I worked with the extraordinarily helpful people of Elum Designs. I am obsessed with the lantern hanging in the portico, as well as the grate in the transom above the main door: thus the design for both the save the date and invitation, plus thank you notes.Ĥ. My invites are inspired by the architectural details of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, where we are having the wedding, because I think it is just an amazing and intricate building. You could easily use Photoshop as long as you rasterize all your text layers. Oh yeah, design your invites (or buy a design from one of APW’s great sponsors.)* I produced mine using a combo of AutoCAD for the drawing and template making, and Illustrator for the text and refinement. If possible, buy a brayer wide enough to easily cover the width of your plate in one roll – otherwise, there is the possibility your roller will dip into the recess area of the plate.ģ. I went with Prussian Blue so I didn’t have to mix colours. Then I bought my ink and the brayer (ink roller) online from Dick Blick – I used the Caligo Safe Wash ink, and it worked great, with easy cleanup. If I could do it again, I would have bought the 600gsm just for the main invite, to allow for more paper thickness and a deeper impression). (I used 100% cotton Crane Lettra 300gsm paper and envelopes, in Pearl. Total material cost for the press was $80.Ģ. We bought all the materials that we needed at the Home Depot, except the tire jack which we ordered from Amazon. Or in this case, ask your dad to build you the press for Christmas. So don’t despair if you’ve never done this before! The internet is also full of people sharing their printing knowledge.ġ. But I have never printed anything before in my life, not even a carved-potato block print in middle school art class. So here is how I learned to build a letterpress, and a step by step on how to use it.Īs a sidenote: I am a pretty crafty, hands-on kind of girl.
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