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  • Modern Calligraphy letterpress wedding invitation by Dingbat Press
  • Liz Ackley, calligraphy calling cards by Dingbat Press
  • Little Miss Emma cupcake business cards. Design + letterpress printed by Dingbat Press.
  • Rexburg LDS Temple Print, 14x19
  • Circque de Soleil Wedding Invitations, letterpress and design by Dingbat Press
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  • August23rd

    October Wedding Proofs

    Posted in: Wedding, announcements

    These were presented to a bride who was looking for a bright fall wedding suite for her event in October.

    Option 1: Maple Leaf wedding suite
    Maple Leaf Fall Wedding Invitations

    This concept plays off a beautiful photo of a wedding cake with the maple leaves that the client sent over. Seeing that she had mentioned wanting bright colors, we explored oranges and warm coral/red on this option. We were going for elegant with the calligraphy typeface however wanted to explore some unique layouts for this. The inner envelope would be lined with the maple leaves liner, and the outer envelope is the cream, matching the paper stock used for the invites. The inner envelope is in poppy and both envelopes would look beautiful addressed with chocolate ink for her guests.

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    Option 2: Heart Thumbprint wedding invitations

    Fingerprint Heart Wedding Invitations

    We LOVED the thumbprint heart concept that the client presented and thought it would be a good design to add in the requested plum color and the orange. Because we wanted to place emphasis on the thumbprint, we wanted the remainder of the invitation to invoke a minimalist feel with beautiful large margins and flowing typography to tie it in all together. Since the thumbprint is such a personal element of a human and no two are the same, we wanted to maintain that feel in the invitation with a simple typeface reflecting classic school penmanship. There are added dingbats throughout the layout as well, reflecting back on the symbolism of the heart and tying in the typography with the emblem. The envelop liner on this design is an overprint of purple ink on purple paper, to give the envelope a really stunning pop when opened. It sort of adds the detailing in the other pieces without making it look too elaborate or over the top.

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    Option 3: Modern Dahlia wedding invitations

    Dahlia Wedding Invitation Proofs

    The last option was based off some client provided photos of the dahlias in a beautiful peach color. We wanted to bring in a monochromatic feel to this invite, emphasizing the oranges and peaches that are evident in that photo. Again we wanted to explore a more unique approach to the invitation layout with the typography. The flower pattern is carried across all the invitation pieces, and will make such a beautiful impression when printed.

    If you were getting hitched, what suite would you go for?

  • June29th

    Paper + Nest : Final Cards

    Posted in: business cards

    Below are Amanda’s final printed cards. You can read more about her brand re-fresh and see the initial proofs for Paper + Nest as well as process by clicking.

    Paper + Nest

    These were printed on 110# lettra in matte silver and matte metallic lavender.

    If you are interested in a brand refresh or custom work, not only do we provide letterpress printing but design services as well. Contact us for info or a bid on custom letterpress printing for your business or purchase a letterpress sample pack here!

  • June21st

    Soiree Floral, Business Pack

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    Soiree Floral, Design Proofs

    These letterpress business cards were done for Dawn of Soiree Floral. She had her logo and Soiree Floral typography but needed help tying it into business card layout and design.  The only recommendations were her pantone numbers, the possible exploration of a blind impression, and wanting to see some stripes in the design as a 2.5×2.5″ square letterpress printed card. With her unique logo, I knew it would be so tactile when printed as the tear-drop would reverse out and look embossed when finished.

    Soiree Floral, Pantone Match

    Her light lavender/plum color scheme was a great change of pace as I haven’t printed purple in ages too. Above is Dawn’s pantone match and below the final printed business set.

    Soiree Floral, Final A6 Note and Biz cards

    Letterpress printed on 110# paper for both pieces, the A6 (4.5×6″) notes were paired with matching un-printed envelopes, and the business cards (2.5×2.5″) were printed as a 2/0 color job with 1/4″ rounded corners. To see some of Dawn’s inspiring work, check out her website and blog and be prepared to be wowed!

  • May5th

    Final Cards : Adley Studio

    Posted in: Business, business cards

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    These cards shipped earlier this year for Leslie of Adley Studio. Lesley had a specific vision for these cards and they turned out to be so elegant. She wanted to utilize her business name as her logo and wanted it clean/simple/fresh. On the rear she wanted some sort of monogram or pattern with her studio name to add texture and variation. Letterpress printed on 220# lettra, 2/1 with royal purple and matte silver ink.

  • April19th

    Brand re-fresh: Paper + Nest

    Posted in: business cards

    Paper+Nest Proofs

    It was such a pleasure to work with Amanda of Paper + Nest on this branding refresh. Amanda already had a great start with her nest element but wanted more help with her typography and layout specifically. This was a fun card to design for letterpress because all these amazing elements would look so awesome letterpress printed.

    When working with this, I wanted to explore some typefaces that were softer as the main stationery she is looking to rep are wedding, personal and baby. I thought that with her modern look we needed to try some soft options as well as typefaces that were light in weight. In all of these layouts, I wanted to be consistent with the natural elements of the nest and to do so we adapted it from its straight lines to a more roughed up and organic look.

    I can’t wait to see where Amanda goes with these cards and who she picks up for representation in her trunk shows. Amanda, will you rep me? You’ve been so fun to work with, I can’t wait to blog about the finished letterpress printed piece!

    If you are interested in a brand refresh or custom work, not only do we provide letterpress printing but design services as well. Contact us for info or a bid on custom letterpress printing for your business or purchase a letterpress sample pack here!

  • February11th

    Mod Wedding RII Proofs

    Posted in: Wedding

    After narrowing these mod wedding invititations down from the round I proofs and punching color to a brighter scheme, we explored some typeface options. This next round we looked at Memoir and Handsome Pro Classic along with illustration that gave a little more cirque d soleil and 60s vibe. The bride still can’t decide whether to have the layout done by a calligrapher so I tried to reflect in type as close as possible to what style she was going for.

    The bride also wanted to explore incorporating a peony motif into one of the designs so here’s what we came up with on that regard. I can’t wait to see where these go for the final piece. They are going to be simply stunning when plated and printed letterpress.

  • February3rd

    Signature Dingbat Brights!

    Posted in: Custom

    Signature Dingbat A6 Flat letterpress notes

    Another set of Signature Dingbat letterpress A6 notes. These were super fun because the client was ordering them for a gift and decided to mix up ink and envelope. Generally people choose matching ink/envelope combos with the envelope printed in a hue darker. This lovely lady made it fun for me because she wanted a contrasting envelope and then ink color the same on both the card and envelope. Printed on 110# Lettra in an A6 size, these are perfect as a bridesmaid gift, mother-of-the-bride gift, or for anyone in your bridal party!

  • September8th

    GNO, Giveaway!

    Posted in: GIVEAWAY

    I printed these Halloween Ghoul’s Night Out party packs last year and sold one set! There are now too many taking up precious space in my studio so I’m offering one for FREE and have slashed the price from $55 to $40 in the shop.

    Ghoul's Night Out, Halloween Giveaway

    THE GOODS:

    12, A6 Letterpress Invitations (Imprintable) – 2 Color (Silver|metallic purple) with matching envelopes.
    12, 2.5×2.5″ Heavy weight letterpress coasters, reverse printed.
    12,  letterpress Escort cards|Place Cards and mini-lopes.

    To enter: Comment by Thursday the 10th at midnight MST!

  • August12th

    Custom Quotation

    Posted in: Custom

    I think this is my new favorite project as of late. Custom letterpress quote 8×10 prints! It’s spiffy to have someone come to me with a quote and then try to graphically portray it for them. This one was from one friend to another and I love how it turned out. I did an edition of 10 that will be available in the shop soon – printed like the image below. There’s also an edition of 5 on black paper (super rad) with a double strike of silver ink for stars and quote.

    Evening Sky Print

    Printed on Arches 140# paper, 2 colors – silver & lavender

    If I could hold a star for every time you’ve made me smile,
    and entire evening’s sky would be in the palm of my hand.

  • August11th

    Letterpress gift tag GIVEAWAY!

    Posted in: GIVEAWAY, Kids, Tags

    So I’ve had a couple of retail orders go out recently and these were some of the hot items that I printed a lot of. From the Animalia children’s and baby collection these gift tags are great for a baby shower gift or to adorn tea cups, prizes, napkins or whatever suits your fancy. Introducing:

    elephant letterpress tags

    Elephants, Ava. as a set of 10.

    butterfly letterpress tags

    Butterflies, Ava. as a set of 10.

    shark letterpress tags

    Sharks, Ava. as a set of 10.

    frog letterpress tags

    and Froggies, Ava. as a set of 10.

    To win just comment below what your favorite animal is for a chance at one set of each!
    The GOODS:
    1 set of each of these tags (10 tags/set) in each pattern (40 total).
    2×2″ letterpress tags with 1/4″ rounded corner and 3/16″ punched hole.

    Giveaway ends Midnight on Thursday the 13th of August, TIMES UP! winner will be drawn at random and notified via email as well as updated on this post!

    CONGRATS SUSAN!

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  • July16th

    Confection Letterpress Giveaway!

    Posted in: GIVEAWAY

    confection collection_trufflepops

    So the letterpress Confection Collection is out and available to retail stores along with being listed in the Shop as well! I had a hard time choosing a color scheme for these cards and tags (ava. soon) as I didn’t want it to look like a circus or too similar to the cupcake colorway. With the drab recession underway I decided I was looking for something bright and cheery, with a little bit of tangy sweetness to it. Hence pumpkin, lime and grape truffle pops!

    TO win a set of 30 truffle pop recipes + treats cards
    (3 sets of 10, 1 set of each color)

    Be sure to comment by Monday July 20th at Midnight (MST). (Valued at $45)
    For ONE extra entry, Tweet the giveaway with a link back to this post and come back to comment that you tweeted with your username.
    For ANOTHER entry, blog the giveaway at your own place with a link back to this post.

    Good luck!

    UPDATED: CONGRATS EMILY F! I’LL BE CONTACTING YOU FOR MAILING INFO!

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  • April20th

    Blossom Wedding Suite

    Posted in: Wedding

    Dingbat Press Blossom Wedding SuiteYou may be familiar with the Blossom invitations that I’ve printed and featured here, however it seems that when ordering people are wanting to see what the whole suite looks like before purchasing. So I’m re-vamping the Link & Hitch stationery line so that when you look at an invitation  listing in the shop or on my website, you can see how all the pieces look and go together as a cohesive unit. Hopefully this will help facilitate in the process of picking pieces to go with bridal stationery in the future. More to come over the nest few weeks!

  • April1st

    Poppy Giveaway Winner!

    Posted in: Giveaway WINNERS

    It was close but here’s how you voted: Left (8), Middle (11), Right (10). I kind of suspected it might be the middle, but glad you all helped verify it! Thanks to everyone for commenting and helping me make a final decision, the cards will be available later this afternoon for purchase.

    Purple Poppy Mother's Day Note

    The winner is comment #9 generated by Random.org and the goods she’ll get will be the 3 original cards and a six pack of the pack I’ll be listing in the shop.

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    Congrats Patty, I’ll be contacting you on where to send your goods!

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