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Impeccable Letterpress Romance

Impeccably elegant in antique gold ink on our luxury 2-ply cotton paper these letterpress invitations, our Amor design, boast the stunning calligraphy of Sarah Hanna. With pretty antique gold edge painting and a perfectly suited antique gold envelope liner, they are as romantic as they are charmingly fanciful.

Bella Figura Debuts at the National Stationery Show with Smock!

We’re back from our first ever appearance at the National Stationery Show where we were blown away by the response to our new letterpress wedding album. We had the most amazing time. Much love to all of the awesome retailers who dropped by to say hello and check us out! Here’s a little peak of what the booth looked like – you can visit our sister company Smock for a full recap! We’ll see you back here next week for renewed inspirations and lots of letterpress love. Happy weekend!

Bella Figura at the 2011 National Stationery Show

For the first time ever, Bella Figura will be at this year’s National Stationery Show! If you’re attending the show, drop by and say hello! We’ll be in booth 2241 with our BFF Smock. We’re so excited to share our passion for really gorgeous letterpress invitations so make sure to pay us a visit. See you soon!

Many thanks to our friend and calligrapher extraordinaire Sarah Hanna for lending her beautiful calligraphy to this year’s NSS invitation, too!

Garden Wedding Elegance in 3 Colors

Showcasing our supremely lovely Hendrix design by Jessica Hische and printed in 3-color letterpress, these pretty and elegant letterpress invitations showcase our Mediterranean, chartreuse and pool inks on our ivory paper. Paired with a striking Mediterranean envelope liner, these invitations are perfectly inspired for a garden wedding celebration.

Royal Wedding Style – Fascinated by Fascinators

In honor of today’s much anticipated royal wedding, we’re channeling our inner Brits and dreaming of gorgeous wedding hats and fascinators. These stunning pieces from Ban Do’s Black Label collection fit the bill perfectly. A bit of drama, ample sophistication and the prettiest of details with tulle, feathers, beading and flowers galore.

{Photos from Ban Do.}

Modern + Elegant Philly Real Wedding

This gorgeous real wedding, first featured on Style Me Pretty, features an absolutely beautiful Bella Figura couple and a stunning Philadelphia wedding at Hotel Palomar. Christine and Michael chose our Bejeweled letterpress invitations, printed in antique gold and amethyst inks, to kick off their celebration. From there, all the details were impossibly elegant with a dash of modern glamor. Bella Figura calligrapher Patricia Mumau of Primele penned gorgeous place cards and calligraphy menus and the incredible Jesse and Whit of Our Labor of Love took some of the most gorgeous wedding photos we’ve ever seen. Much love and best wishes to you both, Christine and Michael, and thank you for allowing us to share your beautiful wedding!

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Avion Letterpress Takes Flight

Continuing our love affair with pretty shades of blue, these modern wedding invitations are a fresh take on our Avion letterpress invitations. They were printed in deep blue and pewter inks and designed for our popular square size. An accompanying website card details event information and fun letterpress escort cards complete the suite.

Wedding Color Palettes: Rustic Farmhouse Inspired

Inspired by our April Design of the Month – Cecilia by Jamie Lea Bertsch – this pretty color palette is perfect for a rustic chic wedding with homespun touches. Think family heirlooms, vintage lace and shades of mango, cream, French vanilla, taupe and antique gold – Cecilia by Jamie Lea Bertsch – this pretty color palette is perfect for a rustic chic wedding with homespun touches. Think family heirlooms, vintage lace and shades of mango, cream, French vanilla, taupe and antique gold.

(Photo credits: Bella Figura, Jose Villa via Style Me Pretty, That Is All + Mignonne.)

Pretty Peacock in Mediterranean + Spring Green

More gorgeous Mediterranean ink made an appearance with these stunning letterpress invitations in our Peacock Full design. Paired with bright spring green, this color combination is both vibrant and sophisticated. To complete the suite, pretty letterpress place cards for the reception were printed to match.

Funky Fresh Letterpress for Engage!

While thinking about all things spring and summer (like fresh lemonade and long walks on the beach), we started reminiscing about the super cool letterpress stationery we printed for engage!10 last year. The letterpress menus and matching escort cards feature a fun customization of our Esperanza letterpress invitations, printed in punchy aquamarine and yellow inks. Along with great summery colors inspired by the tropics, we’re now also obsessing over mango creme brulee! We’ve got to get our hands on some of that!

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