Threaded is another of our new letterpress wedding invitation designs for 2010 so we were particularly excited to print this customization for a wedding in Morocco. This invitation design was printed in a sophisticated pairing of pewter and taupe inks for a look that is both modern and very chic.

Another of our new designs for our 2010 collection, this invitation design is a customization of our Lana letterpress wedding invitation design. The pieces are printed in chartreuse and amethyst inks, paired with an amethyst envelope liner and features a script font inspired by handwriting. We love customizing designs for our clients and this lovely Lana customization is a great example of how playing with fonts and ink colors can create a dramatically different look, perfect for whatever the size, shape and color of your event.

Our Victoria Calligraphy design, penned exclusively for us by renowned calligrapher Sarah Hanna, is one of seven new calligraphy letterpress wedding invitations we introduced with our 2010 collection. The opportunity to print this for the first time for one of our Bella Figura clients was an absolute joy. This couple chose classic black ink for the letterpress invitation itself and opted for a modern punch of color in our Tiffany Blue ink for the reply card insert. We love how this set turned out and just can’t get enough of Sarah’s beautiful work.

This letterpress wedding invitation suite is one we actually printed last year for a wedding in the beautiful Thousand Islands region of Upstate New York. It’s such a favorite of ours we thought we’d share it to help inspire those of you who might be planning waterfront weddings of your own this year. This is a customization of our Sailboat design printed in navy and garden inks. Along with the letterpress invitation and reply card, there are several inserts including an accommodations card and a rehearsal dinner invitation, all of which are bundled up in a navy belly band in an envelope that is also lined in navy. We love everything about this set from the fun color combination to the way it has us dreaming of the beautiful summers in Upstate New York.

Calligrapher Kelle McCarter of designsgirl, who recently designed two gorgeous new calligraphy letterpress wedding invitations for our 2010 collection, was featured on one of our favorite wedding blogs, Style Me Pretty, this week! Kelle’s beautiful calligraphy was a part of a gorgeous photoshoot that was a collaboration between a handful of incredibly talented wedding vendors for a recent From Inspiration to Reality feature on Style Me Pretty. For more of Kelle’s beautiful work, check out her Bescal and Sobelle calligraphy invitation designs for Bella Figura.

{Photos by James Christianson Photography for Style Me Pretty.}

This letterpress wedding invitation is one of our new designs for 2010, Adirondack, customized for this couple using a horizontal orientation and printed in clover and peacock inks. We love the way it makes this already beautiful design really unique to this couple’s wedding.

The letterpress accommodations card insert and reply card used motifs from our Nautilus design printed in peacock and cream inks, which, when paired with the Adirondack letterpress invitations, is a tribute to the unique woodsy seaside venue where this couple will be celebrating their wedding. This kind of personal customization really allows the couple’s wedding to come to life for guests long before the day arrives and is a perfect way to kick off the festivities.

We printed these custom letterpress wedding invitations for a couple who submitted their own design and worked with us to print the perfect letterpress invitations for their wedding. The design is a cool juxtaposition between simple black type on the front and an ornate blind deboss letterpress pattern on the back. We love the unexpected pairing of type and pattern, a unique blend between tradition and modern sensibility that looks fabulous in letterpress.

As 2010 quickly approaches, we wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very happy New Year! Thank you for making 2009 such a fabulous year for all of us at Bella Figura – it has been a pleasure celebrating with you and we look forward to many more happy occasions in 2010. We’re also thrilled to introduce our 2010 collection, created exclusively for us by some of the nation’s most talented and sought after designers and artists. Starting next week, we’ll be sharing lots of details about our new designs and our designers, but for now here is a little peek at just a few of the new letterpress wedding invitation designs that have us so very excited for 2010.

In celebration of 2009, check out some of our favorite customizations of letterpress wedding invitation designs we printed in 2009:

Majorca letterpress save the dates with grommets
Yellow and gray square Dewdrop letterpress wedding invitations
Cartoccio letterpress baby announcements
Pool and pale gray Buttonpom letterpress wedding invitations
My wedding invitations – Keswick in pale gray and mediterranean
Pink and papaya Somersby letterpress wedding invitations
Custom skyline letterpress wedding invitations
Deveril red letterpress wedding invitations

This fun customization of our Dewdrop design is printed in spring green and navy inks making these letterpress wedding invitations chic and modern. Dewdrop has easily been one of our most popular designs in 2009 and it has been so much fun to see couples make it their own – this customization is no exception.

The soft pale colors of this customization of our Buttonpom letterpress wedding invitation has us thinking about all things winter, which is probably appropriate considering we just got our first snow fall here in Syracuse overnight. We printed this set in pool and pale gray inks and love how the soft subtle colors allow the beauty of letterpress to take center stage.