We’ve been busy printing up custom holiday cards over the past few months, so with Christmas just around the corner we thought we’d share a few! We worked with our friends at Needle in a Haystack to create these custom letterpress Christmas party invitations and save the dates. Inspired by our Hamilton design, the invitations were printed on our ultra-thick 3-ply paper and edge painted in deep red for a festive touch.
letterpress ink: deep red | foil color: gold matte | fonts: natura + barnes | paper: 2-ply + 3-ply ivory | size: S-6SQ + S-6 + S-5 | envelope liner: merry pattern in deep red | customization #29607 | Needle in a Haystack
We personalized our Brynn design to create Maggie’s jewel toned Bat Mitzvah invitations. Featuring a pretty palette of orchid, azure, royale, and violet inks, the invitations and party cards both included a modern, text-based design on the front, with a colorful pattern covering the back. Orchid edge painting and striped patterned envelope liners added additional bursts of color to this sweet set.
digital inks: azure + royale + violet + orchid | digital patterned backing: Rainier 2 pattern in azure + royale + violet + orchid | edge paint: orchid | fonts: Lawrence + Greenaway | paper: 1-ply + 2-ply white | size: S-8 + S6 | envelope liner: fleming pattern in azure + royale + violet + orchid | customization #27610 | Pen & Paper
For Sadie’s Bat Mitzvah, we customized our Robson design with a sophisticated color palette of yolk and midnight inks. The suite included Sadie’s letterpress Bat Mitzvah invitations – complete with a vibrant yolk patterned backing – along with reception cards, reply cards, a petite transportation card, and a flat social note. Finishing touches included a pearl patterned envelope liner, yolk edge painting, and a custom postage stamp design to match.
letterpress inks: yolk + midnight | fonts: Claudel + Chaplin | paper: 1-ply + 2-ply white | size: S-8 + S-5 + S-3 | offset back patterning: dovre pattern in yolk | edge paint: yolk | envelope liners: pearl pattern in midnight | customization #25109 | Cambridge Street Papers
We worked with Shayne at Ink Papery to create these darling invitations for Chelsea’s bridal shower. Letterpress printed in pink ink, the invitations feature our Plaza calligraphy font and a gorgeous patterned backing filled with romantic floral watercolors. We duplexed the letterpress invitation to the digitally printed patterned backing to make the invitation ultra thick, then edge painted the piece with pretty pink ink as a finishing touch. MaryKate Moon addressed the invitation envelopes in a pretty pink ink to match, and also calligraphed matching table cards and place cards for the celebration.
letterpress ink: pink | fonts: smock plaza + sans capitals | paper: 1-ply + 2-ply ivory, duplexed invitation | size: S-8 + 5.25 x 3.5 | back patterning + envelope liners: digitally printed, custom submitted artwork | edge painting: pink | customization #: 26269 | Ink Papery
Letterpress printed in a vibrant color pairing of hot pink and Robin’s egg blue, this customization of our Roxbury invitation is both festive and fun. We created reply cards, a party card, and a brunch card to accompany Ava’s Bat Mitzvah invitations, along with simple social notes to match. Each piece was sent out in style: the invitation and social note envelopes each featured colorful patterned envelope liners, and we even created a custom stamp design to match the set!
letterpress inks: hot pink + robin’s egg | fonts: Smock Ruby + Beaumont | paper: 2-ply + 1-ply white | size: S-8 + S-6 + S-5 + 3×3 | edge painting: hot pink | envelope liners: invitation: Rainier pattern in hot pink + robin’s egg; social notes: Rainier pattern in hot pink + whisper + cloud + robin’s egg | customization #25379 | The Write Image (Maryland)
We worked with Jackie at Orrganics to customize our Finley Bat Mitzvah invitations for Elisabeth’s November celebration. The invitations featured gold matte foil stamping and yolk letterpress ink on our ultra thick 3-ply bamboo paper, with blind debossed floral accents adding a subtle design element. The invitations were corner rounded and edge painted in yolk ink, which coordinated with the pop of yellow on the invitations as well as the patterned envelope liners.
letterpress inks: inkless blind deboss + yolk | foil color: gold matte | fonts: Smock Plaza + Lazlo + New Peninim Hebrew | paper: 3-ply + 1-ply white | size: S-8SQ+ S-6SQ + S-5SQ | edge painting: yolk | envelope liners: Ashford pattern in yolk | corner rounding | customization #23720 | Orrganics
For Isabel’s Bat Mitzvah invitations, we customized our Robson invitation design with a hint of gold shine foil and papaya inks. The invitations were embellished with papaya edge paint and festive papaya envelope liners to tie everything together.
letterpress ink: papaya | foil color: gold shine | fonts: peale & flora | paper: 2-ply ivory | sizes: S-8 + S-5| envelope liners: pearl pattern in papaya ink | edge painting: papaya | customization #: 19757 | Kate’s Paperie
We customized our Tallmossen design in a pretty color palette of silver and butter inks for Allison and John’s May wedding in Georgia last year. Their letterpress wedding invitations featured our Harrison calligraphy font and a playful patterned backing, while the envelope liners and edge painting added a bright pop of yellow to the set.
letterpress ink: silver | offset back patterning: chablais pattern in silver ink | font: smock harrison | paper: 2-ply white | sizes: S-8 + S-5 | envelope liners: fleming pattern in butter ink | edge painting: butter | corner rounding | customization #: 22149 | Westwood Paper Company
We love the combination of letterpress, foil stamping, and offset printing. These wedding invitations are printed in all three methods and the result is outstanding! Thanks go out to Houston Invitation Service for helping dream up these custom invitations.
letterpress ink: gold | foil: gold matte | offset ink: robin egg | font: cecilia | paper: 2-ply ivory | invite size: s7 | offset liner: reverse ashford in robin egg | edge painting: pink | customization #: 17388 |
Love the look of colorful edge painting on a beautifully printed letterpress wedding invitation? So do we! Order your custom wedding invitations with Smock from now through May 31, and we’ll edge paint your invitations for free when you spend $2,000 or more! Choose from one of our 60 ink colors and add a beautiful colored edge to your invitations for a perfect finishing touch. Visit your favorite Smock dealer today to get started on your order!
The fine print: Free edge painting promotion can be applied to any one card with minimum order of $2,000. Promotion can be combined with our other ongoing promotions: free envelope printing on tier 3 envelopes and 10% off 6 printed pieces or more, though order total must reach $2,000 after these promotions have been applied in order to be eligible. Offer ends May 31, 2013.