In 2009 they were proud to have been commended by “Print Week” as Social Stationery Printer of the Year”. They were also winner of the VOWS Award (Voted Outstanding Wedding Stationery Supplier)

The look and luxurious tactile feel of an embossed or letterpress image into a thick high quality card, speaks for itself. These cards, mainly hand fed and printed in small runs are far different from the mass production of so many cards.  The finish and boards used really do have to be seen to appreciate their superb quality.  Whether letterpress, thermography, engraving, diestamping, blind embossing, plate sinking or foil blocking,  you can be sure of exceptional quality wedding  invitations and stationery.  If you are confused about all of these printing techniques, and which to choose, we will be publishing a handy guide tomorrow with the help of Tim Honnor from Piccolo Press.

Piccolo Press offer an entirely bespoke service, so if you have an idea for a design, they will work with you to see your ideas transformed into beautiful wedding stationery.  Contact Piccolo Press directly to find out more about how thay can help you to design your perfect wedding stationery.

Pocketfolds, wallet-style, Envelopments®, Envelofolds ® etc. are all styles of wedding invitations which incorporate some sort of ‘pocket’ to slot useful insert cards for your guests with additional information about your wedding. This could be a map of directions for example, a gift list, menu options or a list of local accommodation that your guests may which to choose.

As well as offering the pocketfold range and a bespoke service, ‘Invite in the Post’ also offer a unique take on on the old war time poster “Keep Calm & Carry On” – a unique, quirky invite which is great for injecting a bit of humor to your wedding! We absolutely love this collection! Contact Davina at www.inviteinthepost.com for more details!

The collection is made up of four designs.  ‘Pure Lily’ features a gorgeous hand sculpted clay lily with a twisted silver wire stem. The flower is mounted on a handbeaded silk paper beaded with 4 pearlescent pearls.  ‘Pure Rose’ features an equally gorgeous hand sculpted clay rose with a twisted silver wire stem.  ‘Pure Sunflower’ features a hand sculpted clay sunflower and ‘Pure Butterfly’ a hand sculpted clay butterfly.  Each invitation is individually boxed to protect the delicate flowers in transit. 

The Pure Collection has been designed with coordination in mind and that is why there is 14 fully matching items in each design set from which you can choose from. Olivia Samuel currently have product bundle offers on some of the reception table stationery in this collection which saves you 20% off the list prices.  Contact Olivia Samuel for more details.

In a series of new invitation design launches for 2010, ‘Paris Lace’ was the first collection to be unveiled in April 2010 featuring a striking French chandelier print embellished with a Parisian lace ribbon tie & finished with a pearl and crystal cluster (invitations from £5.40). New for May 2010, is the stunning ‘Opulence’ Collection. Designed with imported ivory lace and sumptuous satin ribbon (in over 40 colours to suit your day), embellished with a sparkly vintage style crystal cluster for a luxury vintage style wedding invitation. For something a little sexier, ‘Opulence’ can also be designed using black lace (invitations from £2.90). To celebrate the launch of their new ‘Vintage Lace & Pearls’ wedding stationery collections, Wedding Invitation Shop readers have been given an exclusive 10% discount to use on their new collections. Quote WIS10

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‘English Garden’ with it’s pretty floral design and pearl cluster just oozes summer prettiness, as does ‘Chantilly Cream’ with it’s luxurious ribbon and pretty pink rose buds. Watch out for more designs from Clare tomorrow – she has a very special discount offer, exclusively for WIS readers! ♥

Our choice this week is a wedding invitation design by the Letterpress of Cirencester – Dianthus.   We love Letterpress Stationery here at WIS and think the lovely blue carnation really sets off this design. You can even receive a 10% discount on any stationery order with The Wedding Invitation Shop. Just email us for more details.

We just love their designs which you can order online or if you prefer you can pop into their retail shop in High Street, Rothwell, where you will find hundreds of different wedding invitations and favours; each and every design ready to make up into your colour scheme.

They are also licensed stockists of the beautiful Envelopments range of pocketfold wedding invitations. Their design studio is second to none, and as a bride, you are able to design your own pocketfold using the highest quality cardstocks, with fabulous patterns and textures.

Take a look at some of their fabulous designs below or visit their website for more information.

The Letter Press of Cirencester is certainly not new to the market, they have been printing superb quality letterpress wedding stationery since 1986 and the quality of their products really does need to be seen to be believed.  They have recently launched some wonderful new designs for 2010 to add to their, already fabulous, collection.

The Wedding Invitation Shop is very proud to work along side the Letter Press and we are able to offer bridal couples a 10% discount on the entire range of beautiful stationery. They offer a full service, covering engagement announcements,wedding and evening invitations, reply cards, orders of service, menus, place cards and thank you cards. 

Their service is individual. The designs are based on simple classical styles, which you can either adopt as they are, or use as a starting point for your own designs. They are able to add or adapt any of the features shown on the website: plate sinking, using decorative motifs, borders or ribbons, different ink or typefaces. These can all be mixed and matched to create a special look, unique to your wedding.

Please visit their website to view their full range of wedding invitations. You can order a free sample either directly from them or from us.  Once you have decided upon your order just contact us by email to place your order and receive your 10% discount.  Take a look at some of their wonderful new designs below:

From James at Beanswave:“Wedding invites are not something Beanwave have been asked to do before, but when the brief was “we’re getting married… in the Ice Hotel in Swedish Lapland… there’s also a second reception/party in England a week later for those that can’t make it to the Arctic Circle… we need invites… and they can be as creative as you like”, then that’s the kind of job that gets the juices flowing at beanwave. And the client? Well that was me and the soon-to-be Mrs Bristow, so they had to be good.

Although they cursed us when still finding little balls of snow for weeks later, the reaction was great, recipients really loved this unusual, modern wedding invite. Both days were fantastic occasions, the Ice Hotel was an amazing place, and the Upbeat Beatles were a massive hit. Happy days indeed.”

Calligraphy works fantastically with scroll wedding invitations and traditional wedding invitations but you can choose some wonderful freestyle calligraphy to add sparkle to your contemporary wedding invitations too.

If you are not the most creative writer you can get a professional calligrapher to write your invitations for you. Claire Gould at www.wedding-calligrapher.com has written thousands of place cards, envelopes and invitations, and hundreds of poems in calligraphy for all kinds of clients. Take a look at some of her work below to see how you can add that ‘wow’ factor to your wedding stationery.