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Next Day Flyers

Next Day FlyersSo you’ve got 80 magnums of Dom lined up behind the bar, ready for the blowout party you’re throwing in two days. The sickest DJ in town has confirmed he’ll be spinning from midnight to 4 a.m., and you’ve booked a hot young female DJ from the local college radio station as your opening act. You’ve rigged up a ceiling full of confetti that will rain down at the height of the night; you’ve hired dancers who will wear little but a few sequins to gyrate as the morning hours approach. Heck, you’ve even restocked the club bathrooms with chewing gum, baby wipes, and new bottles of perfume and cologne to amaze your guests with your thoughtful hospitality.

The one thing you forgot: to tell anyone about the party.
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How Thick Is Thick Enough? 16pt Cardstock Flyers Vs. 14pt Cardstock Flyers

Card Stock Flyers PostcardsThere are a lot of choices to make when you’re designing a flyer. How many colors do you want to use? Or do you want to go black and white? Is your message best broadcast using a lot of words, or are images king for your custom flyer? Should you use Helvetica, Garamond, or Comic Sans as your font of choice? Or do you want to go off the grid and scan a handwritten message to put on your flyer? Are you going to add hot specialty design elements like full-color foil printing, foil-stamping, spot UV, or silk lamination? What size should you make your flyer? The list of choices can seem overwhelming. But there’s one very easy choice to make amid all this chaos: what card thickness should you print your flyers on?
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