Letterpress business cards are a great way to get your foot in the door and communicates to your clients that your products/services are top notch. It is quite common for people to use letterpress in other aspects of their business such as holiday cards or promotional material.
Vivian Doan, a well known photography is Montreal, contacted us about letterpress printing inserts for CDs she hands out to clients. We printed the inserts (above) on 110# 100% cotton paper in pink and black ink and the final results were great. These inserts will definately set Vivian’s CDs apart from everyone else.
If you are interested in letterpress business cards, packaging, or promotional material, give us a call and we can walk you through the design process and the important aspects when designing for letterpress. Already have a design? Great! We commonly print projects for other designers and their clients. We are always available by phone (516.353.9284) or email (contact@dolcepress.com).
Have a happy holidays!
Jina is a designer we have worked with in the past (grape vine letterpress wedding invitations) and if you have seen her designs you know that she is very talented. She designed this invitation set for her own wedding and we are very happy with how they turned out. The invitation features a beautiful vector flower design letterpress printed in purple ink and text in dark gray ink. The invitation is printed on 179# 100% cotton paper that has a slight texture (which is different from our house stock which comes in 110# and 220#).
The reply card continues the floral theme with a single flower and text printed in purple ink. This 179# paper is great if you want wedding invitations printed on paper that isn’t heavily textured. The RSVP card is paired with an envelope that has a great purple polka dot design letterpress printed on the front with the address in dark gray.
Jina also designed what we think is just about the coolest map and direction card around. The direction card incorporates the purple and dark gray colors as well as the polka dot theme and is the same size as the invitation. The invitation set envelope is lined in a bright purple and white polka dot paper which is a great match for this set. Take a look at our letterpress wedding invitation album on flickr for more pictures of this set.
If you love this set, you haven’t seen anything yet! Jina has joined the Dolce Press team and her designs will be popping up on our site in the near future.
Vintage letterpress posters are truly a work of art (we love them) because of the unique combination of graphics and typography. So when Suosdey asked us to print some business cards she had designed we were thrilled with their retro inspired look. The business cards are a great mix of small graphic elements and type faces. We knew that these would make great business cards and surely the pictures don’t lie. The cards were printed on our house stock (100% cotton paper) in black ink.
These business cards are a great example of how well letterpress business cards can reflect you or your company. The luxurious quality of the paper combined with great design and the unique look of letterpress printing will make your business card and you stand out from everyone else. For more of our letterpress business cards check out the custom category of our new portfolio. Nothing like some shameless self promotion … anyway have a great weekend!
You may have already noticed our new letterpress portfolio but its now official! We have been working on this for a while because well all of you demanded it. The portfolio features great descriptions and high resolution images of our wedding invitations, baby announcements, social stationery, and other custom work. We are still photographing samples and updating the catalog but there is already a nice selection of some of our work.
The letterpress portfolio has a new main page (above) which showcases the categories and other information about our letterpress work. On the main page, the portfolio is broken up into four categories which includes wedding, baby, social, and custom. Each category has a great spotlight page (below) with large thumbnails of each sample, which increase in size when you hover over them.
For each product (see below) there is a description of the project including details on paper, ink, design, and more. There is also a great selection of high resolution photos of the letterpress cards (this was probably the most requested feature). With these pictures you can see what makes letterpress printing so special, at least we think so =D. We are also in the process of creating high resolution PDFs of the layouts for our line of wedding invitations, social stationery, and baby announcements. We’ll make sure to make an announcement when that feature comes online.
So stop reading this post already and go take a look at our new letterpress portfolio. Please make sure to let us know what you think, after all we hold our readers opinion in very high regard and if you have any suggestions we’d love to hear them as well. As always we are available via phone (516.353.9284) and email (contact@dolcepress.com) to talk to you about letterpress printing.
In addition to our fabulous letterpress wedding invitations, business cards, and stationery, we also print a wide variety of corporate invitations. Letterpress invitations adds a luxurious quality to corporate events helping to start the celebration off on the right foot.
We printed these letterpress invitations for the First Kentucky Trust company who was having a special open house. The design for these invitations is based on the company logo and is printed in navy blue and orange on soft textured 100% cotton paper. The cotton paper is a great match for letterpress because it allows for a deeper impression and the combination of rich colors and deep impression really make this invitation stand out. The invites are paired with matching cotton envelopes that are letterpress printed on the back flap in navy blue featuring the company seal and return address.
When John first contacted us about printing some letterpress business cards for him we were open to his ideas on the cards. But, when he told us he wanted a card with seven colors we had to make sure he wasn’t joking. With letterpress printing the card has to be run through the press for each color in the design, which is why most people limit the colors to two or at most three. But John was insistent that the design stay the same so off to the press we went with a BIG cup of coffee.
It may have taken a while, but once they were done we knew there was something special about these cards. The cards were printed on thick 100% cotton paper with a kiss impression on the back to minimize bruising on the front of the card. The card was printed with black, light green, and dark green inks on both sides and a blind deboss on front. The blind impression was used to mimic a reflection of the John Lauren Photography logo. More pictures of these great cards are below.
If you have any questions about our letterpress business cards, invitations, or stationery give us a call (516) 353-9284 or send us an email. We’re more than happy to discuss your project with you and take you through the letterpress process. Make sure to inquire about our bulk discount on business cards for orders of multiple sets.
You may have noticed some pictures of the twinkle letterpress wedding invitation set posted to our flickr account this past weekend. This was one of our original letterpress wedding invitation designs and has been a popular request among our clients. We’re happy that we are finally able to post pictures that illustrate how beautiful this set really is.
The set is printed on 100% cotton paper and with golden yellow and charcoal ink which provide great contrast for the twinkle pattern especially on the invite shown above on the left. For this particular set, the bride and groom wanted a postcard for the reply card which you can see on the right above (this set normally comes with a standard RSVP card and envelope).
In addition to the invite and reply card, the set also includes a direction card and an envelope for the set. The direction card was wax printed in charcoal and yellow and the invitation envelope continues the twinkle pattern in yellow across the flap with the return address as well. All of our wedding designs can be fully customized from the graphics and text to the paper, size, and layout. Even if you’re not sure what you want to change, we can work with you to customize the set for your event or wedding.
For samples of this set, please contact us with information about your event and we’ll be happy to discuss the letterpress process.
We printed this set of letterpress business cards for Ana and Assi at allPopArt which features a halftone image of their faces in custom mixed metallic ink. The great thing about these cards are they are fun and unique while still maintaining the identity of the company.
For all the letterpress enthusiasts out there, I wanted to share my collection of gauge pins with you. It seems that they have come a long way from what they used to be. My friends from American Printing Equipment and Supply have sent me some gauge pins to add to the collection and some of them, I have never seen before. All the gauge pins pictured can be purchased from American Printing Equipment.
