Category Archives: Letterpress Wedding Invitation

Wedding invitation – Barbara & Aaron

Much to my pleasure, my brother and sister-in-law gave me carte blanche when designing the invitation suite for their Cape Cod wedding. They didn’t have any specifications other than the colour palette and that they didn’t want a typical nautical “Cape” style. I knew I wanted to create a design that was very much focused on illustration, so came up with this toile pattern that included a gristmill and a windmill (the venue had a water wheel outside), with some fall foliage thrown in because it was a fall wedding and fully illustrated type. Everything in this suite was hand drawn, including every letter. All pieces were then letterpress printed (also by me) except for the envelope, which was digitally-printed. 

I’m so happy with how this invitation turned out. It’s great when clients let you do your thing and have fun with a job. Fun wedding too!

SpecsDesign Papillon Press (Chantal Bennett) | Paper Crane Lettra, 600 & 300 gsm, flo white | Size 5×7″ double-sided, 3.5×5″ reply card | Ink Colour Cobalt Blue & Silver | Extras custom digitally-printed envelope


Weber wedding invitation

People often ask us if we can print in languages other than English. The answer is a resounding “YES”, as you can see with this English/Arabic wedding invitation. I love the choice of colour and the lovely artwork on this letterpress invitation. We don’t print many folded wedding announcements any more, but this is a fantastic example of what it can look like.

SpecsDesign Sam Weber | Paper Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white | Size 5×7″ (folded) | Ink Colour custom mixed PMS swatches


Printed letterpress invitations – Matthew & Krista

Here is a fun letterpress wedding suite we printed for Brooklyn couple Matthew and Krista. This is a pretty full suite, including thank you card and favour tag, all in a coordinating red and rust ink. 

Specs:  Paper Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white | Size A7 announcement and envelope (5×7″) 4 bar (3.5×5″) reply card & envelope, 4 bar Thank you card & envelope, 1.5×3″ favour tag with coordinating baker’s twine  |  Ink Colours custom Pantone swatches  |  Vintage stamps sendmoremail.com


Printed invitation – Melissa & Richard

Here is an elegant wedding invitation we printed for Melissa and Richard. The calligraphy was created by Allison at Allison R. Banks Designs. If you love the look of calligraphy, a great idea is to hire a calligrapher to design your invitation suite and then convert it to a digital format so it can be printed in whatever method you want. In this case, Melissa wanted calligraphy AND letterpress printing, so we worked with Allison to convert the calligraphy artwork to a letterpress-ready format. The result is the best of  both worlds!

Specs:  Paper Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white | Size Oversize announcement and envelope (6×9″) and 4 bar reply card & envelope | Calligraphy Allison R. Banks Design | Ink Colour Gunmetal Grey


Wedding invitation – Leslie & David

This has to be one of our favourite customizations of our invitations yet. Working with our Regency invitation, Leslie choose to have it printed in Pewter and Overcast Blue and also took advantage of the cameo customization that comes with this invitation. We work from photos of the bride and groom and illustrated their cameos, fitting them into the invitation. The result is absolutely fabulous. 

Specs: Regency invitation printed in Pewter & Overcast Blue on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm pearl white with customized cameos. 


Darryl & Alexis – custom wedding invitation

This could be our favourite wedding invitation YET. We designed a custom wedding invitation for Darryl and Alexis for their destination wedding in Mexico. The area where they are having the wedding is known for its whale migration, so they wanted to include an illustration of a whale on the invitation. We love clients who let us do our thing and these guys did just that. The result is a super fun, original invitation. 

Printed on Crane Lettra, pearl white 300 gsm in Red and Cerulean Blue. 


Custom wedding invitation – Lara & William

In late 2013 we were approached to design a simple and elegant, yet very elaborate invitation suite. This one had all the pieces: the typical 4 piece suite, pocketfold, vellum, lined envelopes, plus illustrated map, favour tag, belly band, valet card, and thank you card…most of them with painted edges. 

Then announcement card was printed in black with a blind deboss starfish header and Relais & Châteaux logo, on pearl white double-thick 600 gsm Lettra with robin’s blue painted edges. We illustrated the map and printed it in black on pearl white double-thick 600 gsm Lettra, also with painted edges. The reply card was printed in black and a blind deboss on pearl white 300 gsm Lettra. The favour tag was also black and blind deboss, trimmed in a square shape with painted edges and striped b&w baker’s twine. The thank you card was A2 size with a 2 colours printed on the front and a one-colour greeting inside, also with painted edges (a first for us for a thank you, but why not?) All envelopes were lined with robin’s blue printed liners. The final package was assembled in a pocketfold, the announcement held in place with an open vellum pocket. The pocketfold was then sealed with a band featuring a blind deboss of the recurring starfish illustration.

And there it is, our most elaborate invitation suite yet!


Printed invitation – Angela & Dima

 This fun design was sent to us by Angela and Dima for their Toronto-centric wedding. This invitation is a perfect example of how a budget-conscious wedding can still include letterpress invites. A postcard invitation like this one forgoes the need for envelopes. The couple also chose an RSVP by email rather than reply cards (although if asked, we will always recommend reply cards because it’s so great to receive real mail).

Printed on double-thick 600 gsm flo. white Lettra in black and yellow ink, 4×6″. 


Heartland invitation – Amber and Charlie

We were absolutely delighted when our good friends Amber and Charlie came to us for their wedding invitations this past autumn. They chose our Heartland invitation and customized it in orange and cerulean blue ink, complete with coloured envelopes for maximum impact in the mailbox. This invitation suited their wedding perfectly, which was informal and a whole lot of fun. 

Printed on Crane Lettra 300 gsm pearl white, in Orange & Cerulean Blue.


Fincher invitation – letterpress printing

Here is an invitation suite that came to us from Cameron,  who designed his suite complete with a beautiful blind debossed monogram and lined envelope.

Printed on Crane Lettra, 300 gsm, pearl white in grey and blind deboss (transparent white). 

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