These cards were letterpress printed on 220# arturo with Pantone match and matte metallic gold inks as a 1/1 business card for Phoebe. Phoebe is an excellent graphic designer and designed these cards for her branding collateral as an extension of her already awesome website.

I am a big fan of chevrons lately and am totally digging these wide set ones on the back of Phoebe’s card, how about you?

Edge painted with a custom mix strawberry ink, thanks Phoebe for being so excellent to work with! I loved how these turned out.

You may remember these that we showed back as a sneak peek in October. And then of course I was slow to getting around to blogging the full set of photos! Fifi is from Australia and a recent grad and contacted us in hopes that 1) we shipped internationally, and 2) We accepted designed files for press.

Lucky for her, we do both and were super excited to print these cards for her. Letterpress printed on 220# Arturo as a 2/1 card, I love the softness of the blushy-pink pantone match paired with the sophisticated black ink/black edge paint.

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 March and April!

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?

These shipped out last week to Australia to an awesome designer – LOVE the subtle nuances of the blush ink and black edge paint!  Can’t wait to show you the rest of the cards, man I have awesome clients that design great work.

When working on Stephanie’s design for business cards she wanted something that reflected her logo that we had done for her, but that also conveyed a look of minimalism paired with good organization. Her hierarchy was easy to work with and the logo helped hint us at where we needed to go with the stacking of her business name. The cards needed to be flexible enough for letterpress and offset printing as well as economical. Although we had the blush/grey with the heart going on in her branding, it was clear that we didn’t want to be overly cute with the design either. The emphasis on large margins helped with that sophistication, and the creative organization of the typography helped keep things playful within the design – ultimately not having it end up cute, but not having it be so minimalist either that it becomes stale. Below is the finished piece, what do you think?

Let Love Grow (above) inspired by Mumford & Sons Winter Winds:

Love, it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free…

Here is Mumford & Sons live with Sigh No More (inspired above) – you have to listen to the song change about half-way though and then go check it out on Amazon or iTunes. It’s truly magical.

Cards Letterpress printed on Arturo 4Bar notes with blank interior, paired with matching envelopes and sold in singles in our Etsy shop. 2 inks, deckle edge, it doesn’t get much better than this.
Calligraphy ©2011 Grace Edmands , Design ©2011 Dingbat Press

Photo credits People.com

Letterpress printed and designed by Dingbat Press ©2010. 110# paper for all pieces, printed on Crane’s lettra.
Tags measured 1.5×3.5″ – business cards measured 2×3.5″ – notes measured 3.5×5″ and paired with matching printed envelopes. If you are interested in some custom branding work you can see our starter branding package here or request a more detailed estimate!

Anne’s design proofs for Pearls & Lace were super fun to work on – her provided logo was great inspiration for the rest of the layouts, and her branding has translated to her website beautifully. If you are down under and looking for some awesome pearls & lace check them out!

We’ve continued to help Abby develop her brand with A6 notes, and now with elements to customize her blog where a majority of her current portfolio lies. Based in the DC area, Abby has a great eye and really captures her subjects beautifully. With the blog she had indicated wanting to take her brand in a softer direction, as she is currently working back into offering traditional film services along with her digital photography services. We were looking for a perfect meld of subtleness, but with her trademark hot pink still peeking through. Drop by Abby’s blog and see the design along with her beautiful work. Elements we worked on were blog background, with a vertical tiled pattern, as well as her masthead. We also did a little tweaking with some css and html to make it all fit together seamlessly. If you are looking for some budget friendly options to dress up your portfolio or blog we are offering starter blog branding services as well as fully implementing a custom WordPress blog designed to fit your branding. See our shop for the starter blog branding package or get an estimate for a fully decked out WordPress site customized down to the last image, icon and typographic nuance.