Remember the beautiful Save the Date we printed that featured a ship in a bottle? Well, we recently finished printing the actual wedding invitation and other items. The bride and groom chose to continue with a nautical theme and selected a few more illustrations for their stationery.

Anyone who is familiar with our products will know that we have a soft spot for that whale illustration. And here, it just adds a touch of whimsy to the wedding invitation. We like the interplay between the border and the rest of the card too.

We love how all the pieces look piled up in the photo above. The nautical knot is another of our favorite motifs.

The contrast of deep navy on crisp white cardstock never fails to set our hearts aflutter. It's a classic look that allows the quality of the design and letterpress impression come to the forefront.

This set perfectly illustrates what we mean. It features a single ink color, simple border and repeated monogram and the overall effect is gorgeous.

A personalized monogram is a lovely way to bring some individuality to your invitation set. And you can then repeat the monogram on materials that we print for the ceremony and reception (such as programs, menus etc!)

We are big fans of nautical and maritime imagery and it features on so many of our printed items. From our octopus coasters to our deluxe anchor notecard sets, we love finding ways to reference the sea in our work.So obviously, we adore working with couples to incorporate their vision of the coast into their printed stationery. We've recently worked with two lovely couples on their Save the Date cards.

Meaghan and Andre fell for our ship in a bottle illustration and it just looks so pretty at the top of their card:

We're always happy to include a small motif above the return address on the envelope too. Continuing the seaside theme, Meaghan and Andre opted for a little clam shell:

We love how this Save the Date looks and we can't wait to share photos of their actual wedding invitations!

Erin and Owen also used a dark blue ink for their design (does anything signify the ocean more than a nice, rich, saturated blue?). But they decided to create a truly bespoke card with hand drawn illustrations and handwritten lettering. They also included pops of vivid red:

The little seagull perched on the map in the lower left corner just makes us feel so happy! Here's a close up of part of the map to show the intricacy of the illustrations and the letterpress impression:

We're so excited to hear all about both of these weddings!

We posted a few months ago about a Save the Date that we printed for a Kiawah Island wedding. It featured the beautiful calligraphy of Betsy Dunlap.Well, here's a sneak peak at a part of the invitation design:

As you can see, there's more of that gorgeous calligraphy. We're most excited about the custom envelope liners that we printed! We love how guests will open the envelope flap and see the alligator printed onto that vibrant purple-y blue!

Custom envelope liners are a great way to make your invitation stand out. We can print a monogram, a pattern or the motif of your choice.

Even though all of the couples we work with have their own vision and ideas when it comes to their wedding stationery, there are a few requests that come up quite frequently. We are often asked for images and illustrations of hydrangeas. We love these flowers. Whether in white, pale green or purple-y blue they are always so pretty.Here's a suite we printed a couple of years ago for a very sweet couple:

We love the subtle ink colors and the illustration of the bunch of hydrangea is beautifully detailed:

And did we mention that our set of blue hydrangea coasters would be the perfect guest favor or part of a bridesmaid gift:

And finally, if you need a little more inspiration, how about this rustic bouquet, featuring hydrangea and rosemary:

We designed this invitation set to represent a bouquet of flowers. Each card has a slightly different floral element which is subtly printed, using the palest of pale tinted ink.

The combination of fonts also adds an element of embellishment to the layout. And we adore how each card has a slightly different alignment for the florals.

Here's one more detail of the main invitation card which highlights the fine detail in the letterpress impression. This design can be printed in your choice of colored ink and we recommend opting for the pale silver-gray tint on the floral printing.

This invitation suite is charming and classic and we love the recurring wreath motif.

We designed the wreath to incorporate the monogram that features the initials of the couple's first names and it looks so pretty on the different pieces.

Here's the layout of the gift tag that can be affixed to favors:

And we even used the illustration as a pale, tinted blind embossed element on the RSVP cards:

Our wedding invitations range from intricate custom layouts with bespoke illustrations to the very simplest, classic text-based designs. We are passionate about printing invitations across this spectrum and part of the appeal of our work is that we can really try to translate the personality of the couples we work with onto their stationery.Emilie and Andrew opted for a beautiful, clean layout that let the fonts, color and letterpress impression shine through. And we are massive fans of how these came out: