We’re happy to have our first bilingual (français, english) invitation under our belt! This is a custom invitation we designed for Sarah and Charles, a fun bilingual couple. The one-colour modern design is complemented by a fun envelope liner with a custom monogram.
Printed on 300 gsm Lettra in ecru, 6.5×6.5″. Liner printed digitally.
Merci Sarah et Charles!
Here are business cards we printed for Quo Vadis, a real estate company in Montréal. Printed on heavyweight 600 gsm Crane Lettra, in fluorescent white, this job was two colours on either side. A simple design that is perfectly suited for letterpress printing. Nevermind that we had to print 1000 of them on a handfed press 🙂
Back of card
Well, it was a chilled out Thanksgiving weekend at our house (hallelujah). No turkey and no relatives. However there was beef wellington and there was Secretariat, only one of the greatest horse movies ever made about the greatest horse that ever lived (in Chantal’s opinion). ‘Twas good.
Here is our Gated invitation reprinted for Melina & Emanuele’s winter wedding, finished just in time for the long weekend. We reprinted it in one-colour with a reply card and two envelopes, on our favourite pearl white Crane Lettra.
On the way to the Spring Wedding Show, Joel and I encountered our first Golding Jobber…in someone’s garden.
There it was, rusting away. The feedboards had been removed to make way for a MAILBOX that obviously no one ever used.
For shame! You can tell from the flywheel that it must be an early-20th century model as well, which is hard to come by in this neck of the woods. I told them they probably could have sold it, but they didn’t seem too interested.
If anyone is interested in seeing it (or refurbishing it!), it is located outside a sign shop in Orillia, off of Route 12 West (right before the Casino Rama turn-off).
At the fabulous Drake Hotel in downtown Toronto
This one in particular is put on by the Wedding Co., the same great organizers who put on The Wedding Show we were at in January.
If you are after that perfect touch to infuse your wedding with something unconventional, chic or edgy, plan to attend The Spring Wedding Show where 40 of Toronto’s local artisans and finest wedding businesses will be showcasing their talents.
Chantal illustrated this little business card for Woodbridge florist Lush Designs. This card is smaller than standard business cards since the client has her own particular card holder. The only other criteria was to feature a peony on the card.
Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 lbs. pearl white. 2×2.5.
Our clients are putting us to shame! Here we are just having sent out our save-the-dates for our August 2010 wedding (this summer!!!) when we should have our invitations already printed.
Do as we say, not as we do 😉
Joel illustrated the save-the-date to match his proposal book so the theme was red coral (like Chantal’s ring), diving bells and turtles. And since we are great believers in killing two birds with one stone, he also used the graphic as a promo for his illustration.
Three colours printed by Chantal on Crane Lettra, 140 lbs pearl white. 5×7.
The turtle shell even took on a concave shape while printing!
Chantal's red coral ring, around which the save the date was based.
Good news for northern design enthusiasts!
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Papillon Press is offering an exciting opportunity for three participants to learn the age-old craft of letterpress printing.
In this day-long introductory workshop, you will be introduced to our vintage Chandler Price & Co. New Style press, learn the basics of setting lead type in the chase, mounting the chase on the press, inking and printing one colour. We will be printing personalized note cards, and we have over 100 type styles and sizes to choose from, as well as boxfuls of ornaments and etched graphics.
You will also learn what real “em” and “en” quads are, learn the basic California job case and what all those strange typography terms really mean!
We can only take on three participants to ensure everyone has enough time with the press, so sign up soon!
When: Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Time: 9am-5pm
What you will print: personalized note cards
Studio Limit: 3 participants
Cost: $140 (includes ink and paper)
Location: our studio at 1287 Cawthorpe Street, Sudbury, ON. 705-618-1168.
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Registration requires a 50% non-refundable deposit to secure your place, with the balance due upon arrival. Pay by cash, Paypal or cheque.
Please contact Chantal at contact@papillonletterpress.com to register.
Congratulations to Doug and Dayna on the birth of their son Andrew! Here is the jungle-themed one colour birth announcement with matching envelope that we designed for Doug and Dayna.Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, 4×6.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth last weekend in Ottawa’s Wed by Hand event! Here are some nice photos of the event from M Photography:
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