Tag: gold
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A Golden Hex
Bax’s cards presented a special challenge. Normally, to create an odd shape (basically anything non-rectangular), we’d make a die and die-cut the cards. But Bax wanted edge paint — and a die-cut edge isn’t crisp enough to paint cleanly. So we (very carefully) knife-cut these 600g fluorescent white hexagons with our 19th century guillotine cutter,…
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Golden Botanicals Wrapped & Sealed
If you thought the letterpress save the dates we printed for Randi & Ben this spring were cool, I think you’re gonna like the follow-up. This was truly a collaborative project. Randi designed the two-sided invitation and sleeve, and sent the specs off to us. We printed the front of the invitation on 300g Pearl…
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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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Foil, Door Tags, and Alligators
It’s great when we get to work with a wedding client from the very beginning – starting with the save the dates, moving on to the invitations, and then following through to the wedding day pieces. We did this for Elisa and Alexander, shifting the design vision slightly throughout the process while still maintaining a cohesive…
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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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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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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…
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A New Year’s Swirl of Silver and Gold
Katie and Seth were getting married on the eve of New Year’s Eve, in Portland, Maine. They wanted a simple, elegant look — and getting married so close to holidays, they knew they wanted invitations that looked wintery without looking Christmas-y. They found the Whirl design and knew it would work well with their wedding…