Our Wedding: DIY “Letterpress” Wedding Invitations

As I posted previously, my husband and I made “letterpress” save-the-date cards and wedding invitations using the L Letterpress machine. Below are photos of our wedding invitation results (see our save-the-date cards here and my DIY letterpress instructions here). We used the same Crane Lettra paper and envelopes for the invitations and the save-the-date cards. We lined the inner envelopes with decorative paper from a local paper store and created matching belly-bands to hold all the inserts together.

Design, execution and images by Kate






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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/01008141436942643870 courtney {designology}

    So impressed! They look wonderful. I will have to try it!

  • t.olaes

    Wow… you used the letterpress machine for these? They turned out great! I tried making my wedding invitations and just couldnt get them perfect so I ended up having to pay for them to be letterpressed.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/00969997777347317749 Lisa

    These are just gorgeous. Well done!

  • Stacykimball

    How did you make the custom plates? This looks like a great option.  Thanks for sharing!

    • http://modernlywed.com Modernly Wed – Kate

      Hi Stacy, I made my custom plate design in Adobe Illustrator and saved to a press quality black and white PDF to send to Boxcar Press. In my instructional post (http://modernlywed.com/2010/11/29/instructions-for-diy-letterpress/ ) you can see the PDF file that I used. If you use Boxcar Press to make your plate, they have additional file type instructions on their website. I believe any black and white PDF will work, so in theory you could even use Word or a similar program to create a simple plate. I hope this helps!