New Foil + Letterpress Cards Have Arrived!

October 4, 2012

We just added 21 new letterpress + foil stamped cards and a brand new letterpress calendar to our collection – check out all of the new arrivals today!

Beautiful Dawson Wedding Suite

October 1, 2012

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.

Letterpressed Dawson Suite Looking Flashy in Orchid Ink

September 26, 2012

We were overjoyed to print this unique and flashy one color Dawson suite. Submitted by our friends at RSVP in Plymouth, Michigan – this playful and chic set features just a few of the cool embellishments Smock has to offer. Our orchid ink helps make this set look royal, while still maintaining the modern feel. We’ve offset the back of the invitations and reception cards in our polka pattern in lime ink, which cleverly matches back to the dots on the invitation.

An Eye-Catching Nautical Inspired Letterpress Suite

September 19, 2012

Samantha at Gus & Ruby Letterpress in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has worked with some of the most creative brides this past year, and this modern letterpress suite with its personalized touches is proof of that. We’re smitten with the custom rope monogram on the invitation. Our navy ink paired perfectly with the custom green ink used on this set, and the edge painting, letterpress belly band and envelope liner totally completed the look.

Preppy Letterpressed Wedding Invitations in Midnight + Aquamarine

September 17, 2012

Lion in the Sun in Brooklyn, New York submitted this preppy wedding suite and we fell in love instantly. Letterpressed in a brilliant color combination of midnight and aquamarine inks, the back of the invitation features offset back-patterning in aquamarine. The envelope liners featured the same pattern but reversed for a unique yet coordinated look.

Summer 2012 Press Features

September 12, 2012

Over the summer, greeting cards and letterpress invitations from Smock were featured in some outstanding publications, and it’s time to thank the wonderful editors for their recognition! First up, Traditional Home — which featured three Smock cards in their “Hot Stuff” feature in the May 2012 issue: Botanical Thanks, Cayman and Eaton were selected for the piece.

Inside Weddings magazine featured a beautiful letterpress customization of our Ossa invitation design in their Summer 2012 issue (see the wedding here!).

Stationery Trends Magazine included several pieces from Smock in their summer issue — a preppy customization of our Dawson design, our Crochet keepsake boxes and our new Palmes design were all selected for the latest issue.

Smart Retailer magazine included our Persimmon jotter notepads in the “Write On!” feature of their May/June 2012 issue.

Gifts and Decorative Accessories included our “Thanks a Bunch” folded offset note cards for the stationery feature in their May 2012 issue.

Smock has been spotted around the web, too — many thanks to Discover Paper, Oh So Beautiful Paper, Young House Love, Papercrave, Dearest Nature, Married in Milwaukee, In Tandem Fair Trade Weddings, Syracuse First, Poppytalk via Babble, and The Stationery Place for mentioning Smock on your lovely sites!

Custom Bat Mitzvah Invitations – Letterpressed in Beautiful Blues

September 12, 2012

Penelope at The Dandelion Patch in Vienna, Virginia submitted this ultramodern custom Bat Mitzvah invitation suite for printing. On the invitation, the custom submitted artwork spells out their daughter’s initials, ZLK – and we think this is done in the most adorable fashion. This colorful and edgy set features our ocean, peacock and robin’s egg inks – and maintains the contemporary vibe throughout each piece. With an enclosed travel card, guests can get the lowdown on everything they need to know about the local area. Personality and creativity shine through this unique suite – and we couldn’t be any more excited to be sharing this with you.

inks: ocean + peacock + robin’s egg | font: smock bescal + lawrence| paper: 2-ply white bamboo | printing: letterpress | invite size: S8

Guest Post: DIY Hand-Lettered Invitations on Smock Lettersheets from Rock Paper Scissors!

September 10, 2012

Today’s guest post comes from Lisa at Rock Paper Scissors in Ann Arbor, Michigan and features some amazing birthday party invitations that were made with our nautical lettersheets!

At Rock Paper Scissors, we get REALLY excited about celebrations. We love everything about them: from the paper, to the place settings, to the details (and even the gift wrapping!). We also have a huge obsession with all things nautical. So this month, when Rock Paper Scissors teammate and craft aficionado, Coco, turned 21 and set sail to create the PERFECT nautical 21st birthday party—we went overboard with excitement! She chose the Oxford, Ridley and Anchor patterned Smock lettersheets with beautiful blue and nautical prints on the back and rope and anchor watermark details on the front that went perfectly with the nautical theme of her 21st birthday dinner!

Nautical party invitations with hand lettering

Here’s how she did it:

Using a fine tip blue marker, she wrote out the details of the event in fun styles on plain computer paper.
She then scanned her design and used Photoshop to scale it to the proper size.
After adjusting her computer’s printer settings to accommodate the size of the stationery, she simply fed the stationery sheets into her printer to create perfectly printed, customized invitations.
To complete the look, she dolled up the envelopes with rubber stamps in nautical designs and bedecked them with the addresses of her hopeful attendees.
Dropped them in the {SNAIL} mail and waited for her guest’s reactions!

The party itself was decked out in Smock goodies—from the birthday present from her parents (using Smock’s double-sided Oxford gift wrap) and the cupcake liners (also using the gift wrap), Courtney’s party sent us sailing! We love this custom, hand-lettered invite and party details and can’t wait for the next opportunity to celebrate EVERYTHING with creative paper goods! DIY nautical party invites, nautical cupcakes and nautical gift wrap!

Thanks so much to Lisa for sharing this fabulous DIY project and nautical party with us! Have a creative DIY project of your own that features Smock products? Send it to us today!

Romantic Die-Cut Letterpressed Wedding Invitations in Whisper + Taupe

September 3, 2012

Our wonderful friend Katy at The Inviting Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma sent us this stunning letterpress wedding set for printing. The softer color palette makes for a very pretty wedding invitation and we think you’ll agree this set is flawless. Of course the die-cut adds more of a modern feel to the invitation, but the romance is definitely alive. We’ve noticed that neutral color palettes have been popular this wedding season – and this just happens to be another set we’ve fallen head over heels in love with.

Eggplant + Spring Inks on our Engadine Design

August 30, 2012

Our Engadine design looks absolutely regal letterpressed in our eggplant and spring inks. Submitted to us by our friends at Christie in Manhattan Beach, California, we were especially thrilled to see these come off press because this set is pure perfection. The offset back pattern on the invitation matches the envelope lining perfectly – helping to maintain the modern feel of this suite.

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