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Screen Printing?
Does anyone know a place in Pittsburgh that will screen print onto hankies? I am thinking of buying vintage style hankies and having our ceremony info screen printed onto the hankies as our 'program' - I'm having a hard time finding a place that will screen print items other than t-shirts and thought I'd ask you ladies for recs. TIA!
ETA: I did a quick google search and am a bit overwhelmed with the results! I really don't know where to begin!! lol - Thanks ladies!
ETA: I did a quick google search and am a bit overwhelmed with the results! I really don't know where to begin!! lol - Thanks ladies!
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Re: Screen Printing?
I can't think of any places that will do it without you buying the hankie from them, but it is worth a call to a few print shops in the area.
There are some promotional products companies online that do sell hankies, they may not be the vintage look you were going for though. You could always contact them and order a sample.
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[QUOTE]U must be rollin in the dough if ur going to spend money on something that dumb. What a waste, go buy some blow with that money instead.
Posted by SeymourButts[/QUOTE]
And this is exactly why I think people have stopped posting here... real classy...
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The only item I will not compromise on...my bouquet of all purple tulips wrapped in a swatch from my Mom's wedding dress.
The only item I will not compromise on...my bouquet of all purple tulips wrapped in a swatch from my Mom's wedding dress.
Is it a theme that you are going with, like fabric? Or vintage?
Or do you just want to use the hankies?
I see screenprinting as pretty modern, like maybe a 70's vintage, but not vintage-vintage if that makes sense.
Also, it might be kind of hard to read the print on them and hankies are usually pretty translucent.
And you'd have to make a lot of them. I'd imagine it could get a bit expensive to buy all the hankies, especially if they are true vintage.
If you want to do it, go for it! If you want some other ideas too, we can help you out as well! HTH!
I found a seller on ebay that sells vintage-style hankies for very inexpensive so the cost (beside the printing) would be no more than if I were to buy nice paper to print my programs onto... Here is the picture that I found as my 'inspiration' - maybe that might help visualize what I'm talking about... Any ideas/suggestions are more than welcome! I still have a lot of time to think about this but I just saw the idea the other day and got my mind wondering...
I also found this post on LuckyLuxe.com and it is virtually the same thing that I am trying to do but WAY more expensive than DIYing it becase they fully design it for you and you are paying for their hankies etc. It says at the end of the blurb "screenprinted on cotton' which led me to believe it had to be screen printed...
http://www.lucky-luxe.com/handkerchief.html
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That said, it is hard to read, no doubt, especially with the words running through the flowers. I agree with Shannon that it seems to be transferred on in some way and not a screenprint. I notice a light tan background all around the text...but maybe a larger photo would help me see it better? (If you point me to the original link, I can even try to blow it up and see).
If I recall how screenprinting is done, I think it would be really hard for an amateur to get a great result with such tiny detail. Do you have experience doing it?
Luckyluxe.com does say in their frequently asked questions that they will allow you to use your own hankies, but you still have to pay for design/printing. It looks like 100 or so will run you $880.
Even if you find super cheap hankies on ebay, you would have to factor in the cost of the ink, your time, the several trips down to the printing place to do them, the ink, etc. My programs were pretty cheap, but they were paper. I'd have to imagine that this would be more expensive. I would maybe only do half as many as guests, since I can't see a man keeping this or using it.
They are beautiful; I can certainly see why you would like them. I just imagine my frustration level trying to screen print on a tiny little thing that I know several people will just throw away.
If you decide not to do them for everyone, you could still do a bunch for family and give them to mom, grandma, etc, who I think would like them a lot.
As for screen printing, I have NO clue how to do it, which is why I was looking for a place to screen print it for me (which I'm now seeing may be pretty expensive). I did, however, find an article last night on paper transfers as slm noted and that may be the way I'll go (if I decide to go this route). I definitely have to do more research on costs and pros/cons to this method.
http://www.weddingchicks.com/wedding-chicks/diy-templates/12357/vintage-hankie-save-the-date/
Also, I really like your idea of ony having a handful of the hankies for special family members and the rest doing just regular programs. That seems to be a great option for me! Thanks again!!
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