Birthday invitations

29Jun

My great aunt is turning 80 and I was asked to design and letterpress her birthday invitations — remember the sneak peek? Well here’s the full reveal:

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Invitations

02Jun

Well, I know many of you have been waiting for the full reveal and it’s finally time to show the invitations that I’ve designed and letterpress printed.

Accommodations card:

Reply card:

The main invitation:

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Ajalon Printing and Design

09Feb

Ajalon Printing and Design does it all: design, polymer plates, press and deliver! They are a family team located in Sonoma County — 50 years strong! They were kind enough to send over some of their beautiful work:

Lots of beautiful textures like the subtle blind impression pattern!

Trish from Ajalon notes on inspiration, “I’m a rabid blog reader, anything about letterpress, so I see a lot of what others are creating. Also, our designers here (myself included) love all things romantic and wedding.”Ajalon (among many services) even has foil stamping which instantaneously makes it elegant. You can find their website here, their blog, and don’t forget to check out their specials!

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My first invitation set

02Feb

My first wedding invitation done by letterpress — finally finished and I think overall successful! There are still some inking issues with my press that need to be worked out (even with my new rollers!)*

The bride wanted a classic, elegant invitation set with pops of watermelon color.

*I am still getting inconsistent inking even with my new rollers and new metal trucks. It’s almost in pattern where I’ll get no ink on one side of the plate and after awhile, I’ll get no ink on another portion of the plate and then it goes back to all inking all over.  Dented rollers would be an explanation if there wasn’t inking on one portion all the time. But it moves! Could it be the hooks/springs that hold my rollers? Any printers out there, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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