Super-Sized Stationery Saturday

This weekend’s Stationery Saturday is super-sized in several ways. We’re offering not one but two different stationery products for personalization. AND we’ll be joined by Barry Rubin of Ink: the Pen Store, who will be selling an assortment of fine writing instruments. AND all calendars and datebooks will be on sale, 15% off regular price. As usual, coffee and homemade cookies will be available for all visitors (this week’s cookies come from the kitchen of a State Fair Blue Ribbon-winning baker!!!). We’re pretty sure that if you could attend just one Stationery Saturday in your life, this is THE ONE.

What’s on the press? Holiday photo cards, mostly. We’ve created three different designs using selections from our collection of vintage lead type and decorative boarders. Each flat 5 by 7-inch card has a space for you to mount a 3.5 by 5-inch photograph (we recommend ordering them from National Camera Exchange, our favorite local picture printer). There’s a holly jolly red design for those with the Christmas spirit; another printed in aqua blue ink with a Happy New Year message; and a third card, printed in lime green ink, wishing receivers a non-denominational “merry happy december whatever”. You choose the design you like (or a combination of 2), and the massage you’d like imprinted at the bottom of the card (we’re imagining stuff like “From the Smiths” or “Adam & Eve, 2010″). All are printed on bright white shimmering card stock, and available with various colorful envelopes. Not in the market for holiday cards? Shopping for gifts instead? We’ll also have luscious cotton card stock on hand, to imprint with the name phrase of your choice. These little folded cards are the picture of classic elegance – petite Bernhard Modern lettering pressed into the front panel of a 3.5 by 5-inch folded card, paired with your choice of white or colored envelopes. They’re small enough to stuff in a stocking, and they make great post-holiday thank-you notes as well. Whether you want you want photo cards or folded notes, can watch as we set the type and print your cards, do some pen-shopping and coffee-drinking while we make the magic happen, or split after you place your order and pick up the finished cards next week. It’s up to you!

You can read more about this Saturday’s plans, and get the full scoop on Stationery Saturdays, by visiting the Stationery Saturday page.

Want to spread the word about all this fun? RSVP to the event listing on the Lunalux facebook page, and invite all your stationery-addicted pals to check it out.

We’re also happy to be offer on-line ordering for far-away fans. The Lunalux shop at feltandwire.com, in addition to showcasing some of our favorite greeting cards, also includes listings for all of this weekend’s personalizable products.

Design + Print: train-inspired wedding invitations

With Taylor & TJ’s wedding reception planned at the Minnesota Transportation Museum’s Jackson Street Roundhouse, the blushing bride wanted train-themed invitations for their big day. Our challenge was to create a suite that would cultivate nostalgia for old railroad culture without explicitly incorporating trains, train tracks, and engineers with their tell-tale caps – we’re talking wedding stationery, not invitations to a little boy’s 4th birthday party! After poring over pictures of early-1900′s steam locomotives and train-related ephemera, this simple suite took shape. The icon on the top of the invitation, which includes the couple’s names, wedding date and wedding location, was inspired by old railroad logos. The typeface for their names was chosen because of its similarities to style of numbers painted on many old engines. Each of the three cards (inviation, reception card and RSVP postcard) were letterpress-printed in black ink on pearl white 100% cotton Lettra cover, and paired with metallic copper envelopes. The back of the response cards included a request for the guests to jot down a personal message or image for the couple. We love the vintage feeling of the finished invitation, and the basic black and white color scheme. Like all of the invitations we create, this one can be customized for different events. Imagine how great it would look printed in a combination of red and black inks, or on a rougher material like chip board. Thinking about custom invitaitons for your wedding or other event? Click here to read more about our design and printing services, or browse our blog archive to read about other invitation packages we’ve created.

Design + print: bridge wedding invitations

Heather’s eyes widened as she ran her fingers over her wedding invitations for the first time. The ecru card with gold lettering and a sepia silhouette of a bridge was hot off the press, and designed especially for her and Michele. She referred to the cards as “paper porn,” perhaps one of the best compliments we’ve ever received. Letterpress-printed on 130# cover, with matching RSVP postcards, map cards and mailing labels for the dark brown envelopes.

Design + Print: unique calling cards

When Mary first visited Lunalux, she had a shop card she’d picked up on a recent trip to France. She loved the classic styling and the blue paper, and asked us design calling cards inspired by her Parisian ephemera. The cards we created for her are letterpress-printed in intense black ink on duplexed cover stock (white on one side, pale blue on the other) – we love the subtle contrast of the paper colors, and the drama of the black ink. We’ve used this fleur de lis motif on wedding stationery recently, and we think it’s equally well suited for classic personal stationery applications.
While Mary’s card has a very traditional feel to it, Yuko wanted something more modern and unusual. She asked us to incorporate her family crest into a simple, sleek composition. The finished card is letterpress-printed with silver ink on a soft black railroad board.

Cheers to the New Year

This is one of my favorite cards we ever created here at Lunalux. It’s a few years old, but it’s still really close to my heart. I wrote that text, don’t steal it, OK? Happy New Year! See you in 2009.

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