Every once in a while we get asked to provide print-only services. It’s not often we say yes because we miss out on the other fun part of the equation: design.

We were approached by the ladies at Patch Design to print a charity event invite for their client Our Place Peel  – a Youth Charity in Brampton. Great cause, brightly coloured and a simple design all made this an easy project to say yes to.

Hope the event is a great success!

PRINT SPECS: Standard 5″ x 7″ / 2 colour / printed on Mohawk Strathmore 110# Bright White Wove. Bright lime green envelopes were from Clear Bags Canada.

We haven’t posted in a while so here’s a quick one, with more to follow in the next few days… promise.

In the world of social media it always amazes us how connections get made and things can happen so quickly (contrary to the “slow” process of letterpress). Through the Twitter-verse, we met Kevin September who wanted unique hand-crafted businesses cards for a trip to a Los Angeles media conference. After a little e-chatting, we met over coffee at our local Starbucks and had a great conversation about the arts in Oakville, design, advertising, letterpress – eventually we got to the business card brief. What we find amazing is how many internet professionals we encounter who want printed business cards or wedding invitations. In the world of pixels, designers and art directors rarely get to actually make anything physical anymore. So we love when people in that world still appreciate the finer details of letterpress printing.

We designed these cards for Kevin who is truly a real Storyteller. Hopefully his trip will be a little more fruitful with these in hand.

PRINT SPECS: Standard 3.5″ x 2″ / one-over-one colour / printed on Mohawk Strathmore 110# Bright White Wove (plus we duplexed the cards to make them an extra thick 220#)

Another great couple who came to us for their wedding invite package. A simple A7 invite on Reich Cotton with a wood graphic graphic on the back that matched not only  their style but the reception location in an old Mill. RSVP A2 card, plus a Menu table card.

A little print project for Cheil Canada and client Silver Snail Comics and Collectibles in Toronto. These specially sized business cards come with insert backer card and protective sleeve – just like the special treatment a comic book gets.

We kiss printed the entire card, then debossed the 2012 snail icon, the Silver Snail word mark and Comic and Collectibles. These cards may be collectible themselves!

Thanks to Neil at Iron Kite Films in North Carolina for the trust he put in us for his business + note cards. We first met Neil in Cleveland, OH back in the Spring –  he was hired to shoot and edit footage of the We♥Letterpress Exhibit we were in. The movie he made was great and a few months later he contacted us to do this project. A long distance design and print project is not always easy, but with a great client comes the possibility of great work. And this was a fun one.

We used a 110 lbs. Reich Cotton (Savoy) paper we duplexed for a super thick card. Two colours on the front and a blind debossed logo on the back.