Papillon Press

Custom note card – Sandy

papillonpress — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

We were so pleased when Sandy discussed having custom note cards designed and printed with us. Sandy is a fan of Victorian-style monograms (and ironically, so is Chantal) so we went with a few different sketches and Sandy chose one.

The result is an elegant note card with matching envelope, printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, ecru white in Yellow Ochre.

Initial sketches for Sandy's monogram

Custom wedding invitation – David & Zuimei

papillonpress — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:31 +0000

This has to be one of our favourite custom invitations to date. Dave contacted us to produce a full suite based on specific types of birds, the chickadee and the western tanager. Put a bird on it? Absolutely! We love drawing birds.

We also had the chance to design a more fully illustrated piece to be used as an insert for the Starbucks mug that would be handed out as a guest favour.

Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white in Cobalt Blue and Yellow Ochre.

Vintage stamps courtesy of sendmoremail.blogspot.com

Bee Mine Valentine!

papillonpress — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:26:37 +0000

It’s a little less than a month to Valentine’s Day, still plenty of time to choose the perfect paper greeting for your special friend. Our Etsy shop is stocked full of witty illustrated valentine so head on over!

Bee Mine

Humming Heart

Rose Heart

Lily Heart

Horse & Carriage

Love Letters

Coral Heart

Happy 2012!

papillonpress — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:10:59 +0000

Happy 2012 from Papillon Press

2011 was a fantastic year for us at Papillon Press.

We had some firsts in 2011 and some highlights. Here are some of our favourites!

We took part in our first craft show, Idle Hands, in November in Ottawa and it was very successful and a ton of fun – thanks to everyone who came by and picked up some new cards.

We’re happy to have started selling our cards to retailers in 2011. The Farm, a cool shop in North Bay, was the first to carry our cards and since then our cards have been picked up by The Paper Place, Relish, Kid Icarus, Scout, Victoire and Modern Dwellers in Alaska. Go check out these amazing stores! Seeing our cards on the shelves in these shops is always exciting.

We were featured in the National Post – twice! Thanks to Nathalie Atkinson for highlighting two of our holiday cards and writing an awesome article about our Twilight invitation.

We won the inaugural Good Design Award, awarded by the Sudbury Design Society to a company that has demonstrated a respect for great design and contributed to the growth of the local industry.

We attended the National Stationery Show in New York in May last year to scout it out. After seeing so much great stationery and meeting some of our favorite shops we were inspired and excited to begin working toward this year’s show. We’ve already started our booth and we have dozens of new designs in the works that we can’t wait to show you! [Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr to see some early process shots]

We would like to say thank you! to everyone who ordered a Papillon Press product. You’re awesome. Also, big thanks to all of our Twitter and Facebook followers and blog readers. We appreciate it and look forward to bringing you even more beautiful letterpress work this year. It’s hard to resist a hand-illustrated letterpress card, that’s why we love making them (and why you love buying them, right?).

We’re looking forward to bringing you some awesome new letterpress stuff! Have a great 2012!

Troublemakers on Crane & Co. Top 5 of 2011

papillonpress — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:51:13 +0000

We’re very pleased that Joel’s popular Troublemakers series made it on Crane & Co. Top 5 of 2011 list! Joel originally illustrated these cards to be used as a promo run to art directors, but they were so fantastic that we turned them into a Papillon Press illustrated set, which you can buy here.

Joel's original promo run of the Troublemakers series

Boxing Week Sale

papillonpress — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:17:44 +0000

We’re back from an excellent Noël celebration and karaoke marathon (Chantal did a heart-stopping rendition of Eternal Flame and Joel channelled Roy Orbison for Unchained Melody).

We’re in the mood for giving good deals this week, therefore we’re offering 25% off items in our Etsy shop (excluding calling cards) until Dec. 30th. Stock up on next year’s Christmas cards!

Coupon Code is PPXBOX11

Joyeux Noël

papillonpress — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:51:23 +0000

We’re off until the Dec. 27th, going to enjoy a French-Canadian Noël replete with tourtières, karaoke and copious amounts of drinking.

Sudbury Star article

papillonpress — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:40:49 +0000

Yes, we were finally discovered in our hometown! The National Post discovered us first but hey, who’s keeping track This article appeared in the Sudbury Star and, although a fine article, features one of the most unflattering photos of Chantal ever taken (she’s writing this wondering where her chin went).

Could this mean we finally get a Sudbury client? Not yet, but you never know!

Read the article online or click the photo below.

Papillon Press in the Sudbury Star

Custom business card – Karissa

papillonpress — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:11:24 +0000

This is a fantastic business card we printed a few weeks ago for makeup artist Karissa. She wanted the swash of colour to as bright as it could be so we took the ink straight from the can. We were also thrilled when she requested edge-painting, which is something we don’t get to do too often. The red border really made the content of the card “pop”.

We were also very happy to receive an email from Karissa’s sister Brittany saying this:

”My sister was so proud to hand [the cards] out at the tradeshow and mostly everyone commented on how gorgeous they are. ”

See, letterpress business cards are a good investment! Thanks Karissa and Brittany!

Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white in 2 colours with matching edge-painting.

First of December Giveaway – Win a pack of holiday cards

papillonpress — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:13:02 +0000

Edit**And the winner is…*drum roll*….Marci! We’ll be contacting you shortly. Thanks again to everyone who left comments below**

To celebrate the 1st of December and our first snowfall (which in this neck of the woods means skiing, snowshoeing and ice skating) we’re giving away a 6-pack of our Aurora Borealis holiday cards.

All you have to do is leave a comment below answering the question: Who are you sending your holiday cards to this season?

We will choose a winner at random and announce the winner tomorrow. Contest closes at midnight, Dec. 1, 2011