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Hey, Cool! Print Jobs!

by Sara McNally | June 18th, 2012

So, we’ve gone back and forth on how we feel about print-only jobs. We love working with the talented designers in our city, but tend to get too busy too fast. But some cool things have been falling into place lately – new person, new press, more space…more info forthcoming! In light of these new circumstance, we’ve started taking on new print-only jobs on a limited basis.

Interested in having us print your design work? We’re getting ready to take on more print-only jobs: but for time & energy purposes, we want to choose our clients carefully. In order to best educate our designer clients on the magical world of letterpress printing, we will be offering one-day workshops (monthly or every other month, depending on interest) that will be a prerequisite for printing with us. Each workshop (for graphic designers only) will cover all the quirky specifics of design for letterpress printing, including: what works well for letterpress, how to prepare your files, color separations, printing press capabilities, do’s & don’ts, and more! The cost of the class will be $50, which we will credit back to your first print job with us. If you’re interested in taking the workshop, e-mail us (hello AT constellationco DOT com) and we will reply with additional info. The first workshop will be in August!

Note: These workshops will be on how to design for letterpress, not on how to print yourself. If you’re interested in learning how to print, check out the awesome classes at the School of Visual Concepts.

Too many words, not enough pictures? Check out these kick-arse print-only jobs we’ve done lately…these folks are rock stars!


Jen & Mike’s Save the Dates, Designed by Mike, the groom!

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Print Jobs 2

by Sara McNally | August 19th, 2011

We really enjoy working with the talented designers in our city to produce great print pieces. However, our business & equipment are really not set up as a “job shop” or full service print shop. We’re a small operation, and it’s become more and more important for us to be specific about the kind of work we want to be doing. Otherwise, we say yes to everything and have time for nothing. (And trust me, that’s my tendency! I hate to turn down work, and I love to overfill my plate.) We’ve decided to narrow our focus – We will still be printing for designers in our network, but on a more limited basis. This shift will give us more time to pursue the things that we love: offering high quality, full service design & letterpress packages for weddings, business stationery, baby announcements, etc., as well as expanding our line of letterpress cards and gifts.

We are so thankful that local designers have used us for their letterpress projects. Here are a few of the great client projects that we’ve gotten to print lately.

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Print Jobs

by Sara McNally | May 16th, 2011

We make a big deal about our custom design & print work – each piece becomes our new baby, watching it grow from idea to finished print. But we also do letterpress print work for other designers – bringing their “idea baby” to life on paper. These pieces don’t typically make it into our portfolio, because it gets confusing for clients to have to double check to see what we’ve designed and what we haven’t. Nevertheless, here are a few print pieces we’ve worked on lately.

Design by Jessie Orvidas

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