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Blue and Black Damask Wedding

Adrienne — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:19:26 +0000

These proofs were sent to a bride awhile back for a wedding suite and save the date suite. A spin off of another damask design, I’m excited with how these are turning out! The save the dates have already shipped (and while the bride went with another color way, we thought we’d give you a glimpse of the round 1 proofs!

I’m Minted!

Adrienne — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:54:39 +0000

Thanks to everyone who voted for Minimalist Celtic Wedding last November/December on Minted. I’m excited to announce that it won in the juried division and Minted will be carrying the design for 2012. Below is the full suite, as well as the three colorways I’m submitting. SOOO excited!

celadon | chocolate | buff

pool | plum | slate

almond | papaya | deep coral

Smudge of Ink, 10

Adrienne — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:33:36 +0000

I love the subtlety of a matte metallic ink, it gives a perfect shimmer when caught in the right light but isn’t too blingy. While all things that glitter can be lovely, for an invitation suite, the subtle shimmer paired with a metallic envelope give a great gradation of texture and variation to a piece without having it be too matchy. I don’t even think blingy and matchy are words, my wordpress is wanting to autocorrect me.

Often when translating metallic color schemes over to letterpress you have to find a matte hue that you can mix with silver or gold ink. The other options is to order a coated metallic custom pantone can of ink, and accept that on an uncoated, highly absorbent cotton paper, you will loose most of the high-gloss.

Moving on, all of the colors in this palette would be stunning mixed with a little silver to make a rainbow of golds and bronzes for a wedding suite. Thanks Helga for the wonderful inspiration photo! Photo Credit: Curved by Hkvam originally found on Flickr.

Dingbat Press is in no way affiliated with Pantone,
we just like their colors © 2012. To see a whole plethora of swatches click here.

Letterpress & Digital Printing

Adrienne — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:35 +0000

Tilted Sky is a business by couple Lindsey & Stephen who shoot some pretty awesome wedding filmography for your big day. Lindsey approached us with a seemingly challenging project in that she wanted the look of a gradient/split-fountain in a very small print area. Easy for flat printing, challenging for letterpress printing. After working long and hard on her files and the concept she was going for, we finally decided to go with the solution to have the gradient sky printed via flat printing on our 110# paper, and then ran it through our presses for the final print run with a light silver ink for their business info.

Above and below are two pre-press proofs that we pulled for Lindsey so she could compare the color of the gradient, the value of the line screen clouds (which were hard to photograph but looked awesome in person) as well as the value of the silver. Above we have a more peachy hue, and below more pink with a lighter silver.

Upon sending images over to the client for final sign off we hit the presses and shipped these babies out!

Tangerine Tango, 2012 Color of the year

Adrienne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:15:22 +0000

I’m just slightly infatuated with pantone, if you haven’t noticed. And this year the 2012 color of the year is Tangerine Tango! I love how the yellows are being infiltrated by the oranges now.

This was a wedding suite for a November wedding for Preeya. First off, she was SO fabulous to work with and had the most amazing mood board. (See at the bottom).

She was right on the money regarding color trends and the design was so fun to develop with her.

The suite was printed on 110# cotton paper, 2 inks, paired with gravel envelopes and dark gravel ink. Pieces included Invitation, Directions, Details and RSVP cards for the letterpress pieces, and then place cards and menu for digital pieces for the day of events. To price out an invitation suite like Preeya’s head over to the shop and customize your letterpress suite to your heart’s content!

Geek-awesome Valentine’s!

Adrienne — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:42:56 +0000

For the Jedi or Treekie love of your life, don’t miss getting one of these this Valentine’s Day! Letterpress printed on Arturo’s blush, mint and blue papers. Sized as an A2 card, blank interior and matching envelope.

Tropical Wedding Invitations

Adrienne — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:57:44 +0000

We are already two months into winter here so needless to say, my mind is wandering to more tropical climates. These shipped out for a destination wedding and let me tell you, I SO wish I was somewhere warm right now. We have lose to eight feet of snow banks on our road in places.

These were letterpress printed on lettra paper, 220# as a 2-color job. One thing I’m finding is that lettra – while a great paper – seems to exaggerate the “salty” look when printing large ink areas. It seems that paired with the texture and composition of the paper there is less ink absorbancy when printing a flood in comparison to other papers (Mohawk and Arturo come to mind specifically as having better absorbancy).

In the end, I think it depends on what sort of look you are going for. The salty ink coverage can add a very unique texture to a piece, especially if you are going for a more rustic or vintage look to your wedding suite. However if you are looking for a more consistent overlay and less ink transparency then ultimately you’ll want to go with a less textured paper.

Edge painted in hot pink, and paired with hot pink envelopes, I love how the salty print on these add character to the already flowing design. Do you like the salty look? Or do you prefer a more saturated look?

Modern Maple Leaf Invitations

Adrienne — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:39:03 +0000

These were another set of proofs for Jennifer and Cristina for their autumn wedding. I love the exploration of the Japanese maple leaves – they remind me of the progression of a leaf as it flutters down, falling from a tree. I also LOVE how when making a full circle, as in the proofs on the bottom, there is a lost and found element within the ring of leaves – do you see it? If so what is it?

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Square Pocket Pouches

Adrienne — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:39:55 +0000

I’ll be listing an abundance of colors in our new pocket pouches over the next few days. Check out the first six hues and grab yourself a set of 10 for business cards, gift card enclosures, holiday wrapping or whatever suits your fancy!

Custom die-cut with our own pattern on 80 lb text weight paper. Scored, glued and assembled ready for some gift card or business card awesomeness! Sized 2.675×2.675″ – Fits perfectly a 2.5×2.5″ business card.

Sense & Sensibility

Adrienne — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:34:03 +0000

A romantic at heart, I LOVE a great classic (especially a Jane Austen). These wedding invitations are part of the new wedding collection we are launching for brides looking for a more budget friendly letterpress option, as custom suites can get expensive quite quick!

The letterpress collection will have flexible pricing so you can choose your paper weight, number of inks, and add in additional wedding suite pieces as well as liners, corner options and edge painting.

Don’t you just love this pretty sparkly ribbon? It is velvet/glitter. Doesn’t get much better than that!

A great way to save money on a letterpress suite is to do the invite as the central piece will all the bells and whistles, followed by the inserts on an economical paper with a single ink color.

Tags are a great way to thank your guests or escort them to their tables.

Here is that sparkly ribbon in plum this time around. Great substitution for a belly band!

We LOVE handwriting and think it is sooo fabulous. If you would like us to use yours that would be really fabulous, just send us a scan of some samples in how your letters connect as well as a few alphabets in upper case, lower case and small caps.

In case there was hesitation with the gold/plum combo our letterpress wedding line can be done in any color pairing that suits your fancy. This suite was printed on 110# Lettra paper, two inks – plum and matte antique gold, and paired with ribbon and plum envelopes.

Montana letterpress invitations

Adrienne — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:17:07 +0000

This was a suite for a bride that shipped out awhile ago. We were in the final design stages here and presenting different envelope liner options for the bride to get an idea about how the liner can really transform the look of the piece. Can wait to show you the final printed piece!

English garden Save-the-date

Adrienne — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:03:19 +0000

A sneek peek for whats up for next week!! (business post tomorrow since it’s Friday). These turned out so cool and I love that glitter ribbon!

Evelyn, Frankie, Georgia & Hazel

Adrienne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:14:41 +0000

I’m a push-over for vintage names – the less used the better. When I was pregnant with Evelyn back in 2007 I really loved the name Hazel. Then Julia Roberts had to name her baby Hazel. I was over ruled as well on Hazel because all my in-laws were joking about her being called Hazelnut Berry.

Apparently my husband was sometimes called blueberry (I can’t remember why). People are SO smart…or at least they think they are! After Hazel was ruled out, I defaulted to my next favorite, Evelyn, and the minute she was born she was my sweet Evelyn Marie.

In a world of perfect pregnancies, painless labors, mental stability and anti-aging bodies – I would love to have a few more babies. Wouldn’t it be so cute to have a little Frankie and Georgie (Francis and Georgia) running around the house making a wild rukus?

Usually I’m not a fan of the boy name for girl thing but I think Frankie and Georgie have got to be the cutest twist on a vintage name (and that would continue our unintended alphabet of names in the family : Adrienne, Brian, Charlie, David, Evelyn)

What are some of your favorite vintage names? Do you even like vintage names? Available with the rest of the alphabet in the Etsy shop, check out the rest of the letters. They’d be great for first names or last names!

Western Wedding Proofs

Adrienne — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:05:55 +0000

Below are some wedding proofs we worked on early this summer for a bride getting married in Montana. While this isn’t where it ended up in the end – the first round explored a western/Victorian theme with imagery and typography. The overprinting would have been so cool on the 4×9 with the sunburst, but alas I can’t wait to show you the finished piece! Until tomorrow….

Peacock and Rust Autumn Invitations

Adrienne — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:07:21 +0000

Here are the final invitations for Jen and Christina. I love how the overlap of the blue and orange create a beautiful olive color on the leaves, this is one of my favorite designs to see printed in different colors because every single suite turns out so differently!

This was the first RSVP where the couple requested music suggestions from guests. I thought it was brilliant, and so fitting for a wedding and RSVP. What a great way to involve guests!

What you might not have noticed from photos alone is that this wedding suite was actually not a standard A7 (5×7″) wedding invitation. To save a little money (which can go a long way for a budget savvy bride) the election to go with a smaller A6 (4.5×6″) invite/announcement can help cut cost in postage and printing. It worked well also because Jen and Chris had minimal information so it didn’t feel like all the elements were squeezed into a tight space.

These were escort cards we printed with the suite paired with a custom diecut pouch. We will be offering these for all escort card orders as well as for direct purchase over the next few weeks if you are a DIY bride (they also look fabulous with square business cards)!

In the end, I was so surprised with how well the color combo worked. It’s such a great aspect to working with a couple that has a defined vision and are confident about it. Printed on 110# lettra paper, paired with matching printed envelopes, this wedding suite is perfect for a fall or spring wedding. Thanks Jen and Chris for being so awesome to work with, best of luck to you both and congratulations on your new adventure!