We’re so pumped that New York has joined the ranks of the small (but growing) number of states offering equal rights to same sex couples. In honor of this human rights triumph, Bella Figura is helping celebrate by offering free envelope liners to any same sex couple who orders their wedding stationery from us!

In addition to the promotion, we’ll be showcasing some recent real weddings, giving tips on wording, and offering advice from etiquette expert Mark Kingsdorf – an event planning pro who’s worked with the Emily Post Institute on several books.

The promotion runs from August 25 – September 25 — stop in to one of our Bella Figura retailers to place your order today! If you don’t have a retailer in your area, get in touch & we’ll help you get started.

We were absolutely thrilled to see this real wedding on Style Me Pretty recently – a stunning white affair that took place in beautiful Santa Barbara. The couple’s Majorca wedding invitations set the tone for their intimate celebration, and romantic hints of blush were found throughout the decor. The bridesmaids wore stunning, custom-made dresses by Lauren Bradley, and the bride wore an incredible pair of bright blue Christian Loubouton peep toe shoes, a gift given to her by the groom while they were dating.  We love their coordinating day-of pieces, too – gorgeous table cards and menus are the perfect way to tie everything together.

See even more photos and details of this stunning wedding over on Style Me Pretty!

Vendors:

Photography: The Youngrens / Flowers: Jackie Combs Floral Design / Event Design: Jackie Combs Floral Design / Ceremony Location: The Canary Hotel / Reception Location: The Canary Hotel / Shoes: Christian Louboutin / Cake: Montecito Confections / DJ: AMS Entertainment / Hair & Makeup: TEAM Hair and Makeup / Rentals & Lounge Furniture: Classic Party Rentals / Linens: Wildflower Linens / Lighting: LBPS Events / Invitations: Bella Figura / Bridesmaid Dresses: Lauren Bradley

{Photos by The Youngrens }

Last fall, we had the pleasure of designing and printing these gorgeous invitations for Vanessa & David’s November wedding at the iconic Sydney Opera House. The invitations were a custom design, featuring elements from our ever-popular Deveril design and an intricate custom pattern. The pattern was printed in black on extra-wide belly bands that we created to keep everything packaged neatly together, and was also printed in blind deboss on the back of each card to create an ultra-chic look. We loved seeing all of the amazing photographs of the big day on Style Me Pretty – dreamy white peonies, a stunning 5-tier cake, and soft, romantic candlelight added so much elegance to this black tie affair. An indulgent dinner reception at Guillaume at Bennelong was followed by homemade limoncello (created by the bride’s father) – a delicious treat and a nod to the bride’s Italian heritage.

{Photos by Bella Figura}

See even more photos from Vanessa & David’s wedding day over at Style Me Pretty!

Ceremony Location: St. Mark’s Darling Point / Reception Location: Guillaume at Bennelong / Wedding Photography: Blumenthal Photography / Floral Design: Flowers on Norton Street / Bride’s Dress + Flower Girls’ Dresses: Pallas / Bride’s Shoes: Christian Louboutin / Bridesmaid Dresses: Liso Ho / Groom’s Tuxedo: Valentino / Groomsmen Suits: Peppers Formal Wear / Wedding Invitations: Bella Figura / Stationery: Fine Invitations / Reception Music: Piano Man / Ceremony Music: Paul Goodchild at Sydney Brass / Wedding Cake: Faye Cahill / Bonbonniere: Mor Cosmetics / Transportation: Wedding Cars of Distinction / Lighting, Dance Floor + Sound: Creative Lighting / Bride’s Make-up: Julie Elton / Bride’s Hair: Lores Giglio / Grand Piano: Hutchings Pianos / Ring Bowl: Paloma’s Nest / Wedding Rings: Canturi and Cerrone

Want in on a little known secret? Our letterpress wedding invitation designs can be customized for any occasion! Throwing a fabulous party or planning your daughter’s bat mitzvah? Any of our designs can be designed to suit your event. Looking for great letterpress social notes or fabulous thank you notes? We do those, too! If you need moving announcements, baby announcements, ceremony programs, coasters, favor tags or great party invitations, we’re your one-stop shop for fabulous letterpress stationery. Below you’ll find a handful of our favorite thank you card and social note designs, but the possibilities are endless. See a design in our gallery that you love? Contact us and we can send you examples of that suite’s thank you notes, menu, save the dates, etc. We’d love to chat with you about customizing any design just for you and your upcoming celebration!

We searched through our 100+ letterpress thank you card designs to pick a few of our favorites – below are examples of fold-over cards, but we also feature flat panel correspondence cards in every design as well.
Above, clockwise from top left: Herald, Joy, Amelie, Mimosa, Claddagh, Threaded, Meadow, Connemara, Cameo, Harper, Tuileries, Vendage, Hendrix, Adriondack.

Check out 36 new eco stationery designs from our sister company Smock: New letterpress greeting cards, gorgeous new offset note cards, vibrant letter writing sheets and cool patterned hang tags! The bamboo hang tags feature colorful pattern backings with blind deboss letterpress motifs on the front – perfect for both personal and professional use. They’re ideal for wedding favor tags, for the perfectly wrapped birthday gift and more! Smock’s new bamboo lettersheets coordinate perfectly with the hang tags – they are bright, modern and uniquely Smock, an ode to our love for handwritten correspondence.

All items now available for online ordering on Smock’s website.

This unique letterpress thank you card was one of our favorite customizations of 2009. It’s our Majorca design printed in espresso and cardinal inks with a fun square shape that makes it truly one of a kind.

Incorporating calligraphy into your letterpress wedding invitations strikes us as one of the season’s best wedding trends. Actually, calligraphy has been a popular design element for, oh, several hundred (or thousand?) years, but we’ve been seeing calligraphy a whole lot in our favorite wedding invitations this year. Though script fonts are great, nothing – absolutely nothing! – compares with hand lettered calligraphy, where every single letter is a totally unique work of art. Bella Figura’s calligrapher is the amazingly talented Debi Zeinert, who has been making our letterpress brides so happy for years now.

So for the next few posts, we’ll focus on some really gorgeous calligraphy invitations. Let’s start with this Nonpareil invitation – it’s honestly one of the prettiest things we have ever seen! And what an inspired customization too (check out the Nonpareil original invitation here). It’s true, we’re letter junkies over here, but check out the calligraphy accents: look at that A! The M! Just lovely. Clients can choose from about 10 different styles of calligraphy, but this style (the Clermont style) feels perfect: modern, elegant, with a little bit of cool. Also note that both the reply information AND reception information is on the invitation itself – it’s eco (less paper!) and keeps cost down too (no reply card/envelope/reception card to worry about!). Colors are black & fuchsia – so perfect!

We think it’s smart to do the thank you note and coaster in 1 color, to keep costs down. If you’re trying to save money, keep the 2 color design for the invitation, and do the rest of the pieces in 1 color.

Learn more about letterpress calligraphy designs at Bella Figura, or about having your envelopes addressed by our calligrapher as well.