The Dingbat’s Agenda

  • January17th

    Letterpress & Digital Printing

    Posted in: business cards, Color, Custom, letterpress technique, OFFSET, Wedding

    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!

  • January13th

    Tangerine Tango, 2012 Color of the year

    Posted in: Color, Custom, posted by ADRIENNE, Wedding

    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!

  • December28th

    Tiny Twiggette, 1/1 letterpress business cards

    Posted in: business card proofs, business cards, letterpress technique

    This was one of those jobs when I received the files that I squealed with delight. This illustration is awesome, to say the least and we were so excited to be printing it for Tiny Twiggette. Lynn was so fabulous to work with and has some beautiful design work herself. These were printed on lettra 220# paper, in ecru. Pantone matched and printed as a 1/1, this is a perfect example of how a minimalist design and single ink color can be just as impacting with out all the hooplah of a billion press colors or changes.

    Sized at 2×3.5″ and printed as an initial set of 250 (our minimum opening order for a set of custom or client submitted files) you can get an estimate for yourself here – we are already booking the press for February and March!

  • December13th

    2012 Holiday Greeting Cards

    Posted in: Custom

    In addition to our holiday greeting cards that we launched last year, we’ve updated our New Year’s cards to 2012 and added a Dove Peace card. Get yours before the year is out for your holiday greetings. Sized at 5.5″ Square and paired with matching Square envelopes. You can order in sets of 12, 25, 50 and 100 (price discounts on larger quantities ;) and customizable with an interior greeting!

  • December12th

    Minimalist Calling Card, 3

    Posted in: business cards, Calling Cards, Edge Painting

    Another Minimalist Calling Card that shipped out recently, these were printed on 110# lettra cotton paper in gray ink, and paired with an orangish/papaya edge paint. Sets start at $99 and go up from there if you want custom add-ins like an edge paint or calling card sleeves.

  • November9th

    Making pigs fly since 1984

    Posted in: branding, business cards, Business Papers, Calling Cards, letterpress technique, NSS, posted by ADRIENNE, posted by MATT

    I have to say, I have some awesome brothers. Both of which I love dearly! Matt, the little brother, worked for Dingbat last year before he started grad school and if you remember he did a few great posts on business Friday. As a thank you, these were supposed to be at NSS last year for him to hand out but they got lost in a shipping snafu and then buried for a few months back at the studio. I finally was able to find them and dig them out as well as photograph them and get them sent off to their rightful owner.

    A few things about Matt, he really liked this flying pig that was rejected by another client. He claimed it as his own. Matt’s personality is all about having fun, enjoying life and having a positive attitude. He also snorts when he laughs (just kidding Matt, you only did that when you were a baby or when I was trying to choke you).

    These cards were a custom duplex with Lettra 110# white and Revere 110# black. Duplexed cards can be tricky on press because of the extra glue between the sheets. That glue can make for a harder and less flexible paper resulting in a not-so-deep impression on the back side.

    I still love how those skinny chevrons turned out though, BEAUTIFUL!

    Thanks Matt for putting up with your crazy sister for a year and for being the best small business consultant EVER (next to dad who gives great legal advice)!

  • November8th

    Autumn, Calligraphy Calling Cards

    Posted in: business cards, Calligraphy, Calling Cards, Custom, Edge Painting

    Calling cards never get old for me. Seeing the calligraphy by Kathryn of Della Carta is magical every time it shows up in my inbox.

    These were letterpress printed on 110# luxe white paper in gravel ink with papaya edge painting.

     Sold in sets of 50, this is a great way to get into a set of calling cards without the investment of meeting the press minimum of 250 cards for a custom print order. Get an estimate here, these are always a big hit for gifts for the holidays and turn around super quick!

  • October19th

    Smudge of Ink, 6

    Posted in: Color, Smudge of Ink

    All weekend I’ve been working on Evelyn’s Halloween costume. While all the girls are going to be Rapunzel this year I convinced her that we could make an incredible bird costume and she could be Jewel from the movie Rio. I’ve been pinning a lot of ideas for her costume but the big challenge was how to tackle the wings. I’ve been scouting all over flicker and pinterest for photos of angel wings, and bird wings as stage props or costumes no only to see how they are made but how the feathers are arranged. This is one of my favorite images so far, aren’t the colors awesome? I especially love that yellow lipstick.

    Original image blogged by McQueen’s World of Fashion.

    To download the swatch ASE for importing into Adobe Applications click here. To import the swatch book click your Swatches Palette > toggle More Options > Open Swatch Library > Other Library > click the .ASE that you want to import. From there the Pantone swatches will load in a new palette with the remainder of your tool bar.

  • October17th

    Smudge of Ink, 5

    Posted in: Color, Smudge of Ink

    Another Pinterest find, this also has a really awesome recipe for pesto on the source link below. Have you ever seen easter egg radishes? I might just have to try it out tonight!

    Original image from Whitney in Chicago who also has an awesome Green Garlic Pesto recipe that is to die for!

    To download the swatch ASE for importing into Adobe Applications click here. To import the swatch book click your Swatches Palette > toggle More Options > Open Swatch Library > Other Library > click the .ASE that you want to import. From there the Pantone swatches will load in a new palette with the remainder of your tool bar.

  • October13th

    Smudge of Ink, 4

    Posted in: Color, Smudge of Ink

    As soon as I saw these baskets on Pinterest I thought how have I never thought of this before? While these baskets are ultimately hung on the wall, I want a stack of freshly painted baskets stacked like this on my kitchen table. For looks, and maybe they can hold some fruit every once in awhile!

    Original image from Better Life Bags.

    To download the swatch ASE for importing into Adobe Applications click here. To import the swatch book click your Swatches Palette > toggle More Options > Open Swatch Library > Other Library > click the .ASE that you want to import. From there the Pantone swatches will load in a new palette with the remainder of your tool bar.

  • October11th

    Evelyn, Frankie, Georgia & Hazel

    Posted in: Boxed Notes, Letterpress Retail, NSS, posted by ADRIENNE, Wedding

    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!

  • September19th

    A is for…

    Posted in: Boxed Notes, NSS, posted by ADRIENNE


    When ever you look at typography or monograms do you immediately go for your “letter”? I think the letter A has to be my favorite (obviously) – whimsical and fancy, these letterpress monogram notes are hard not to keep all to myself. If you remember back in May, these were debuted at National Stationery Show and were a HUGE hit! Due to our unexpected and complicated summer it took a lot longer to get these beauties shipped out to our new stores! The last of the packages have finally shipped just in time for holiday buying and are now available in the shop as well.

    Ready to score a letter “A” set for yourself for FREE? Leave a comment with your favorite “A” name, or the “A” name of someone you’d gift this to. Tweet for an extra entry with the hashtag #BestAName and a random winner will be selected and announced Tuesday morning 9/20. Or if you are ready to buy, head on over and grab a set for the perfect holiday gift! I can’t wait to show you the others – stay tuned…

    Printed on 110# cotton paper, scored and folded – blank interior. Sold as a set of 6 notes, letterpress printed in gold and silver ink & paired with matching metallic envelopes. Packed in a silver box and finished with 1″ grosgrain ribbon – ready for gift giving!

    update!! And the winner is : Lorraine!

     

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