DIY Letterpress? Yes Please!

Everyone knows how much I love letterpress, and when I heard about this giveaway on iDIY, I was jumping out of my chair with excitement! iDIY is giving away Lifestyle Craft's L Letterpress to ONE special winner! If you're considering doing your invitations yourself, take a look at this wonderful new letterpress machine!

Photo via iDIY

Letterpress is an intricate process, since it's done by hand, one-by-one, piece-by-piece, but it's gorgeous and it adds a special element to whatever you're letterpressing! You can use the L Letterpress to make invitations, thank you cards, business cards...whatever your heart desires!

Photo via iDIY

Don't you want to be able to do beautiful letterpress on your own?! The contest ends this Wednesday at 11:59PM EST, so go over to iDIY and get your entries in to win this amazing contraption!

Fun and Bright Letterpress Invitations

I LOVE letterpress, and if you don't know what letterpress is, let me explain. It is basically the best thing EVER to happen to paper. If you're a technical person, you can read about letterpress as it is defined by Wikipedia. In layman's terms, it's when the design and ink is pressed into thick, luxurious paper, creating a beautiful piece of paper artwork.

Letterpress is usually reserved for very elegant invitations. Now I'm seeing more letterpress invitations using brighter colors and more design. They're all, of course, still incredibly elegant, but a pop of color always adds a bit of fun to anything!

These invitations by Louella Press have it all- gorgeous letterpress, colors that pop, a great design, and super fun wording!

Photos via Louella Court

It would brighten anyone's day to receive beautiful and bright invitations like these in the mail! I know I would be replying with the "Wouldn't Miss It" and "Aces" selections!

Has anyone ever received a letterpress invitation or card? OR is anyone considering letterpress invitations for their wedding?

Gorgeous Letterpress Invitations!

I'm a sucker for letterpress, and when I saw these invitations by Spark Stationary, I just had to share them! This is everything that I would have wanted in my invitation, and more!


I just love the pocket folder, and the letterpress design on it is absolutely amazing. The colors go together so well (I'm sensing an inspiration board in the future), and they make the whole suite just POP! And finally, the tie that holds everything together is something I would have never paired with a wedding invitation. Modern, functional, innovative and elegant. I love it.

According to Spark, a whole line of letterpress wedding invitations will be launched in 2010. I don't know if I would be able to wait that long. Someone please get these invitations...and then send me one- just to see it!