Showcasing Allegory Modern from our 2011 collection, this color palette is a study in modern romance in shades of lavender, light lavender, pansy, wisteria and pewter for a chic, modern wedding with a feminine touch. (Photo credits – letterpress invitations + ballet tutu + drink flags + flowers.)

It’s here! With great excitement we welcome you to our 2011 letterpress wedding collection! Created by an exclusive team of 20 of the hottest designers and illustrators from across the nation, our letterpress designs are even more inspired than ever before. New for 2011, check out our new patterned envelope liners, new eco pocketfolds in exclusive colors, new calligraphy styles, our new monogram and cartouche library, and our updated letterpress inks and fonts. Our letterpress samples are now just $3 making it even easier to see all of your favorite designs in person!

Get in touch! Our team of stationery experts look forward to helping you create personalized and inspired letterpress stationery perfect for your celebration.

Recent Bella Figura bride Katie and her new husband David shared this lovely photo of their Printemps letterpress invitations with us. We love seeing our letterpress in action! Congratulations, Katie and David, and many thanks to your photographer for capturing this stunning image.

{Photo by John Sanossian.}

Inspired by a vintage ice cream parlor, we love our Bradford letterpress wedding invitations in shades of Mediterranean, pool, sea mist, British rose and shell for a chic yet playful spring or summer wedding. (Photo credits: wedding invitations + striped bridesmaid dresses + wedding cake.)

This spring-inspired customization of our Tara letterpress wedding invitation design was printed in chartreuse and downy inks. We love the pairing of cool vintage typography with fresh chartreuse as the starring color.

Supremely elegant, these letterpress save the dates show off our Connemara design in splendid style. Letterpress printed in lavender and light lavender inks on our ivory paper, the monochromatic look is super chic and sophisticated.

Soft, elegant and impossibly romantic we love a color palette of light peach, dusty pink, light lavender, cream and celadon to capture the timeless sophistication of our Tennyson letterpress wedding invitations. (Photo credits: wedding invitations + bouquet + wedding cake + dress with book.)

We love this striking 3-color letterpress customization of our Vendage design. Printed in mustard and Mediterranean inks paired with blind deboss, this design also showcases sophisticated calligraphy accents from Bella Figura callligrapher Debi Zeinert. The combination takes a very modern design and makes it incredibly elegant and chic, a twist we can’t help but love.

We’re probably a bit premature in our longing for spring (especially here in Syracuse), but we love a woodsy natural color palette of clover, taupe, hazel, celadon and cream to showcase our Festoon letterpress wedding invitations for a pretty spring wedding. (Photo credits: wedding invitations + wedding dress + bouquet + wedding cake.)

With the new year here, we wanted to show off a few photos from our recent open studio event, which took place a few weeks ago. We had the most fun introducing the local community to letterpress and showing off our print shop and new offices! We invited the local public, media, clients, vendors, friends, family and anyone with an interest or passion for printing and the arts to come pay us a visit. In return, we had printing demonstrations, tours, giveaways, an excess of sweets and goodies from a local bake shop and loads of letterpress fun. We decorated with DIY paper chain garlands for the Christmas tree and colorful paper bunting strung from the cross beams in our office, all of which were created from gift wrap from our sister company, Smock. Our friend and amazing wedding photographer Alice G. Patterson spent the day with us and captured these snippets from the day and her photos already have us excited for next year!

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It’s time to play a bit of catch up on some recent press mentions! We always love working with editors from our favorite magazines, so we wanted to take a moment to thank them for spreading the love.

Thanks to our friends at WellWed for their amazing support of Bella Figura! WellWed is our go-to magazine for stunning wedding inspiration in New England and the Northeast. They recently featured our Cartoccio and Dewdrop letterpress invitations.

Thanks are also due to Inside Weddings! Here they featured our Floweret letterpress invitations.

And many thanks to Weddings in Houston! In this issue they included our Hendrix letterpress invitations.

Today we’re wishing you a very happy new year with a little glamor inspired by our Claddagh letterpress wedding invitation in shades of deep blue, sea mist, sand, antique gold and taupe for a sophisticated and trés chic wedding soirée. We wish you a fabulous holiday weekend – see you in 2011! (Photo credits: wedding invitations + sequined dress + wedding gown + sparklers.)