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Save the Dates are a great way to make sure your guests write your wedding date on their calendar in ink. You don’t want grandma scheduling a root canal on your big day, so it’s considerate to give your family and friends a heads up that this date is reserved for your “I do’s.”
You want your guests to know the who, when and where; design your Save the Dates to include your names, the date of the…
Wedding invitation wording may seem as daunting as college calculus, but just as mathematical theorems have equations, so do Wedding Invitations:
Hosts² + (Bride + Groom) + Date + Location + (Paper + Ink) = Invitation
Ok, that is a very simplified version, and the truth is there is variation depending on how formal you want to be. But let’s take a look at the factors.
Hosts: Start with the full…
You’re hosting the Bridal Shower, and you’ve found the perfect venue that has the perfect tea sandwiches (the bride’s favorite) and now all you need are Bridal Shower invites to let everyone know when and where they can come eat said tea sandwiches and celebrate the bride to be. A weighty task indeed considering you want the invites to be as perfect as cucumber and butter on crustless bread. Kee…
Wedding Thank You cards give you the opportunity to express your appreciation for those who were kind enough to send you gifts on your special day. It also allows the recipients to know that their goods were received and not lost in transit.
Thank you notes should be written within three months of the receipt of the gift. This may at first seem overwhelming, by writing out just three or four…
Park Slope Press was asked to guest blog on Borrowed & Blue for a feature on Wedding Invitations: A Guide To Envelopes. Check out some of the highlights below and for the full article click here.
Custom wedding invitation envelopes from Park Slope Press
Envelope Size It all starts…
This past August we were asked to craft letterpress wedding invitations for NYC Weddings based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There are so many places you can have a wedding – in a rustic barn, on the beach, at a vineyard – but there’s a new urban wedding trend that embraces industrial, organic, modern and chic all rolled into one. My Moona trendy bar/restaurant in Brooklyn hosted our fairy tale…
Peace #letterpress #holidaycards available for preorder now! http://ow.ly/BZCGG
#diamonddust portraits from us and @gowanusprintlab (at Gowanus Print Lab)
Diamond Dust Portraits
from Gowanus Print Lab and Park Slope Press
This completely unique canvas portrait makes a luxurious gift for a wedding, anniversary, or other milestone. A rare printing technique, made famous by Andy Warhol, lives on at Gowanus Print Lab. Here, we printed diamond dust portraits for Italian photographer Marco Glaviano for his exhibition showcasing vintage black-and-white…
Letterpress and screenprinted holiday cards
from GOWANUS PRINT LAB and PARK SLOPE PRESS
We’ve put our heads together to design some fun and classic holiday cards, and decided to give a discount to anyone who pre-orders.
For a limited time, get a set of 10 cards for $15 25% off the price they’ll sell for in three weeks!
Why not get a jump start on your resolution to keep up with correspondence?…
Hello, fall favorites!
It’s getting cooler outside, and we love sweater weather. Here are a few things that we admire (and want to snuggle up with) this season.
1. If those multicolor refrigerator magnets seem too summery for you, spray paint the letters a metallic for a quick DIY project. | 2. Paired with some easy rolled-up jeans, I’m sure I could wear out a pair of boots this fall like Free…
(Together with their) families #letterpress #weddinginvitation #modernwedding (at Gowanus Print Lab)
Custom #letterpress #guitarlabels #handcrafted #spanishguitar #brooklyn (at Park Slope Press)
#letterpress #weddinginvitation #philadelphiawedding (at Gowanus Print Lab)
New tote. #screenprinting #neon #hotpink #printisnotdead #dinosaurprinter (at Gowanus Print Lab)
#blueonblue #nyc #september11
<h2>A Vintage Inspired Brooklyn Letterpress Wedding Invitation</h2> This beautiful, unique design was brought to us by our customer. Letterpress was the perfect way to enhance this vintage inspired Brooklyn invitation. I can’t imaging a more lovely way to end the summer than a perfectly styled Brooklyn wedding. The couple chose a smooth stock, less textured than we typically print on, but the results are incredibly crisp and beautiful. Letterpress lends itself to detailed design. The border on this invite is delicate yet sharp, and printed so wonderfully.
We mixed the color so it was just right, and printed the red border and design first. Next, we aligned the plate for the text, and printed the second color. There’s nothing like beautiful two-color registered letterpress with a nice deep impression! I love seeing a wedding invitation design go through the printing process. We printed ninety invitations, which were then finished with a second layer of the same paper, glued securely to the back of the card.The sides of the paper are trimmed flush, giving the appearance of a single, thick piece of card stock. This is called duplexing, and makes the paper extra thick, and adds an extra something to an invitation when you take it out of the envelope. Look out for more unique letterpress printing projects up on the blog soon!
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A Vintage Inspired Brooklyn Letterpress Wedding Invitation <h2>A Vintage Inspired Brooklyn Letterpress Wedding Invitation</h2> This beautiful, unique design was brought to us by our customer.
