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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, Book Stamping, Corporate Gifts, Engraved and Embossed Leather, Experiential Marketing Events, Hand Engraving, In-Store Engraving, Leather Monogramming, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events, Pen Engraving

Experiential Marketing Artists Dual Activation in Las Vegas

March 7, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Experiential marketing artists, Desiree Colonna and Joe Krupa, were the hit of the ExhibitorLive 2019 show in Las Vegas. The team worked simultaneously in the Unigroup Booth for both Mayflower and United Van Lines corporate executives. Desiree is the CEO and owner of Inkwell Designers.

Desiree engraved pens on site for Mayflower while Joe embossed faux leather journals on the other side of the booth for United. This was the first time Inkwell offered two different experiential marketing artists at one show performing two separate activations. The services went well together. Once someone got their pen engraved, they could go get their journal embossed on the other side and vice versa. This increased customer interaction for the salespeople in both booths up to 50%!

Guests absolutely loved Inkwell’s experiential marketing artists and watching both artists design unique, personalized gifts by hand right in front of them.

Once the buzz caught on at the show, there were lines of people waiting for their pen to be engraved on one site of the booth and journal to be embossed on the other side. Everyone talked about the experiential marketing artists activation the entire week and wanted to see them in action.

The booth owner, Unigroup, was so impressed with how smoothly the activation went and it’s popularity, they invited Inkwell back for several shows in 2019 and 2020.

The booth owners were amazed at how popular both activations were and how many highly qualified leads they received.

The three day show was a lot of fun. We engraved and embossed almost 1,000 items for guests who visited the Mayflower and United booths during the show.

If you are interested in booking dual services for your next show, engraving and embossing, please see more details on our events page. You can set up a meeting to talk directly with us here. You also have the option of texting or calling us at 833 465 9311. We look forward to working in your booth at your next trade show or conference!

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, Book Stamping, Corporate Gifts, Engraved and Embossed Leather, Leather Monogramming, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events, Unique Gifts

Personalized Journal Stamping for Nationwide Insurance at Black Enterprise Summit

June 18, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Personalized journal stamping was the most popular marketing activation in the Nationwide Insurance booth at the Black Enterprise Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. We hot foil stamped guest’s initials on custom leather journals for two straight days, averaging 150 journals per day, a total of 300 journals.

Nationwide booth guests love the personalized journal stamping and stood in line to wait their turn. It didn’t take very long, 5 to 10 minutes at most when the lines were the longest. (We stamped journals twenty times faster than the guy who had a laser machine across the convention center!) However it gave our salespeople in the booth a chance to give every attendee a survey and get them on their corporate email list. That’s gold at a conference!

We average less than one minute per item when we emboss at events around the country. People don’t have to wait very long but they love watching the personalization done right in front of them with a very old-fashioned looking machine.

What was really fun was to see attendees network with each other in line. There were a lot of business cards handed out and stories traded in the time they were waiting.

Our personalized journal stamping activation doesn’t take up much space. We fit into even the smallest booth with a 6 to 8 foot table and two chairs. Our embossing machine is a tabletop machine which can easily travel anywhere we go.

Nationwide contacted us through their event marketing company to help them bring something different to their guests a few months ago. They loved the idea of custom leather journals.

Guests loved seeing their monograms on the leather journals. Some even got a few for friends and family as well as other team members in their office who couldn’t make it to the event.

Nationwide also offered free headshots for all attendees which they received immediately on a USB after the photo shoot.

The Black Enterprise Summit was a great event. We enjoyed seeing the city of Charlotte, NC for the first time. It was absolutely beautiful.

If you’re interested in having us personalize journals at your next event, please go to our event page to learn more about our services. We also offer on-site event engraving, hand painting and other personalization activations. For more details call us at 833 465 9311. We’d love to work with you at your next event!

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

Leather Monogramming Event for Dark Horse Canned Wine Launch Tour

June 1, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

We brought a special touch to the Canned Wine Launch Tour hosted by Dark Horse Wines (a product of EJ Gallo Winery) with our leather monogramming event experience. The launch tour was a great way to introduce distributors and Gallo salespeople to the new canned wine product which launched in May.

Inkwell Designers℠ leather monogramming event team was invited to attend rooftop events in Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas and Tampa. Our team was able to watch our Atlanta Braves play the Tampa Bay Rays at the stadium after the event which they really enjoyed! The weather was beautiful as you can see from the pictures below.

We traveled with the Dark Horse marketing team to each private leather monogramming event and monogrammed on beautiful leather koozies created by a company called Rustico and branded with the Dark Horse Wine logo.

Guests were able to choose any monogram they wanted with a choice of silver, gold, black and rose gold or no foil (deboss).

The leather monogramming event was a big hit with guests. People loved the on-site experience of having their leather koozies personalized right in front of them. We had long lines at every event but we were able to get everyone done. We monogrammed an average of 100 koozies per event.

The Canned Wine Launch Tour was a success both for Dark Horse Wines and Inkwell Designers. We were honored to work with the brand and we’re already looking forward to more events in the future.

If you have an event coming up and you’d like to have your guests experience our on-site leather monogramming or engraving, please contact us at 833 465 9311. We’d love to send a proposal and see if we’re a good fit. Our team is a lot of fun to work with and we’re very fast. We only take up a 6 ft space so our footprint is fairly small. We’d love to make your next event even more memorable with a great giveaway that makes people feel special.

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

Leather Foil Stamping at Mercedes Benz New USA Headquarters in Atlanta

May 30, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Leather foil stamping is one of our most requested services for on-site corporate events. Most recently, we were asked to set up a live leather foil stamping station at the new Mercedes Benz USA headquarters in Atlanta. Two embossers worked on-site to create personalized leather computer cases for 400 employees over two, three-hour days. The Mercedes marketing team wanted a unique experience for employees and asked us to monogram each case at the new HQ in Sandy Springs.

The $90 million facility encompasses nearly 200,000 square feet and will ultimately house 1,000 employees.

To welcome the new USA Mercedes Benz headquarters employees to their office, the marketing team handed out computer cases to everyone. We came in a few days after the opening and performed live leather foil stamping in the common area on the first floor, right by the cafeteria. (You couldn’t miss us!) The employees loved watching how we set up each individual computer case and the type in our machines. Some people stood and watched for a good ten minutes while we worked hard to make sure everyone got their computer case monogrammed by the end of the day.

The Mercedes employee’s loved the personalization and couldn’t believe we were able to get all the computer cases done the same day they brought them to us. We monogrammed their cases with silver foil which looked gorgeous with the silver Mercedes Benz logo on the front. The results were very elegant. We encountered many happy employees during our two day event. People loved the experience and couldn’t wait to show their friends their newly monogrammed case.

We really enjoyed looking at the cars parked in strategic places in the beautiful new offices and were so tempted by the beautiful machines.

This one was a favorite. It was marked No. 61 in the line. Pretty amazing to think where Mercedes is now compared to how they started out.

We enjoyed our leather foil stamping event with Mercedes Benz and we were able to get every computer case done in the six hours we worked on site. We were also very honored to be part of this opening day event for the new Atlanta office space.

If you would like to set up a similar type of event at your corporate office, please see more details about how we do it here. Then give us a call at 833 465 9311 to talk about personalizing your event. We’d love to make your employees feel special and leather foil stamping on site is guaranteed to bring a smile to their faces!