After launching our ‘design of the week’ regular feature yesterday, we were immediately contacted by Mark of Blush Publishing with this beautiful bespoke design. Letterpress wedding invitations are certainly becoming much more popular here in the UK – in the US they have been the mainstay of the wedding stationery market for many years. We just love this gorgeous invitation! Shelley, the bride came up with this great design and is a great example of how to put your own personality and ideas into your wedding stationery. Here is what Mark had to say about the idea and production behind the design:
Mark: “We recently printed this gorgeous wedding invitation. Letterpress printed onto 638gsm pure cotton board both sides, 3 colours front, 2 colours on the back. A6 postcard with a summer bunting theme designed by our customer.
Shelley took inspiration from vintage pattern and summer themes and got to work in her sketchbooks. Her drawings were scanned into the computer and “tidied up” in Photoshop. Then she added old typewriter and carnival style fonts into the mix and came up with a design full of nostalgia.
Shelley emailed her artwork to us and we got to work. We colour matched the inks to Pantone refs and a print out from her computer as it had the tone of colour she liked. Considering the weight of board used the job ran smoothly. First we printed the fuchsia and grey, front and back and finally the green on the front then trimmed to size. Packed and dispatched before the weekend for Shelley to start sending out.”
Read how Shelley came up with the design in our next post. If you are a bride or groom, or a wedding invitaiton designer, and would like to share your unique wedding invitation designs please do get in touch – email us .
by Sam
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