letterpress week - business card inspiration:

April 27, 2010

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business cards. little three and a half by two inch pieces of paper that have potential to brand your entire company :) card observer writes an article about how important business cards really are. here are some lovely letterpress cards, since we are doing letterpress week. enjoy!

designed by: truly smitten
printed by: thomas printers



style me pretty cards by elum designs

printed by: simple song



designed by: public school
printed by: vertallee

designed by: jessica hische
printed at: the arm

designed by: jess creates
printed by: invited ink

designed by: Second World Design
printed by: Repeat Press


designed by: kyle van horn



are you inspired yet? ;) i know it's a little discouraging looking at all these beautiful cards when letterpress printing can run somewhat high depending on how fancy you get. but think about branding and what message you are sending to your clients. is it worth spending the extra $$ for? i would say so. :)

in the above image, sarah writes a great article on 'tips for more affordable letterpress' here. be sure to check etsy for great affordable custom letterpress cards -- sellers like chatham and caron and vermilion star press offer lovely custom business cards cards for around only $1 each. the mandate press actually offers a pretty sweet deal: 200 simple black+white cards for only $95! here and lastly, i stumbled upon exquisite letterpress while i was looking for business card inspiration and came upon their almost free cards -- their prices are really reasonable for 500 - 2000 cards. click their instant quote form here!

ps: if you haven't had enough business card inspiration, i looked through flickr using the search term "letterpress business card", or see the dingbat press card set (they print some great cards)

46 hello's:

  1. oh wow, these business cards are sooo beautiful!! i love the ones with a different shape than a plain rectangle too! too bad my company has standard plain boring business cards that everyone uses. this makes me want to get one for my blog... although it's not really a business haha!

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  2. gorgeous.
    i love all of them. thank you.

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  3. WOW! They are all so beautiful!
    I want them.

    xoxox
    Do you like Chanel?

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  4. wow those are all so beautiful. they begin to put my business cards to shame!

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  5. What pretty business cards!! Definitely makes you want to look into them :)

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  6. There's a website somewhere that features just cool business card designs. SOme people get really creative. I think these are so cute and lovely. I hope they don't disappear.

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  7. merci merci!! thank you for including my Vale of Enna b. cards!

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  8. Thanks for including my Yellow Button cards!! :)

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  9. I've been in the process of redesigning my business cards, so this is super helpful and inspiring! I'm loving Letterpress Week so far! :)

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  10. You've found some of my all time favorites here along with a few that I'd never seen before. So lovely! It's an incredible honor to be included in such a great round up, so thank you!!! xoxo

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  11. Thanks for making me remember how much I love stationary. The feel of textured paper is so special.

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  12. I die for letterpress! And I think it's more than worth the extra expense. There's just nothing better.

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  13. Totally inspiration for me, I saved these fabulous designs for a rainy day. Thank you for sharing.

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  14. I love these! I wish my business cards looked that good!

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  15. Love them!! I think I need to get my business cards redone now. Thank you for sharing!

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  16. Wow these are so cute! I just got my first business cards the other day, but seeing as how I work for the police station, they are suuuuper boring.

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  17. Talk about inspiration! Every single one of those cards are amazing!

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  18. How inspiring! They're all so pretty! I want them all!!

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  19. realy great have been looking forward to this week :)

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  20. So lovely :)
    They make me want to design a new card :)

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  21. Gosh I need new business cards!!!

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  22. I love these cards- the letterpress really does make a statement! They are so lovely, I am thinking it is worth the investment and am going to start looking at some designs. Thanks!

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  23. So impressive. I like the importance of branding and have been thinking a lot about it.

    Thanks for the lovely images and links.

    Cheers,
    Laura

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  24. I feel like I need to make up a business just to have one of these.

    http://senseofstyleiseternal.blogspot.com/

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  25. In Roll and Tumble - the Use Your Inside Voice... it could be rather useful.

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  26. Yup. Ignore above comment... too many tabs open and I got confused :D

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  27. A definite inspiration and something to keep in mind when I'll need business cards in the future! :D

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  28. ooh wow, so amazing!
    i LOVE the i love paper card.

    i am all excited after this post to design my own cards some time!

    <3
    Mila.

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  29. I LOVE the Dingbat Press and the Yellow Boutique!!

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  30. I love Mandate! They are fabulous, I use them all the time. I just finished some cards for a client using their $95 deal. I did the logo in a stamp, for a little extra texture, and we think they turned out beautifully!

    www.sarahrusin.com/index.php?/projects/robyn/

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  31. I loved this post! especially since I'm working on updating my business cards ^,^

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  32. Thank you for posting the photograph of our business card. You have a beautiful blog and we are honored to have the mention here.

    all the best,

    mirabel press

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  33. Great Collection! Thanks!

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  34. Thank you for the delightful post--it's wonderful to be seen in such company! :)

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  35. These cards are beautiful. The texture in the photos just makes me want to hold them.

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  36. Oh my goodness some divine business cards there. I wouldn't be throwing any out!

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  37. Thank you for featuring Dingbat Press among your business card collection! I just wanted you to know that all my cards are designed and printed in studio :) Thanks again!

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  38. Hi! Thanks for featuring Slow Print!
    (AKA Exquisite Letterpress)
    We're specializing in letterpress business cards these days.

    We typically work with your PDF artwork, but we can provide typographic and design services as well!

    Please do take a look at our updated estimate form here:

    http://slowprint.com/exquisitelp/exquisite-splash-intro

    (updated URL)

    Thanks!
    Peter

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  39. Hey i like the die-cut ones that are able to look unique with the letterpress printing on them good to know about such design.

    Regards
    Matt Hardy

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  40. truly smitten designs are amazing...Here is a collection of business cards to inspire you. Most of them are from the....Plastic Card

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  41. You have gorgeous cards on your blog keep on add more best of luck !

    Clear business cards

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  42. Nice selection!The graphics on these cards are just beautiful..

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  43. These are awesome. So great designs. I need to print plastic business cards for my new business and these cards will help me so much in design choosing.

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  44. Awesome! Always great to see creativity design work!Want to see more inspiring designs from you..Thumbs up!!!

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