Eco-friendly letterpress inspiration | Smock » Baby Announcements http://smockpaper.com/blog Letterpress inspiration for wedding invitations and stationery from an eco-friendly letterpress shop Mon, 21 May 2012 20:00:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Personalized Baby Girl Letterpress Birth Announcements http://smockpaper.com/blog/2012/03/12/personalized-baby-girl-letterpress-birth-announcements/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2012/03/12/personalized-baby-girl-letterpress-birth-announcements/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:00:50 +0000 Jessica Primavera http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=5671 Check out these personalized Tallulah letterpress baby announcements.  Our friends at Nest Paper Studio in Oxford, Mississippi submitted these precious baby announcements to us for printing.  The silhouette at the very top makes these all the more elegant and truly adds a personal touch.  We truly adore the bold color palette of our papaya and peacock inks on these.  We can only imagine how excited the proud family is to announce the arrival of their new bundle of joy!

inks: papaya + peacock | fonts: cameron + worthington| paper: 2-ply white | printing: letterpress | card size: S5SQ

vintage letterpress birth announcements

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2012/03/12/personalized-baby-girl-letterpress-birth-announcements/feed/ 0 Offset Baby Announcement in Ocean + Peach http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/11/02/offset-baby-announcement-in-ocean-peach/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/11/02/offset-baby-announcement-in-ocean-peach/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:00:27 +0000 Nathan Fleming http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=5097 Libby from Byrd + Bleecker in Fort Worth, Texas strikes again! Birth announcements are such a joy to print, particularly when they are original and beautiful in design. Peach and Ocean inks are a great blend for baby announcements and the use of design elements and photo space make this card a one-of-a-kind.

ink: peach + ocean | fonts: clementine + forester | paper: 1-ply white bamboo  | printing: offset | birth announcement |  size: 4.5 x 6.25 | corner rounding

charming baby announcements

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/11/02/offset-baby-announcement-in-ocean-peach/feed/ 0 Precious Letterpressed Baby Announcements for a New Baby Girl http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/11/01/precious-letterpressed-baby-announcements-for-a-new-baby-girl/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/11/01/precious-letterpressed-baby-announcements-for-a-new-baby-girl/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:00:57 +0000 Jessica Primavera http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=4910 Here at Smock we don’t think there is anything cuter than letterpressed baby announcements!  Take a look at these recently printed Loire baby announcements submitted to us by our great friends at Houston Invitation Service in Houston, Texas.  Our blush ink blends so incredibly onto our pearl bamboo paper.  We think these are just darling and that they welcome a sweet baby girl into the world in the most precious way!  With a custom calligraphy monogram at the very top-this adds a truly personalized feel.  Congratulations to the proud family!

ink: blush | fonts: beaumont monogram + graham| paper: 1-ply pearl | printing: letterpress | card size: S6

feminine letterpress baby announcements

 

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/11/01/precious-letterpressed-baby-announcements-for-a-new-baby-girl/feed/ 1 Loveable Letterpress Baby Announcements http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/10/14/loveable-letterpressed-baby-announcements/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/10/14/loveable-letterpressed-baby-announcements/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:00:59 +0000 Jessica Primavera http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=4436 Sent to us by our friends at Bridals by Lori in Atlanta, Georgia these precious Dorset letterpress baby announcements will surely tug at your heart strings!   These adorable baby announcements are printed in pearl and pewter inks with corner rounding to make for the most gracious curves and a completely finished look.  We love to see the unique customizations proud parents dream up to celebrate their new bundle of joy! Paired with our champlain envelope liner in pearl we love this added feminine touch!  We think you’ll agree that these baby announcements are absolutely precious.

inks: pearl + pewter| fonts: smock bescal + stockton| paper: 2-ply ivory | printing: letterpress | edge painting in pearl |back patterning: sinclair in pearl |corner rounding |liner: the champlain pattern in pearl | size: S6

sweet, girly letterpress baby announcements

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/10/14/loveable-letterpressed-baby-announcements/feed/ 0 Ellie Baby Shower Invitations in Sky and Spring! http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/06/16/ellie-baby-shower-invitations-in-sky-and-spring/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/06/16/ellie-baby-shower-invitations-in-sky-and-spring/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:24:40 +0000 Christie Jones http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=3527 Our friends at House of Letters/La Casa de Letras  in Houston, Texas submitted these adorable letterpress baby shower  invitations! Our sky and spring inks look lovely in letterpress on our 1-ply white bamboo paper, and this precious design customization features our ever popular Smock Ellie motif! We think it’s the perfect design for a spring shower to celebrate an upcoming new life!

ink: sky + spring | fonts: frida and forester| paper: 1-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress | liner: seneca in sky | invite size: S-6 |

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]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/06/16/ellie-baby-shower-invitations-in-sky-and-spring/feed/ 0 Smock Design Contest Honoree – Baby Announcements from Inscriptions on the Boulevard http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/04/27/letterpress-baby-announcements-2/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/04/27/letterpress-baby-announcements-2/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:00:05 +0000 Cynthia Converse http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=3271 Sent to us by Inscriptions on the Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas, these darling letterpress baby announcements are some of the cutest we’ve ever seen. Featuring our popular Ellie motif, they’re letterpress printed in silver and pewter inks on our seamist bamboo paper, paired with envelopes lined in our seneca pattern in silver. We can’t think of a better way to welcome a new little family member than with really fabulous letterpress baby announcements and these fit the bill perfectly.

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/04/27/letterpress-baby-announcements-2/feed/ 0 Smock Design Contest Second Runner Up – Chic Baby Letterpress http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/03/02/letterpress-baby-announcements/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/03/02/letterpress-baby-announcements/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:56:43 +0000 Cynthia Converse http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=2862 The second runner up in our latest Smock Design Contest, as selected by guest judge Audrey from Urbanic Paper Boutique, is a truly one of a kind letterpress baby announcement from Rock Paper Scissors in Franklin, Tennessee. Using our popular Liony motif paired with our Piedmont design, it was printed in a sophisticated pairing of taupe and sand inks. A space was left for a photo and our Harrison calligraphy font was put to fine use on this cute custom creation. Thanks so much to Rock Paper Scissors for bringing us this great design!

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2011/03/02/letterpress-baby-announcements/feed/ 0 Happy + Fun Letterpress Baby Announcements http://smockpaper.com/blog/2010/12/21/custom-letterpress-baby-announcements-2/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2010/12/21/custom-letterpress-baby-announcements-2/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:29:21 +0000 Cynthia Converse http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=2553 It turns out, we’re suckers for a fabulous letterpress baby announcement around here and lately we’ve been printing a lot of really cool designs to help little ones make a grand entrance. They can be formal or quirky, designed to accommodate a photo (just adhere with double-stick tape) and look particularly awesome when paired with fun customizations like patterned backings, envelope liners and edge painting. Here are a few recent favorites…

Brought to us by Inscriptions on the Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas, this custom baby announcement features our Ellie motif printed on our seamist bamboo paper in pewter and silver inks. The envelope is lined in our Seneca pattern in pewter.

The Write Image in Salt Lake City sent us this pretty customization of our Kurai design, printed in taupe and shell inks for a soft and feminine letterpress baby announcement.

This baby announcement is a custom design that also serves as a cool letterpress holiday card, printed in pewter and spring green inks. This fun design came to us from Byrd + Bleeker in Fort Worth, Texas.

From Stationer of New Orleans, this girly baby announcement showcases our Juine design in pearl ink.

]]> http://smockpaper.com/blog/2010/12/21/custom-letterpress-baby-announcements-2/feed/ 0 Inspired New Letterpress Social Stationery from Smock http://smockpaper.com/blog/2010/09/14/letterpress-social-stationery/ http://smockpaper.com/blog/2010/09/14/letterpress-social-stationery/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:08:03 +0000 Cynthia Converse http://smockpaper.com/blog/?p=2163 Rounding out all of our exciting new releases, we’re happy to introduce our inspired new letterpress social stationery designs, available now at your local Smock dealer. Perfect for letterpress baby announcements, bar and bat mitzvah invitations and save the dates, our latest designs showcase fabulous colors, bold patterns, our exclusive calligraphy fonts, and can even be designed to fit a wallet size photo. Looking for truly inspired letterpress baby announcements, invitations, moving announcements, or calling cards? We’ve got you covered.

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Kelley shares, ” Being the owner of a stationery boutique, I knew I wanted to do a truly special announcement for our first baby. That meant using Smock for sure! We didn’t find out the sex of the baby ahead of time so I sketched out both boy and girl designs. As soon as our little girl made her debut, I took out my draft and made a few revisions…the main one was to ‘girl it up’ and change the paper color to the soft pink so that her name would take on a softer, more tone-on-tone quality. I had our calligrapher pen her name, monogram, and a few items to punctuate the text. I then set up a draft and sent it on to the pros at Smock. The monogram liner was a last minute decision and I think it really completed the look. We are so pleased with the result and have had such great feedback from recipients, too!”

These pretty letterpress baby announcements were printed in dove and blush inks on our pearl paper with silver edge painting and corner rounding to ensure no detail was left forgotten. They feature pattern backing in our sherbrooke pattern in blush and the envelope liner features a custom monogram in blush. They are feminine, girly and perfect for welcoming a new baby girl. Congratulations to Kelley and Steve on welcoming the new addition to their family and on being a winner in our Smock Design Contest!

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