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Blind Impression Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Michael from Czar Press sent over this wedding invitation that he recently printed, and they are so gorgeous they really need their own post.  Just look at the beautiful letterpress details!

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Michael printed the invitations, designed by Splendid Press, in a champagne ink with many of the details printed in a blind (no ink) impression:

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The invitation suite included the main invitation, an rsvp card, and an invitation to the rehearsal dinner:

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The invitation elements were enclosed in the envelope underneath a letterpress belly band with many of the same detail elements as the invitation suite.  The outer envelopes were also letterpress printed with details from the invitation suite:

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So beautiful — and of course I'm completely in love with all the amazing blind press details.  Thanks so much to Michael for sharing these invitations!

{image credits: Czar Press}

Rachel’s Southern Vintage Engagement Party Invitations

Rachel from Benign Objects sent over her “southern vintage” engagement party invitations – which she of course designed and printed herself and are absolutely lovely!  Here’s what Rachel said about her invitations:

They were really fun to make.  I reworked some vintage-y artwork and added color.  I created a custom monogram, looking to old monogram books for inspiration:

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I put the host’s name on a seperate card and had the back printed in a rich, deep red so it could do double duty as a belly band.  I then secured it to the invitations with a wisp of satin ribbon:
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I used kraft envelopes and printed out labels on my computer:
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I had Roberto Sand make the monogram into a custom rubber stamp for only $14!  I used a gold stamp pad to stamp the monogram in the middle, giving it a sort of salty finish that I really like:
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Rachel says she loves the way the designed turned out – really pretty, but not too sweet and not at all stuffy – definitely the southern vintage vibe that she was aiming for.  I particularly love the pattern detail in the background, which you can see really well in the last photo.  Check out more over at Benign Objects right here – thanks Rachel!
{photos by Rachel from Benign Objects}

Lindsay + Ryan’s Kraft Paper + Gold Wedding Invitations

I completely fell for these beautiful letterpress wedding invitations and Save the Date from SeeSaw Designs during Angela Hardison‘s guest posts on Black*Eiffel.  The invitations were designed and printed for and by one of SeeSaw’s own designers, Lindsay Tingstrom-Casey:

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Luckily for me, Lindsay was kind enough to both send over a few additional photos of her invitations and share some of the inspiration behind the design.  Let’s start with the initial inspiration.

From Lindsay: We were married at the Phoenix Art Museum, a beautiful modern space.  The building itself focuses on a lot of natural, raw materials, and we wanted to continue that feeling with the invites themselves. Our colors included brown, cream, orange and yellow.

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And now for the invitations!

The contrast between roughness of the natural kraft paper material and the clean crispness of the Lettra was really appealing to us. We knew we wanted the invite to have three pieces, so the chocolate enclosure was a perfect solution.

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The blind deboss on the enclosure’s belly band was totally a happy accident – I had no idea it would be legible without ink, but lo and behold, it worked!

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Lindsay printed both the accommodation enclosure from her invitations and her ceremony programs on thick chipboard:

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A couple detail shots of Lindsay’s Save the Dates:

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Lindsay also carried the design elements from her invitation suite over to her escort cards and table numbers and printed them on similar material to the Save the Dates and accommodation card:

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The letterpress that we used to print my invitations, a Kluge, was a recent addition to Seesaw’s studio.  We already had a C&P when the Kluge came to us, and this was actually the first job we printed on it.  Talk about pressure!  Our prior letterpress experience was limited, but it all worked out for the best.

I hope everyone has enjoyed Lindsay’s invitations as much as I have!  Thanks so much Lindsay, for sharing your beautiful wedding invitations and inspiration with us!

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

{images via Lindsay Tingstrom-Casey and SeeSaw designs}