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    David’s Baby Announcements & Note Cards
    August 10, 2010

    Being that everyone has been enjoying our latest baby announcement post, we’re going to ride this baby wave and show you guys another. Just finished another set Josh and Michelle to celebrate the arrival of David, the newest addition to their family! We designed these great pieces on 110# cotton paper with navy blue and metallic silver ink. The invites are complimented with navy blue envelopes with a baby blue liner. To top things off these announcements were paired with matching note cards that can be used for Thank you cards or just notes to the baby for the future, pretty awesome.

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    Bookmark | Comments | Category: Announcements,Updates | By andy at 1:18 pm

    Luke’s Baby Announcements & Note Cards
    August 3, 2010

    I know we’ve been showing you alot of business cards these days so to change things up here are some awesome baby announcements that were designed and printed here at Dolce. Two colors (Blue and Chartreuse) on 110lb cotton paper with a matching envelope and liner (which looks great). To top it off we designed custom notecards on the same 110lb cotton paper with matching envelope and liner. Let us know what you think!

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    Luke - Baby Announcements

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    On a side note, stay posted because we’ve got something awesome coming your way.

    Bookmark | Comments | Category: Announcements | By andy at 4:43 pm

    Michael Blewitt – Business Cards
    July 28, 2010

    Here’s a new set that we designed and printed for a client who needed an all-purpose business card with some edge. We used a blind debossed design in the background and used the negative space to create a shadowing effect. With the name nice and large, we used some blue ink to add some color and pop to his contact information. They were printed on 110lb cotton paper, which is a great weight for business cards. Tell us what you think!

    Designer: Andrew Lee

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    Michael Blewitt - Business Cards

    Michael Blewitt - Business Cards

    Bookmark | Comments | Category: Business Cards | By andy at 2:37 pm

    Keli Pollock – Business Card & Letterhead
    July 21, 2010

    Keli Pollock’s set keeps it nice and simple allowing for a more interesting and effective stationary. The business card features 1 color on the front and a 2 color print on the back, while the letterhead features two colors on the front. Letterpress really puts a nice touch to this simply interesting design.

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    More photos after the jump!

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    Bookmark | Comments | Category: Business Cards | By andy at 2:58 pm

    Celestielle Business Cards
    June 28, 2010

    So we’re back and we’ve got a huge pile of samples that we’re preparing to post up. Here’s a set of business cards to wet your taste buds and kick things off.

    Here’s a set of double sided cards that does a great job with just one color by using multiple typefaces, a knocked out logo and other design elements. What really makes this card great is the edge painting with a different/complementary color. Being a travel company they wanted to use colors that were relaxing and comfortable to reminded people of vacation. Design Credit: Melissa Easton

    Ask us about different methods to make your cards/invites/posters unique!

    Bookmark | Comments | Category: Updates | By andy at 4:57 pm

    Eddie and Jae Young’s Wedding Invites
    March 29, 2010

    Here are some great invites designed and printed by us for Eddie and Jae Young’s wedding that was last week! We’re always trying to create beautiful pieces that are unique and reflect who they are.

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    Jae Young wanted to use her favorite flower on her invites so we designed a simple and elegant sleeve to introduce the invite to all her guests. We pressed the flower blind on the sleeves with their first initials at the bottom. From there the invite has the flowers in more detail with her favorite shade of purple.

    We’ll let the photos explain the rest. Take a look and tell us what you think!

    Designer: Andrew Lee
    Stock: 110# pearl white cotton paper (reply card) & 220# pearl white cotton paper (invite)
    Ink Colors: silver, purple (custom mixed – by hand)
    Other: half moon sleeve, Invite envelope, reply envelope

    Bookmark | Comments (2) | Category: Updates,Wedding | By andy at 12:22 pm

    PeepCode Business Cards
    March 12, 2010

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    Just designed and printed a really nice set of business cards for Geoffrey from Peepcode (Screencasts for developers). It’s a one-sided card printed on thick black (900gsm) paper with sliver ink and a blind deboss. We wanted the design to be subtle and elegant and I think we hit the mark with the debossed logo in the background and the silver metallic ink for the type. The thick paper definitely makes a good first impression too!

    Bookmark | Comments | Category: Business Cards | By andy at 12:12 pm
    Dolce Press :: Blog is a letterpress printing resource providing designers and printers with news, updates, and how-to articles on letterpress printing and Dolce Press. Written by Alexandra Daley, the blog covers topics such as letterpress suppliers, troubleshooting, new products (social stationery, wedding invitations, baby announcements, imprintables, and greeting cards), and other topics of interest. Dolce Press is a small letterpress print shop located in Central New York (Ithaca, NY) that offers a variety of services and products including letterpress printing, offset lithography, embossing, engraving, embellishments, stationery, invitations, announcements, imprintables, and more. If you have comments, suggestions, or questions please contact us by phone (516.353.9284) or email (contact@dolcepress.com).
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