wedding wednesday: a page stationery wedding

A special treat on this Wedding Wednesday, a real wedding featuring one of our own.  If you ever called our studio, you have probably spoken with Jackie.  Jackie is our production manager and has been with Page for more than 6 years.  In honor of her and her husband’s one year anniversary we’re taking a look back at Jackie’s wedding invitations and how she selected them.

Jackie and Tim on their wedding day in 2011.

Where did you start in your search for the perfect invitation?

I had so many beautiful wedding invitations go thru my hands. I always kept a copy of the invitations that I loved the most in a little bin.  I did this for almost 6 years, thinking “one day I will get married and I can use my favorite design.”  When it came time to select our invitation, I felt overwhelmed, there was so much to choose from! I also had to think about a bilingual invitation and providing information for all of our out of town guests.

Jackie with her dad who is Page Stationery’s master pressman. Yes, Page Stationery is truly a family business! Josue had two important jobs – walking his daughter down the aisle and printing her wedding invitations and day of wedding pieces.

So, how did you decide which wedding invitation was right for you?

I talked to my now husband, and he told me “everyone has different taste, and those brides did what they like, now you just have to do what you like. Make it your own.”  And he was right! Every bride has to make their wedding their own, especially when it comes to the invitation – because that’s the first thing people will see of your wedding.  From there, everything was smooth, Sue helped so much. At the end I got so many compliments from my wedding invitations – both English & Spanish. 

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Jackie and Tim’s Letterpress Wedding Invitation was mounted on a topaz border inside a magnolia pocketcard.

If you and your husband were getting  married today, which design would you choose from Page’s new wedding collection?

Quinley + Marc, definitely. I love the lined pocketcard. It is classic, elegant and beautiful.

This elegant suite includes a letterpress printed invitation mounted on a gold pocketcard. The pocket on the back is lined with a quilted magnolia liner and holds the travel information and rsvp card.

What other pieces did you have for your wedding day?

We had a beautiful wedding program with a letterpress printed cover. Our initials, along with the floral design from the invitation, were letterpress printed on the cover.  The program was tied with a matching blue ribbon.

The cover of Jackie and Tim’s wedding program was letterpress printed with their initials.

 

Thanks for sharing your pictures with us Jackie! We couldn’t get through a day at Page Stationery without you!

 

wedding wednesday: 50% off reception cards

We have an exciting Wedding Wednesday announcement!  We are now offering 50% Off Reception Cards on all orders with the purchase of any 4-piece Wedding Suite from our new Wedding Collection!  Offer is good for letterpress wedding invitation suites or our digitally printed wedding invitations.  Offer is good until 10/15/12.

Find a Page Stationery dealer near you!

going for gold: a peek at our new gold wedding invitations

Our studio is buzzing this morning about the Olympics! We were glued to the TV over the weekend watching the world’s best athletes compete for the gold. Truly inspiring!

We are racing towards a finish line ourselves this week at Page Stationery as we put the final touches on our 2012 Wedding Collection.  We are days away from shipping our newest letterpress wedding invitations out to stores across the country.  With the finish in sight, we have our eyes on the gold… well… the new gold wedding invitation suites.

Here’s a peek:

Gold Letterpress Weddding Invitation - Ingrid - Page Stationery

Letterpress printed with gold ink and mounted to a gold silk border

Letterpress Wedding Suite - Dandelion - Ingrid - Page StationeryGold Letterpress Reception Card - Ingrid - Page StationeryGold Letterpress - Save The Date - Ingrid - Page Stationery

Letterpress Wedding Invitation - Gold Pocketcard - Quinley

Letterpress printed in gold ink and mounted on a gold-leaf pocketcard

Gold - Letterpress Printed - Save the Date - Quinley

Wedding Invitation Suite in Gold Pocketcard - Quinley - Page Stationery

Letterpress Wedding Invitation with Gold Foil - Rebecca

Letterpress printed wedding invitation mounted on a double border and stamped with a gold foil accent

Gold Foil RSVP and Reception Card - Rebecca

Gold Foil Save The Date - Rebecca - Page Stationery

Letterpress + Gold Foil Wedding Invitation Suite - Catherine

Letterpress printed Wedding Invitation Suite with Art Deco inspired Gold Foil

Gold Foil - Letterpress - Wedding RSVP - Catherine

Letterpress Wedding Invitation - Gold Foil - Catherine

Page Stationery – Here We Grow!

We are happy to share some exciting developments in the world of Page Stationery.

Today, we are truly excited to announce that we have been acquired by Worth Higgins & Associates, a Virginia based commercial printer. The Page Stationery staff will continue to design and produce both custom letterpress and digitally printed stationery but behind the scenes we will have the business and operational support that come with being a part of a larger company.

We are so grateful to each of you, our fantastic and loyal customers, who have supported us these last 12 years. It has been our pleasure to create your letterpress wedding invitations, the birth announcements for your little ones and your annual holiday photo card.

As we make this change, here’s what you can expect from us:

Improved Service. With this growth, we will be able to provide you with more attentive customer care with the help of the 160 employee owners of Worth Higgins & Associates.

Faster Turnaround.  Faster turnaround times thanks to added capacity and staff.

Expanded Products.  New capabilities for new products! You can expect to see foil stamping, embossing, die cut, digital printing and so much more as we expand our product line.

We look forward to continuing to celebrate life’s biggest moments with you and all of life’s little notes in between.

Sue, Taylor and the Page Stationery Team

wedding wednesday: art deco invitation inspiration

We’re excited about the release of our newest collection of letterpress wedding invitations - shipping to stores in early August.  For the next few weeks we’ll be giving you a sneak peek of the new designs and an inside look on what inspired Page Stationery’s founder and creative director Sue Corral in creating these pieces.

With Page’s recent growth in in-house capabilities, our new collection expands beyond letterpress. We’re thrilled to add foil printing into our mix.  We asked Sue to let us in on her jumping off point for the new catherine + blake letterpress wedding suite.

letterpress wedding invitation
With letterpress printing, it’s hard to get a metallic ink to give a true shine, so I was really excited to incorporate foil printing into the new wedding line. As I sat down to work on catherine + blake, the gold foil gave me an Art Deco inspiration.

art deco inspirationArt Deco may have begun in Paris in the 1920s, but as an ex-New Yorker, when I think of Art Deco I think of the top of the Chrysler Building. It’s hard not to picture the way the top spire gleams on one of those perfectly clear and sunny New York days.

Gold Wedding Invitation

I’ll be honest, I am not usually drawn to the art deco style – it can be a bit too elaborate for my tastes – so, I tried to create a modern interpretation of the style, one that represented a fresh take on old New York elegance and glamour.

Elegant Wedding Invitation

Gold Elegant Wedding Invitation

The catherine + blake wedding invitation suite is one of 25 new designs from Page Stationery this Fall. Find a store near you and ask for the Page Stationery wedding collection.

Using Pinterest For Wedding Invitations

Getting your wedding invitations organized and printed has always been lengthy and time consuming process. Now, thanks to social sites like pinterest you have the benefit of seeing what you really want before you spend all that time at your local stationery store.

According to this article in the Washington Post, Pinterest has really made a difference and if nothing else it shows the necessity of using a designer or planner.

Kim Kardashian’s Wedding Invitations

Kim Kardashian’s wedding was on August 20 and these are the wedding invitations that she used. Now, I am not one to criticize a wedding invitation design but I must say these are not my style at all. I actually expected something much elegant from such a high profile celebrity and designer Lehr and Black but every couple has different tastes and I respect that.

With that in mind I would have preferred that Kim and Kris used a wedding invitation a bit more traditional or with more modern flair. More like these modern wedding invitations which are actually a combination of traditional but with a streak of elegance using just elegant fonts with graceful scripting.

Using the box that opens was clever and by all means Kim and Kris did create very unique wedding invitations  and I’m sure they are of the finest quality coming from Lehr and Black. We wish them all the luck and success for the future and congratulations on finally tying the knot.

Michael Kors & Lance LePere, Where Are The Wedding Invitations?

Ok, we all heard the fabulous news that Michael Kors and Lance LePere are getting married, but besides the fact that they are the hottest topic because they are two men getting married, what else could all the media outlets be missing??? Obviously, the most overwhelming subject matter here is what wedding invitations they are they ordering? As it should be with any notable wedding!

My choice for the best and most luscious wedding invite would be these succulent letterpress wedding invitations from Page Stationery. Michael Kors isn’t going to skimp a bit with style and quite frankly I can easily see Page Stationery Creative Director,  Sue Corral, right up there on the set with Kors and Klum judging the Project Runway show. Afterall, her style is right in line with Kors, keeping it simple and elegant. God is in the details, right?

Here are a few examples I would have the couple take a look at before they handed everything over to Kate Spade or Vera Wang and her sub letterpress line of invitations at William Arthur. You get the picture?

Michael Kors Wedding Invitations

Michael Kors Wedding Invitations

Kors/LePere Wedding

Kors/LePere Wedding

Or mabe something a bit more modern:

Modern Wedding Invitations

Modern Wedding Invitations

Congratulations Michael and Lance we love you guys and look forward to seeing more of you and the fantastic work derived from your bond together.

 

Page Stationery Letterpress Wedding Invitations For 2011

Wow! These new letterpress wedding invitations from Page Stationery are really impressive to say the least! I love the fonts on Margaret and the simplicity of the design and two colors seen on Hannah. It appears that these are entire sets from the save the date cards, wedding invitations, stationery, place cards and coasters. Brides these wedding invitations are a must see if you still looking this year or next!

Making Your Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Custom stationery that is letterpress printed is amazing.Since the discovery of letterpress printing over five centuries ago, folks all over the world have used letterpress invitations to announce their matters in an elegant way. It makes a promising first impression to all recipients. If you are a bride-to-be, you are already aware of the chaos involved in planning a wedding. Even something that seems so simple, such as choosing your invitations, is intricate. These invitations are a classic way to announce any formal affair, and you should consider them for your wedding.

If it’s not clear how letterpress looks, you will be pleasantly surprised. In this method, a surface is raised and printed on to give a three dimensional look and texture. Then, it is pressed onto another sheet of paper. Since each invite is hand-fed through a press, slight variations can be seen on each one. Each letter is individually placed and pressed, hence the term “letterpress”. This only makes your invitations look more sophisticated and customized. The texture may vary depending on which type of paper you choose. Most people use pure cotton, but recycled materials work just as well and look just as nice. Even recycled cotton papers from the garmet industry are used for custom wedding invitations and other custom stationery.

These days many companies provide letterpress invitations and wedding stationery. Locally owned stationery stores are often a good source for inexpensive and personel that are educated about invitation etiquette and wording, or you could use a large, mainstream company. Usually, the local shops make orders faster, and you can receive the finished product in about five weeks. Bigger companies take, on average, ten weeks to deliver. Prepare plenty of time in advance to receive your order. If you still have not decided which type of wedding invitation you would like to use for your special ceremony, consider letterpress invitations. It will surely bring a sophisticated, timeless look to the affair.

Read more about letterpress invitations here.