A few days ago, I did a post Are you getting Married which showed the new wedding invitation designs available at Dolce Press.  I since then, had ordered the plates and printed some samples and they came out great.  It’s always nice to see the whole process from conception to design to the final print. If anyone is interested in samples please feel free to contact us.  Hope you all are enjoying the Blog. 

First, I’d like to apologize for the lack of posts lately. We have been busy printing all week long and I can honestly say that this is the first time this week that the presses have had a chance to rest. If things keep going this way we might have to acquire another press. Who can resist buying more letterpress equipment? I sure can’t!

Here are pictures of some of the business cards that were printed this week.

Due to the overwhelming response to our letterpress business card sale, we have decided to extend the sale. We have really enjoyed delivering affordable quality letterpress cards to everyone who placed their order. While the sale covers 1-color text only letterpress cards, custom plates and multiple colors can be added for an additional fee. Samples are always available upon request.

If you have questions about the sale or would like to place an order, please email or call (516-353-9284) us.

Gilding as defined in Wikipedia is the art of applying a thin layer of gold, simulated gold, or other metal to a surface. Products employed may be real gold leaf ranging in karats from 9 up to 24; imitation leaf–composition gold, Dutch metal leaf, aluminum leaf, copper leaf; variegated leaf, mica powders; etc.

Lately, I have been getting some requests for wedding invitaions edged in gold or silver.  Since this is quite new to me, I did some research online and this is what I came up with.  First, sandwich 100 (or however many) invitations together, using a book press or any 2 flat heavy objects.  Make sure you put a scrap piece of paper on top of the stack and one on the bottom.  Next, with a paint brush, brush glue to the edges of the paper. Once glue is applied, and almost dry I add the gold or silver leaf to the edges and lightly push down with a clean paint brush or some glassine paper if you have any.  Once dry,  remove the remaining leaf from the paper.

Here is an interesting video from Crane’s and about 4/5 way thorugh the video is a nice clip on how Crane’s creates gold edging to their paper. 

I have also heard of people painting or applying gold powder to the edges of the paper. If anyone else could share how they get gold edging on paper, that would be great!  I am always interested in learning new techniques. 

Today is the day I finally put some letterpress designs up on my products page!  So please indulge me and take a look at my hard work.

Please check back this weekend, I will be posting a small sampling of products (especially holiday cards) for purchase online.  Happy Letterpressing!