Oh So Beautiful Paper

The ladies at Ladyfingers Letterpress make the coolest wedding invitations.  You (hopefully) remember Arley-Rose and Morgan’s awesome neon and hand lettered wedding invitations for their own wedding last September, and today they’re back with an equally fabulous invitation suite designed for a destination wedding in Hawaii.  I love the oversize invitation (printed on the reverse side of a vintage map!) and all the fun hand lettering elements!

From Morgan and Arley-Rose:  Janie and David have an amazing destination wedding planned for a small group of family and friends in Hawaii.  As a lover of paper and stationery, Janie wanted to incorporate the idea of a love letter into the design for the invitation.

We started with a beautiful map from the year 1794.  We wanted to use something that was was historic and it turns out our printshop is down the street from a small map shop. We called and they had a map of Hawaii!  It was so breathtaking and since its design was within the public domain, all we had to do was some color separation and it was ready to be offset printed in four colors!

Almost all of the typography is hand drawn, written, or painted by Arley-Rose.  The actual invitation is printed on the back of the map, which is folded and serves as the vehicle for all of the other invitations pieces to travel within.  Morgan sourced the very last pallet of Crane’s 100% Cotton Coral Paper (sorry everyone) for the card detailing the story of Janie and David’s love.

The response card is a Mad Lib for guests and includes questions such as “dancing sandal size.”  The travel details are printed on a tiny sunshine yellow card are tucked in a gray envelope mounted on a much larger card declaring “A New Adventure Starts Here.”

Each invitation was folded with its accompanying pieces and wrapped in ribbon from Carta Inc., wax sealed with a heart, and stuffed in a gold envelope lined with wave patterned liners.

So awesome!  Thanks Arley-Rose and Morgan!

Ladyfingers Letterpress is a member of the Designer Rolodex – check out more of their beautiful work right here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Ladyfingers Letterpress

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1. Bee says:

   04/18/2012 at 4:04 PM

   Love the heart wax seal. Do you sell them?
2. Laura says:

   04/11/2012 at 11:23 AM

   I am always so inspired by Ladyfingers’ work. It’s always so unexpected and fresh. Amazing stuff.
3. Sarah says:

   04/11/2012 at 10:51 AM

   The ladies of Ladyfingers Letterpress are amazing!! Love this so much!
4. Martha
   Twitter: marthaswann
   says:

   04/11/2012 at 10:06 AM

   I love everything about these! The colors, the ribbon and the wax closure!? Too sweet for words!
5. Lyndsay
   Twitter: itsadatedesign
   says:

   04/11/2012 at 2:22 AM

   This is truly cool – well done guys!
6. Shannon says:

   04/10/2012 at 9:27 PM

   Love everything – what a presentation! The girls at Ladyfingers never disappoint. I have to say all the hand lettering really sets this off, its bold and unexpected – and I hope to see a lot more in this style from the ladies in the future!
7. Sparkle and CO
   Twitter: Sparkle_and_Co
   says:

   04/10/2012 at 12:33 PM

   i really love it!!! That’s very nice.
8. rooth says:

   04/10/2012 at 11:54 AM

   Wow, that’s a really lovely invitation. I like the RSVP card!
9. Ashley {Flakes Paperie} says:

   04/10/2012 at 11:53 AM

   Love, love, love this suite! Adore the lettering, wording, colours…ok basically everything. That’s one lucky couple!

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