Proofing a pile of press proofs promises to be repetitive, particularly because they are all from our 2009 Peanuts Halloween product offerings. Lot’s of pumpkin orange, vine green, harvest yellow. Please, don’t get the wrong impression. I happen to be tickled pink with our Peanuts packaging design for the last few years. The point is, today is bright and sunny. It’s the kind of day for grass green and sky blue. There’s the smell of mowed grass in the air with the perfume of flowers wafting through.

OK, back to work. Paying a particular bit of attention to print quality, how do the patterns hold up from piece to piece? Is there proper ink coverage; too heavy to weak in one plate or another? Is everything present? Did any part drop off, (i.e., are all the pieces of data in the proper place)? At this point in time, the printing looks proper; all but a few minor parts are approved to proceed with production. The Forever Fun Peanuts Halloween packaging is ready to go, but for me, summer is just starting and can stay around a long, long time.