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One more summery post, as we begin to see/feel the not so bright hues of Autumn approach. -(although who doesn’t love a pile of crunchy leaves and good sweater/scarf combo – am i right?)

Brett and Clare’s wedding invitation and thank you notes are: fresh, cool, inspired and cool cool cool cool! Too much love for this nautical-themed invite. The couple chose a super clean sommerset 330 stock to help off set the gorgeous navy blue and aqua. (Two plates used)

It’s all in the finer details -  the scalloped border, anchors, and sail boat (the cutest one i’ve seen in a while) makes this design perfect for letter press. The text also feels amazing pressed into the subtly textured paper. I am positive this Yacht club wedding had a beautiful turnout – from the invitation alone it looks like it would have been a boat-full of fun times. (terrible joke..)

Happy Easter to all of our delightful readers! Stay safe and eat a lot.

Katie

Here at Magpie Press we are in love with the summer months – and the inspiration it lends to the work we press.  In celebration of the great weather and in anticipation of the colder months ahead – we wanted to share with you a most exquisitely French styled wedding invitation. James and Antoinette chose a clean an elegant layout and design, with Jonathan at - http://www.designdairy.co.nz/.

The beautiful invitation chosen by James and Antoinette for their wedding in Gironde, France.

The couple chose to use a subtly textured bright white somerset 500gsm stock in a size USA6. Their choice of paper, image and text worked so well with our letterpress and created a clean, elegant representation of the couple and their special day. A dreamy invite to a dream wedding.

Hope you all can have some time off during the Easter break to enjoy the last of the warm summer days.

Happy Tuesday!

Katie

It’s coming into wedding season and spring is in the air – we love this time of year! And we love special mentions – the Herald’s Wednesday lifestyle magazine, Viva, have recently published a guide to wedding planning “How to plan a wedding” beautifully collated and written by wedding planner Erin Lovich. Mentioned in the piece, is this invitation set designed by Kate Slavin at Cotton Wood Studios and printed by us at Magpie Press!

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Annaliesa invitation

Another mention was made on Style Me Pretty (an online wedding inspiration magazine) which details, with plenty of photographs, the wedding planned by Erin Lovich for Annaliesa and Matias – a beautiful white wedding.  In case you’re wondering, the invitations are an elegant 160mm x 160mm, printed on the gorgeous 535gsm paper, with matching pointed flap envelopes.

Finally back here again, it’s been a little while. Hope you all have been enjoying this rainy season. We’ve been so busy working away that time has just flown by!

I feel pretty darn lucky (doing the packing here) as I always get to have a good look at the wonderful designs that come through Magpie Press. I’ve noticed one way to make your wedding invitations really jump out amongst the crowd is through designing a wedding invitation set that carries a theme or a reoccurring motif throughout. We have seen a lot of these over the past season and they really do ooze specialness. AND just to top it off, at Magpie Press, we stock the loveliest 100% cotton envelopes that are designed to fit various standard printing sizes. We can even print on them, keeping to the theme!

I hope everyone gets to have a break over easter!

Sarah

I have been privileged with the task of being a guest blogger. Hi, my name is Sarah. How are you? We have been extremely busy here at Magpie Press (despite and hence the lack of blog posts!) From business cards to wedding invitations, from blind prints to duplex – you name it! Here is a little taste of what we’ve been up to…

Here is a black/white duplex card for Kris at Klim Type Foundry

A lovely love note tag…

And a good blind deboss…

Hope everyone had as wonderful a start to the new year as we have!

Sarah

In a gorgeous meeting of the traditional Victorian aesthetic and contemporary letterpress, this four-card set was designed by Sam Judson as part of his wedding suite.  You can see more of his work here >> He visited while the project was on the press, and some of the ‘work-in-progress’ shots are shown below.

We loved printing this invitation and information card set – the apple just pops right off the page.  It’s on Somerset 330gsm (designed to fit our Crane Lettra 140mm x 140mm envelopes).

More gorgeousness utilising a blind press alongside a warm peach ink.  We printed these invitations on the Somerset 500gsm, which is absolutely fabulous for the ‘no ink’ press.  The typeface is the ‘gloriously decadent’ Memoriam Pro – so celebratory!

Happy New Year to everyone!  We’ve been head down, tail up in the printing department.  All manner of wonderful projects have come our way recently, and we’re well overdue in sharing some of the highlights.  Here’s the first one – a gorgeous wedding invitation suite which features a blind (no ink) wave impression through four elements – the invitation, RSVP, menu and information cards.

Here’s a peek at one of our favourite recent prints.  Printed in a blue/grey that actually appeared to sport a hint of silver once it was printed on Lettra 300gsm.  I love the ribbon design encircling the invitation and gorgeous monogram – a great design from Rebecca Walthall.