Tag: edge painting
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Foiled & Monogrammed
We love type-only designs. This one’s got a simple monogram in Italic Garamond along with text in Neutra Light and Sloop Script. We used a custom paper — two sheets of Dark Gray 350g Colorplan duplexed to create a nice, thick 700g stock. The card was printed with silver foil, finished with silver edge paint, and…
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Letterpress Business Card Roundup
Time for another business card roundup! After you’re done here, you might want to check out previous roundups from 2013, 2014, and just this past January. Canadian designer and photographer Amanda Benincasa (benincasadesign.com) designed these cards, complete with a letterpress QR code. We printed them with custom green and gray inks on thick 600g Fluorescent White…
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Anniversary Foil
For us, 2015 has been the year of foil. Check out these awesome foil stamped employee recognition cards we printed for Canada’s Ian Martin Group. All six sets were printed with gold foil on 600g Ecru Lettra paper, then finished with gold edge paint.
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Growing Businesses, One Card at a Time
You know how sometimes you have to move thousands of pounds of antique machinery from one edge of the country to another, and then get it all set up properly so you can keep your business running? Wait, you don’t? Ah … count yourself lucky. Parklife Press moved from lovely North Carolina to beautiful Portland,…
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Leaves in Motion
This cheerful set was based on Parklife’s Antiquity. It’s one of our most popular designs. As we describe on the site, “The overlapping light and dark motifs give this invitation a sense of motion that’s unlike anything else in our collection.” This version has been modified a bit: the couple chose pearl white paper and…
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Perforation Perfection
This was a really fun set. Designed by graphic designer (and groom) Derek Howles — who, incidentally, also designs these super-cool cartography poster prints — it was interesting and unconventional. And art-y! Which is fitting, since they got married at the North Carolina Museum of Art. The set was comprised of a save the date…
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Mapping Napa
Nick and Hadley were drawn to the ever-popular Bookplate, and chose a color palette of fresh green paired with a soft gray (apple and dust inks). Their set included a map, custom-designed by Parklife Press, to guide their guests around the Napa Valley wedding events. The set is comprised of three pieces printed on extra…
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Trio of New Business Cards
Parklife Press is grateful to have earned a lot of repeat business for business cards — new hires, change of information, and promotions all require updates and re-orders. But seeing and working on cards for new clients is always fun, and here are a few new ones to show you. Using the “dessert first” philosophy, we…
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Formal, with Flourishes
Alexandra and Michael were planning a black-tie, traditional Catholic wedding, and wanted their invitation to reflect that style. Alex was drawn to the Fountain design — seeing how the layout’s simplicity put the elaborate font on display, she was, as she put it, “hooked.” Deceptively simple in design, the typeface features intricate and playful ligatures…
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Drawing Inspiration: Art, Cultural Traditions, Local Pride
From a creative professional’s perspective, Sneha and Dylan were dream clients. The did research, they “shopped local,” and they visited the studio — both to talk with Travis, and to see (and feel) letterpress samples in person. Most importantly, they had a solid design vision and provided concrete inspiration and references. Parklife Press did custom…