Sometimes you don’t need all the flowers and swirls.  Sometimes all you need is the right text and the right ink.  When Byrd + Bleecker decided to set this up with our #10 card size, it proved that idea quite well!

ink: violet | fonts: lawrence + plaza calligraphy font | paper: 1-ply ivory | printing: letterpress | invite size: #10 | customization #: 15717 |

Crisp letterpress and shiny silver foil are the perfect combination to celebrate a new baby during the holiday season. Byrd + Bleecker helped to creatively combine a birth announcement with one of our holiday cards – isn’t the end result stunning?

ink: robin egg | foil: silver shine | fonts: lawrence + plaza calligraphy font | paper: 2-ply white | printing: letterpress + foil | liner: metallic platinum | size: S8 | customization #: 16354 |

Byrd + Bleecker shines again with this spectacular letterpress & foil stamped holiday card. The best part? These cards helped create funds for a children’s sponsorship scholarship. We love our generous customers!

ink: silver | foil: silver matte | fonts: lawrence + stella calligraphy font | paper: 2-ply white | printing: letterpress + foil | offset liner: finn in slate | size: S6 | customization #: 16275 |

We love how festive these letterpress Christmas photo cards are from Byrd + Bleecker. Our grass and raspberry inks are just right for this design (and there’s even room for a photo!).

inks: grass + raspberry | fonts:  inigo + spencerian calligraphy font | paper: 1-ply white | printing: letterpress + offset | offset back pattern: everette in grass | size: S8 | customization #: 16213 |

There is no greater testament to the strong relationships we have with our stores than when they choose Smock for their own orders.  Byrd + Bleecker put together a wonderful set of holiday cards, incorporating a little bit of everything and we are honored that they thought of us for their printing.

letterpress ink: hot pink + espresso | foil: silver shine | fonts: smock stella + auden | paper: 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress + foil | offset back pattern: everett in espresso | offset liner: pearl in hot pink | invite size: S7 | customization #: 15378 |

We’re off to Fort Worth, Texas this week to host a Holiday Trunk Show with our BFFs at Byrd + Bleecker! Stop on in, create a work of art, order your letterpress holiday cards, or just say hello. We’d love to meet you!

This wonderful letterpress wedding suite comes to us from our friends at Byrd & Bleecker. We absolutely loved their customization of our Dawson design and wanted to share it with everybody.

inks: eggplant + taupe | fonts: smock spencerian + graham | paper: white 1-ply | printing: letterpress + offset | envelope liner: reverse tesse in taupe offset | sleeve: custom design in eggplant offset | invite size: S7 for sleeve

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

You’d never know this invitation was offset printed unless you felt it! Libby of Byrd & Bleecker definitely knows how to work within and around our albums, combining a converted version of the Lashar design that looks completely unique, with the peacock plume from our Everyday line.

Because the full order was offset in midnight and peacock inks, she was able to help the client save a bit of money and still get them an eye-catching design.

inks: midnight + peacock | fonts: engravers + gothic engravers | paper: 1-ply white | invite size: Tier 3 | liner: repeating lashar cartouche design in white + peacock  | printing: offset

This design won an honorable mention in our Smock design competition for the first half of 2011. This twice-a-year competition recognizes outstanding and inspired designs submitted by our beloved dealers.

We are crazy in love with this great customization of our Lashar design, submitted by our friend Libby from Byrd + Bleecker in Fort Worth, Texas (who we had the joy of seeing last week when she came up for a visit – see the fabulous letterpress coasters made for her while she was here on Boxcar’s blog!).  We can’t get enough of the creative ways she uses our designs and motifs to create unique invitations for the lucky couples that walk into her store!

ink: midnight + peacock | fonts: engravers + engravers gothic | paper: 1-ply white | printing: offset | invite size: s-8 |

by Sarah Walroth, In-House Designer.