Locust Street Press believes that nothing beats handmade letterpress printing. Explore our business printing services, personal printing services, online portfolio and blog to discover how we can bring your most finicky, difficult-to-create print dreams to life. At Locust Street Press, our passion for print and our desire to handcraft the highest quality, most distinctive designs stems from your own ridiculously creative ideas.
We thrive on collaboration. We love the unusual, and we especially love the odd. If you can dream it, we can create it, unlike any other letterpress print shop in Illinois. Our workshop, housed in a genuine 1950s bomb shelter, features 20 vintage and modern presses. We create exceptional quality invitations, business cards, notecards and holiday cards, stationery, calendars and more using the finest materials and techniques.
We thrive on collaboration. We love the unusual, and we especially love the odd. If you can dream it, we can create it, unlike any other letterpress print shop in Illinois. Our workshop, housed in a genuine 1950s bomb shelter, features 20 vintage and modern presses. We create exceptional quality invitations, business cards, notecards and holiday cards, stationery, calendars and more using the finest materials and techniques.
Services
Locust Street Press is a full-service, old world, yet modern print shop located in the heart of the northern Midwest. On any given day you'll find our presses humming along down a sleepy street in Belvidere, Illinois. We are trade printers at heart with a bent towards the art world. But really, we are just a small family business who thrives on creativity and beauty in the small details.
At Locust Street Press we offer a variety of quality specialty and commercial print services. Our customers rely on us for everything from custom letterpress printing to odd die cutting jobs. Top-quality specialty printing services to accommodate your every need, no matter how specific or uncommon your vision.
Below you will find answers to some of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that can't be answered with this list, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you! Please Note: 4 color Pantone ink selections are problematic and we do not recommend their use. A: Pricing is done individually, based on the labor and materials required to complete the project - not by the piece.
At Locust Street Press, we specialize in custom letterpress stationery and those unique, well odd, jobs. And we love adding those special touches that (not to be biased) only we can do. Swing by our blog for work hot off our presses. Designed by people like you, printed by us. The elegance and craftsmanship of letterpress printing can make your business cards, envelopes and other stationary products stand out from the crowd.
The effects of foil stamping, especially when combined with our custom embossing or debossing services, reflect the attention and imagination put into your unique designs. It is simply special. At Locust Street Press, we offer various options for custom foil stamping as well as custom embossing services and debossing services.
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Jenna Rae Baugus
Sep 05, 2018
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I have been using Locust for a few years now. I work in South Florida and printing from a distance is not easy -- but they make it so. The team is always so timely and the work is beautiful. I had a lot of trial and error with multiple press printers until I found these amazing individuals! I will be using them for years to come!
