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Inkwell Designers: Official Engraver of the Michelin Guide Awards Ceremony in Atlanta 2024

October 21, 2024 By Desiree Colonna

As the official engraver for the Michelin Guide Awards Ceremony in Atlanta on October 28, 2024, I’m beyond excited about the opportunity to bring my craft to one of the culinary world’s most prestigious events. Being part of a moment when chefs’ dreams come true, when their talent and hard work are recognized with a Michelin star, is an honor I don’t take lightly.

Our role in the upcoming event will be to create personalized, hand-engraved awards and keepsakes that reflect the spirit of Michelin excellence. We will laser engrave the Michelin logo and stars on Evian bottles before the event. Each piece will symbolize the culmination of years of dedication from these top chefs. Knowing that our work will be part of such a significant moment in their careers fills me with pride. At the event, I will hand engrave winner’s names as they are being announced.

I’ve been preparing for this event for years, ensuring that each engraving will be flawless and unique. Every chef’s star is a hard-earned achievement, and the awards need to match the weight of that accomplishment. We’re fine-tuning every detail to ensure that each engraved bottle is a masterpiece of its own—something the recipient will treasure as a marker of their journey to the top of the culinary world.

The energy in Atlanta is building as we approach the big night, and I can’t wait to be there, engraving live, surrounded by the best in the industry. This is more than just a business milestone for Inkwell Designers—it’s a chance to be part of a story that chefs will tell for years to come. I’m looking forward to October 28 and the incredible memories we’ll create together. Stay tuned for updates on how it all unfolds!

Blog, Glass Engraving, Hand Engraving, Liquor Bottle Engraving, On-Site Events

Liquor Engraving Events for Bacardi®

October 29, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Our liquor engraving events for Bacardi® and hip hop recording artist, Swizz Beatz in Atlanta were served neat in a beautiful glass. The events were the hit of the town this month. We added a special touch with our on-site hand engraving.

We hand engraved Bacardi Diez rum bottles in the VIP Rum Room for the media as special gifts and a thank you for coming to the event. We used our special high speed drill to engrave names, phrases and even images on bottles throughout the night. The liquor engraving events were to celebrate the launch of this wonderful aged rum.

Our rum engraving took less than 60 seconds per bottle. We engraved 10 cases of rum in a very short time. Each bottle was carefully engraved by hand with our calligraphy style font.

The liquor engraving event was set up at the Southern Exchange Ballrooms in downtown Atlanta. The room was beautifully designed with a rum tasting bar. Guests could mingle and also check out the cigar roller next to us for a hand rolled cigar.

Many guests had never seen rum engraving before and absolutely fell in love with our liquor engraving activation. We even had guests call us the next day for new hand engraving orders.

Our engraving table didn’t take up much space. We needed a 6 ft table and two chairs. We provided our own equipment and lighting.

The bottles were packed in beautiful bags supplied by Bacardi and were easy to transport after the night was over.

If you are interested in experiencing our liquor engraving activation at your next event, please contact us directly at 833 INK WE11 or 833 465 9311. We also hand engrave liquor locally and can help you find a purchase your bottle. Its an one-stop gift service you won’t find anywhere else.

Blog, Cognac Bottle Engraving, Experiential Marketing Events, Fragrance Bottle Engraving, Glass Engraving, In Store Activations, In-Store Engraving, Liquor Bottle Engraving, On-Site Events, Perfume Bottle Engraving, Whiskey Bottle Engraving, Wine Bottle Engraving

Hand Engraved Bottles for Father’s Day at Fort Gordon Exchange

June 30, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Hand engraved bottles of liquor and fragrance were the hit of the week at the Fort Gordon Post Exchange in Augusta, GA. We engraved over 250 bottles in 4 hours for military families in Georgia.

We were invited to engrave for Father’s Day a few weeks prior to the event by the Fort Gordon Exchange management. When we arrived on base, there was already a long line due to the advertising of our hand engraving service both online and offline. We primarily engraved Hennessy cognac bottles and Lancome fragrances but we also engraved other bottles people bought in the store.

We were busy the entire time we were there and engraved one bottle every minute! There was a lot of creativity flowing as guests had us engrave funny phrases like “Do Not Open” or “Open in an Emergency.” They loved that we could engrave the bottles with whatever they came up with. Our hand engraved bottles were something they had never seen before.

We loved serving our military men and women knowing we were helping them make their gift giving a little easier and a lot more unique. Customers loved the interaction, especially being able to watch the engraving done in front of them. We didn’t make one mistake the entire time and we were the fastest engraver they had ever seen engraving one bottle per minute.

The Hennessy and Lancome representatives were so impressed with our liquor and fragrance bottle engraving, they’ve already booked us to come back to Fort Gordon Post Exchange for the holidays. We will always be happy to oblige! We loved the experience as much as they loved having us.

Desiree and Joe enjoyed meeting everyone at the event and are already looking forward to working with the planners again later in the year.

If you are looking for hand engraved bottles at your next event, we’d love to help you make that a reality. Please contact us at (833) INK-W3LL or (833) 465-9311. Our dates are filling up for the rest of the year so please be sure to book early. You can find more information on this page.

Cognac Bottle Engraving, Corporate Gifts, Glass Engraving, Hand Engraving, Liquor Bottle Engraving

Cognac Bottle Engraving Bottles Worth $7K for NFL and UGA Football Stars

May 23, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Cognac bottle engraving for the Camus Cognac Southeast Regional Sales Manager was one of the highlights of our week. The Camus Extra Elegance Limited Edition bottles were retail over $1K each. Our CEO, Desiree Colonna, hand engraved 7 of them, bringing their total worth to over $7K. Needless to say it was a boozey doozey!

Derek wanted a very special gift for a special former Philadelphia Eagles player, a few former UGA football players and a couple of sports radio personalities at his upcoming event. He searched the Atlanta area for an engraver who would take on the job, but couldn’t find anyone brave enough to risk engraving bottles worth that much money. Plus the bottles were 1.75L and 17 inches high. These would not fit in a laser machine. The cognac bottle engraving had to be done by hand.

Desiree received a call from a local laser company explaining the situation. She was more than happy to take the job knowing she could engrave any surface, even curved with her handy high speed drill. She could even add any logo Derek wanted with a stippling technique. She had over three years of fragrance and liquor bottle engraving under her belt so she was ready for the challenge.

Derek brought the cognac bottles to Desiree and the cognac bottle engraving fun began. Desiree placed each bottle carefully on her lap and engraved the bottles using her handy hand drill, the same type of drill used in a dental office. She printed out each logo and stippled them on the bottles dot by dot. She wasn’t as nervous as she thought she’d be. When asked by a colleague about how she stayed so calm she stated, “I’ve engraved over 2,600 fragrance and liquor bottles so far in my career. Yes, these are the most expensive, but they are made out of the same glass used for all of them. You just can’t think about it!”

Players included DJ Shockley, Tim Jennings, Randy McMichael and David Greene from the University of Georgia, Hugh Douglas from the Philadelphia Eagles and Terry Foxx and John Fricke from 92.9 The Game.

The job took a few hours to complete. Derek was very happy with the work and the recipients were blown away by the gorgeous bottles!

If you’d like to see where we are headed next to engrave bottles on-site, please check our event calendar. We also take requests for personal or corporate orders. Please go here to contact us or call us at (833) INK-WE11 or (833) 465-9311.

Beer Glass Engraving, Blog, Glass Engraving, In-Store Engraving, On-Site Events

Beer Glass Engraving at Budweiser and Jim Beam’s New Copper Lager Launch Event

January 6, 2019 By Desiree Colonna

Beer glass engraving at the Copper Lager launch for Jim Beam and Budweiser was a highlight of our holiday season events. We had over 30 glass engraving events booked during December. The launch party was held in Buckhead, near downtown Atlanta.

Our beer glass engraving station was the buzz of the party. People couldn’t believe we could engrave whatever they wanted to their round beer glasses with very little equipment. We engraved the beer glasses with our hand held drill, the same drill we use to engrave wine and perfume bottles. We filled the final engraving with silver wax which gave the engraving a special glow.

We engraved over 100 beer glasses for guests at the launch which was held at Big Sky Buckhead. The glasses were pre-printed with the Budweiser logo. We added the engraving to the bottom of each glass or the side, depending on where the client wanted it.

The evening event was held on one of the coldest nights of the 2018. Everyone was stuck inside the venue, but people still had fun. Besides the bar, out engraving table was the hottest place to been seen at the event.

Our CEO, Desiree Colonna, was the beer glass engraving expert of the night and engraved all of the beer glasses by hand with her famous engraved calligraphy. Desiree likes to call it “Calligraving!” She even included some artistic designs such as holly for the hoidays and roses.

Here is a quick video of one of the glasses she engraved during the event.

A lot of people took advantage of the event to create special glasses for family and friends to give during the upcoming holidays.

Beer glass engraving is a fun event activation which gives guests a personalized gift at the end of the night. If you’re interested in having us engrave beer glasses for your next event, please contact us at 833 465 9311 or fill out this form for more information. We will get back to you right away to help you start planning your next engraving event!

Blog, Glass Engraving, Hand Engraving, In-Store Engraving, On-Site Events, Wine Bottle Engraving

Wine Bottle Engraving Events at Kroger for Penfolds

December 19, 2018 By Desiree Colonna

Wine bottle engraving events, sponsored by Penfolds Wine, were timed perfectly right before the holidays. The wine bottle engraving events at Kroger stores in Atlanta gave customers a chance to personalize last minute hostess gifts for both corporate and personal parties.

Penfolds Wine sponsored the events at the Disco Kroger in Atlanta and also other locations around the Buckhead and north suburbs. We hand engraved wine bottles with a high speed drill right after customers made their purchase. Our engraving is much faster than any machine, about one minute per bottle compared to a machine’s five minutes per bottle. Plus, customers love the hand engraved element versus just a font from a machine. We were also able to embellish the bottles with pictures of holly and flowers.

You can watch our master wine engraver, Desiree Colonna, in action below. Desiree is known as one of the Fastest Engravers in the South!

Kroger customers were so excited by the activation, one customer unexpectedly bought over 20 bottles when she saw how beautiful and unique the engraved calligraphy was on each wine bottle.

After each bottle was engraved, the engraving was filled by Desiree’s assistant, Joe, with silver or gold colored wax which makes the engraving really stand out on each wine bottle.

The wine bottle engraving events were something new for Kroger stores in Atlanta. The wine bottle engraving enabled Penfolds to sell almost double the amount of wine the night of the events. There will be more wine bottle engraving events at Kroger for Penfolds and other brands in the future due to the popularity of the event. Please check our calendar page to see where we will be engraving next.

If you are interested in having us engrave at your next event, personal or corporate, please contact us at 833 465 9311. We’d love to meet you and your guests!