Custom wedding invitation suites like the ones we create here at Dependable Letterpress often involve custom illustration, often of the venue or of a personal detail precious to the couple. When we begin the design process with you, we sit down (either in person or over the phone) and talk through your needs and your [...]
Some years ago, we printed business cards for the iconic California shop, General Store. General Store has an earthy, yet airy, beachy, yet woodsy aesthetic. For these cards, we used recycled "kraft" chipboard as the paper. As a counterpoint to the rougher, more rustic paper stock, we used white letterpress ink to print with. [...]
All the business cards in this post involve a combination of print and finishing processes. Some combine letterpress and blind deboss. Many are duplexed, and some feature edge painting. This card and the one below feature a digitally printed "flood" of color combined with a blind deboss on one side, and letterpress printing on [...]
This structure, like the spinning program we shared in the past, is a volvelle --- a spinning paper wheel which allows for creative organization and display of information (and, in some cases, calculation!). We recently created another volvelle program that we're looking forward to sharing! In addition to the letterpress printing and the meticulous design [...]
Creating your letterpress wedding invitations can be a murky process, but we're here to guide you along the way. Start by reviewing this checklist to understand the basics of the process!
This black-on-black tonal letterpress wedding invitation is the ultimate in minimalist chic. Deeply impressed in black ink into the black paper is oversized, extremely clean and legible, all-caps sans serif type. This wedding suite is a great example of leaning in to the letterpress medium and allowing the printing and the materials to shine through.
Celia and Robby's invitation, a square format printed on thick gray paper stock, featured holographic foil, a bold design choice! Their names were rendered in playful brush lettering and the type for the information was a clean, understated sans serif. When the light hits the holographic foil from different angles, it reflects different colors, creating a rainbow [...]
This black-on-black tonal letterpress wedding invitation is the ultimate in minimalist chic. Deeply impressed in black ink into the black paper is oversized, extremely clean and legible, all-caps sans serif type. This wedding suite is a great example of leaning in to the letterpress medium and allowing the printing and the materials to shine through.
We printed these beautiful invitations for the Met Galactica (an outer space wedding), designed by Jenna Van Hout. They were printed in gold and white foil on beautiful black paper stock, with matching gold foil envelope liners. The ethos for these unique wedding invitations combined art nouveau and interstellar chic. Like no other bash in the galaxy! [...]
