Fernhouse Press

How it works

Set it up once. Fill it in for each family.

Most homes are done with setup in about ten minutes. After that, a folder for a family takes as long as typing the details.

  1. Set a sample in the builder

    Type your home's name, add your logo if you like, and choose the type, ink, paper and the plants of your region. The preview shows all three pieces in all three collections as you go. Nothing is saved anywhere but your own browser.

  2. Buy once and download

    You get a zip with the three collections, each with a memorial folder, prayer card and welcome sign, plus a printer's specification for each and a proof sheet for your home's details. The files build in your browser in under a minute.

  3. Check the proof sheet

    It lists every word we set for you: your home's name, the address line, the plant names and the credit on the back. Check it once, letter by letter.

  4. Fill in a copy for each family

    Open a file in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free, and save a copy under the family's name. Type the name, dates, service details and life story, and click the frame to add a photograph. Every box is sized to fit, so text cannot run off the page.

  5. Print in the office or send it out

    The folder comes in a letter-size version for your office printer. For cards, signs and a finer folder, send the print-shop file with the printer's specification. It names the stock, the ink and the trim.

Families choose the collection

All three collections carry your ink, paper and plants, so whichever a family picks, it is still your home's line. Your name appears once, small, on the back.

Setting a name in type

The fill-in boxes use Helvetica, which every PDF reader has. When a family wants the name, dates and verse set in the collection's own type, open the builder on the computer you bought from, choose Build your files again, and set the family's name there. You can do this as often as you like.

See your home's line before you buy it.

Open the builder