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On Site Monogramming for Gillette at Barbercon in NYC

July 17, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

On site monogramming is one of our most popular experiential activations at events worldwide. We recently offered our unique leather embossing service at the Gillette booth at Barbercon in New York City. Barbercon is where all things hair and beard can be found. We set up right inside their booth next to their barber chair where they had the top barbers in the country cutting hair and trimming beards all day long with the new Gillette SkinGuard razor. We don’t take up much space so we can set up virtually anywhere.

We use hot brass dies to add initials, names, logos and custom symbols. Guests can choose from a variety of foil colors, giving their leather gift a personalized design right in front of their eyes.

We’ve worked with hundreds of Fortune 100, 500 and 1000 companies to offer on site embossing at tradeshows, conventions, private parties and in department stores. We were one of the first companies to develop leather embossing at shows and have the entire experience perfected to a tee! We are the fastest and friendliest on site embossers in the industry and we have many repeat clients all over the world.

Our CEO, Desiree Colonna, was the embossing expert at this three day event. Desiree loves to work most of our shows herself. “Working at events gives me the opportunity to meet some wonderful people as well as see some exciting cities along the way.”

Working with Royce leather in New York, we were able to offer beautiful Napa leather key fobs stamped with the company’s logo on one side. We left the other side blank where Desiree stamped the key fobs in gold foil with attendees initials. On site monogramming never looked so beautiful and elegant.

There were so many fun things at this event including custom haircuts shaped like any character you can dream of. There were a lot of creative ideas around every corner.

The on site monogramming experience was one of the most popular activations at the event and there was a line of attendees waiting for their custom key fobs every day. Guests never waited more than 3 or 4 minutes for their gift.

If you are interested in adding on site monograming to your next event please contact us at 833 INK-WE11 or 833 465-9311. We’d love to give you a same day quote!

Blog, Cognac Bottle Engraving, Experiential Marketing Events, Fragrance Bottle Engraving, Glass Engraving, In Store Activations, In-Store Engraving, Liquor Bottle Engraving, On-Site Events, Perfume Bottle Engraving, Whiskey Bottle Engraving, Wine Bottle Engraving

Hand Engraved Bottles for Father’s Day at Fort Gordon Exchange

June 30, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Hand engraved bottles of liquor and fragrance were the hit of the week at the Fort Gordon Post Exchange in Augusta, GA. We engraved over 250 bottles in 4 hours for military families in Georgia.

We were invited to engrave for Father’s Day a few weeks prior to the event by the Fort Gordon Exchange management. When we arrived on base, there was already a long line due to the advertising of our hand engraving service both online and offline. We primarily engraved Hennessy cognac bottles and Lancome fragrances but we also engraved other bottles people bought in the store.

We were busy the entire time we were there and engraved one bottle every minute! There was a lot of creativity flowing as guests had us engrave funny phrases like “Do Not Open” or “Open in an Emergency.” They loved that we could engrave the bottles with whatever they came up with. Our hand engraved bottles were something they had never seen before.

We loved serving our military men and women knowing we were helping them make their gift giving a little easier and a lot more unique. Customers loved the interaction, especially being able to watch the engraving done in front of them. We didn’t make one mistake the entire time and we were the fastest engraver they had ever seen engraving one bottle per minute.

The Hennessy and Lancome representatives were so impressed with our liquor and fragrance bottle engraving, they’ve already booked us to come back to Fort Gordon Post Exchange for the holidays. We will always be happy to oblige! We loved the experience as much as they loved having us.

Desiree and Joe enjoyed meeting everyone at the event and are already looking forward to working with the planners again later in the year.

If you are looking for hand engraved bottles at your next event, we’d love to help you make that a reality. Please contact us at (833) INK-W3LL or (833) 465-9311. Our dates are filling up for the rest of the year so please be sure to book early. You can find more information on this page.

Blog, Experiential Marketing Events, Hand Engraving, In Store Activations, In-Store Engraving, Knife Engraving, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events, Yoga Mat Engraving

Yoga Mat Engraving for Saks Fifth Avenue Atlanta

June 15, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Yoga mat engraving is a new service we offered after we received a request for this activation from the manager of Saks Fifth Avenue at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta. The Saks store manager was looking for a new type of activity they could offer for their Beauty Days in May. Having worked with Desiree many times before, they knew if anyone could figure it out, she could! Desiree, our CEO, loves crafting so this was a nice challenge for her.

Desiree was able to take an Xacto® knife and a stencil and cut out each letter by hand for guests. We also cut a flower for those that wanted a little more yoga mat engraving. The trick was making sure the cuts went deep enough but weren’t too close together so they would rip with use. We had to find just the right font to make the engraving work and look beautiful at the same time.

The results were stunning! Our yoga mat personalization images were some of the most like pictures on our Instagram feed.

Desiree carefully cut each letter by hand and the activation took about 4 minutes per item. None of the customers had ever seen something like this before and they loved watching her work.

The yoga mat engraving was part of Saks Fifth Avenue’s Feel Good Summer Beauty campaign. Guests were offered the free yoga mats with the option to personalize them during the three hour period. Desiree engraved 20 yoga mats during the timeframe.

If you are interested in our yoga mat engraving activation, we’d love to hear about it! Please contact us directly at 833 INK-WE11 or 833 465 9311. We would love to book a session for your guests to enjoy and give them a unique gift they can’t find anywhere else (except Saks in Atlanta)!

Blog, Book Stamping, Engraved and Embossed Leather, Experiential Marketing Events, Leather Debossing, Leather Monogramming, Leather Stamping Events, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Experiential Events for Autograph Collection Hotels in Washington DC

June 4, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Experiential events in Washington DC can be quite an experience, especially when we bring leather luggage tags and journals to emboss with gold and silver foil.

Autograph Collection Hotels by Marriott wanted a unique, old-fashioned experiential marketing experience for their ASTA Legislative Conference guests. The theme was Roaring 20s and everyone dressed in their favorite 20s costume.

Our CEO embossed over 150 journals and leather luggage tags at the experiential event in 3 hours. However, no one waited more than a minute for their luggage tag. Desiree can emboss one item per minute, 60 in an hour.

Our leather embossing experiential events are very popular especially when our clients want a classic, elegant experience. Our machines are the same they used in printing houses in years gone by with a modern twist. They really fit into the old-fashioned decor.

Our embossers wear a black uniform which is very nondescript and fits into any type of event. Our CEO, Desiree Colonna, did the embossing herself. Her favorite part of the evening was when the Event Director gave her a big wink letting her know the experience was a big hit with partygoers.

Guests love our embossing events and always enjoy the overall theme of personalized gifts, especially when they are created in front of them. We were able to provide a seamless experience during the three hour event from start to finish.

Our set up at the event is a very small footprint and we were able to fit our machine and accessories on a beautiful old table right out of a 1920s living room. The table matched the decor perfectly and the candlelight was beautiful, in character with the theme of the evening.

If you would like an old-fashioned modern experience for your next corporate event, please contact us directly at 833-INK-WE11 or 833-465-9311.

Blog, Corporate Gifts, Engraved and Embossed Leather, Experiential Marketing Events, Leather Debossing, Leather Monogramming, Leather Stamping Events, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Leather Stamping Event for DonJulio Tequila at Dreamville Music Festival

May 5, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Leather stamping event experiences are our most requested activation. We asked to create a leather stamping event at the inaugural Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina for Don Julio Tequila.

We were invited to this outdoor music festival to hand stamp monograms on 350 keyfobs for guests at the DonJulio Tequila booth. The festival had over 18,000 attendees so this was a first come, first served gift. People loved the activation and getting their initials monogrammed on each keyfob. We offered several different leather colors including black, silver, brown and blush pink. The keychains were prestamped during production with the DonJulio logo.

The lines to our leather stamping event booth were long for the entire 4 hours we were stamping. We didn’t take one break the entire time!

There was even an impromptu dance that broke out in our line while people waited to get their leather keychains monogrammed!

The keyfobs were a big hit with fans and our client was extremely happy with the outcome. People stayed around the booth just to wait 10 to 15 minutes for their keychain. That’s what it was all about, brand recognition.

Our CEO, Desiree Colonna and her husband, Joe, loved the reaction from fans after they received their stamped keychains. Leather stamping event activations make feel so special especially when the gift is such high quality leather. The leather was provided by Royce Leather in NYC.

At the end of the day, they felt like they accomplished their mission, to keep fans happy and the line flowing the entire time.

The leather stamping event was a wild success and so was the first year of the Dreamville Festival. We’re already looking forward to next year!

Blog, Engraved and Embossed Leather, Experiential Marketing Events, Leather Debossing, Leather Monogramming, Leather Stamping Events, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Leather Stamping Events for Global Experience Specialists in Las Vegas

March 21, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Leather stamping events in Las Vegas are something new and exciting on the trade show scene. We had the pleasure of creating our leather stamping experience for our partners at Global Experience Specialists (GES) for an evening Las Vegas event at Exhibitor Live 2019. GES wanted to provide a personalized leather stamping experience for their guests, something they had never experienced before. Our leather stamping events are always very popular at private parties.

The event was held in the Boombox nightclub inside of the Cosmopolitan Casino on the main Las Vegas strip. We offered a rainbow of Royce Leather luggage tags and stamped them for guests in both silver and gold foil. Guests were able to enjoy the beautiful view behind us of the marquees on the strip. It was a fun and enjoyable setting in a very relaxed atmosphere.

Guests had our leather stampers put their initials on each tag as the work was done right in front of them at a long table. Desiree and Joe were able to stamp 200 leather luggage tags within 2 hours. Some guests opted to give the tags to friends and family so they gave us their monograms to hand stamp instead of their own.

These beautifully designed real Nappa leather luggage tags were the hit of the night.

Guests loved the activation and Inkwell even had orders for more after the leather stamping events which they were happy to fulfill and send to the recipients.

If you are interested in our leather stamping events, please contact us at 833 INK-WE11 or 833 465-9311 to discuss your requested dates and venue. We travel from Atlanta worldwide with our traditional printing presses. We can help you create a unique experience at your next trade show or private party your guests will absolutely love!