Archive for February, 2010

Elegant Black & White Wedding Invitation

Showing the pattern printed on the back of the invitationsSpreading the prints out to avoid set offOn the press this morning – this single colour letterpress wedding invitation. Elegant script and uppercase serif typography centered on the board to create a beautifully simple invitation. The back of the invitations were printed with a full bleed flock pattern.

Size A5 (148 x 210mm) Printed on Cranes Lettra 600gsm 100% cotton. Designed by our customer.

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Twitter Treat – “Your name in print”

Twitter Treats, win your name in printTwitter Treats, win your name in printTo celebrate reaching our 100th follower we are giving our followers to chance to win their name in print. Our 100th follower will win their name set in old wood type and letterpress printed in a colour of their choice onto 100% cotton paper (as shown above). This prize will be a one-off unique print, personalised for the winner.

To be in with a chance simply follow us on Twitter!

And the winner is…

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Indian themed wedding invitation

Indian themed letterpress wedding invitationIndian themed letterpress wedding invitation

Just off the press is this afternoon is this fuchsia and gold letterpress wedding invitation. Our client had a theme in mind for her English & Indian wedding and she had a definite look she wanted to achieve and wanted in include the Ganesh symbol on the front of the invitation.

We discussed ink colours and papers to compliment the theme. Printed on a 300gsm neutral white cotton paper in fuchsia and gold ink.

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Printing our trade website promo card

Trade website promo card

Handset type for the promo card

Detail of the handset type for the promo card

Detail of the handset type for the promo card

Type tray, composing stick and type on the galley

Vintage copper cut mounted on wood

The cards before printing the illustration

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