Whether you are representing your employer or yourself — if you are a business owner, employee, entrepreneur, author, or musician, here are some tips to put your best face forward.… Read More
Sun Stoppers – a show-stopping new sign!
If you know Caleb Green’s services, you know he does quality work, and your car will look amazing when he’s through with it! Typical reviews say things like great, easy,… Read More
Sign refresh for a local Realtor
Amanda Slate changed brokerages and needed her signs to show the new info. She brought in her old signs looking for a facelift. We set up a new layout… Read More
New restaurant — Las Caverns Peruvian Cuisine
We’re hungry for some authentic Peruvian food! Las Caverns just opened in the Riverton Commons shopping center and the menu looks amazing. The logo also caught our eye — thanks… Read More
Another Fine Mess – local band with beautiful merch
Another Fine Mess is a local band garnering great reviews for their musicianship and repertoire. We hear they put on an awesome show! From the AFM Facebook page: AFM is… Read More
Design smarts – designing CD covers for web
You want your CD cover to be eye-catching at any size. What’s the best way to achieve that? Through contrast, simplicity, and double-checking your work as you go. Read on. … Read More
Proof issues – colors
Our digital press is really awesome, and we love the high-quality product it puts out. But once in a while, a project has a color that does not print as… Read More
Graphic designer to the rescue for a cute promotional handout – LifePoint!
Sheree from LifePoint Church approached designer Amanda Settle for a small (4×4″) but eye-catching handout card to promote their church’s new name at the County Fair. Their information was straightforward… Read More
Common proof issues – low resolution
Here’s a question people often ask: Help! My proof looks blurry. Will the final product look like this? Most of our email proofs are lower resolution — to accommodate email… Read More
Pageant Preparation
How organizing frees us to enjoy big print projects Every year when Pageant time nears, Susan and Mary get a little excited. That’s because we know we’re about to get… Read More
Common proof issues – PDF bolded letters??
The CD ordering process is full of decision points. One of the major ones is reviewing your email proof. Here’s one question we often encounter: Help! There are weirdly bolded… Read More
Jillian Matundan — emerging artist
Jillian Matundan recently placed a reorder of her CD wallet Hangin’ On. Jillian is an award-winning, multi-instrumental singer-songwriter based in Northern Virginia. We love her music and appreciate her… Read More
We’ve got it covered — book design
Many of us could write a book or two about our special areas of experience. The next step — the complicated process of self-publishing — is a whole different specialty.… Read More
Bowled over — HyperBowling large format WOW
Ready to take your interior design up to the next level? Pick a theme. In this case, HyperBowling!!!!! At Royal Family Bowling Center, HyperBowling plays like a video game on… Read More
Why use a local printer?
In a word, flexibility. We were “flexing,” “leaning in,” and adapting our services to fit your needs long before flexing and leaning in became clichés. Small printers have always produced… Read More
Design smarts 1 – a simple business card that turned into much more
Shawn Graber contacted us in need of a business card for Shenandoah County Weekday Religious Education Association. WRE offers free Bible classes for children, held off school grounds, with the… Read More
Design smarts 2 – ad > post > flyer > poster > banner
Katrina Meade, a VP and Retail Region Manager of City National Bank on the corner of 6th and Commerce in Front Royal, often drops us a line to design a… Read More
Postcards – the old-school “posts”
What are postcards good for? And who reads anymore? Well, all of us… sort of… though very few of us read in depth. Most of us just glance at the… Read More
The beauty of Digi style
Digi style showcases your music like no other packaging. Lightweight and solid, easy to handle and attractive, the Digi mounts the CD beautifully inside the folded wallet for the easiest… Read More
Event table envy
Did you ever attend a local festival, completely prepared to meet, greet, and talk all day… just to find that your table paled in comparison with your neighbors? It’s happened… Read More