inks: sky + lake | fonts: nelly + inigo | paper: 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress |

We also contributed to the awesome gift bags given to all Alt attendees. Actually, they weren’t bags at all, but rather metal lunchboxes with a cool Alt magnet on the front. Inside was a bunch of goodies including one of our small gift boxes filled with an assortment of Smock Everyday cards. Big thanks to the Alt team for allowing us to be a part of the fun! We can’t wait for next year.

For lots of discussion and ample recaps on what makes Alt such a cool event, visit the Alt Summit blog.

{Bottom two photos from Alt Summit. All others by Smock.}

A big thank you to our lovely friends at Aileen’s Invitations for allowing us the pleasure of printing these great letterpress menus!

The letterpress invitation to kick off the event was our Aberdeen design in grass and black inks paired with an envelope liner in our sottern pattern in a custom hot pink ink. Ensuring no detail was forgotten, the invitations were also corner rounded and edge painted in grass ink to make for a truly show-stopping invitation. How exciting would it be to get something this fun in the mail?

The letterpress menus and letterpress escort cards were also our Aberdeen design, printed in black and the same custom hot pink color. They were edge painted in gold and all of the pieces, including the invitation, featured pattern backing in our oesa pattern. We loved working with the editors of Modern Bride to create these pieces and love the final look – perfectly sophisticated, cheerful and undeniably celebratory.

This photo by Bee Kim, founder of Weddingbee and a Trendsetter honoree, shows the beautiful table design at the awards dinner where you can even see the letterpress menus at each place setting – talk about thrilling! You can read all about the fabulous time had at the awards dinner on Weddingbee PRO and on Wedded Bits, the Modern Bride magazine blog.

Thanks to team at No Regrets for the great opportunity to print something so special and fun!

The bright raspberry ink of the calligraphy coordinates perfectly with the raspberry pattern backing in our Taihu pattern for a look that is truly elegant. What guest wouldn’t love to arrive at an event and see their name displayed in such a luxurious fashion? Add personalized letterpress place cards to our list of must haves!

The Amazon rainforest is home to 30% of the plant and animal species on Earth and additionally, 20% of all fresh water on the planet flows through the basin’s rivers. Recognizing the importance of the Amazon rainforest to the greater ecological systems of the world as a source of countless foods, fibers and potential new medicines, the ACA works to protect these invaluable forests as they are facing increasing threats from slash and burn agriculture, wildlife poaching, mining, illegal logging, oil prospecting, and large development projects. Rainforests are also a vital force in shaping the world’s weather and climate patterns with the UN citing that 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions are related to tropical deforestation. It is estimated that at current rates, more than half of the Amazon rainforest may be destroyed or severely damaged by 2030. ACA is working together with local communities and partner organizations throughout the region to protect these precious forests.

How does your tax deductible donation help?

Your $25 donation can:

• Help a Brazil nut harvester achieve organic certification
• Plant 50 trees in a highland Andean community

Your $50 donation can:

• Help a community build a tree nursery for reforestation projects
• Help a Brazil nut harvester get legal title to the land they manage
• Sponsor an environmental education program for Peruvian schoolchildren

Your $150 donation can:

• Help protect the habitat of the giant river otter
• Support research on sustainable forest products such as natural dyes
• Fund a field expedition to study the Bolivian pampas
• Outfit a park ranger on the front lines of Amazonian conservation

Your $500 donation can:

• Train the next generation of Amazonian scientists: sponsor a Peruvian student’s research at one of our field stations
• Support clean power for Amazonian science: buy a solar panel to boost power at the Amazon’s most active research station
• Track long-term trends in Amazonian animal communities: support a month of surveys in the Los Amigos Conservation Concession

Your $1,000 donation can:

• Protect forest habitat for jaguars
• Help an indigenous community preserve its ancestral lands
• Buy a laptop for the Amazon’s most active research station, providing a young Peruvian researcher access to the Internet and online scientific literature
• Strengthen the front lines of Amazonian conservation: provide two months of salary and benefits for a park ranger at the Los Amigos Conservation Concession

You can learn more about the ACA’s environmental partners on their website and for more information about wedding favor donations and receiving your own letterpress favor cards through the ACA and Smock, contact Gena at info@amazonconservation.org.

(designs from upper left: Engadine, Helani, Burstell, Nevis, Nevis, Helani)