Award-winning South African designers take on the world of online stationary with beautiful, locally illustrated designs.

The Ink & Bash brand was incubated at Fanakalo http://www.fanakalo.co.za, an award winning design team from Stellenbosch. They’ve long been known for their original, offbeat design work for wineries, craft spirits and beer https://www.behance.net/Fanakalo both locally and abroad. They recently won a double Gold for their wine label work at the San Fransisco International Wine Competition http://sfwinecomp.com/pdf/W17-LabelDesignWinners.pdf> and walked away with two golds at the fourth annual South African Wine Label Design Awards http://winemag.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WLDA-2018-Report.pdf.

It was a simple problem that led to the creation of Ink & Bash: most people can't afford to pay for a designer to craft an special invitation to their event, be it an save-the-date, kids birthday party or just a get together between friends. To solve this problem, Ink & Bash created 65 editable invitations for their website at R25 per design. If compared to the average cost of between R2 500 - R7 500 if you are using an designer, this represents a massive saving for an beautiful piece of design.

Customisable templates are a quick and easy way of creating stationery for special occasions, but the work that goes into the Ink & Bash templates is everything but instant: They’re thoughtfully created with a whole lot of love, and feature painstakingly hand-drawn illustrations. There are also plenty of themes to choose from, ensuring that there’s something for every kind of bash – from braais and kids’ birthday parties to kitchen teas and weddings.

Our HOW TO video will help you get the party started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsd4-i7Hho&feature=youtu.be “We saw the need for event stationery that is well-designed and different. An invite is the first thing guests see. It should say: ‘This event is special and the party is going to be loads of fun’. Unfortunately the somewhat cheesy and clichéd event stationery designs that are out there today aren’t making a great first impression. So with Ink & Bash we want kick so-so, same old stationery to the curb.” says Frans De Villiers, one of the co-founders of Ink & Bash.

Want to give it a bash? Go to www.inkandbash.com and use the promo code Bash7103, which will give you free access to the customisable cards until 31 October 2018. To get started, watch our how to video here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNsd4-i7Hho&feature=youtu.be>. Feel free to share it with all your readers! It applies to all online products, not those that are pre-printed and require shipping (greeting cards & posters).