Tag: edge painting
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Grass and Stone
Addie had always been drawn to letterpress. Having few letterpress options in Greensboro, they found Parklife Press when searching for studios in the Durham area. Working under a tight deadline and having little time to spare, they were pleased when Parklife’s website showed a “clear design aesthetic as well as up front design details and…
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Grand Tetons
Laura and Graham love skiing and love the mountains. Both their families were very connected to Jackson Hole — a beautiful spot in Wyoming nestled in the valley of the Teton Range — and so they knew they wanted to have their wedding there. They also wanted to incorporate the famous landscape in their invitations.…
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New England Coast
This was a set we printed for a couple in Maine who designed their own invitation. It was printed on Pearl White paper and featured bermuda edge paint. Helkin and Jamie both work in the online world so they planned to provide most of the details on the Web — but they still wanted a…
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A Handful of New Letterpress Business Cards
We’ve added some great new cards to our business gallery. Take a look… These double-sided cards for Cedarly, a media and web branding company in North Carolina, feature their logo printed with a tinted white ink. We could have just as easily blind-pressed the logo (no ink at all), but the tinted white helps it…
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Minimalist in Long Island City
After seeing the Parker invitation design featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Liz and Adriel were drawn to the classic look of the invitation. They knew they wanted letterpress invitations; in Liz’s words, they were “choosing to send physical invitations in a digital world,” so the texture of the imprinted text and the feel of the…
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Fuchsia Baby Announcements
Large blocks of color can be tricky with letterpress. But if you don’t mind a little paper show-through, it can be very cool. We printed these announcements for local Chapel Hill designer, Steve Kulp, on 600g Fluorescent White paper with Fuchsia ink and edge paint. Using the extra-thick stock lets us press harder into the…