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BROWSE
Client
Self-promotion
Quantity Produced
–
Production Cost
$50
Production Time
1 week
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
5 in × 7 in
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
French Paper
Number of Colors
1
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typopgraphy
–
Being a recent graduate myself (hire me!) I agree with the desire to create personalized graduation announcements. The cookie cutter invitations you get from the University are just plain boring, and for a graphic designer, do not effectively communicate or showcase what was learned. When you take matters into your own hands, you end up with something truly self referential and meaningful.
I wanted to create a custom stamp for my MFA graduation announcements. SimonStamps produced laser-cut stamp design. I wanted hand-made look and feel for the piece and used French Paper to add a little life.
Side note: Custom laser-cut stamps are the bees knees.
Hoyt Haffelder Graduation Invitation
Production Method
Design
Hoyt Haffelder
Printing
Print Production: Hoyt Haffelder
Stamp Production: Simon Stamps
This post was published in the original layout of FPO so all images are smaller. Project descriptions as well as production lessons are quoted in the main content area.
Post Author
Lauren Dickens
Lauren Dickens
Former intern at UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
June 17, 2011
Filed Under
Announcement
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