As a little gift to you, I’ll have surprises all week for you to download and prepare for the holidays! Free printable goodie #1, Dingbat Gift-wrap :) Click on the images to be taken to my Flickr stream where you can download the large image file by clicking on the images below:

The original file is tabloid (11×17″) saved at 200% so just scale to size when printing out at home or the local print-shop and have fun!

I just shipped these Saturday for a client in Oakland: letterpress printed, 3 exterior ink colors and an interior message, I’m really happy with how they turned out and that they (all 500 of them) are out the door! You can get a single East Bay holiday card for yourself just like this one (blank interior) in the shop NOW! I think the cranes are my favorite part of the whole card.

You may have seen my Letterpress Mod Mimosa cards awhile back that were available as recipe and 4Bar notes. They were a pain the bumsky to print. Registration was a bust everytime, and they became the dreaded product in my collection – until now! I’ve revised and tweaked the design a little and here is a peek at the new product shots!

To purchase, click the images to be re-directed to the letterpress store. They come paired with black index folders for easy organization in your recipe box too so if you don’t have a box and need an excuse, look no further!

CYBER MONDAY! Get 10% off all personalized orders and FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING on all orders today only (11/30/09)! Here’s a sample of a 10% discounted product and it’s time for the 12 days of holiday gifts round-up. If you want to give letterpress goods this holiday season, I’ll be helping you out with suggestions from the shop in all different price ranges. To start, these aren’t anything new for you but here’s another set of Traditional Dingbat A6 notes.

These shipped out last week and are a gift from one friend to another. I love these notes because you can customize with your choice of Goudy or Helvetica  Neue for typeface, select your ink/envelope color, and choose between almost 100 different dingbats to make it truly unique. Letterpress printed on Lettra 110# paper and paired with un-printed envelopes, I think they are one of the hottest letterpress items in the shop that is reasonable in price. Sold in a set of 25, click on the image to get a set now.

I know, I know – it’s not even Thanksgiving yet! I just had to show you these though:

Since you’ll be sending out holiday/Christmas cards soon, you just might need some of these to send the right message this year. These flat A6 cards (4.5×6″) are sold in sets of 10. Letterpress printed snowflakes in moss and paired with matching envelopes. Great for a nice note or photo that can be adhered to the front. Click on the image to buy!

I know we’re coming into Thanksgiving this next week here in the US, but we all know that the holidays are already on everyone’s minds. If you have been making your list and checking it twice (for mailings at least) and are looking for a mod and simple holiday card then the buck stops here. These A6 cards are letterpress printed and would fit a great wallet or 3×5″ photo of kids, family or a couple. Letterpress printed in sage, on 110# Lettra, it’s a flat card, so no need to fill the inside with a long message. Just put your photos on, sign and send off to all your friends and loved ones! Comes in a set of 10, paired with matching envelopes.

These tags make me happy. At 1″ x 3″ with hole punch and 1/4″ chocolate ribbon, they are perfect for gifts this holiday season. Letterpress printed on SUPER THICK 220#/600 GSM in chocolate ink, they’ll add a substantial albeit mini touch to any recipient. Available in the shop, you’ll get a set of 6 letterpress tags (2 of each). Enjoy!

Here are more Traditional Dingbat notes I shipped out a little while ago. With three more orders of these going through the studio this week, this is climbing the charts as my hottest personalized item, and has the quickest personalization turnaround of 8-10 business days (from approval of proof).

I like these because the gift giver chose a dingbat that she wanted to double as an ampersand. If you check out the listing you can see other images of Traditional Dingbat in the thumbnails and customize yours with typeface (Goudy or Helvetica Neue), dingbat, and ink/envelope color. For +$15 I’ll print your envelopes too! The listing is for a set of 25, however I can do 50, 75 or 100 if you’d like. Get your order in before the holiday schedule gets too tight!

Chris came to me after feeling too much pressure to create his own announcements for his wedding (he’s a designer too) and needed some outside help with getting it right. The brief behind the event was that it needed to reflect Victorian as the wedding was dominantly following that era. It was a Christmas wedding with all things you can imagine of a typical Victorian Christmas. Sleighs, snowflakes, vintage illustrations, amazing historical mansion, you name it – if it was going to be Victorian, elegant and spectacular – they had thought of it. Below is one of the proofs explored. This was a traditional vertical layout with the emphasis on the silhouetted initial. Another dominant design element used in Victorian publications and invitations of the time period, this is the most minimalist of the three proofs presented. This one didn’t make the cut but I just had to show how beautiful the ornamentation was on the initial. Color scheme:

To celebrate the start of autumn, PoppyTalk will be hosting Autumn Week and has invited their market place booths to participate as well. Today will be devoted to the delicious color yellow, which has been quite dominant this last year in fashion (think all those yellow/grey combos out earlier this year).

This week there will be 24 hour specials so check back everyday to see how you can score DP items at a discounted price! Today only, 10% off any product printed in yellow ink. Make your purchase and I’ll refund 10% on all yellow items via PayPal. For CUSTOM orders take 10% off too if you want yellow ink on your order!

All around with cold fall nights setting in on my rural plat of earth, I think of fall and the smell of musty leaves. If you liked these, then you are sure to like what is new! I think my fondest memories of childhood is hearing the crisp brittle and dry aspens blowing in the wind as they are changing from green to yellow then fading to black. Occasionally if it’s an area with a lot of redrock or iron in the soil (think Utah) then the leaves will go red/orange in color before falling off. If only I could be a poet, I would write about autumn in all my pretty prose. Lucky for you I’m not, so without further adeu:

Available in the shop in : yellow | red | orange | green

I’ve been printing and photographing new holiday stuff. It will get listed by the end of the week. Here’s the first of many: Let it snow (in a few months)!

Here’s another one that might help out with the holiday shopping this year. These initials came from a vintage type book from the early 1900s that I’ve scanned in and digitized. Each letter is a different style and reflective of the Victorian ornamental type era. Simple and classic, easily customizable, these A6 letterpress notes would be a great gift for men or women.

Available in the shop and since I love you so MUCH, I’m offering one set of 24 of these on Twitter (a $50 value) .

To enter, Twit the phrase:
#letterpress GIVEAWAY: Victorian Initials, A6 set of 24 notes. You choose: initial/ink/env. @dingbatpress. RT to win! #DingbatPressVictorian

NOTE: Please use the exact phrase above. I’ll be searching for your twits using the #DingbatPressVictorian hashtag, so it has to be included for your tweet to qualify. Thanks! Giveaway ends Friday September 4th @ midnight MST.