SO, on with the giveaway! Win a set of 100 offset holiday cards – tell me which design is the set you’d like to win in the comments, and for an extra entry you can tweet or post it to facebook (come back here and let me know you’ve done so). Tweets must include hashtag #loveDP to qualify, Facebook posts must link back here with a url in the comments section.

Open until Sunday Dec. 4, 2011 – We’ll ship these out to you next week with your info input along with a photo that you send us!

For personal use only – not available for commercial use or resale – ©2011 Dingbat Press

I feel like we’re playing the name game here with these monogram cards! B, C & D (among a few others) are now available in the shop – OR if you want another chance at winning a set please comment a favorite B, C or D name. You can tweet for an extra entry as well under hashtag #BCDMonogram and we’ll draw a random number in 24 hours!

a gift certificate to amazon for $50

OR

a gift certificate to apple for $50

OR

a gift certificate to MyFonts.com for $50

OR UPDATE:

$50 good towards and purchase from Dingbat Press!

To thank you all for following me and encouraging me on my letterpress adventures!

RULES: 1 comment + 1 tweet per entry +1 facebook comment + 1 facebook like = a total of 4 possible entries! You have until FRIDAY at noon MST to enter!!

enjoy this sneek peek…until tomorrow!

The Holidays are among us – enter to win by Monday, December 6th at 10pm MST…

A set fo 25 letterpress greeting cards, in the pattern of your choice…

Comment to enter, and tweet for an extra entry…

and tell us which one is your favorite!

Letterpress printed on 100# cotton paper, paired with matching envelopes and a blank interior. Sized at 5.5×5.5″.
Or to get yourself a set now, pick one up over at the Etsy shop!

UPDATED! Congrats to Meredith – we’ll be in touch to see which set of cards you’d like :)

Limited edition of 16 prints, signed and numbered “Love” reads:

Letterpress printed on 110# paper sized 11×14″. Printed with a red-blue gradient and blind impression.

These will be listed in the shop later next week after the giveaway closes!

UPDATED! Congrats ERIN!! You’ve been randomly selected among the comments and tweets! I’ll be contacting you shortly :)

FINALLY the winner of the giveaway! First, update: Adam has finally come home! He is learning to walk again and talk. He has a small vocabulary and gets agitated due to the brain injury when over stimulated. His feeding tube is still in and he eats between 2-3 oz. of liquid food per feeding. It will be a slow road to recovery and they are not sure the extent of the brain and injuries that will remain or if he will make a full recovery. Only time will tell. George and Susan are optimistic and we are continuing to pray for a speedy recovery. This is of Adam right before he was released from the hospital, petting Bullet the cat. Bullet helped with therapy while Adam was in the Neuro Trauma unit for post PICU recovery. After 6 long weeks, the family is finally home and all back together, but its a long road ahead. THANK YOU to everyone for your generosity, the funds raised will help pay for extensive medical bills for sweet Adam!

Onto to stats: We had a total of 190 entries, and raised $1,855 for Adam! We had contributions from all over the world – literally, it was amazing seeing the donations come in!

For each donation of $10, 1 entry was allotted. For every additional $10 made by the same contributor, they had an extra entry added in the drawing. All entries were numbered in order or receipt, and then a random integer was generated by Random.org

The winner will receive EITHER a set of 100, 2 color wedding invites/rsvp’s with printed envelopes OR a set of 100, 2 color baby announcements with matching thank you notes (printed envelopes). The pieces will obviously be letterpress printed, and turnaround is subject to our standard studio turn of 4-7 weeks* from start to ship date.

And the WINNER is: EMILIE DYKSTRA – I’ll be in contact on how to get started on your project Emilie.

Thank you again, everyone for your kindness towards baby Adam and his family. I’ll continue to update along the way!

Saturday they started warming Adam to 37.5 which is normal temperature, and took him off the paralytic medication at 10:30am. At about 3pm he began to show purposeful movements, kicking the nurse away with his foot, pulling away when they pinch his fingers, chewing on the ventilator tube, and reaching his hands to pull away the tubes, even opened his eyes a little tiny bit. These are good signs and very encouraging. Today they took him completely off the cooling blanket, and are letting him warm up on his own, he has a fever they are controlling with tylenol and motrin. They tried twice to put in a PICC line, and will try again this evening. We’re nearing the 72 hour time frame where the swelling will have reached it’s peak. They’ll do an MRI tomorrow or on Monday.

Sunday Adam had a blood test which revealed a bit of infection. Easily fixed with antibiotic. His oxygen was moved back to 45% because he had a little set back last night. They also did an ultrasound to check for blood clots in his legs, but I don’t know the result of that yet. Had a tube placed in his stomach to remove some excess air.(?) Now that the PICC is in they were able to remove the other IV’s. George said he woke up a little and moved some more. They keep him sedated to prevent him from pulling out the ventilation tube. When we peel back his eyelids there is a blank stare underneath. It is nice to have a little wakening and movement once in a while to let us know he’s still there. He has a beautiful color to his skin.

Donate $10 to be entered to win a set of 2 color letterpress invitations (100 invites/reply cards) or a set of 100 baby announcements/thank you notes! For more details click on Adam’s photo above to be taken to the giveaway page and more info on this sweet boy. Or click below and donate – all proceeds will go to help pay for Adam’s medical expenses.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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 :)