Football Wedding {letterpress}

Football season is here again and I thought it would be a great time to show off our Football Wedding Invitation. It is done just like our Baseball one - folded with a die-cut shape on the front flap so all you see is a football at first. When you open the card, it is pure elegance - no smelly sports to be found! I wish my fantasy football team performed as elegantly this week. Oh, well, that's what I get for sleeping through the draft this year.

If you love this invitation, check back at our etsy shop soon - we will be adding more wedding packages to our shop shortly.

Go Chargers!

Big Wave Wedding {letterpress}

We designed and printed these Big Wave wedding invitations for a wonderful couple recently. Angie and Costas were absolute dream clients - easy to please, quick with their decisions and prompt with their wording, proofing and payments. Did I mention how nice they were?  We printed the main invitation on the double thick 100% reclaimed cotton Crane's Lettra in Fluorescence White. The deep impression we got with this design was awesome. I think this is the design we would use if we could do our wedding invitations over again. We wish Angie and Costas the best on their upcoming wedding. Mahalo for being the best clients ever!

Starfish Wedding Kit

This starfish wedding invitation was designed for our good friends that are getting married in a few weeks. We are so excited for them and happy that we get to be a part of their special day. The Save the Dates were printed as postcards on chip board which gave them a sandy look. The invitations were printed on 100% reclaimed cotton paper in Flourescent White. The hand-mixed ink colors were mossy green and chocolate brown. Congratulations, Pat & Katie!

Primele: hand-writing meets letterpress

I stumbled across Primele at Oh So Beautiful Paper this week. I love the idea of using rubber stamps for return addressing envelopes for a wedding. Especially with hand-written calligraphy - it keeps the personal touch alive. I know I'm all about letterpress, but in this economy you have to cut some corners. Anyway, I checked out Patricia Mumau's blog and came across a letterpress wedding invitation she had hand-lettered and drawn. To top it all off, it was on chipboard, my favorite. Gorgeous!

Starfish Save the Dates

Here are some Save The Date postcards we printed recently. We used chocolate brown ink on chip board that is 100% recycled. If you look close enough you can even see specks of colored paper throughout that help with the sand-at-the-beach look. Chip board is thick enough to print on both sides and get a good impression too. I can't wait to show you the 2-color version of the invitations that go with this package. Stay tuned!

Pineapple Express {letterpress}

We designed and printed an invitation for some good friends last month. Here is a peek at the work we did. We printed them on Speckletone Starch White recycled paper by French Paper - along with the envelopes to match. The flecks in the paper add a nice texture to this design. All we need now is a Piña Colada to go with them!

Waves Wedding Kit

We designed this ocean themed wedding package for a local client this past month. I think they turned out pretty great. Our motor was working beautifully and made this job go smoothly. Coasters and place cards are next on the list. Happy wedding, Brooke & Alex!

Place Cards

Rebecca & Anthony got married a few weeks ago. We printed thank you cards for them a few months back. This is a close-up of the place cards we did for them too. May they have a long and happy life together.

Wedding + Baseball?

When my sister first approached me about having a baseball-themed wedding, I have to admit I was a bit dumbfounded. I thought, "how the heck can I make a classy invitation that has baseball involved?" Well, there is nothing like a challenge to bring out the creativity in someone. I think she is as happy as I am with the way the invitation turned out. That's a home-run in my book!

Coasting Along

Here are the coasters we printed to send out as "save the dates" for my sister's wedding. We printed the red first using red #199. The gray was hand mixed from a darker gray for the rest of the type and the logo on the back side. Then we used a die we had made from David Penn Precision Dies (Pacheco, CA) to die-cut the circle shape. The printing went smoothly but we should have printed a lot more for extras. We cut it too close and only have a few to keep for ourselves. I guess the formula for printing 25% extra is a good one!