Design Tips

As part of our ‘Reuse and Recycle’ blogs this one is all about diverting your magazines, old wrapping paper, catalogues and pretty much everything printed from the bin and using it as the basis for decoupage decoration.

Simply put, decoupage is using printed material that would otherwise be destined for the recycling bin, cutting out pictures, shapes or motifs, creating a collage and gluing to an object before finishing off with a coat of varnish. All very ‘Blue Peter’ but lots of fun and very satisfying!

Designing and printing your own greeting cards has never been easier and is the perfect ‘starter’ product with which to enter the retail market place. With mobile phones now taking photographs at a resolution good enough to print from, inspiration really is all around you and just waiting for you to snap it up. Add easy online design and editing tools to the mix and you have everything you need at your fingertips to create your first set of printed greeting cards.

We've added a new product to our printed notebook range with a square spine finish. This means that we can print 60 and 80 page books in-house and at a very competitive price. Our answer to perfect bound notebooks is a perfectly new product.

Before designing your charity leaflet there are two fundamental questions you need to investigate and answer. Do you understand your supporter? What is your message to them? 

Understanding your charity’s supporters is paramount if you want to communicate with them successfully. Your supporters will have different ‘triggers’ depending upon whether they are directly affected by the charity you represent or whether it is an altruistic interest. Knowing how many supporters are actively involved in the charity, whether it is through fundraising, attending events or promoting petitions will help you to determine which type of leaflet is likely to be most successful.

There is no getting away from it – printing on kraft board and paper has been inspirational and injected a new lease of life in to more than just the eco and craft movement. Its traditional appearance has been embraced by the hippest and most contemporary of designers who have used the retro brown material as a counter to their modern designs. And it works brilliantly well. From packaging to invitations and flyer printing, kraft board has found a new place in the world of print.

Calendar Printing has two main avenues of use – the retail industry that sells them as a product, and businesses that uses them as a promotional tool. For small businesses calendar printing is a great opportunity to increase brand awareness; it is suitable for every type of business and has a broad appeal. In terms of marketing it is probably the most effective tools as, along with desk pads, it keeps the company name on display for the whole of the year.

If getting calendars printed for business seems like a no-brainer keep these 6 tips in mind to ensure you and your customer gets the best from your calendar offering.

Introducing the quickest and most versatile of all marketing and promotion tools – sticker printing.  For some reason the marketing virtue of stickers is overlooked, but you really can do so many wonderful things with them! Custom printed stickers are a very quick and affordable way to incorporate brand identity and special offers in pretty much most areas of business.

We are often asked if we can print wrapping paper on kraft paper - and the answer has always been no.  Until now. Prompted by an obvious desire for kraft wrapping paper printing we have come up with the cheats answer - print the background in a kraft style. Obvious really :)  There are many benefits to this. Read on for more information.

What should I include in my company brochure? How many pages should it have? We answer some FAQs to make your brochure printing a success.

How do I Design a Printed Brochure?