The Journal

Be inspired by wedding invitation design, letterpress, and other pretty paper goods.

What is “die-cutting?” Sounds violent. *bites nails nervously*

This is part twenty-two of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! So imagine you’re getting married and you have a passion for something specific, like traveling for example. Since everyone who knows you knows you love traveling, your stationery designer says, […]

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Deckled edges and hand-made papers

This is part twenty-one of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! Centuries ago, paper was made by beating scraps of linen or wood fibers to a thick pulp that was mixed with water and spreading it out on a sieve-like framed […]

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An Ode to Duplexing

This is part twenty of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! Think of a duplex home; two separate homes sharing a central, structural wall. Duplexing stationery is basically the same! The two “homes” are two pieces of paper or cardstock and […]

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All About Paper Finishes

This is part nineteen of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! When you start looking at types of paper to use for your wedding stationery it’s very easy to fall down a rabbit hole and  find yourself completely overwhelmed by the […]

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Paper weights (and no, we don’t mean that lumpy sculpture you made for your mom in 1st grade)

This is part eighteen of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! It seems simple enough to say that lightweight paper is thin and heavy-weight paper is thick, but there is actually a lot of work that goes into determining the precise […]

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Variable printing? Sounds like algebra….(its not!)

This is part sixteen of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! These gorgeous dark green envelopes not only had fun constellations printed on the front but, using variable printing, we were able get all the addresses printed in coordinating typefaces to […]

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Down an envelope-sized rabbit hole!

This is part fifteen of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! Oh, the wonderful world of envelope sizes! I won’t bore you with listing all the many, MANY different sizes of envelopes, because there’s no way you’re as obsessed with envelopes […]

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What is the purpose of an envelope liner?

This is part fourteen of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! The floral liner on this suite reinforces the floral nature of this suite (the paper is flower seed paper), while still letting the invite shine This couple couldn’t decide between […]

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Why do I need an inner AND an outer envelope?

This is part thirteen of a series called One a Day in May, where we will review one wedding stationery term every day in May! The outer envelope includes the address, and the inner envelope includes the guests that are invited. Once upon a time, wedding invitations, and other mail, were delivered by hand or […]

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