Screenprinted Vacord holiday cards
4 December, 2008 – 2:44 amSo this year I decided to send out some Vacord “season’s greetings” cards. I went through my records and picked out good customers and clients, anyone with whom I enjoyed working or who gave a sizable order, and I sent cards to these people, along with my distributor, the people at EZ Squeegee, and my parents and sister. I felt it was a nice thing to do and hopefully it will encourage those people to come back next year for more orders.
I had printed cardboard before, and posterboard as well as sticker paper, but never cardstock like this. I used two 305mesh screens. Remember that when printing paper, you don’t want to lay down much ink at all since it won’t be absorbed like it will with apparel, and when doing fine text like this, you should use a high mesh anyway. I chose this font because it didn’t have any serfis, which would be a nightmare at this minutia. The inks are Matsui RC Pantone Green and Rubine Red. I registered the films then took one sheet of the cardstock and lined it up on the platen to match the stencil, then marked the platen so that I could load the rest of the sheets. I had made the screens so that a set of four would be printed at a time.
Business is extremely slow right now. I have to get more active and pursue work since it isn’t coming to me like it used to. This economy is awful and custom shirts aren’t a necessity, so I’m going to have to start calling people and convincing them that they need my services. It doesn’t sound fun and I’m not looking forward to it, but I’ve got to do something to survive. I’m taking advantage of this slow period and working on xmas presents, screen printed shirts and sweatshirts for the family. I’ll post about those prints but not until after the gifts are received.
