The Dingbat’s Agenda

  • November9th

    Ruby Cakes, start to finish

    Posted in: branding, business cards, Business Papers, Tags

    Late this summer Mindi contacted us regarding updating her business identity. She creates high-end confections that really are quite amazing. Attention to detail and only the best of ingredients used, we wanted to help refine her brand so it fit her target demographic better. Ruby Cakes has a lot of heritage behind it, with rubies being the birth stone, and Mindi’s royal ancestry it was only fitting to tie it all in together. She purchased a large branding package which consisted of extended rounds of design options, application to other pieces, and finally printing of those pieces via the letterpress process. Below are some of the versions we went through and as you can see, the progression to the final pieces.

    Ruby Cakes

    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!

  • November5th

    GIVEAWAY! Kiss & make-up

    Posted in: About Me, GIVEAWAY, Giveaway WINNERS, Letterpress Retail, letterpress technique

    Hey guys and dolls! Plates arrived late and today’s scheduled giveaway is postponed until next week – but I didn’t want to leave you hanging! It was our big 10th anniversay on October 20th, and I can’t believe another year has gone by and we haven’t killed each other. I don’t know all the tricks to a good marriage but was thinking about one of the best parts – the kiss and make-up which inspired this print. Have any of you ever felt this way? I know I have, and so I’m giving one to you! Comment to enter or tweet to get an additional entry with the hastag #kissandmakeup to get counted.

    Limited edition of 16 prints, signed and numbered “Love” reads:

    Letterpress printed on 110# paper sized 11×14″. Printed with a red-blue gradient and blind impression.

    These will be listed in the shop later next week after the giveaway closes!

    UPDATED! Congrats ERIN!! You’ve been randomly selected among the comments and tweets! I’ll be contacting you shortly :)

  • September17th

    Splendid Wife

    Posted in: branding, business cards, Business Papers, letterpress technique

    When Yvette came to us for typographic help with her logo, as well as business card layout, we couldn’t be more excited because she provided Annie – her bombshell of an illustration to tie into the layout.

    Splendid Wife Proofs

    Splendid Wife Proofs

    The main explorations here were to reflect a sort of Mad Men meets Bewitched vibe and Annie was the PERFECT Joan Holloway that Yvette provided for us to work with. We needed to first simplify Annie so she would look knockout for letterpress.

    Splendid Wife Proofs

    Splendid Wife Proofs

    Splendid Wife Proofs

    There are explorations with color variation within her dress, tights shoes, glove, and accents (belt, pleats). Annie even got a dye job in one option with some killer red hair, ultimately which didn’t last because she liked her dark do.

    Splendid Wife Proofs

    Splendid Wife

    Splendid Wife

    Letterpress printed business cards 3 colors of ink, on 110# lettra. 1/4″ corner radius, pantone match and so fabulously well printed by Makayla (she’s been on staff for almost a year now, great work girl!)

    Thanks Yvette for being so fabulously fun to work with, sending EVERYONE YOUR WAY – Splendid Wife here we come!! I wish you could be my personal assistant!

  • September8th

    Holiday 2010

    Posted in: Holiday

    You saw a screen shot of these letterpress holiday cards awhile back, and now here’s the printed piece. My intern Adam had the lovely task pf printing these babies, and learning how overprints work with tight registration.

    LOVE Christmas 2010

    Letterpress printed 2/0 with tint base added to the ink to create an awesome transparency with the over-printing. I hope love isn’t too Valentine’s for the holidays?! Wholesale buying for the Holiday 2010 Collection will be launching near the end of the week, and near the end of the month it will be available at retail for holiday buying!

    LOVE_Green_Christmas2010

  • July13th

    Logotype for Kate

    Posted in: branding, business cards

    Kate is a quite talented writer and asked me to develop her name/brand so that she can continue to grow her brand/blog as well as writing style into a larger audience. For the first round we explored typographic options for her name that were minimalist and retro. Although none of these were the direction she ended up heading in, I thought I’d show you our starting point for her designs!

  • April26th

    FREEDOM POSTER: Call for submissions

    Posted in: contests!

    FREEDOM

  • March25th

    One Color Letterpress Wedding

    Posted in: Wedding

    ChrisFenisonInvitation

    This letterpress wedding suite was printed last fall for a Victorian Christmas wedding. Often I have the bride & groom looking for budget letterpress and I usually recommend a wedding suite with one ink color in that situation. So many people shy away from estimates if it includes only one ink color, however I wanted to provide an example of how beautiful a suite with one ink color can look! This couple had their budget pretty conservative but needed a lot of pieces in the suite so on the initial consult I provided an estimate for a 1 color suite. Since I was working with a designer (the groom), he was open to the option as well. In the end, it was printed on the thick 110# paper, and included was the reply/food option insert as well as a directions/map insert along with the initial invitation and outer envelope. When utilizing illustration in your wedding invitation design, you can really pack a lot into your design with only one ink color and still have it impress your recipients, so don’t rule it out from the beginning!

  • February25th

    More Signature Dingbat Notes

    Posted in: Custom

    Signature Dingbat A6 Flat letterpress notes

    Both sets letterpress printed on 110# Lettra Paper. A6 (4.5×6″) and paired with matching envelopes.

    Signature Dingbat A6 Flat letterpress notes

    Kelly’s is a great example of the square flap envelope. You can get yourself a letterpress personalized set of notes then pick typeface, dingbat, ink and envelope color. Once your purchase is made, I’ll generate a digital proof for you, then upon approval, these will go on press and ship usually within 12-15 business days!

  • February22nd

    Bay Bridge 8 x 10 Print

    Posted in: Custom

    Remember these East Bay holiday cards? Well, Grace contacted me wanting a letterpress fine art print done with the same design. Thankfully with photo-polymer plates I was able to just whip out the scissors and trim the holiday greeting off the plate and meet her request. Initially I wanted to do this as a portrait print, however in the end the landscape orientation just suited so much better. This is the only decent photo I got after about 50 different variations. I’ve decided that shooting prints are a lot harder than smaller stationery pieces. Enjoy!

    Bay Bridge with Cranes Letterpress 8x10 print

    Sold signed and numbered. Edition of 8, available as Letterpress Bay Bridge Print, 8×10 in the shop now! Letterpress printed on Fabriano for a beautiful crisp impression. 3 colors, red/silver/pool. Measuring 8×10″ and ships in a chipboard mailer for protection.  Sold UN-framed.

  • February18th

    Adam Weinberger Proofs

    Posted in: business cards

    Adam Weinberger Proofs

    Adam deals in rare books and manuscripts. He was looking for letterpress business cards along the line of something simple and one color. Here’s what I came up with for the first round:

  • February15th

    President’s Day/Golden Anniversary

    Posted in: Custom

    Happy President’s Day! I know sometimes this holiday passes us by, especially for those that are working but I just wanted to pay tribute to all our amazing presidents that have lead our wonderful country since it’s beginning. I feel so blessed to be a recipient of freedom, justice and liberty. My grandfather was a patrol plane commander in WWII and reading his journal is amazing and humbling. What a legacy he leaves for me and my posterity through that journal and his sacrifice to fight for his country. I made cards similar to these for him for Christmas one year, and then later decided to list them as a personalized note.

    Vintage Airplane Letterpress Notes

    These Vintage Plane letterpress cards were a gift to a couple honoring their golden anniversary. Suiting since this husband also was a pilot in World War II like my grandfather. To see other variations on this card click on the link above to be directed to the Shop. Letterpress printed on Arturo mould made paper with a deckle edge. 4Bar (3.5×5″) and paired with matching envelopes.

  • January21st

    Letterpress Poppy Notes

    Posted in: Custom

    These Poppy A6 letterpress notes were done last year for Mother’s Day I think for a client’s mom (obviously) and I found the image in my archives when I was organizing photos the other night! Printed as a set of 25 with personalization and envelope printing, wouldn’t these be great for Valentine’s Day too?

    Click on the image to be directed to the listing where you can get a set of your own!

  • January14th

    HTML Valentine!

    Posted in: Boxed Notes, GIVEAWAY

    Add one of these Be.MINE letterpress cards to your stash by entering the Letterpress Valentine’s Giveaway below!

    These came about with all the html and CSS coding I’ve been doing on some new surprises. I thought it would be great to show some love to all those programmer nerds in our lives! You can get a single Be.MINE card in the shop or try to win one with the other goods in the giveaway linked to above! Printed as a 2 color/blank interior 4Bar letterpress folded card. Paired with a matching 4Bar envelope in blossom.

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