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Envelope liners

01Nov

I just love me some envelope liners. It’s such an easy way to give those notes or invitations that extra “umph!”. Plus, you can go nuts with it – patterns, photograph, vintage book illustrations, maps…

Oh and here’s a DIY on how to make your own. Although, I just use a gluestick and it seems to work well.

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Tags: DIY, invitation, paper
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A pink pop wedding invitation

06Oct

(If you haven’t noticed already, I’m on a kick to photograph the letterpress invitations that I’ve created…there’s more to come)

Here’s a wedding invitation that is elegant but with a playful pop of pink that I’d like to share with you today. I letterpress printed the invitations on 100% cotton paper using my antique Sigwalt table top press. Enjoy!

{ PS. I will always be grateful and inspired by Steve Jobs ideas and words everyday. }

Tags: invitation, Sigwalt, wedding
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My wedding invitations

04Oct

Here we go, the ridiculously late post of my wedding invitations. Whew. What I wanted for my invitations was a multi-layered textured piece and that had a feeling of opening a present.

I found these beautiful botanical illustrations from an old book and used them throughout the whole wedding. They were my inspiration. So I first used them on fabric where the outer “booklet” piece was lined with. Then I used the illustrations for the envelope liner as well as the address stickers. (PS. Here’s the DIY for printing on fabric using your inkjet printer!)

I then created little pockets and used a blind impression of a leaf pattern. This holds the RSVP card and envelope as well as the details card. The main invitation was adhered to the outer booklet so it’d all stay in place when opening. Then, I used lace ribbon to create a belly band to bundle it all up and added a quote tag from one of our favorite guys. Enjoy!

You can view the entire gallery on my Flickr page too! (Which I think the colors are much more vibrant than here for some reason…)

Tags: invitation, wedding
Category: letterpress, updates, wedding // 6 Comments

My Save the Dates

03Oct

Finally! These Save the Dates that I designed and letterpress printed took a lot of time and effort since I did them on my tabletop Sigwalt press. After printing, I stitched the belly band on either side with light lavender thread. Matching them with kraft brown envelopes with our return address letterpress printed, these invites set the tone for the wedding.

Enjoy!

Tags: invitation, printing, Sigwalt, wedding
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Silver & gold letterpress wedding invite

28Sep

I recently had the opportunity to design and letterpress print wedding invitations for a super great couple, Melissa & Jason. The top design element of the piece was inspired by the belt on Melissa’s gown, a beautiful way to tie everything together. With silver and gold metallic inks and extra thick paper, this oversize invitation brought out a beautiful elegance which I am sure translated into the rest of their wedding.

To see the rest of the detailed photos of the invitation set, check them out on my Flickr page!

Tags: invitation, printing, wedding
Category: letterpress, wedding // 3 Comments

Surprise card

15Jun

As someone who just completed her own wedding invitations, I’ve been a bit obsessed over others. I saw these on Style Me Pretty and it made me smile. I love stationery that allows you to discover and interact.

Plus, the color scheme ain’t too shabby either :)

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My invitations, detailed

06Jun

A sneak peek! I wanted to show you all some detail of the outside section of my wedding invitations. Nothing too crazy yet as the full reveal will arrive eventually (I know, I’m being such a tease) and you’ll see it in all its letterpress glory, but this is fun too:

I wanted to play a lot with textures so I incorporated fabric and lace as well as letterpress (which you’ll see later). I also didn’t want to have to be a slave to colors with a “wedding color theme” but I did stick to a sort of garden/nature theme with a violet color consistently throughout. More coming later!