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.

New Lunalux holiday cards

Earlier this year, we created a few cards for our wholesale line that were based on a postcard we mailed out to our store mailing list – an ornate flourish paired with simple greetings (we wrote about these cards back in April, click here to view that blog post). We liked these cards so much, we decided to create a couple new versions for the holiday season. Click on the picture at the left for a larger view. The Christmas card features a rich red graphic and gold greeting, letterpress-printed on natural white wove-finish card stock; the Peace card has the flourish printed in silver ink, with the words in navy blue, all letterpress-printed on bright white wove-finish cards. These holiday greetings measure 4.25×5.5 inches and are paired with standard A2-sized envelopes. They’re available now in the Lunalux studio store – individual cards are $4.00 each, and boxes of 8 are $16.00. What a beautiful way to send holiday cheer!

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