We were thrilled to host Jessica from Annie P. Paperie – one of our wonderful Smock dealers based halfway around the world in Perth, Australia! Jessica has been traveling through the U.S. and will be heading to the National Stationery Show next week. She flew up to Syracuse to meet the Smock team and take a tour. While she was here, Cathy showed her how to print on one of our Vandercook presses. Many thanks to Jessica for taking the time to come see us!

For Keene, one of our new letterpress Bar Mitzvah invitations, we picture a rustic celebration with a cool vibe. Think s’mores, great music, and a campfire at a grand lodge in the mountains.

Photo credits: S’mores | Campfire | Suit

We’re really excited about the launch of our new Mitzvah designs, so to celebrate their debut we’re going to be sharing some fun posts with party ideas and inspiration for these new invitations! Today’s inspiration features Amira, a sophisticated Bat Mitzvah invitation featuring purple shine foil stamping and our exclusive Ruby calligraphy font by Molly Jacques. The suite also features a foil stamped photo save the date! For Amira we’re picturing a Bat Mitzvah celebration with lush purple centerpieces, sweet sips in fancy purple glassware, and festive metallic decor.

Photo credits: Floral ombre centerpieces + cocktails | Confetti System Pinatas 

We’re hard at work with last minute preparations for the upcoming National Stationery Show, but we had to take a minute to share our 2014  National Stationery Show invitations. We’re loving the look of digital printing paired with foil stamping, so this year’s set included one of our vintage print patterns and a new watercolor fade pattern with tawny matte foil! A watercolor envelope liner tied the invitations together. Our BFF Bella Figura will be making an appearance at the show this year, so we printed a beautiful blind debossed invitation with tawny matte foil and custom hand calligraphy accents by Elizabeth Hardin on Bella Figura’s rich cotton paper. We’ll be launching a brand new Mitzvah album at the show, along with lots of new Everyday products, so be sure to stop by our booth – #2341 – to say hi!

This customization of our Odin design is one of our absolute favorites.  We worked with Papier Girl to create these playful wedding invitations, which pair our orchid letterpress ink with silver shine foil stamping and Stella, one of our exclusive calligraphy fonts. Our bubbly Odin motif was used on the invitations and the coordinating reply cards and events card. The best part? The backside of the events card features the most amazing silver shine chevron patterning and a giant monogram!

letterpress ink: orchid | foil: silver shine | fonts: smock stella + kipling | paper: 1 + 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress + foil | sizes: S-8 SQ+ S-6SQ + S-5 | customization #: 18693 | Papier Girl 

We’re long overdue to round-up (and thank!) all of the amazing publications that have featured our custom wedding invitations in their magazines and on their websites. Here are a few of the fabulous spotlights we’ve been spotted in! First up, Martha Stewart Weddings recently featured these custom Halifax bridal shower invitations that we created with The Dandelion Patch.

Four Seasons Weddings featured our Tatra customization in a fun feature on Radiant Orchid – the 2014 Pantone Color of the Year!

Brides magazine has featured our invitations and stationery in several of their recent issues — our popular Keira invitation and sleeve was featured in a glamorous “Get the Look” feature in the June/July 2014 issue. We created a custom, blue foil stamped gift tag for an inspiration page based on the upcoming movie, Grace of Monaco, for the December 2013/January 2014 issue, and our Halifax invitation was featured in the October/November 2013 issue of Brides.

Our new Rainier save the date was featured in a special issue of Coastal Living Weddings alongside some other really pretty save the dates – perfect for a destination wedding.

Weddings in Houston also featured our Keira invitation, as well as our new Spence invitation design in their January/February  2014 issue! 

Many thanks to the editors who chose to include us in their publications!

We worked with Jenny’s Paper, Ink! to create these custom Bat Mitzvah invitations for Ilana. The set was printed in bright blue Robin’s Egg ink on our white bamboo paper and accented with silver matte foil for a youthful yet sophisticated look. Our modern Biel pattern was used on the invitation and party card, and our Clermont calligraphy font highlighted Ilana’s name along with other important lines of text.

letterpress ink: robin’s egg | foil: silver matte | fonts: smock clermont + lawrence | paper: 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress + foil | sizes: S-8 + S-6 + S-5 | customization #: 18696 | Jenny’s Paper, Ink

We love the bold monogram used on these modern Bar Mitzvah invitations. Printed in a cool pairing of silver + grass inks on our white bamboo paper, these custom invitations feature Hebrew text and a fun party card.

letterpress inks: grass + silver |  fonts: submitted | paper: 1-ply white | size: S-8 + S-6 + S-5 | customization #: 20472 | Custom design submitted by Simply Put

These neon pink Bat Mitzvah invitations were inspired by our Rainier customization and feature such a fun color combination! The invitations were printed on our thick, 2-ply white paper in neon pink ink and feature silver shine foil stamping. A cute party card was created using violet and neon pink inks, and the Rainier patterned envelope liner in whisper, hot pink and violet inks tied everything together.

letterpress ink: neon pink + violet | foil: silver shine | fonts: ruby + archer | paper: 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress + foil | sizes: S-8SQ + S-5SQ + S-5 | envelope liner: rainier pattern in violet + hot pink + whisper inks | customization #: 20988 |  Pleasure of Your Company

This bubbly Bat Mitzvah invitation set features our Piedmont design in pretty lavender letterpress ink and silver matte foil. The text on the reply cards even played off of the bubbling theme – guests were either bubbling with excitement or “sorry to burst your bubble”!

letterpress ink: lavender | foil: silver matte | fonts: social + engravers | paper: 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress + foil | sizes: S-8 + S-5 | customization #: 19877 | Pleasure of Your Company