for the last 2 years. A 504 medical plan for care, protocol and emergencies outlined to help manage David’s Type 1 diabetes while in school. Below are some charts I threw together: Diabetes for Dummies so his teachers can flip through their binder if they have questions or need help. Every child with diabetes has their own carb ratios, routine with their diabetes team (Endo, Educator, Pump Specialist if pumping, parents, and obviously child). Hopefully a child’s school will have a school nurse, however our Kindergarten Center doesn’t so we selected 3 people to be Trained Diabetes Personel for David while he is in school. After this week, I PROMISE I’ll be back to normal blogging and tweeting since it’s been kind of nuts with school starting and teachers wishing I could be in school every day with David.

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  • August2nd

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    Business Stationery

    Posted in: Business Papers, branding

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    Amanda had a knock-out logo, and I had the lucky opportunity to design her business cards and letterpress print them awhile ago. Above is some business stationery we did for her as a 1/2 sheet of letterhead (5.5×8.5″) paired with a printed A6 Envelope. We split her envelopes as half navy, half chocolate. I loved how the antique gold ink turned out on these.

    Get yourself a set of letterpress business letterhead, new in the shop!

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  • July30th

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    KML Photogray: Finished Business Papers

    Posted in: Business, branding

    The photos say it all. Custom branding, 3/0 letterpress business cards on 110# paper. Enjoy!

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    To request and estimate for custom letterpress business cards or letterpress CD/DVD sleeves (we’ll help you with branding too if you’d like) then start here to get a super speedy quote from us!

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  • July22nd

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    Lush Sugar: Layout & Finished Cards

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    These cards were designed for Alexi of Lush Sugar. I was so excited when she approached me needing business cards incorporating her logo as she has some BEAUTIFUL accessories great for every-day or special events that she creates by hand with amazing attention to detail.

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    Alexi provided logo and our goal here was to help with layout and typography. These designs were a collaborative effort by myself and one of my designers Sarah. We worked on unifying Lush Sugar with some pattern that was clean and modern and Sarah did a great job making it all work together with Alexi’s logo. The ring pattern used in the final card seemed to hit it right on the mark with the links in her logo. Pantone match on press for Alexi and hand trimmed, these cards were super fun to print in these awesome colors. Thanks Alexi for being so wonderful to work with, and for letting us print your cards!

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    Letterpress printed on 110# Lettra. Layout incorporated with client provided logo, 2 ink colors.

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  • July20th

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    KML Proofs

    Posted in: branding, business cards

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    Kate was envisioning modern, simple and circle patterning. Looking to create a logo or emblem, we wanted to indicate how it would work as an individual piece as well as a cohesive whole with business card. Designs were applied to the 2.5×2.5″ square card – maintaining an equalized boldness with the brand.

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  • July15th

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    RI Branding Package: Styling

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    These proofs were for Monica of MoniRose for babies and brides. Her seamstress work is amazing and the pieces she creates are truly one of a kind. Simple, beautiful and timeless – she needed her calligraphy from Emilie Friday adapted into a full branding package.

    I tried to keep it sophisticated yet whimsical and stuck to the bright colors that she had indicated exploring. The small branding package is for 1 color work, but I provided 2 color options for her to consider in addition to the one color designs, just to show how the brand can develop for web presence and other printed material.

    Option 1 was a collaborative concept with Jenica (Intern) where I art directed her by introducing her to the client brief and wanted to see what concepts she could come up with on her own. After seeing Jenica’s initial sketches, I provided critique and feedback as to what we should develop for Monica including typographic suggestions. Logo was then developed – adapted from there into print pieces, color scheme & typographic implementation. This was a great project to get Jenica started in the process of how a job starts and transitions through to the different phases in a branding package.

    MoniRose Option 1

    Option 2 was based off of Monica’s suggestion of wanting to see vintage lace with her calligraphy logo. We took a more minimal approach on this design and again stuck with bright colors – green and yellow being Monica’s favorite suggestion.

    MoniRose Option2

    For the third option we explored a stitched tag emblem as trade seamstresses and tailors often had unique marks or embroidery initials that were left in the garments they made. We explored striping in the background to help bring in texture to the piece (reflecting texture in fabric) when printed and went with a more monochromatic option for the pieces with one complimentary color.

    MoniRose Option3

    I can’t wait to show you the next round of Monica’s proofs! If you are interested in a small branding package or a more developed branding package for your business drop us an email through our about page (or at the button above). We’d love to help you with your next project and in printing your business collateral.

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  • July13th

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    Logotype for Kate

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    Kate is a quite talented writer and asked me to develop her name/brand so that she can continue to grow her brand/blog as well as writing style into a larger audience. For the first round we explored typographic options for her name that were minimalist and retro. Although none of these were the direction she ended up heading in, I thought I’d show you our starting point for her designs!

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  • July11th

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    Abby Jiu Photography: Final Cards

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    Hi everyone! If you are reading this via RSS, come visit to see the blog re-design! I can happily say that I am SO excited for a new launch and updated typography to the old dingbat. Over the next month I’ll be unrolling some new site features that will help with flow and navigation as well as your user experience over here. Thanks for your patience this last little while. I’m happy to put the drama behind me and get this all wrapped up!

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    Abby is a very talented photographer and asked us to refresh her brand as well as print her business collateral. We printed A6 2/0 notes on 110# paper, as well as matching printed envelopes along with her business cards and were involved in designing her client CD/DVD that a third-party manufactured for her.

    Abby Jiu Proofs

    These were some of the final designs presented for Abby before they went on press. She was going for a simple calligraphic swash to tie in her current logo and it’s typography. Sometimes I’ll work with another employee on a project to help them learn the process of design and how it ties into letterpress printing. My employee Makayla is awesome at creating pattern so with some art direction she was able to present a few concepts for Abby’s cards throughout the process. The patterns on the rear of this card specifically were put together by Makayla after briefing her on Abby’s goals for the project and getting feedback from previous rounds. In the end the card was a 2/1 business card, letterpress printed on 220# super thick paper. If you are looking for a great photographer in the DC area, click on Abby’s masthead below to link to her blog and view her work! Thanks Abby for being so great to work with!

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  • June21st

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    Soiree Floral, Business Pack

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    Soiree Floral, Design Proofs

    These letterpress business cards were done for Dawn of Soiree Floral. She had her logo and Soiree Floral typography but needed help tying it into business card layout and design.  The only recommendations were her pantone numbers, the possible exploration of a blind impression, and wanting to see some stripes in the design as a 2.5×2.5″ square letterpress printed card. With her unique logo, I knew it would be so tactile when printed as the tear-drop would reverse out and look embossed when finished.

    Soiree Floral, Pantone Match

    Her light lavender/plum color scheme was a great change of pace as I haven’t printed purple in ages too. Above is Dawn’s pantone match and below the final printed business set.

    Soiree Floral, Final A6 Note and Biz cards

    Letterpress printed on 110# paper for both pieces, the A6 (4.5×6″) notes were paired with matching un-printed envelopes, and the business cards (2.5×2.5″) were printed as a 2/0 color job with 1/4″ rounded corners. To see some of Dawn’s inspiring work, check out her website and blog and be prepared to be wowed!

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  • June8th

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    SBP, Candace Cantaloupe

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    This was one of my first Small Branding Letterpress Packages that shipped after the product listed in my shop. Candace creates beautiful biking suits for the lady-like tom-boy made of natural fabric and utilizing their weaves as an alternative to all the synthetic bike-wear out there. Linnen, tweeds and a myriad of other fabrics are part of this collection of bike wear that you can casually wear but are nice enough to wear to the office as well. With a hint of Art Deco charm, these suits are a great improvement on the spandex bike uniform.

    Candace needed new branding and wanted to really play up the Art Deco side of things. We ended up going with a simple vintage bike artwork and then played in her CC monogram with some art deco patterning framing the info on her card.

    Typefaces are reflective of the time-period and she went for a clean registration black ink to set off her brand and tags for her letterpress collateral.

    Click on Candace’s banner to be taken to her Etsy Shop and to see all of her wonderful creations for fashionable biker ladies!

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