Jun02New Orleans Wedding Invitations

There aren’t many invi­ta­tions that can actu­ally make me catch my breath, but within that short list, these let­ter­press wed­ding invi­ta­tions are def­i­nitely at the top.   Designed and printed by Black­bird Let­ter­press, these New Orleans wed­ding invi­ta­tions fea­ture the amaz­ing cal­lig­ra­phy of Betsy Dun­lap and a beau­ti­ful lay­out guided by a blind impres­sion map of the Mis­sis­sippi River banks:

Kathryn from Black­bird Let­ter­press was thrilled to work with the bride, Riley, who very dis­tinctly wanted a non-traditional wed­ding invi­ta­tion.  And with the com­bi­na­tion of Kathryn’s gor­geous let­ter­press, Betsy’s cal­lig­ra­phy, and an unusual size and shape (8.5″ x 5.5″) for the over­all invi­ta­tion, the entire thing ended up com­ing together like an awe­some art piece that cel­e­brates the wed­ding loca­tion of New Orleans.

Kathryn designed the lay­out with the map idea, fol­low­ing the banks of the Mis­sis­sippi River, which was later let­ter­press printed as a beau­ti­ful blind (no-ink) impres­sion.  Betsy filled the neg­a­tive space with her amaz­ing cal­lig­ra­phy, rather than fol­low­ing a tra­di­tional hor­i­zon­tal or ver­ti­cal lay­out, which Kathryn printed in a soft gray ink.  Betsy also cal­ligraphed the addresses on soft pink invi­ta­tion outer envelopes.

I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of these invi­ta­tions in per­son at Kathryn’s booth at the National Sta­tionery Show, and of course they’re even more beau­ti­ful in per­son!  This is def­i­nitely a wed­ding invi­ta­tion that could be dis­played as an art print and enjoyed for many years to come.  So gor­geous – thank you so much Kathryn!

{all pho­tos by ak pho­tog­ra­phy}

Comments
12 Responses to “New Orleans Wedding Invitations”

1. Amy says:

   June 6, 2010 at 9:46 AM

   oh these are gor­geous! Seri­ously am lov­ing them!

   xoxo
   kristi
2. jane says:

   June 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM

   amaz­ing suite. betsy cer­tainly is talented.

   con­grats on the new site launch, nole.
3. caroline says:

   June 3, 2010 at 5:15 AM

   con­grat­u­la­tions on the launch of the new site, nole! i love it!
4. Kristi says:

   June 3, 2010 at 2:54 AM

   oh these are gor­geous! Seri­ously am lov­ing them!

   xoxo
   kristi
5. Dani says:

   June 3, 2010 at 1:05 AM

   I found your blog today & fell in love. I have an obses­sion with paper & this is a HUGE inspi­ra­tion to me. I’ve been think­ing of start­ing my own sta­tionery busi­ness & this is just fuel­ing me! Thanks for all of your beau­ti­ful images!
6. Adrienne says:

   June 2, 2010 at 8:46 PM

   best ever! wow
7. Kate@MagnoliaRouge says:

   June 2, 2010 at 5:13 PM

   These are absolutely incredible!
8. Kathryn says:

   June 2, 2010 at 12:43 PM

   Oh my — I love every­thing Betsy does. Love love love it.
9. Becoming Mrs. Ford says:

   June 2, 2010 at 12:15 PM

   Beau­ti­ful!
10. Sarah says:

    June 2, 2010 at 12:03 PM

    these are stunning!!
11. Stationery Wholesale says:

    June 2, 2010 at 10:29 AM

    What many indi­vid­u­als do not know is that is also pos­si­ble to pur­chase cheap wed­ding invi­ta­tions from a pro­fes­sional. Sta­tionery Wholesale
12. Shayna says:

    June 2, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    AMAZING! Lovelovelove!

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