I'm going to be performing my arangateram in a few months so I've been doing some shopping online to see what would be best for my invitations and brochures. I have a few questions and would appreciate if some of you could provide me with your input and experiences.
I live in the Santa Clara County and I know there are some artists around here that design cards. I'm wondering if I should have one of them design it and have it copied myself.
Or if I should have someone in India design it, have it copied, and mail it here for a collective fee. For those of you who have done that: how was your experience with that? were you involved in the designing process? which company did you go with?
help with brochure/invitation designs
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Umesh
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It is much cheaper to get invitations and programs printed in India, and they do a fine job there. My father went about a month before my arangetram and designed them himself. He brought back invitations and the programs arrived in the mail a week before the show. Not only is printing inexpensive in India, but you end up with a better product IMO, since they have various dance-related pictures, such as those of temples and Lord Nataraja, to enhance the brochures. In the states, you'll have to supply printers with these pictures, or maybe risk getting a brochure that looks just like the one from the arangetram before yours.
Message me and I will try to get you the contact info for the printers we used (they are in Chennai).
Message me and I will try to get you the contact info for the printers we used (they are in Chennai).