Custom design 

As part of my end-to-end services, I offer consultations and custom designs.

Fees are $60/hour.

Consultations include 

  • getting to know you and your event, 

  • your style preferences,

  • your event theme, and

  • exploring how our services can bring your idea to life.

Custom design includes: 

  • initial consult & hourly estimate of the final design,

  • digital mockup of the proposed design,

  • 2 additional edits post-design meeting.* (More than two will incur additional hourly fees and may affect your print delivery.)

If you happen to be in the Portland Area, I welcome scheduled in-person meetings at my studio. Otherwise, we can collaborate remotely through email and virtual meetings. For both in-person and remote, I’ll send you digital files for review.

*Why do we limit edits? Sometimes it's hard to know when a design is complete and it's even more challenging when multiple people are involved. We strive for a collaborative partnership with you and ask that you research what you want before our meeting and think carefully additional changes you want in each design iteration. Changing a color is easy, but scrapping an entire design mid-process will affect your final costs and print delivery.

Prepping for a design meeting —- > Find preparation notes here.

Have a design already?

If you’re handy with Illustrator or InDesign and already have a design, we can print it. Before sending the file, here are a few tips to make it letterpress-ready.

  • Ensure all images are vectorized and embedded.

  • Convert fonts to outlines.

  • Ensure images are made of lines and flat or solid fills. No pencil shading, texture fills, or fancy brush outlines.

  • Set the minimum line weight to .35pt or above

  • Scale the print size to 100% in inches.

  • Set all colors to 100% opacity.* If a color is set to 80% opacity, use the eyedropper tool to select it and refill the area.

  • Have 2-3 people proofread your text. Sometimes, we spell our own names wrong and miss it. But once you have approved the final design, you’re responsible for any errors. 

  • Send files as .pdf, .ai, or .ind.

We can’t use raster images (usually designed in Photoshop) in our printing process. However, we can review a Photoshop design and advise you on how to convert it to a vector.

*Letterpress inks aren’t entirely opaque, especially on dark-colored paper, so foil stamping would be the ideal process for printing light colors on dark paper or if you’d like a metallic finish.

Any questions? Please email me!