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Boston Public Library Calligraphy Letterpress Wedding Invitation

We are back from the National Stationery Show and catching up on our emails, blog reading, Facebook posting, and Instagraming.  We have so much to share including the over 30 new cards we launched at the show, all the new stores they will be sold, and photos of our amazing booth.  But, I thought I would share some new wedding work today.  As some may have noticed, we are working on a new website, which will be filled with our new work, but in the meantime, I will be sharing more here. 

Emily, the bride, loved some of the past invitations Li Ward of Fat Orange Cat Studio, and I have collaborated on, and decided she wanted an all-calligraphy suite.  We love Emily!  The suite included an invitation, reply postcard, accommodations card, and custom map of Boston, Massachusetts. Each piece was letterpress printed in a beautiful sea-glass green on 100% cotton paper. 

Li also did all of the calligraphy on the brown kraft envelopes.  White ink on kraft!  You know we love that!



As I hope you all know, Li is first and foremost, an amazing photographer (I know.  So talented!), so she is only taking on a select few calligraphy jobs per wedding season.  So if you like what you see, we recommend starting as early as you can.  And we hope you do!

Photos by Li Ward | Fat Orange Cat Studio

Ocean Inspired Letterpress Magnet Save the Date

I met with Briana and her mother late last summer at her family's beautiful ocean-front home in Rhode Island where the wedding will take place this August.  It was a warm, breezy summer day and we talked all things wedding and stationery on their porch watching the boats sail by.  After going through every idea from puzzle pieces to mini envelopes, Briana decided she would like a save the date based on my own save the date design.

Briana and her fiance, Grant, wanted to give guests a sense of the wedding location, so I created a custom illustration of Briana's parents' home with small sailboats.  We commisioned Grace Edmands for the calligrahy of "Save the Date" and their names.  The small card in the middle is a magnet that can be removed from the larger card and is "held" in place by two small gulls. 

We worked with Astrid Wendth on the addressing of the envelopes.  She calligraphed the addresses in a beautiful navy blue ink.  We finished the whole package with Edward Hopper stamps.

The save the dates were letterpress printed on 100% cotton paper in natural white.  The magnets were printed in navy blue ink and the flat card was printed in aqua and magenta ink.  We paired the save the dates with coordinating aqua envelopes.

Modern New York City Calligraphy Invitations

Last summer I worked with Paige, a super fun and talented interior designer, on her wedding invitations.  She came to me with calligraphy by Betsy Dunlap and loved some of my past designs incorporating her calligraphy.  We kept the design clean with an emphasis on the calligraphy as well as the roman numeral of their wedding date - IX.X.XI.

The suite included the invitation, RSVP postcard, and an accommodations/directions card.  The invitation and accommodations card were letterpress printed in a cool gray on 100% cotton paper in white.  The invitation also had a matte gold for the roman numeral.  The RSVP was offset printed in a coordinating gray. 

XOXO

Hope you have a lovely day! 

{"sweet treats" lettering by me & fun chalk treatment done using this tutorial}

A Creative Mint Business Cards

I recently had the great honor to work with the ever-talented Leslie of A Creative Mint.  Do you read her blog or follow her monthly column Color Me Pretty on decor8?  If not, they are both *must* reads.  Both are filled with gorgeously styled photographs {Leslie does both!}.  Before Leslie & I even "met" my inspiration files were full of her photos! 

For her business cards, Leslie was looking for a double-sided design on thick paper featuring a pretty bloom.  She went with one my favorite flowers - a peony.  I added the little bee & then Leslie suggested incorporating calligraphy. She fell in love with Li Ward of Fat Orange Cat Studio's style so we commissioned her to do a little calligraphy for us. 

The cards were letterpress printed in two luscious colors - coral pink & a softer, but stil bright, pink - on super-thick 236 lb. 100% cotton paper.  I printed 500 cards, each one going through the press four times...that is 2,000 passes through the press!  I got the cards printed just in time for Leslie to arrive in London for Holly Becker's book launch at the Liberty of London.  I so wish I could be there!

Below are a few behind the scenes shots I took while printing Leslie's cards:

My ever-present studio companion, Simone.  You may check out a few more, admittedly prettier, photos of Leslie's cards on Li's blog.