I Love Letterpress

I Love Letterpress

August 27th, 2010 @ 1:13 pm by Mrs. Thimble
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I love the thick cotton paper, I love the luxurious feel of the indented letters, I love the endless possibilities with modern polymer plates as well as authentic artisan typeset. Letterpress is rich with history and—not that I’ve ever pressed any letters myself (I nixed that plan months ago)—it feels intimate because the person printing has to mix the ink and man the machine or hand press it on a tabletop press. Letterpress was completely unattainable in my eyes when I started this journey. But the more I learned about it, the more we had to have it.

I kept looking for an affordable option and was lucky enough to find an invitation designer with a vintage Chandler and Price Pilot press who fit our budget just in time for save-the-dates, and I enlisted Janie’s help again for invitations. It was the best wedding decision we’ve made yet. If I had DIYed this—via a letterpress class or my inkjet—I would have pulled my hair out.

Sorry to get all nostalgic. I’m repeating myself, I know. But I needed to look back over the last 2 years (yes two years! Our engage-aversary was last Sunday) and have an inspiration-to-reality moment for myself, you know?

Hive, you helped me choose our invitations, now are you ready to see them?

I Love Letterpress : wedding invitations philadelphia stationery Letterp1 letterp

Photos by moi

Photo from We Heart Paper

I…heart them. A lot.

Is there a wedding detail that you had to have? How did you make it work?

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25 Responses to “I Love Letterpress”

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JenBabe (message) 314 posts, Helper bee

Swoon!!!

8/27/10 @ 1:17 pm (reply)

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jo.lee (message) 5,820 posts, Bee Keeper

You’re making me color-jealous! They look fantastic!

8/27/10 @ 1:21 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,312 posts, Bee Keeper

OMG these are amazing!!!

8/27/10 @ 1:27 pm (reply)

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Miss Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

I so wanted letterpress! I wish we could have afforded it because I love that feeling of indented or raised letters too!

8/27/10 @ 1:31 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pin Cushion (message) 1,012 posts, Bumble bee

WOW! They look so great . . . and I bet they feel great too! Ha.

8/27/10 @ 1:34 pm (reply)

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nbblondie (message) 174 posts, Blushing bee

Wow those are AMAZING!

8/27/10 @ 1:40 pm (reply)

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SandraMarie_1986 (message) 1,363 posts, Bumble bee

I LOVE THESE!!! So cute!

8/27/10 @ 1:41 pm (reply)

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eeper (message) 477 posts, Helper bee

Gorgeous!! I fell in in love with letterpress before I even knew what it was called! But everything I looked at was SO pricey. I was on a tight time frame and didn’t have time to hunt around for bargains. Sad, but I figure I am probably the only person who missed it!

8/27/10 @ 1:51 pm (reply)

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BunnyBunz (message) 173 posts, Blushing bee

They look great, I see why you had to have the letterpress!!

8/27/10 @ 1:51 pm (reply)

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hilsy85 (message) 3,680 posts, Sugar bee

Those are GORGEOUS! We had letterpress as well–I fell in love with the way the color looks and the way the paper looks in letterpress, and like you, we found a way to make it work!!

8/27/10 @ 1:53 pm (reply)

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naangel55 (message) 3,054 posts, Sugar bee

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!

8/27/10 @ 1:53 pm (reply)

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Miss Thimble (message) 797 posts, Busy bee

@eeper: That’s an awesome attitude to have! I’m trying to adopt it in other areas as the day approaches. (”I’m probably the only person who missed it”)

8/27/10 @ 2:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Socks (message) 1,323 posts, Bumble bee

Ohhhhhh these are AMAZING!! Oh I’m so jealous! I think that I would have definitely done a similar look for our invites if we had gone the letterpress route. They’re perfect!

8/27/10 @ 2:38 pm (reply)

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