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So last night I met another bride at the superbowl party and we starting talking wedding.  Now I've decided to make my own letterpress invites.  Any other brides out there who did their own letterpress invites?

There are lots of brides who have done/are in the process of doing letterpress. BoiledPnut is one, and Miss Eagle's definitely posted about her experience letterpressing some of her "be my bridesmaid/man" cards and handkerchiefs.

We purchased an Epic 6 and will be DIY-ing our invites. We haven't started yet but were planning to practice tonight or tomorrow. Tuesday evening we're hoping to order the plate that we will use for the invite that have the main info (i.e. names, date, location, etc).

I just bought the L-Letterpress kit today.  Crossing my finger.

@eagle:  I've already ordered sample paper from Holyoke and will be using boxcar press for my custom plates.  

I'm getting really excited!  I might feel differently once I get started.  We will see.

I did my own - used Adobe Illustrator to design, Holyoke Fine Papers (take out the sheet of paper under the registration since it's #140 weight), Boxcar Press to make plates, Epic 6 L Letterpress (and their ink)

@zagora:  they look great!  how long do you think it will take for me to do about 80 invites with reply cards?

@mkim:  I have to admit, it took about 2 weekends for me to figure out how to ink it just right.  Once I got the hang of that, I would say it took another 2 weekends to press the invites & a reply card. 

The speed depends more on the brayer/plate rather than how long it takes to run a card through.  I followed Boxcar's instructions, but still ended up having to touch up in places.

I'm going to have to do another press (FH *forgot* to give me a bunch of names - argh!), which we'll knock out this weekend.

VEGGIE OIL is your friend for cleaning up!  Don't use baby wipes on Boxcar plates.

@zagora:  Thanks!  I'll give myself a solid two months to get everything made and stuffed.  Also sounds like I should buy extra paper for trail and error.

@mkim:  Yes, get extra paper -- although remember you can run through "bad" runs again.  Just use the back!

@eagle:  Thank you so much for posting where to buy paper! I've been having a devil of a time trying to figure it out...

@zagora:  Thanks so much for the advice with the vegetable oil! Non-letterpress related, olive oil is great for getting gum out of hair (drunk friend+gum+long hair+karaoke= disaster!)

@colli459:  HA!  Good to know.

I also +1 Holyoke Fine Papers.  Love their paper.  Fast service too.

I got my sample papers from Holyoke paper today.  Can't wait to get started.  I guess I need to design my invites first!

I Placed my order for my plates with Boxcar today!  I'm getting excited.

I got my letterpress plates from boxcar today!!  This is so exciting also I am so nervous about starting the project.

I had to post a picture!

@eagle:  I can't wait to see your invitations!  I know I have to until the summer but it's too exciting.

@eagle:  I have not started yet.  I just ordered my paper, but looking for ink currently.  I am looking for deep purple.  Do you know if boxcar or holyoke have a deep purple ink?   

@eagle: eagle??  can you post a picture of the envelopes that comes with holyoke?

Thanks..  I am deciding between the holyoke envelope or get them from paper source.    Can't decide. lol

I've only ordered the paper from my RSVP's right now. lol.  I wanted to practice my letterpress.  Once I decided on all the envelopes I was going to place an order for everything at once.  I was also looking for envelopes that would be easy to line.

I wanted to post a picture of our response card.  They tured out so great.