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Liquor Engraving Events for Bacardi®

October 29, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Our liquor engraving events for Bacardi® and hip hop recording artist, Swizz Beatz in Atlanta were served neat in a beautiful glass. The events were the hit of the town this month. We added a special touch with our on-site hand engraving.

We hand engraved Bacardi Diez rum bottles in the VIP Rum Room for the media as special gifts and a thank you for coming to the event. We used our special high speed drill to engrave names, phrases and even images on bottles throughout the night. The liquor engraving events were to celebrate the launch of this wonderful aged rum.

Our rum engraving took less than 60 seconds per bottle. We engraved 10 cases of rum in a very short time. Each bottle was carefully engraved by hand with our calligraphy style font.

The liquor engraving event was set up at the Southern Exchange Ballrooms in downtown Atlanta. The room was beautifully designed with a rum tasting bar. Guests could mingle and also check out the cigar roller next to us for a hand rolled cigar.

Many guests had never seen rum engraving before and absolutely fell in love with our liquor engraving activation. We even had guests call us the next day for new hand engraving orders.

Our engraving table didn’t take up much space. We needed a 6 ft table and two chairs. We provided our own equipment and lighting.

The bottles were packed in beautiful bags supplied by Bacardi and were easy to transport after the night was over.

If you are interested in experiencing our liquor engraving activation at your next event, please contact us directly at 833 INK WE11 or 833 465 9311. We also hand engrave liquor locally and can help you find a purchase your bottle. Its an one-stop gift service you won’t find anywhere else.

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

Leather Stamping Activation with Apple Pay at the Chicago Marathon

October 15, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Our leather stamping activation in Chicago, exclusively created for marathon runners and their guests, was an exciting experience they had not seen before. We set up our pop-up shop at two Fleet Feet sports locations on the day of the marathon and the day after.

Guests were encouraged to use their Apple Pay application on their iPhone to purchase leather keyfobs at the leather stamping activation in both stores. We create leather stamping and other types of activations worldwide.

The keyfobs were beautifully hand-cut leather and were sold for $2 each.

Finishers were lined up in droves to get their medals engraved for free at each store. While they waited for the engraving, they could quickly step over into the leather stamping activation line and get a keyfob stamped with the date of the marathon, their run time or their initials.

We stamped close to 400 leather keyfobs in two days in two separate locations in Chicago.

Runners loved the fact they could personalize their new keyfobs in gold foil or no color. The beautifully, elegant leather keyfobs were a big hit and they were the perfect reminder of a personal PR or running achievement. Friends and family could get their names or initials on their keyfobs to match.

We created a special die for the date and then interchangable text dies for the initials and running times. The leather stamping activation was a huge hit with the crowd because they could customize their items with many choices.

We really enjoyed meeting Chicago Marathon runners at the stores and talking to them while they waited for their medals to be engraved. They had some great stories and really glowed with pride, even though their legs and feet were sore. Fleet Feet had recovery chairs and massages ready and waiting for them while they waited. Everyone was in great spirits and we enjoyed working with the runners and their families.

If you are looking for a very unique activation for your next sports event, look no further. We’d love to help make your event as successful as our Chicago Marathon activation. Please contact us here or call us at (833) INK-WE11 or (833) 465-9311.

Blog, Experiential Marketing Events, Leather Monogramming, Leather Stamping Events, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

Live Event Artists Embossing for BlackRock

October 5, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Live event artists are a hot trend at conferences and trade shows. Our artists embossed card cases and journals for BlackRock at the Grace Hopper Conference in Orlando, Florida. At our previous activation for BlackRock we also embossed journals in San Diego at the LPL conference. When BlackRock saw how successful the embossing activation was at the San Diego event, we were asked to partner with them again at their next conference.

Our live embossing artists embossed attendees initials in gold or silver foil or no foil color. The reaction of some of our attendees was priceless!

We embossed over 2,500 items in three days at the BlackRock booth. The most amazing thing is we had people waiting in line every, single day! The lines never stopped, and neither did we. We only took two, 15 minute staggered breaks in order to keep the line going. Attendees waited no longer than 10 to 15 minutes because our embossing takes only one minute per item. Its very fast, but the results are amazing. Our live event artists use the same high-end machines found at Louis Vuitton and other luxury stores.

Our live embossing artists had a table set up right in the booth with two embossing machines. Everyone loved the activation. As word got out, we were the most popular booth at the show, hands down! It was unofficially announced the BlackRock activation was the best swag at the show. We were told this many times by attendees throughout the three days we worked there. We even had other booth vendors from companies like Google, Facebook, Disney and Prudential coming to our booth to get gifts for their team!

Experiential activations have become very popular with conference attendees, specifically items personalized and custom created in front of their eyes live and in person.

Guests take home a beautiful gift which not only has your logo on it, but their initials. This is next-level branding at its best!

If you are interested in having our live event artists at your next conference, trade show or private event, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact here or at (833) INK-WE11 or (833) 465-9311.

Blog, Experiential Marketing Events, In Store Activations, Leather Debossing, Leather Monogramming, Leather Stamping Events, Live Embossing Events, Live Monogramming Events, On-Site Events

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)!