Andrea came to me via Etsy wanting a set of the Letterpress Sprinkles Cupcake Tags adapted for a brand system for her bakery/patisserie. A local baker in Salt Lake City, Utah she also needed something that would cross over into the online arena where she could promote her brand/shop she’d opened on Etsy as well. In the end, the designs had her two business names but we kept with the same styling and typographic nuances so that there would be visible recognition if one was searching her out but couldn’t remember a business name (like me sometimes ;) These were both letterpress printed on 110# paper in one color of ink. The business cards measure standerd 2×3.5″ and the tags measure 1.5×6″ with 1/2″ rounded corners and 3/16″ hole punch.

After completing this project, I started thinking…it’s hard to turn away orders because someone has a small budget and only needs a starter pack of business cards to get going. I really love branding for people and wanted to provide a way for it to be cost effective for my clients as well as practical on the design and  printing side. So I’ve looked at a few different options and have come up with a solution. Many times when someone comes to me, they are a new entrepreneur on a tight budget, looking for a small branding package. As a result of wanting to contribute more to my customers initial investment, I’m now offering smaller minimums if purchased in a branding suite. Here is the first of a few new packages I’ll be unveiling over the next two weeks.

THE SMALL LETTERPRESS BRANDING PACKAGE! And to announce the launch, I’m GIVING AWAY one set this month (March).

THE GOODS:
1 set of 100 standard business cards – square corners. Letterpress printed, 1 color ink front sided printing. Printed on 110# Lettra paper.

1 set of 50 tags (either 2×2″ or 1.5×6″) – 3/16″ hole punch and rounded corners. Letterpress printed, 1 color ink (same as business cards). Front sided printing. Printed on 110# Lettra paper.

1 banner OR shop avatar OR blog masthead provided in a .jpg file

1 logo provided in a .jpg file

All custom designed for you (or incorporating your own logo) – 3 digital designs presented, 2 rounds of revisions.

LASTLY, HOW TO ENTER: To be counted you must do the following:

1) blog about your business and why you want the branding package. Goals, inspiration or how you got started are all great ways to introduce your business to me.

2) link back to The Dingbat’s Agenda ( http://blog.dingbatpress.com) and my shop (http://dingbatpress.etsy.com)

3) come back to this post and comment with a link to your specific blog post (links to your blog home will be disqualified, it must be your specific post)

Lastly, the more you promote the giveaway, the more I’ll know you want it. Tweet it, Facebook it and show the world you know you want it! All entries need the first three points above to qualify for selection, the rest of the social media plugs are up to you!

Contest ends March 30th, 2010 at 12:00am MST – I’ll choose a winner and announce it on April 1st!
Once a winner is selected and notified, they must respond within 1 week to claim their package. Production will be 4-6 weeks from start to ship date.

Hi guys! I am excited to introduce you to The Pretty Poppy, a little shop filled with handcrafted sterling silver jewelry. Run by one of my good friends from high school, each piece is hand stamped, and in some cases hand carved as well, resulting in a truly unique piece of jewelry. Just in time for Valentines Day, a lucky someone can enter to win the “Love You More” necklace. Measuring approximately one inch on the longest side, this piece is handmade with love, then strung on a sterling silver chain. So very sweet!

Here’s how to enter: Please visit The Pretty Poppy and check out all the different designs. Come back here and leave a comment telling me which piece is your favorite. Simple as that! Spread the word and receive more chances to win! If you leave a post on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, etc. come back here and leave an additional comment for each with a link or your Twitter ID. Giveaway ends Thursday, 2/11, at midnight (MST), and the winner will be announced on Friday. The winner will be randomly chosen from the list of comments and will be notified by The Dingbat’s Agenda via email.

Good luck and have fun!

This contest is not sponsored, and I am not receiving any monetary gain, gifts or samples to host the giveaway. Just FYI for the FCC :)
UPDATED: CONGRATS COMMENTER #15! I’LL BE CONTACTING YOU SHORTLY!

Add one of these Be.MINE letterpress cards to your stash by entering the Letterpress Valentine’s Giveaway below!

These came about with all the html and CSS coding I’ve been doing on some new surprises. I thought it would be great to show some love to all those programmer nerds in our lives! You can get a single Be.MINE card in the shop or try to win one with the other goods in the giveaway linked to above! Printed as a 2 color/blank interior 4Bar letterpress folded card. Paired with a matching 4Bar envelope in blossom.

Valentine’s is rounding the corner in about a month. If you need help trying to plan a surprise for your significant other (like me) then these letterpress LOVElies might get the ideas brewing:

So since it’s been ages since I’ve hosted a giveaway, here’s a special treat for you! I’ll be posting different letterpress Valentine’s product over the next few days and if you enter to win, the best TWO (2) comment/entries will get a whole set of everything below!

The GOODS:

1 set of Valentine’s mini notes and mini-lopes. (set of 4, 2 of each pattern)
1 When You Know Print
1 Set of Love 2×6″ Tags
+more…

TO WIN:
I can’t get a baby-sitter (I don’t trust teenagers with diabetic children, we’ve had issues in the past) – so I need ideas for a surprise night in for my hubby! He is amazing and I really want to do something special/fun for him. COMMENT WITH YOUR IDEA, MAYBE I’LL CHOOSE YOU (be clean, please)! I don’t know if any guys read here, but speak-up, your opinion counts!

Contest ends Friday January 15th, winners will be announced sometime that weekend!

So I missed posting yesterday, too much letterpress jobs going out the door! To make up for it though,  I’ve got lots of free gift tag and place card goodies (personal use) for download this holiday season. Click on the image to be directed to my flickr stream where you can download the original image file direct to your desktop – there’s more after the jump so head on over and get some goods!

The original file is letter (8.5×11″) saved at 300% so just scale to size when printing out at home or the local print-shop and have fun! Cards measure 2×3.5″ when trimmed.

I know we are all getting ready for the holidays so I thought I’d show you some delish letterpress gift tag goods that you can snag for yourself to put on gifts for neighbors and family, see below to enter:

This will outfit you for the whole holiday season! Coment to enter (one entry only please)

The Goods:
Peace | Joy | Noel Set of 6 Super Thick Tags, 1.5×3″ (2 of each pattern).
Silver Calligraphy Tiny Tags, 1×2.5″, set of 15.
Victorian Flourished 2×2″ letterpress tags. Set of 10.
Love, Santa Letterpress enclosures. Set of 10.
Winter Snowflake Gift Enclosures/place tags. Set of 10.

You have until Midnight on Friday, Nov. 20th to comment for a set of each! That’s over $40 worth of gift tag goodies :)

UPDATED: CONGRATS LISA, I’ll be in contact to get these to you :)

In wrapping up autumn week I thought I’d show you this experiment with edge painting. I know there are a few processes, all of which seem tedious. I recently happened upon someone who had mentioned they like to use a stamp pad/ink pad to achieve this effect so I thought I’d give it a go.

With the Lettra paper, it seemed to give great coverage on the sides however absorbed pretty quickly into the paper and onto the front. As you can see on the fanned cards, there is a little bleed that carries through to the front. The bane of every edge painters existence. I think with these cards it looks great as it adds a nice distressed element however don’t think I’ll be trying that technique on invitations any time soon.

If you’d like to score a set of 10 of these, comment to win!

The GOODS: 1 set of 10, 3×5″ cards paired with red envelopes.
Letterpress printed in black ink. Edge painted with red ink.

1 comment per person, randomly selected sometime Sunday October 3rd. Good luck!

UPDATED! Congrats KATY! Lucky number 13.

Remember these?

Well I still have a slew of them sitting around! Seeing that I just printed a bunch of them as 4Bar notes for a custom order, I thought I’d offer a set of each to my twits (yes you!).

If you want some, look over to the top right (and ignore my avatar that hasn’t been changed out) and click on my twitter button. Then go twit this EXACT phrase:

GIVEAWAY! Git yer #letterpress Brownish/Greyish 4Bar Aspen Notes + gift enclosures from @DingbatPress, twit to win #DingbatPressAspen

THE GOODS:
1 set of 6, 4bar notes and 1 set of 10 gift enclosures! Letterpressed with love, by yours truly! Random winner will be selected by Friday at 12pm MST.

UPDATED: And the winner is…

In continuing with Autumn Week over at PoppyTalk, today is devoted to fresh green hues. In honor of the color green, comment above with your favorite green product pictured. If you are randomly selected, you’ll get 1 (one) set of the product of your choice from the selection below! ENDS Tuesday the 29th at midnight MST!

THE GOODS, Top to bottom:

Set of 10 4×6″ Letterpress Royalty Cards (Silver)
Set of 10 2×2″ Letterpress Aspen Beverage Tags/Gift Tags
Set of 6 4Bar Letterpress Let it Snow Cards
Set of 6 4Bar Letterpress Striped Beetle Notes
Set of 10 2×2″ Letterpress Aster Wildflower gift tags
Set of 10 4×6″ Truffle Pop Letterpress Recipe+Treats cards

UPDATED! Congrats #10, Liloh, you’ve won!

I printed these Halloween Ghoul’s Night Out party packs last year and sold one set! There are now too many taking up precious space in my studio so I’m offering one for FREE and have slashed the price from $55 to $40 in the shop.

THE GOODS:

12, A6 Letterpress Invitations (Imprintable) – 2 Color (Silver|metallic purple) with matching envelopes.
12, 2.5×2.5″ Heavy weight letterpress coasters, reverse printed.
12,  letterpress Escort cards|Place Cards and mini-lopes.

To enter: Comment by Thursday the 10th at midnight MST!

I’m debuting a new product over at KwernerDesign, so if you want some for FREE, head over and enter!

BACKGROUND: You may have noticed (especially if you originally came from Kristina’s blog in the first place;) that we have a tie that stems WAY back (well not really). We were in the same design BFA at our Alma Mater BYU-Idaho and although she thinks I’m the talented designer I have to say I secretly ennvied her packaging and design skillz myself. Throughout the years I have thought, look at this girl GO! I think she was the reason I started blogging for my business in the first place, I only wish we lived in the same town, I might be bugging her more than she’d like! Thanks Kristina for hosting such a great opportunity!

I’ve been desperately trying to gut my studio and organize this whole summer and have made a large pile of mixed bag stuff. Which I used to think I’d be able to use or sell off, but to be totally honest? It takes too much time to list a card once, never to be listed again. So I’m giving my remnants to you! Almost all are in perfect condition but just didn’t have enough friends to go in a boxed set. There are a few that were trimmed wrong, but since I know there are some creative types out there I’m sure you can trim away to yours heart’s content and re-use them in your own projects.

You have until Midnight MST on Friday to enter. There will be two lucky recipients chosen at random on Saturday. Below is a photo of a small amount of the plethora of what will be going in the bags. You could get recipe cards, gift cards, blank notes, gift tags, beverage tags, and MORE.

Please excuse the lame photo, I just wanted to get it up for you! To enter: comment below or twit it @DingbatPress (see my link to the side). One comment and one twit per person. A winner will be chosen at random from comments and twitter so get going! Ends Midnight MST on August 28th!

UPDATE: Congrats JODY! I’ll be in contact. For the Twitter winner check out the Twitter feed!

So I’ve had a couple of retail orders go out recently and these were some of the hot items that I printed a lot of. From the Animalia children’s and baby collection these gift tags are great for a baby shower gift or to adorn tea cups, prizes, napkins or whatever suits your fancy. Introducing:

Elephants, Ava. as a set of 10.

Butterflies, Ava. as a set of 10.

Sharks, Ava. as a set of 10.

and Froggies, Ava. as a set of 10.

To win just comment below what your favorite animal is for a chance at one set of each!
The GOODS:
1 set of each of these tags (10 tags/set) in each pattern (40 total).
2×2″ letterpress tags with 1/4″ rounded corner and 3/16″ punched hole.

Giveaway ends Midnight on Thursday the 13th of August, TIMES UP! winner will be drawn at random and notified via email as well as updated on this post!

CONGRATS SUSAN!