Hot Off the Press! Invitations printed while you shop

Does this scenario sound familiar?  You need to send invitations out for an event, but the month got away from you and suddenly it’s time to mail out the invitations.  But you have no time to order invitations, wait a day or more for a proof, and then go back to pick up the invitations days later when they are printed {or wait for invitations you order online to be delivered}.  No problem!

Salutations is thrilled to announce that we now offer while-you-shop printing on dozens of invitation styles, including baby shower, bridal shower and all-occasion invitations {even spooktacular Halloween invitations like this one!}  We call it “Hot Off the Press.”

If you’re like me, you know intimately the meaning of the saying “If it weren’t for the last minute, I’d get nothing done.”  It seems that these days, we are all up to our eyeballs in “To Do’s” ~ whether it’s work, carpools, volunteer activities, or all of the above.  We all have too many things to do and not enough hours in the day in which to do them.

At Salutations, we are all about problem-solving and making life simpler for our customers.  We have seen the above scenario played out every day and we feel bad having to charge rush fees to move invitation orders up to the front of the print queue and still not be able to offer same-day turnaround.  So, we’ve worked hard over the past few months to set up a different system.  Imagine this scenario:  You walk into Salutations and select any invitation that is flagged with a “Hot Item” tag; we prepare your proof on the spot for you to review on our new 22-inch monitor; when you’re happy with the proof, we print the invitations for you right then and there; you walk out with your printed invitations ready to mail; your guests receive their fabulous invitation in their mailbox, reply right away and mark the date on their calendar because they’re so excited about the event; your guests are impressed and amazed, wondering “How does she do it all?”

In order to provide you with this lightning-fast turnaround, there’s a wee bit of fine print:

1.  Hot Off the Press items will be printed in the same typestyles, ink colors and layout as shown on the sample.  {We’ve made sure the samples are set up with great fonts and layouts. We promise not to let you walk out the door with ugly invitations!}  Of course, you can always customize the typestyle and layout of any invitation ~ it would just put the invitation into our normal turnaround time of proofing within one weekday and printing within two weekdays after proof approval.

2.  Hot Off the Press printing is available for quantities of up to 40 invitations and {if you’d like} return addresses.

3.  Our goal is to have your invitations printed within 15 minutes.  However, it could take up to an hour if we have a large print job running through the printer and we’re not expecting you.  Feel free to give us a call to make an appointment so we can ensure that our printers will be available and to minimize any waiting time.

4.  Hot Off the Press printing is available from Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Many of our Halloween invitations are part of the Hot Off the Press program, so come on in and kick off your Monster Mash planning in easy, effortless, Salutations style!