Monday, March 29, 2010

Knit Care Label on Garments

Integrate Logo

Natural Dyeing - Red Onion


Bookbindery


Chicago Screw Binding
Chicago screw bindings may have exposed screws or hidden screws. Pictured here is the exposed Chicago screw binding. (We show an example of a hidden Chicago screw binding on our Portfolio page.)

This loose leaf style of binding is useful as a design idea or when the capacity of the material varies. We stock Chicago screws from 1/4" to 2-1/2" long, and can special order screws in colors or in brass (minimums apply).
Price Estimate(cloth)
1 $120
2-5 $85 EACH
6-10 $65

Metal dies - approx. $75.00 per die.

Stamping cost: $50 set up + $1.00 per impression.

Special order book cloth, round corners, affixing labels, adding pockets, etc. will incur additional costs.

Please note: prices are estimates only and subject to change

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Tagging



Some mock-up hang tags. Two background options right now; I was also thinking of how the faded top image might look against the pulpy parchment background...

The copy needs some refining -- I just grabbed a piece of the mission statement in the first blog post.






Also, an early header draft

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Book Binding






Check out this blog...maybe we can do something like this?

http://myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com/

Welcome to the Sierra Club


Welcome to the Sierra Club

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

packaging

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Shipments & Packaging


Here are some examples of how some of the garments arrive to retail stores. Notice the amount of waste that goes into this! There is also an example of the hanger Band of Outsiders use when shipping some of their garments.

Dyed Swatches




Here are the dyed swatches...I did not get the sage color or even a good green tone. So, I will be trying to do it with vegetables and roots next.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Friday, March 12, 2010

Packaging


Another way to cut costs on packaging and eliminate the excessive pinning and plastic bagging is to fold the garments neatly and orderly and then tie them up with long strips of scrap fabric. The garments would then be organized properly and safely in our recycled cardboard boxes and shipped to our retail stores.