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Blog, Calligraphy, Hand Painted, Hand Painting Events, On-Site Events

Leather Bag Painting a Big Top Hit for Saks Fifth Avenue

December 17, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Leather bag painting was one of the most successful marketing and public relations activations of the year at Saks Fifth Avenue, Phipps Plaza in Atlanta. We painting over 50 patent leather bags. The bags were a free gift with a $250 cosmetics and/or fragrance purchase. Customers were delighted with the personalized leather bag painting and didn’t mind standing in line to get their bags hand painted.

Guests were wowed at how quickly we were able to paint such gorgeous florals on their bags. Each one took less than 3 minutes. We also added hand painted calligraphy to further personalize the bags for Saks guests.

When word got around the store about the leather bag painting, people came over to the table to watch. There was a constant audience for 4 hours straight.

The theme of the night was Cirque de Beaute and there were even stilt walkers, gymnasts and a master of ceremonies to add to the fun!

One woman even bought over $900 in purchases in order for us to do three bags for her family.

What is really amazing is not one bag was the same. Every bad had a different hand painted flower. There were more than 50 bags painted for this event.

The next day, people literally met our painter, Desiree Colonna, at the door for her to do their bags which she wasn’t able to get to the night before. That is how popular this activation was.

Desiree was delighted at the reaction of Saks management and staff. They had never seen an activation become so popular in such a short time. Needless to say, they sold a lot of products during the four hours Desiree was painting in the store. The spike in sales was directly related to the leather bag painting experience.

If you are interested in our leather bag painting activation for your store or next event please take a look at our event page and then contact us directly at 833 465 9311. We’d love to make your guests feel special and give them a gift they will cherish for many years to come.

Blog, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Leather Embossing Event for Pandora Radio and Ashley Homestore in Nashville

November 30, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Our leather embossing event, sponsored by Pandora Radio and Ashley Home Store, was the perfect personalization experience for Jason Aldean fans in Nashville, TN. Our team of experts embossed leather coasters with monograms and names in gold foil for guests at the event. We embossed 300 items in over 4 hours at the Pandora Backroads concert at Marathon Music Works.

Clients stood in line 4 hours straight and didn’t even stop when Jason Aldean took the stage. They chose to stay in our line until they received their personalized leather coaster. They loved seeing their names and monograms on coasters at this leather embossing event and couldn’t wait to get their swag. This is very typical at our events. Personalized gifts are a huge trend right now and we see this as only the beginning in the event entertainment industry.

Pandora Music asked us to set up our activation in September. We were more than happy to work with their team to find the perfect leather coasters from a local Atlanta company called Mel Boteri.
The leather quality was beautiful and our gold foil stamp matched the stitching around each coaster. Everything at this leather embossing event was thought out very carefully with our team before the event.

The marketing team at Pandora Radio was more than happy to create beautiful signs and furniture was provided by Ashley Homestore including a gorgeous walnut table.

The Ashley Homestore and Pandora Radio teams were great to work with and assisted us with keeping the line moving all night.

Our leather embossing event activation was a huge success and we can’t wait to work with both companies again in the future. If you have an event coming up and you’d love to have us emboss leather items for your guests, please contact us at 833 465 9311. We’d love to work with your team to make the event as successful as this one in Nashville!

Blog, Leather Monogramming, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Foil Embossing at University Events for Zenni Optical and Her Campus Media

November 14, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Foil embossing was a big hit with students experiencing the Zenni Optical and Her Campus Media “The Future Looks Bright Tour” at universities across Florida and South Carolina. The sun was shining bright and both the men and women on campus were excited to receive some great gifts.

Her Campus Media sponsored the event and coordinated the tour stops and our foil embossing station. The popup shops were set up on the green of each campus.

We performed our foil embossing experience in person on the tour. We embossed glasses and sunglasses cases for students at University of South Carolina, Florida State University and the University of Central Florida. Students who purchased a pair of sunglasses or prescription glasses at the pop-up shop were treated to a new case with their monogram foil embossed on it.

Each leg of the tour was fun for all of us. Students were able to try on pairs of sunglasses and frames. Everyone who visited the pop-up shop received a free pair of sunglasses.

The cases were made out of vinyl and took the foil embossing perfectly with no issues.

The embossing event was something students had never seen (pun intended) and once word got around, lines started to form at each tour stop.

Our tour was a success and we look forward to bringing out foil embossing station to events with Her Campus Media and Zenni in the future.

If you are interested in having this experience for your next event, please see our embossing event information on this page or call us at 833 465 9311 for a quote. We also offer calligraphy, engraving, painting and many more experiences.

Blog, Corporate Gifts, Engraved and Embossed Leather, Leather Monogramming, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Monogrammed Leather Gifts at Sprintacular in San Antonio

October 31, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Monogrammed leather gifts were the highlight of the Sprintacular party for top Sprint salespeople at Knibbe Ranch in San Antonio, Texas. It was a spectacular celebration with monogrammed leather gifts for every guest. Our embossing team of five including 2 Joes, 2 Emilys and 1 Desiree had a great time at the event!

Inkwell Designers℠ was invited to monogram leather keychains, notebooks, passport holders, bracelets and card wallets on-site. Over 450 top Sprint salespeople attended the event with friends and spouses.

We had five embossers hot stamping over 900 leather items for guests who attended. All five embossers stayed almost an hour overtime to ensure everyone received the monogrammed leather gifts they wanted.

Clients could select the exact way they wanted the monogram to read as well as choose the color foil they wanted. Here is an example of one of the keychains we embossed.

Team members were ready to help clients choose the right gift and make it their own with gold and silver foil and a blind deboss option.

Our team was more than happy to make sure guests received their monogrammed leather items exactly the way they wanted them as well as share a smile!

Guests were treated to dinner, dancing with a live band, a hat of their choice and our monogrammed leather gifts to take home after the night was over around 10:30 pm.

They came from all over the country to celebrate their success. When it got dark, they helped the embossers by sharing their flashlights on their phones outside so we could finish every job with perfection!

Everyone had a great time and loved the monogrammed leather gifts activation. Personalized leather gifts are always a hit with any crowd we work with from New York to Los Angeles and yes, down in San Antonio. Even the horses loved it!

We offer monogrammed leather gifts on site at events around the world. We also offer painted leather and engraved gifts. If you are looking for something very unique and personal for your next event, click here to get more information or call us directly at 833 465 9311. We’d love to give you a quote for your next celebration, trade show or conference.

Blog, Hand Painted, Hand Painting Events, Leather Painting

Leather Jacket Painting Partnership with Plaid® Paint

October 21, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Leather jacket painting is a new service we offer through a partnership with Plaid® Crafts, a company located in Norcross, Georgia. We can now paint leather, vegan and vinyl items with their Leather Studio paint and the results are just amazing!

Inkwell Designers℠ and Plaid® announced their partnership early this week after our CEO, Desiree Colonna, took a painting class at their office with Donna Dewberry, founder of the One Stroke Painting method. “Donna’s method of painting is an amazing way to paint realistic florals on almost anything. I couldn’t wait to try leather jacket painting which has become really popular with brides in the past few years.”

Chris Williams from their marketing department, was more than happy to send Inkwell some sample bottles to play with. Desiree went to her local Goodwill and found a jacket she could experiment on along with some purses.

The results were amazing. The color dried quickly with a heat gun and Desiree was able to do the two-tone method of painting she was taught by Donna rather easily with the paints, even though they weren’t as thick as the acrylic paint she learned with. The paint is permanent after drying 24 hours.

The results of the leather jacket painting experiment were beautiful! The paints were bright, colorful and easy to work with. There are even metallic and glitter paints offered in the leather painting line.

Leather jacket painting is now being offered to both brides and event customers. We can also add leather painting to small leather goods such as perfume, wallets, purses, key fobs, passport holders, etc. The paint wears very well with normal wear and dries to a beautiful gloss.

If you are interested in hiring any of our Inkwell artists to add some beauty to your leather jacket or leather items, please contact us directly at 833 465 9311. We’d love to offer our leather painting at your next event as well and really wow your guests with a beautiful personalized experience.

Blog, Calligraphy, Hand Painting Events, Live Monogramming Events, Monogrammed Bags, On-Site Events

Calligraphy Painting on Faux Leather Beauty Event at Saks Fifth Avenue

October 7, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Calligraphy painting on faux leather items is a very popular service at on-site events, especially during Saks Fifth Avenue #beautyweek. The Atlanta Saks store manager called and wanted us to create a unique personalization using calligraphy painting as we had for her store a few months back. Our calligraphy was such a hit in the Spring, they wanted us to create this activation for them again during the Fall. The faux leather bags were a gift with a $150 purchase in the beauty department.

People lined up to have their bags personalized with our calligraphy painting. We even met some nice ladies from France and Poland who were in town. They loved their special gifts with purchase and even had us personalize some bags for friends back home.

We even created a special design for one client who loved roses. We can hand paint any surface including real leather.

The event was very popular with shoppers and kept them in the store longer while they waited for their bags to be designed and dried. We were strategically placed in the shoe department right next door to the beauty counters. The painting and drying time only took about 10 minutes but customers continued to shop and bought other items as they waited.

If you are interested in having calligraphy painting or hand painting at your next event, give us a call at 833 465 9311. We’d love to make your customers feel like Queens for a Day with our beautiful calligraphy and artwork.