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Big News: Chromatic & Co. Launch!

by Erika Firm Posted on January 25, 2013

Introducing New Chromatic and Co. via DelphineBig big (HUGE) news!!! We’re overjoyed to announce the launch of our latest paper adventure, Chromatic & Co. Paper Goods. With Chromatic & Co., we’re bringing to life a passion for stunning design and a firm commitment to color.

all new chromatic & co. paper goods

Color Block Invitation by Chromatic & Co.Pairing impeccable design, pitch perfect typography, and bold, modern use of color, Chromatic & Co. is not your mother’s stationery. It’s an ode to the golden age of advertising, it’s the cutting edge of design trends, and it is, pure and simple, for the love of color.

Broadway Chromatic & Co. invitationWe’ve collaborated with some top stationers and graphic designers, including Fig. 2 Design Studio, 42 Pressed, Delphine (of course), The Peach Press … and more to come!

modern hearts wedding invitation by Chromatic & Co.Stationery designs include suites of wedding and party invitations, personal and business stationery, party goodies and fun extras like iPhone cases, binders, notepads, journals and cool serving trays.

printable shower invitations from Chromatic & Co. All designs are available expertly printed by Chromatic & Co. on the finest paper stocks, or download a customized printable file and PIY (print it yourself).

There are mini bottles popping here at the studio as we celebrate our big launch. Many thanks to all our collaborators, suppliers, vendors, designers, cheerleaders and supporters who have helped us get to this day! You know who you are. We love you!

Cheers!!! xx—Erika + John

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Hello, 2013! Happy New Year

by Erika Firm Posted on January 2, 2013

January 2013 Letterpress Desk Calendar by DelphineWhoa. Hello, 2013!!! Wishing all of you a fabulous New Year! It’s going to be awesome!!!

Oh, and yes, that is our new 2013 desk calendar. It’s a super limited edition (fewer than 100 were printed, and we have about 30 left). They are the same size as always (4.25in x 5.5in), so if you have an easel from years past it will fit perfectly. Most pages are letterpressed, a few are flat printed. They are $22 (easel not included). If you’d like to order one please shoot an email over to erika at delphinepress dot com.

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february 2012

by Erika Firm Posted on February 4, 2012

February 2012 Delphine Desk CalendarHappy February, friends. It’s going to be a busy month. Lots of fun projects and some pretty big news to share … coming soon. Promise. I’m thankful for the extra day we get this month. Yay for leap year 2012!

Sidenote: We have a handful of 2012 calendars in stock. It’s our most colorful one yet, and is printed on cozy 100 percent cotton paper.

 

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Happy New Year

by Erika Firm Posted on January 1, 2012

Desktop 2012 Calendar by Delphine

Happy New Year! I’m so excited for 2012. It’s going to be great, right?

 

Sidenote: Our 2012 calendar is now in stock! It’s our most colorful one yet, and is printed on cozy 100 percent cotton paper.

 

 

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December 2011

by Erika Firm Posted on December 2, 2011

delphine desktop calendar december 2011
Welcome, December! Welcome mistletoe kisses, warm wishes, sparkles & snuggles.

Sidenote: Our 2012 calendar is now in stock! It’s our most colorful one yet, and is printed on cozy 100 percent cotton paper. 

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Sign of the Holiday Season: our New 2012 Desktop Calendar!

by Erika Firm Posted on November 10, 2011

Delphine 2012 Deskop Calendar: January 2012In my house, the sure sign that the holidays are around the corner is the release of the new Delphine 2012 desktop calendar.

Delphine desktop calendar 2012This year’s (well, I guess technically it’s “next” year’s) calendar is our most colorful Delphine calendar yet!

colorful desktop calendar patternsI sort of got carried away with color and pattern, so the back of each month is also full color. Major change from last year is the paper upgrade: it’s now printed on yummy 100 percent cotton paper.

I think it makes a super stocking stuffer. Yes, I just said that. But it’s true, not marketing speak! We sourced some awesome black metal easels this year. If you already have one of our old easels you can buy just the refill pages — we stuck with the same size (4.25in x 5.5in).

Feeling inspired, I ordered our personal family Christmas card today. Friends & family note that this year my goal is to actually get them in the mail before Valentine’s Day!

 

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Sneak Peek at the Delphine 2012 Calendar

by Erika Firm Posted on October 25, 2011

sneak peek at Delphine 2012 CalendarIt’s never dull here at the Delphine studio. Yesterday we had a photo shoot. Sneak peek behind the scenes shot above left. Add “reluctant model” to my list of duties as a business owner. We also picked up our new 2012 calendar from the pressroom. It’s our most colorful one yet. We’ll take photos later this week and get it up on the site soon. Meanwhile if you’d like to order let me know — they are ready to ship!

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prop closet: tickets

by Erika Firm Posted on August 22, 2011

I picked up these three rolls of 25 cent tickets (the green ones are my favorite) at the local grocery store because I knew someday I’d use them in a photoshoot. I left them in my studio for a few months, and when the sun faded them to the perfect patina I finally was inspired to use them as props for our new Candy Shop wedding invitation. 

One of our newest wedding invitation designs, Candy Shop, is available in stores now. It’s shown here letterpressed in peacock and gray inks.

//photos Erika Firm

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new: pennants to match delphine wedding invitations

by Erika Firm Posted on August 10, 2011

Just released: our brand new pennant flags for drinking straws. Available only through authorized Delphine dealers. I just love how they add a punch of color to a tray of drinks.

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new wedding invitation album ships today!

by Erika Firm Posted on August 9, 2011

I am so thriilled to announce that today, after printing 25,000 samples, gluing 15,000 pages, hand setting 2,000 grommets and suffering a couple of paper cuts, our brand new Signature Collection wedding invitation album ships to stores!

 

The new wedding invitation album has 22 designs, many of which are brand new, like our Chevron wedding invitation design.

 

At Delphine we love color! Each of our 22 designs is available in any of our more than 50 standard ink colors.

 New: PENNANTS! I’m sooo excited about our brand new product: pennant flags for drinking straws. Right now they are only available through stores who are authorized Delphine dealers. Besides the pennants, each Delphine wedding invitation design has matching stickers, coasters, and address labels.

 

I’m really excited about one of our new designs, Lace. In the book, we show it in “Delphine” green and “cloud” gray ink. I especially like the pretty lace patterned envelope liner.

 

We designed the album with retailers in mind … each book comes with a separate dealer deck, with giant swatches of all our paper, envelope and liner colors. Dealers also get a bag of samples for display and a disc with a downloadable order form and promo images.

There are only 8 left! If you’d like to order one please get in touch with us at the studio.

//photos: delphine

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2011 desk calendar by delphine

by Erika Firm Posted on November 16, 2010

As promised earlier, here are some final shots of our new Delphine 2011 Desk Calendar. Photo styling by Delphine intern Caleb Jones and the Delphine team. Photos by Delphine intern Courtney Yee and the Delphine team.

 

I hope you like the calendar! If you love it please buy one ; ) You may purchase it here. What’s your favorite month?

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sneak peek: 2011 calendar photo shoot

by Erika Firm Posted on November 16, 2010

Today I’m going to let you peek behind the curtain to see how a seemingly casual, effortless photo like the one above actually comes together. It’s a looong process. First, we do some brainstorming about the story we’d like the photos to tell. Delphine intern Caleb Jones came up with the idea that the calendar photos would be the story of one person’s desk throughout the year. The calendar, pen box and cute birdie prop would stay in the same place each month, but all the goodies around it would reflect how a person’s desk, and life, changes from month to month.

The second step was to start pulling props from our giant collection of ephemera. A step I call:

It looks like a giant mess, but truly we have a plan!

 

Next, we create a tray for each photo, dividing up props for each month’s photo. We throw everything we can think of that would go with the month’s image. 

Then the exciting part: we prop a month and look through the lens. Then we edit, edit, edit … taking away lots of distractions so the star of the photo, the calendar, can shine.

 

Invariably, our toughest critic comes by to check out the scene and give the final Meow approval.

I hope you like our new 2011 desk calendar! I’ll post a few more final photos later today.

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in the press: martha stewart weddings fall 2010

by Erika Firm Posted on September 8, 2010

I am so so so (soooooo) happy (insert squeal) to share that Delphine was featured in the beautiful Fall 2010 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. It should be hitting news stands any minute now, so I can finally share my preview copy with you:

Here’s our page. We created our “Charleston Stitch” wedding invitation for this issue. It was a lot of fun working with the editorial team at the magazine. Kind of like a dream come true. I really love how the letterpress turned out. We also adapted the same design for flat printing, which is really affordable. The design was inspired by hand stitched couture wedding gowns. I think it’s a lovely invitation choice for a modern and chic wedding. I’d love to see it printed in navy and hot pink (like anemones), or in two shades of ocean blue. This design is brand new on the site, so nobody has ordered it just yet. Can’t wait to see what the first order looks like!

 

All photos in this post by Erika Firm.

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wish list: summer showers

by Erika Firm Posted on July 19, 2010

One of the things I miss the most about living in the South is hot summer showers. The kind that come on quick in the late afternoon. Oh, how I used to love walking on the beach in the rain. Of course in South Carolina it was way too hot to wear wellies in the summer (I was usually barefoot or in Kino sandals). It rains so rarely here in Southern California that I don’t even own a functional umbrella anymore. While all the goodies shown above are on my wish list, mostly I just wish for a simple walk in the warm summer rain. I don’t think I’m cut out for this dry weather.

Shown above: 1. Carnival umbrella from Fishseddy 2. Sailor knot rope necklace by The Vamoose 3. Chic navy tank from Madewell 4. Reversible yellow tote (the other side is yellow/white stripes … LOVE) from LandsEnd (!really!) 5. Navy wellie boots also from LandsEnd

I’ve been so inspired by this nautical thing lately that I designed a new personal stationery design called Newport Stripes. It’s live now on the site in our personal stationery section. You can switch out the anchor for another motif (like a star or a birdie), and change the stripes, colors, fonts, etc etc etc.

Here’s the same design in a different color palette — printed for my bff’s daughter’s very first trip to overnight camp:

 

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haute off the press: sunflora greeting

by Erika Firm Posted on March 24, 2010

Haute off the press: our new Sunflora “hello” card. It’s flat printed. Cute, huh? Not shown here, but it opens up and the same pattern is in the corners of the card. I was trying to recall my grandmother Bea’s patio furniture from the late 70s when I designed this. I think her furniture was goldenrod yellow, with a similar pattern. 

The card is not up on the site for sale just yet, but let me know if you want to order. Single card: $4; set of 8 cards: $16. Plus shipping.

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