We just love when magazines and blogs decide to showcase the beautiful letterpress printing we get to do every day, so today we’re sharing some of the amazing features Bella Figura has been spotted in over the past few months. One of the most recent spotlights was found in the fall 2011 issue of Inside Weddings, where Kamal‘s majestic Bejeweled design sparkled.

A few months back, Brides magazine highlighted our Nouvina design by Heidi, which features modern, whimsical flowers and fun, bold colors.

Stationery Trends also decided to feature one of our invitations this fall — the ever popular Irving invitation (designed by Ben Whitla).

We were also thrilled to see one of our calligraphers, Patricia Mumau of Primele, featured in Martha Stewart Weddings a few months back!

We’d also like to thank Oh So Beautiful Paper, Once Wed, Modernly Wed, Chic Vintage Brides, Wed Haute, If I Must Say So, and I Love You Too for highlighting our work — thank you, thank you!

We spotted another stunning Bella Figura bride and groom real wedding feature on Style Me Pretty! The ceremony and reception took place at the historic Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. We love the details, color scheme, and most of all the jaw-dropping open-back dress by Monique Lhuillier. Our Victoria Calligraphy Letterpress Invitations by Sarah Hanna were printed in black ink on our luxurious 2-ply ivory paper and perfectly complimented the event with classic elegance.

The couple planned an outdoor ceremony and reception all within a “garden-party” theme but encountered an unexpected twist! The bride says,  “The weather gods had a different plan for us, however, as it decided to pour the day of our wedding and was freezing cold (ok, it was in the 40s, but that’s freezing for us Arizonans!)We made the decision to move everything indoors the morning of the wedding and I was a little concerned that our Plan B back-up space would end up looking like a generic ballroom. However, through sheer determination and incredibly hard work, our design team, Avant-Garde Studio, and our event planner, Rhonda Rush, were able to “recreate” my garden party theme indoors.  Avant-Garde even built the entire tent structure inside the ballroom and draped all of the walls.  They made the ballroom incredibly unique looking and beautiful. We moved the ceremony into the architecturally stunning Aztec Ballroom and it turned out better than we could have ever imagined. Despite the rain, the day was perfect, and the ceremony and reception went off without a hitch.  The sun even made an appearance long enough for our wonderful photographer, Elyse Hall, to snap some beautiful outdoor shots before the festivities began. The food was delicious, the music was lively and the dancing seemed to last all night, just like we wanted.”

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Recently we were thrilled to be featured in the last two issues of one of our favorite wedding magazines out there, New York Weddings. New York Weddings is full of the best of the best wedding inspiration and ideas and includes vendor listings showcasing the finest wedding professionals in the New York area. In the Winter 2010 issue they featured a letterpress reply card in our Mimosa design, designed for us by Amy Graham Stigler.

In the Summer 2010 issue we were lucky enough to get a double feature! They showcased our Meadow letterpress wedding invitations by Erin Jang and our Botanique design by Kamal.

Thanks to our friends at New York Weddings for including Bella Figura in such a great round-up of stationery and invitations!

As promised, we wanted to share the Pride & Prejudice inspiration shoot we recently worked on with Anne Sage of The City Sage that appeared in the last issue of Nonpareil Magazine and also on Style Me Pretty. We just love these incredible images are by talented wedding photographer extraordinaire Lisa Lefkowitz. All of the paper goods were our Cameo design letterpress printed in celadon and cream.

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Make sure to pick up the latest issue of Inside Weddings – on newsstands today – to check out our New Calligraphy letterpress wedding invitations!

New Calligraphy has become incredibly popular with couples looking to add a special flair to their wedding with memorable letterpress wedding invitations that are the perfect blend of traditional elegance and modern whimsy. We’ve featured beautiful New Calligraphy customizations on the blog before, because it’s just so fun to see how brides and grooms make the design their own. The original design features vibrant cardinal red ink with cardinal edge painting on our luxurious 2-ply cotton paper paired with a metallic silver envelope liner.

Thanks so much to Inside Weddings for featuring Bella Figura!

Southern Weddings magazine calls our letterpress signature cocktail recipe coasters a “must have for your big day and the happily ever after.” They go on to say, “These beautiful letterpressed coasters would surely be the talk of your cocktail hour with fun drink recipes included on each beautiful piece.”

Our Vintage and Odessa letterpress wedding invitations are featured in the elegant Grace Ormonde Wedding Style.

Brides calls our Empire letterpress save the dates “what’s hot now,” showing off “imagination and style sense.”

Brides magazine features our Trace program panels as a practical ceremony accessory. “This straightforward, tea-length style is for the bride who wants to relay essential information simply, with minimal fuss,” writes Brides.

Brides magazine features our Trace program panels as a practical ceremony accessory. “This straightforward, tea-length style is for the bride who wants to relay essential information simply, with minimal fuss,” writes Brides.