For weddings, every detail is given attention and care, from the cutlery to the flowers and the wedding stationery is no different. One of the most beautiful styles for invitations to the big day is the very vintage-looking letterpress printed invites.
Letterpress printing has existed since the 1400s and in recent years the art form has been given new life and has taken pride of place in wedding stationery. It’s on the higher end of the price scale, but the cost greatly reflects the beauty and hard work that goes into creating the stunning lettering.
It’s the very last word in luxury invites, creating the effect that the letters or designs are stamped into the paper, creating a beautifully old, textured feel to the invites. In 700 years, the method for creating letterpress wording hasn’t changed. Metal plates with the words and designs are created and set into a press. Each invitation is manually fed into the letterpress machine one at a time to be stamped. As well as this, only one colour can be pressed at a time so this will add to the cost of your hand-crafted invitations.
However, the quality, effort and magnificence of these vintage invitations cannot be argued against for their cost. The old-fashioned precision of the indented letters are communicated to every guest who holds the thick, vintage card in their hands and the quality is indisputable. For couples with room in their budget for beautiful, hand-crafted invitations, they don’t get much better than letterpress. Try Farrell & Chase or Pretty as a Picture for examples.
- Jenny Darmody
Image Credits: Taupe, ivory and light pink: 42 Pressed via Sweet Paper | Black writing with green flowers: mospensstudio.com | Brown and light pink: Flyaway Bride | Black writing: Farrell and Chase | Peach and blue floral: Bella Figura
Brown and turquoise: Invitation Crush | Blue foliage header: Flyaway Bride | Bronze on brown card: Invitation Crush | Purple names with black writing: Pretty as a Picture