August4th
I’m on a baby kick this week! While I was packing up the studio a few weeks back (and subsequently digging around in boxes yesterday I found these lovelies and realized that I had NEVER listed them in the shop!
Letterpress printed as an A6 inprintable frog baby announcement, this is paired with matching unprinted envelopes and available now for a limited time!
August2nd
Amanda had a knock-out logo, and I had the lucky opportunity to design her business cards and letterpress print them awhile ago. Above is some business stationery we did for her as a 1/2 sheet of letterhead (5.5×8.5″) paired with a printed A6 Envelope. We split her envelopes as half navy, half chocolate. I loved how the antique gold ink turned out on these.
Get yourself a set of letterpress business letterhead, new in the shop!
June11th
There is nothing so delicious as lemonade made with real lemon juice. In this recipe, we start with a simple syrup that can be kept in the refrigerator up to a month. Use both rosemary and mint, or according to your taste, use just one or the other. The simple syrup serves as the sweetener for the fresh lemonade. Use according to individual taste.
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free printable goodies designed by Dingbat Press.
All recipes copyright Martha Moench 2010, designs by Dingbat Press. Enjoy!
June4th
I confess to a penchant for lemons, lemons, lemons. Having just returned from vacation with a lemon tree outside our door and a big box of lemons, I’ve been thinking of my famous lemon curd. Used it for years while owning my catering business, we have often served Cloud Meringues with Lemon Curd and Berry Sauce for our Sunday dessert. It’s a dessert that uses both parts of the egg with great success. I’ve made this dessert many times and in many incarnations: individual meringues, whole meringues with lime or orange curd (just cut back on the sugar) and whipped a pint of cream, folded it into the lemon curd and simply served it with a bowl of beautiful, big strawberries. I’ve covered two special wedding cakes with meringue. One for my niece – covered with meringue flowers that I delicately invented and piped every night for a month. My daughter (your Dingbat) wanted her cake covered with meringue spikes. The cake was gorgeous if I do say so myself, very unique and very Dingbat!
Both the meringues and the lemon curd are great if done the day before serving. Less hassle for the cook. When I first made lemon curd, the recipe I was working from called for sixteen egg yolks with the same proportions to the other ingredients listed in the recipe. I’m trying to cut back these days so put in as many egg yolks as you like, but I wouldn’t go less than six. And remember, if you find two yolks in any egg you’ll be richly blessed!
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free printable goodies designed by Dingbat Press.
All recipes copyright Martha Moench 2010, designs by Dingbat Press. Enjoy!
May6th
So you may remember the explorations for Jacqueline in her Guppiez branding package – or what about the Dandelionz identity exploration for her mass produced children’s clothing? After much feedback and refining, below we have her interior tags for each brand.
Included with the branding package and style sheet was logo, logo elements, typographic selection, and web colors for the web designer. She also received her logo files as working Adobe Illustrator files so she can use it for application and promotion in other media outlets.
April22nd
For those of you that may read design*sponge I’m sure you’ve seen the Sideways Shop’s recovered furniture that Grace occasionally posts about. So you can hardly imagine my excitement when the gals from Sideways shop contacted me to help the design and letterpress print their business cards. They came to me with a photo of a chair and I re-created a simplified version. We then explored different patten on the fabric as well as contrasting colors and typography. In the end this was a really fun job to print and design. That patten creates the coolest pillow effect in the chair.
From Lea:
Adrienne – Thanks so much for all your hard work on these cards. We really love them and think that they make the perfect statement for our business. Maybe your readers want to check us out and see for themselves? If so please let them know they can visit our Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/threesidewaysglances or our blog at http://www.sidewaysshop.com. Thanks again… beautiful work!
April21st
Spring has finally arrived here temporarily (its supposed to snow again this weekend) but for now we are enjoying the lovely weather! These letterpress wedding invitations were done in 2007 but I’ve been having one of my employees re-photograph all of my wedding suites since my camera is out of commission for the time being. Let me tell you, she is doing a fabulous job with styling. I am LOVING what she’s done so far and just can’t wait to show you all!
These poppy invites were the inspiration behind the other poppy product in The SHOP.
The pieces included invitation, reception insert, thank you note, ceremony insert, and bridal luncheon insert.
If you are interested in a custom letterpress wedding suite from Dingbat Press, contact us, we’d love to work with you!
April19th
Sarah came to me wanting a letterpress wedding suite that was bright, modern and sort of cirque de soleil looking for her invitations. To see her previous round 1 proofs and round 2 proofs click to link! Below is the final product. Curry and fuchsia were her colors of choice and they turned out totally awesome with the impression and reverse print band on the bottom of the invite creating a faux emboss.
Check out that close up! This was such a fun job to print and design. It really came together in the last design round and was so unexpected. Perfect for a fun summer wedding. Below is invitation/envelope, thank you note, and table card.
April15th
So another tax day has come and gone, and yet again we pay our hard earned money to the tax man. In celebration of not thinking about taxes any more, I thought I’d share with you another branding package for Jacqueline. Along with our development of her Guppiez brand for boutique children’s clothing, she is developing a second company specifically for more mass produced product, Dandelionz. Initial design brief included either using a dandelion flower or puff with lion head in the center. She gave me a lot of creative license for these but wanted it to reflect a similar feel as the Guppiez brand. There were 3 color schemes/concepts presented – soft/fun – retro/bright – modern.
April5th
Laura came to me wanting a letterpress business card that reflected her modern style. She wanted a card that indicated quality (thus the letterpress) but didn’t scare away her lower budget clients. This was the round one draft and brief for her initial design concepts.
While on press, I really like it when clients can specify a pantone number as it’s easier for me to match on press. This design was a perfect example of how proofs can look different on monitors vs. seeing a print. For the specific job I custom mixed both colors and here is the proof pulled to check and compare against the swatch book.
And here’s a color comparison of the blue Laura had selected, followed by the finished piece. Thanks Laura for being such a great person to work with!
March29th
These business cards were done for my amazing hubby. He’s the reason behind my rural tendencies and our living in the middle of nowhere! Before we met, I thought the last place I ever wanted to live was Idaho. Of course the plan changed for me when we decided to get hitched. Now I can gladly say we live in one of the most beautiful places on earth!
Brian is a third generation fly fishing guide/outfitter with his brother and father and I’ve been lucky enough to help them develop their brand over the years. Since we are in the heart of the Teton mountain range, it was only fitting to try to make the best out of a “mountain” logo and differentiate it from all the other logos with the Tetons in our area. Teton Valley Lodge is one of the oldest sporting fly fishing destinations in the west and has been featured in Sports Illustrated, numerous sporting journals and is truly a unique fishing experience. They fish 3 main rivers in southeast Idaho – all catch and release – and their goal, unlike many scenic outfitters, is to catch fish. We wanted that to be the focus of our ad campaign for 2009. Many outfitters in the area say it doesn’t matter if you catch fish, it’s the scenery you are there to enjoy – so in differentiating TVL from the competition and showing what a world-class guided service is made of – we put it out there that they are the best at what they do. Landing the big ones and lots of them!
These cards I designed and printed for Brian have the TVL mission statement, his vital contact info and of course, the Master Guide title, because he really is quite talented at what he does! 2/2 letterpress printed on super thick paper, I’m lucky to have such a great man by my side. Keep up the good work, honey!
March1st
This was a one color letterpress invitation suite for Penny and Brian. Penny was super easy to work with and so enjoyable. I have to say, the whole time I was designing this invitation I kept humming Penny Lane by The Beatles! I know, original. It’s like when people call out to my “Yo Adrienne!” from Rocky – I digress. Penny’s whole wedding will be wildflowers and outdoors in the wilderness. Since I’ve lived in the bedroom community of Jackson Hole, this was fun to work on because it’s right in the vein of living rural. We have a strip of grass on the outside of our driveway with an 80×6′ garden of wildflowers. It was so amazing last summer to see the California poppies, lupine, aster, hawkweed and more blooming in bright color in my front yard. Can you tell I’m itching for spring?!
If you are a budget bride looking for letterpress, but aren’t sure you can afford it, you should consider a one color invitation. This one is simple and minimalist however I’ve seen some really intricate and beautiful wedding invitations done as a one color as well. If you are interested in an estimate, don’t hesitate to ask!
February11th
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.
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Update: 7.11 Adam has been moved from PICU to NTU (Neuro Trauma Unit) where he is miraculously doing well. He is finally breathing on his own, they've taken out his PICC line, and they are on the slow road to recovery. He has been determined as having an anoxic brain injury and the outcome is still unkown. Right now there is positive feedback from the doctors and only time will tell. His brain is about a year behind what it should be. So for a 20 mo. old baby that puts him at re-learning to sit up on his own. He will continue to receive treatment at Primary Children's Medical Center. Your donations will go towards his hospital bills, and you'll be entered to win some sweet wedding invites or baby announcements! Click the picture above to donate!
