Despite the fact that chocolate has been around since 1100 B.C. and strawberries had been found growing wild in Italy as early as 234 B.C., it was not until a woman by the name of Lorraine Lorusso combined the two in the 1960’s in her little shop called the Stop N’ Shop in Chicago that Chocolate Covered Strawberries were born.
PrintWorks Designs, Prints and Installs Outdoor Banners for Foulkeways at Gwynedd.
A recent chilly January afternoon found members of the PrintWorks team installing pole banners for Foulkeways at Gwynedd.
The Challenge
Foulkeways management needed to communicate their values to residents and prospective future residents. We worked directly with the Foulkeways Marketing Department to create a solution which effectively communicates their Core Values.
5 Design Tricks that Command Attention!
Craft First-Class Flyers with 5 Quick Tricks
Want to grab attention for your event, promotion, or group?
Flyers are a low-cost form of mass communication that can be personally delivered, distributed through mail, posted in public places, or sent via e-mail. Flyers are fun to create and provide a great place to experiment with unusual images or layouts. As you explore the possibilities, here are five areas to sharpen your design:
Mmm… COFFEE!!!
Our client Speakeasy Coffee Company and CEO Nelson Floyd explains his deep fascination and commitment to roasting the finest coffee available. Nelson’s a master at his craft, and we highly recommend that you coffee lovers pick up a bag of Speakeasy’s custom roasted coffee and give it a try. We’d love to hear what you think!
We’ve Come a LONG way!
As we grow ever closer to our 100th anniversary of continuous operation, it’s always fun to get a glimpse into our history!
This video from the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, PA explains how Otto Mergenthaler and his invention “The Linotype Machine” revolutionized the printing and publishing industries in the early part of last century.
PrintWorks was originally founded in 1924 as Bonekemper Typesetting in Lansdale, PA as an independent typesetting firm. The Bonekemper team ran three shifts typesetting newspapers, books and other documents for print companies in the northeast, and was the largest type house outside of a major city in North America at the time.
We had two of these machines until 2001 when our last hot type client, a greeting card company, ceased operations. We typeset thousands of lines of these hot metal slugs each year during the Christmas season until the technology was replaced by digital printing in the early 2000’s.
We’ve seen a lot of change through the years, and we have come a LONG way! We embrace change and understand that we must continually adapt to the ever changing needs of the marketplace.
Equipment and technology comes and goes but there is one thing that never waivers: our commitment to you, our customer. A simple commitment reflected in our mission statement:
We deliver creative Print & Marketing Solutions that make our clients successful. We keep our promises, provide creative solutions, and achieve our client’s goals.
Read more about our Mission, Vision and Values on our website: PrintWorks Values
In the meantime, enjoy learning a little about what makes our business so cool!
Blueberry Bread Pudding – January featured recipe
January Recipe card
Bread pudding is a dish with very old roots. It evolved as a use for stale bread. Cooks from many cultures throughout history have been loathe to waste stale bread, so they invented many dishes, both savory and sweet, to utilize it.
Today, bread pudding is still made, but its current forms tend to be far more luxurious than their humble origins. Modern bread puddings often utilize fresh, gourmet breads such as brioche, and include expensive ingredients such as vanilla beans, bourbon, Gruyere cheese or pecans. Sweet bread puddings may be served with a variety of sauces.
Give our yummy recipe a try, then post the results!
Or submit one of your favorites to share.
We’d LOVE to hear what you think!