Showcasing a customization of our Ollie design, these letterpress wedding invitations were printed in charcoal and Mediterranean inks, a sophisticated color combination we’re loving for winter weddings. To complete the suite, custom letterpress coasters were printed to match.
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These letterpress wedding invitations feature a customization of our Bejeweled design printed in amethyst and antique gold inks on our ivory paper. The reply cards are 1-color letterpress printed in antique gold for a complete suite that is perfectly modern, posh and sophisticated.
These letterpress wedding invitations were printed in our Deco design in black and pewter inks. Printed on our 2-ply ivory paper and embellished with a metallic silver envelope liner, we just love the classic, vintage feel of these invitations.
Today we’re exited to introduce our October Design of the Month – Canopy by Ellie Snow. We love this design for it’s fun approach and modern, romantic feel. As our Design of the Month, all custom letterpress invitation orders of our Canopy design placed between now and October 29 will receive 20% off – don’t miss out! (Promotion may not be used on purchases of other designs.)
Meet the Designer – Ellie Snow
Ellie Snow received a BFA in printmaking from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and afterward tried (and hated) about four different career paths before transitioning into her current career path as a freelance graphic designer. In 2008, Ellie launched her design blog, Mint, and got engaged shortly thereafter. After receiving great feedback on the stationery she created for her own wedding, she began designing for other couples. She is now a freelance designer and we’re happy to call her one of our Bella Figura designers!
What is the inspiration behind Canopy?
When I’m designing invitations I love to imagine the wedding and the couple behind them—and in this case, they could be whatever I wanted them to be! So I imagined a small, summer, outdoor wedding surrounded by those beautiful old trees we have in the South. I wanted it to be a little quirky and modern, and sentimental, too.
When did you know you wanted to be a designer? How did you get your start?
I always thought I’d be a graphic designer from the time I was little. Somewhere along the way I decided I wanted to pursue a career in social work, but it only took a year of working for a non-profit for me to realize I needed to be creating things on a daily basis. It’s so energizing! I teamed up with a freelancer to get my start, and once I had a few pieces in my portfolio I was lucky enough to get hired with a small design firm. I was an art major with a concentration in printmaking (letterpress, screen printing, and book making), so graphic design wasn’t such a stretch, even though I didn’t go to school for it.
If you were an ice cream flavor, what would you be?
I’d have to say vanilla, but with lots of toppings. The toppings are the best part!
What’s your favorite PMS shade?
I love a bright red-orange these days, so I’m going to go with 172.
What other designers/illustrators do you admire?
I’m really into Olle Eksell‘s work right now.
{Artwork by Olle Eksell.}
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Maybe Italy. I think Italian is the most beautiful language, and the idea of having fresh food markets always within walking distance sounds heavenly.
What five things on/in your desk could you not live without?
My laptop, of course! And I always have scissors, a good pen, scrap paper, and a ruler within reach.
What’s the most memorable vacation you’ve ever taken?
My now-husband and I spent three and a half months backpacking around Thailand. We briefly visited Laos and Malaysia, too. Kind people, incredibly delicious food, and such gorgeous scenery!
Can you share a favorite childhood memory?
North Carolina doesn’t get much snow, but in 1989 my hometown was “buried” under 15″ of snow. 15″ isn’t a lot of course, but because it was so windy the snow piled up to 8 feet in some places. At the time I was probably 3 feet tall, making it especially magical! I remember people sledding on whatever they could find – trash can lids, plastic bags… needless to say we don’t keep sleds around in North Carolina!
What’s something about you that no one would ever guess?
Even though I spend about 10 hours each day on the computer and am a constant blogger, I love the idea of unplugging completely. No cell phone, no computer, no television…just good books, home cooked meals, and lots of time outdoors. Sounds nice, right?
We printed these letterpress thank you cards and reception pieces in our Evelyn design for a recent September wedding. The program covers were printed in papaya and taupe inks, while the place cards and thank you cards were printed in papaya ink. We love printing beautiful letterpress wedding invitations, and we especially love getting the opportunity to print letterpress thank you cards and reception pieces to match – it’s the perfect way to incorporate your wedding colors and design elements throughout your celebration!
Recently we’ve been a printing a lot of fabulous letterpress ceremony programs and program covers and wanted to share a handful of our favorites. From flat panel tea-length letterpress programs featuring full ceremony details to pretty program covers, we love every opportunity we get to print a great letterpress program. Program covers allow you to print your own insert pages and then tie everything together with a pretty ribbon or colorful twine and lend an extra special touch to a wedding ceremony.
{Birch flat panel letterpress wedding program.}
{Letterpress program cover in Cartoccio.}
{Tuileries letterpress program cover.}
{Tea-length flat panel ceremony program in our Keswick design.}
{Weber letterpress ceremony program cover.}
{Letterpress ceremony program cover in Wisteria.}
We printed these lovely Papillon letterpress wedding invitations for an upcoming October wedding. They were printed in deep blue and pumpkin inks with a coordinating persimmon envelope liner. A letterpress directions card provides guests with necessary travel information and a map of the local area. We love this great color combination, it’s a bit unexpected and yet perfect for fall.
In recent months we’ve been fielding a lot of questions about cool reply card ideas and wording options, so we thought it’d be fun to round up some of our recent favorites to share with you. From traditional reply cards with envelopes to cool reply postcards to petite-sized reply cards requesting a response via email or a website, the options are limitless. Go modern or traditional, but don’t be afraid to make your reply card your own!
[Surya letterpress reply card.]
[Letterpress reply card with edge painting in String Calligraphy.]
[Destination wedding reply card in Plume.]
[Birch letterpress reply card.]
This fabulous customization of our Moderno 2 letterpress wedding invitation design was printed for an upcoming autumn wedding right here in Upstate New York in nearby Pittsford. The letterpress invitations, reply cards, and events cards all feature pumpkin and aubergine inks on our white cotton paper with shimmery metallic bronze envelope liners, a perfect pairing of color and design for a fall celebration.
It’s not every day that we get to print cool letterpress save the dates for a bar mitzvah, so we love these Balsam Calligraphy save the dates that we printed for Joel’s upcoming winter bar mitzvah celebration. This design showcases the gorgeous hand calligraphy of Patricia Mumau of Primele, letterpress printed in classic black ink.
Want in on a little known secret? Our letterpress wedding invitation designs can be customized for any occasion! Throwing a fabulous party or planning your daughter’s bat mitzvah? Any of our designs can be designed to suit your event. Looking for great letterpress social notes or fabulous thank you notes? We do those, too! If you need moving announcements, baby announcements, ceremony programs, coasters, favor tags or great party invitations, we’re your one-stop shop for fabulous letterpress stationery. Below you’ll find a handful of our favorite thank you card and social note designs, but the possibilities are endless. See a design in our gallery that you love? Contact us and we can send you examples of that suite’s thank you notes, menu, save the dates, etc. We’d love to chat with you about customizing any design just for you and your upcoming celebration!
We searched through our 100+ letterpress thank you card designs to pick a few of our favorites – below are examples of fold-over cards, but we also feature flat panel correspondence cards in every design as well.
Above, clockwise from top left: Herald, Joy, Amelie, Mimosa, Claddagh, Threaded, Meadow, Connemara, Cameo, Harper, Tuileries, Vendage, Hendrix, Adriondack.