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French Blue + Cobalt Holiday Cards

We worked with our friends at Parchment Fine Papers to bring these beachy holiday cards to life. Our Pax Holiday card was the starting point, updated with brighter blues to highlight our client’s photos. We also updated the fonts for a more modern twist.

digital inks: cmyk + french blue + cobalt | paper: bella smooth cotton white 1ply | fonts: angelline + requiem display | envelope: bella cotton white square flap | customization #64905

Peachy Invitations for a Summer Cape May Wedding

We worked with our friends are Papers Plus to create these summery wedding invitations. The invitation features pewter and papaya letterpress, which is highlighted by the papaya edge painting. The diecut metallic details card adds another pop of peach. The moroccan patterned liner is the perfect summer compliment to bring the suite together.

letterpress inks: pewter + papaya | digital ink: papaya | paper: bella smooth cotton white 2ply + 1ply + bella metallic seashell 1ply | edge: papaya | die cut shape: winston | fonts: adobe garamond pro regular + italic | envelope liner: morocco pattern in cmky + papaya on white | envelope: bella cotton white square flap | customization #66102

Green and Floral Wedding Invitations

We worked with our friends at Oliver’s Twist to bring this beautiful floral invitation suite to life. Our Burklyn sample was the starting point, and was personalized with several updates. Calligraphy by Virginia Lucas Hart makes the invitation card sing, and a calligraphed reply address adds extra whimsy. Holly envelopes are the perfect backdrop to the beautiful Burklyn floral liner and enclosure cards. The gold shine beveled edge was the perfect way to add a touch of shine.

letterpress ink: vine | digital inks: cmyk + vine | paper: bella smooth cotton white 2ply + 1ply | fonts: archer | calligraphy style: quinn | edge: 45º bevel in gold shine | envelope liner: burklyn pattern in cymk on white | envelope: bella holly square flap outer + reply | customization #66220

Embossed Holiday Cards on Handmade Paper

We worked with our friends at Brenda Himmel Stationery to create these lovely fresh holiday cards. We used our Hampton holiday sample, keeping the embossed tree and garden letterpress. We love how the fleck pattern liner pops agains the handmade card!

letterpress ink: garden | embossing: blind | paper: bella handmade white | fonts: mrs eaves ot roman + madison street pro- regular | envelope liner: fleck pattern in garden | envelope: bella cotton white pointed flap | customization #64887

Denim and Old Rose Wedding Invitation with Embossed Monogram

We worked with our friends at Shindig Paperie to bring this gorgeous modern suite to life. Our Vero suite was the starting point, and an embossed monogram was added. The reply card features a border created from our Kalino pattern. The blue envelope features a Kalino patterned liner, pulling the whole suite together.

letterpress inks: denim + old rose | embossing: blind | paper: bella smooth cotton white 1ply + 2ply | fonts: la luxes serif + la roche + sweet sans | envelope liner: kalino pattern | envelope: bella blue square flap | customization #66805

Gold Invitations with Vellum

We worked with our friends at Paper Twist to create these lovely invitations. Gold matte foil stamping on white and black stock sets the tone for the events perfectly. A vellum host card with black digital writing overlays the larger invitation. Both envelopes are lined with the hector patten in gold matte.

foil stamping: gold matte | digital ink: black | paper: bella smooth cotton white 2ply + bella black 2ply + 40# vellum | fonts: bellissima script + serlio | envelope liners: hector pattern in gold matte on black + hector pattern in gold matte on white | envelopes: bella cotton no. 10 + bella cotton pointed flap | customization #66462

Tawny and Holly Holiday Cards

We worked with our friends at Paper Place to create these beautifully holly holiday cards. Our Charlton Holiday was the starting point for the design. The card was updated to a folded card, with message on the interior. The front features the Charlton boarder, in which the client will add a family photo. The suite is completed by a foil liner in the matching tawny shine on holly.

foil stamping: tawny shine | paper: bella holly 1ply | fonts: amira madison script + mrs. eaves | envelope liner: grantham pattern in tawny shine on holly | envelope: bella cotton ivory pointed flap | customization #64602

Ordering Extras vs. Ordering and Reordering

We’re here to help make your wedding stationery process a wonderful and stress free experience!  When it comes to quantity, it’s always better to overorder than underorder.

We recommend ordering extras, in case of guest list changes, mailing mishaps. It’s also important to ensure you have enough for keepsakes and photography.  

We fully understand that things change and move quickly, and sometimes reorders are necessary.  We’re here to do whatever we can to make all orders, including reorders, as seamless as possible.  

Many people and processes help create these keepsakes, and this process happens whether it’s an initial order or a reorder. The same amount of care, materials, and dedication of time is put into each order, so the cost of ordering 100 + 10 is significantly higher than the cost of 110.

To help save you stress and cost, below we’ve broken out the cost difference for ordering 110 in an initial order, versus ordering 100 and a reorder of 10.

Modern Black Mitzvah Invitations

We worked with our friends at Sweet Paper to bring Bryce’s bar mitzvah invitations to life. Our Pura Vida sample was the starting point, to which we added the motif from our Arches save the date. The Regina liner in black is the perfect minimal pattern to complete this modern suite.

letterpress ink: black | paper: bella cotton white 2ply | fonts: at sackers gothic light + ibm plex sans Hebrew | envelope liner: regina pattern in black | envelope: bella cotton white square flap | customization #64412

Introducing Dahlman: Vintage Christmas Inspired Holiday Design

We’re always interested to learn about our designer’s inspiration. Our designer Cassidy created the Dahlman holiday card for our 2023 holiday collection, and walks us through her inspiration:

Dahlman was inspired by the vintage Christmas ornaments from my great grandma’s mini Christmas tree! I’ve always loved her tree so much so I knew I had to illustrate my favorite ornaments and turn them into a pattern. I named the suite after my Oma’s maiden name Dahlman, as she’s always encouraged and inspired me to live out my dreams as an artist and designer

The color palette and illustration style was heavily inspired by Christmas cards from the 50s/60s, but especially the 1950s collection of Christmas cards designed by the amazing animator Thorten Hee. You can see these below, along with some real vintage ornaments.

The champagne matte foil and pink pearl shine give the card that retro feel and the red shine foil brings in the holiday cheer! For the typography, I used Dark Paradise for the title and Altesse script to help give the card a retro feel and Avenir helped to add a modern touch.

The card can be printed in multiple different colorways and the illustrations can be moved and adjusted to create something truly personalized. Pictures could also be added inside the big circle cutouts of the ornaments to place photos of your family or pets! I’ve mocked up some alternative color ways below.

Dahlman Option 1 – Holly paper with green shine foil, red shine foil, and champagne matte foil

Dahlman Option 2 – Backer option –  Bella white paper with green shine foil, red shine foil, and champagne matte foil 

Dahlman Option 3 –  Bella bright white paper with pink pearl shine foil, ice shine foil, & champagne matte foil

foil stamping: red shine + pink pearl shine + champagne matte | fonts: dark paradise + altesse + avenir | paper: bella bright white cotton 2-ply | size: a-6 | liner: ornaments pattern in champagne matte on metallic rose quartz text | envelope: bella cotton bright white pointed flap | digital addressing ink: cherry

Botanical Spruce Wedding Invitations

We worked with our friends at Ink Papery to create Karen and John’s wedding invitation suite. The reception card features the botanical border from our Braxton save the date, in spruce letterpress to match the rest of the suite. Our white flower vintage print liner, with a background in acadia pairs perfectly with the spruce letterpress used throughout the suite.

letterpress ink: spruce | paper: bella cotton white 2ply + 1ply | fonts: mrs eaves + margarita script | envelope liner: white flower pattern in cmyk + acadia | envelope: bella cotton white pointed flap | customization #65068

Cobalt Floral Wedding Invitations

We worked with our friends at Blacker an Kooby to create Skylar and Peter’s invitation suite. Supplied florals pair perfectly with crisp cobalt letterpress and edge painting. The supplied pattern repeats on the belly band and liner, complimenting the rehearsal dinner and details cards.

letterpress ink: cobalt | digital ink: cmyk | paper: bella smooth cotton bright white 3ply + 2ply + 1ply | edge paint: cobalt | fonts: bettrisia + gill sans + arno pro | envelope liner: custom supplied pattern in cmyk | envelope: bella cotton bright white square flap | customization #66244

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