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    Submit Your Design. Get It Printed FREE.
    March 12, 2012

    So three months have gone by and we’ve introduced three very different monthly Type Cards. April’s card is going to be even better! That’s because today we’re announcing a contest that will allow you to submit your own design. Here’s how it works: We’re going to be accepting submissions starting today and through March 26th, 2012. At the end of the submission period we’ll share the top designs and let   everyone decide the winner.

    What’s at stake: The winner will have their design letterpress printed and shipped with every order we send out during the month of April (free advertising?). They’ll also receive 75 prints of the design and one of each of our previous Type Cards (that’s the printed FREE part).

    Design Guidelines: The Type Card is meant to celebrate new/unique typefaces so we want to see how you’ll use type to highlight one of April’s holidays. Here’s a list of holidays this month: April 2012 Holidays. The most popular holidays include Easter, Passover, and Income Tax day. Some of the more odd holidays are Eight Track Tape Day, Barbershop Quartet Day, and my personal favorite National Cheese-ball day. The design should be no larger than 4″ x 4″ and 1-color (any Pantone color you like).

    How do I submit: Please email all entries to submissions@dolcepress.com. For printing, we’ll need your file in vector format (preferably in Illustrator or PDF). Feel free to send us a short description of the design with your submission.

    We’ll be updating everyone as the contest proceeds so check back frequently. We’re really excited about the contest and look forward to sharing all of the amazing designs. Now stop reading this and get to work on your design!

     

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    A special coaster for March orders
    March 7, 2012

    A letterpress coaster celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

    We recently finished printing our third type card and wanted to share the photos of their production. In case you don’t know what our type cards are, they’re a monthly letterpress edition that celebrates a special day (This month is St. Patrick’s Day) using a unique typeface(s). Our last two cards celebrated Valentine’s Day and The New Year. Check out all of the photos after the break …

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    Melissa & Joe’s California Wedding
    February 29, 2012

    A closeup of the wax seal, ribbon, and A7 box the invites were shipped in.

    Yesterday we posted tons of photos of Joe & Melissa’s wedding invitation suite (Letterpress Monogram Wedding Invites) and today we’ve got photos from their special day including some shots of the assembled invitations. The photos were taken and edited by Stephanie Baker of Stephanie Baker Photography. The wedding took place in August at the Rivermill in French Camp, CA.The bride and groom wanted a “classic aesthetic, injected with pops of color” – make sure to take note of the cyan bridesmaids dresses, colorful bouquets and centerpieces. Read more about their special day and see some gorgeous photos after the break …

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    Letterpress Monogram Wedding Suite
    February 28, 2012

    Monogram Letterpress Wedding Suite

    Today we’ve got wedding invitations we printed for a couple’s (Joe & Melissa Masquelier) beautiful august wedding. The suite used lots of different elements to pull off the look that Joe and Melissa were looking for from wax seals and ribbons to mounting, envelope liners, and program fans. See all of the photos after the break and stay tuned for photos of their event to be posted shortly. 

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    Universal Diamonds Letterpress Cards
    February 22, 2012

    Universal Diamonds Business Card

    Today we’ve got business cards for Universal Diamonds, a jewelry and diamond dealer located in Atlanta, GA. The owners worked with Kelly May, a local graphic designer, on refreshing their branding and designing a new card that was both high-end and classic. The original logo was purple with a gradient, which doesn’t work well with letterpress. Instead they focused on more traditional colors like black, white, gray, and silver. Check out all of the photos after the break. 

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    Wedding Invitations for Jon & Christen
    February 9, 2012

    Letterpress Wedding Invitations

    Today we’re posting photos of a wedding invitation we printed for Jon & Christen for their Long Island summer wedding. Jon, creative director at Long Island Press, designed the invitation suite. We wanted to share the set because it mixes letterpress and flat printing, something that we’ve been doing more of lately. You can check out Jon & Christen’s wedding website at sasalas.com.

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    Happy Valentine’s Day Letterpress Print
    February 7, 2012

    This year we introduced a monthly print that highlights new and unique fonts. Last month’s card celebrated the New Year (Happy New Year Letterpress Card), and this month we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day. For the entire month of February, when your order ships, we’ll include one of these cards.

    We used three different fonts for the design but the HeartBeats font was where it all started. Who doesn’t remember those tiny heart candies as a kid!

    One of the best parts of the HeartBeats font is the knockout of each letter. A knockout like this creates what we call a faux-emboss, by giving the appearance of raised text. We’re in love with Appetite because of all great ligature glyphs that come with it and Singela is great unique hand written font. All of the fonts were found on the MyFonts website.

    The card is 3″ square and was letterpress printed on cotton paper scraps with PMS Red 032 U ink.

    Stay tuned for next month’s letterpress card! If you’ve got ideas for the card or a favorite font, share them below in the comments.

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