| A wedding invitation is the earliest hint your guests will | | | | colors can be achieved it is challenging and should only |
| receive about your wedding. It sets the tone for your | | | | be performed by a very experienced printer. The ink |
| event. It gets guests enthused and makes them look | | | | system for letterpress is less accurate than traditional |
| forward to your big day. Letterpress invitations will be | | | | printing, so detailed areas and small type may fill in with |
| especially in vogue for 2008 weddings, with couples | | | | ink and lose their shape during the letterpress process. |
| designing their own unique invitations and graphics. | | | | Since letterpress invitations can be incredibly |
| Letterpress invitations are created just as the wording | | | | expensive, not every bride to be may be able to |
| suggests; each individual letter is put into place and | | | | afford this wedding trend. However, there are |
| then pressed into the paper. In modern letterpresses, | | | | affordable options. Consider purchasing an at home |
| the impressions are from metal typeset and custom | | | | screen printing kit to achieve the same feel, or even an |
| engraved plates. The surfaces of these plates are | | | | affordable letterpress at your local craft or hobby |
| inked and then pressed onto the paper to obtain a | | | | store. Another idea is to print your wedding text from |
| reverse image. Excellent letterpress work gives | | | | your computer and accent each one with an art |
| greater visual definition to the typeset and artwork. | | | | inspired rubber stamp. There are many rubber stamp |
| Wedding invitations made with letterpress are very | | | | artists who can create a stamp for you to use on |
| unique works of art. | | | | your invitations and envelopes. Learning letterpress, |
| When designing your letterpress invitations keep in | | | | screen printing, inking and embossing can be time |
| mind the colors used and the size of your graphics. To | | | | consuming process so be sure to purchase extra ink |
| ensure your letterpress invitation is pristine, select one | | | | and paper to practice on before beginning to print your |
| color for your typeset. Letterpress printing can only | | | | final wedding invitations. |
| print one color at a time. Although printing multiple | | | | |