along with cooler temperatures, september also means we’re in the midst of holiday orders. we’ll be taking on fewer custom projects this holiday season. if you’re interested in custom cards, gift tags, party invitations, etc. please send us an email so we can discuss your project » hello [at] duetletterpress.com. thanks + happy thursday!

below is the invitation we designed and letterpress printed for our little em’s baptism.

the soft gray design on the cards was adapted from the delicate lace and pintuck design of the feltman brothers dress that she wore after the ceremony.

the design was also carried through to the fondant cake that was served at the celebration that followed.

[once again, i edited the invitation photos for privacy sake. her full name was printed on the cards we sent out.]

As promised, here’s a peek at Emily’s birth announcements. It’s so cliché to say, but as a designer, designing for yourself can be so difficult! I must have gone through 10 versions. Twine. Folds. Multiple pictures. You name it. In the end, I scaled it all back and returned to what I do best. Simple + clean, and I really love how they turned out.

The picture is from her newborn shoot with Bloom Photography. I also should note that I did edit the photo of the announcement for privacy sake. Her full name is showcased on the announcements we sent out.

it’s been hot + sunny and perfectly summery. and i don’t know about you, but i think of pinwheels when i think of summer. so in honor of summer, we printed up these cheery saffron pinwheel note cards and added them to our etsy shop.

also, since welcoming a new addition to our little family, we’ve been holding off on taking custom orders. now, we’re happy to say we are fully open and welcoming custom work. so, shoot us an email [hello[at]duetletterpress.com] if you have something that you would like for us to work on! we’re itching to get rolling again!

as we prepared to welcome our baby girl into our family, we briefly shut down our shop. now that’s she’s here, we’ve reopened it and you can purchase any of our ready-made pieces. we’re going to hold off on custom projects at this time, but we are happy to get up an rolling again with pre-printed pieces.

we recently completed a couple of custom projects for jenna cole photography that i thought i’d share with you all. she wanted to include a gift pack of cards with her mailings. so, we printed these fun hello note cards using the icon and flirty typeface from her logo. we letterpress printed tags for her to use as well. i love how her wig, as she calls it, lends itself so well to such fun applications.

we’ve been doing lots of custom orders lately, particularly business cards. the first is a vertical set for maddie g designs. they are printed on a thick, baby blue cotton card stock. the other is a two color job for anna page photography.

speaking of custom orders, at this time we are not taking any custom jobs as we prepare to take a maternity leave. i can’t believe in a month or so we’ll have a little one in our arms!

we’ve gotten several requests for merci note cards based off of our letterpress printed merci tags. so, we’ve decided to add them to the shop. enjoy!

we’re cleaning out our studio and having a sale! 35% off holiday items. enjoy!

between graduation announcements, custom business cards, baby announcements and moving announcements, we’ve been quite busy in our little studio. above are house sketch moving announcements we recently completed for a couple of clients. like i’ve mentioned before, i really enjoy going back to the basics and taking pencil to paper to create these custom sketches, and i love how they turned out.

we wanted to share with you recent business cards that we designed + letterpress printed for lauren of every last detail. the back has a faux blind impression. in order to actually see the beautiful damask pattern, we used a very, very pale gray ink. using a touch of color visually separates the pattern from the background. we love how these turned out and really enjoyed working with lauren.

this morning i headed to the post office to drop off these valentine goodies. this is the third year i’ve participated in weddingbee’s valentine’s day swap, and i had such fun putting these together. i used our sweet letterpress card, some twine, glassine envelopes filled with heart shaped red hots and packaged it all up in kraft boxes.

ps - today’s the last day to order your valentine’s day card. we’ve only got a few left + we’re still offering free domestic shipping!