Between wedding planners and overly enthusiastic parents, finding out what type of wedding invitation you really want can be a difficult task. From different printing methods (letterpress, offset, digital) to wedding invitation designs, I understand how confusing and time consuming choosing your wedding invitation can be.

That is why when you find a printer that not only has excellent customer service and one of the widest selections of wedding invitation designs (not to mention an amazing special on letterpress wedding invitations), it makes sense to at least initiate contact. Even if you are not sure exactly what you are looking for, you can see based upon the response, what type of people you could be working with.

Whether you are looking for custom letterpress wedding invitation designs, new ways to do it yourself wedding details (DIY), South Asian or Indian, bilingual or venue-themed invitation designs, feel free to check out our gallery and see what interests you.

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When it comes to your wedding invitations there are a lot of designs, styles and printing methods to choose from. Depending on what you want your invitation set to look like, it is important to understand the differences that each method provides. While there are some price differences, the advantages, appearance and overall quality of your invitation can also vary greatly depending on how you choose to have them printed.

To help you make the right choice when it comes to your wedding invitation set, I am going to give you a brief overview of the different methods of printing:

Letterpress

Letterpress printing is a timeless art that harkens back to an age of craftsmanship, elegance and uniquely creative designs. It creates a distinct impression into the paper that no other printing method can provide. Also, advances in the industry allow most letterpress printers to create just about anything that other more ‘modern’ technologies allow.

Rana 1 Letterpress Wedding Invitation Design

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Offset Printing

Standard offset printing can also be used to make your wedding invitations. The color range is limitless and the end result is a conventional, yet beautiful, invitation. Also, printing other elements of the invitation set such as the RSVP, Map or Thank You card  with offset is a great way to decrease the cost of printing an extraordinary invitation with one of the other, more dynamic techniques.

Sakura Letterpress Wedding Invitation Design

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Thermography

Thermography printing was created to emulate engraving. Thermography is a method that employs offset printing, and while the ink on the invitation is still wet, powder is sprinkled on and melted to produce the raised effect. This creates a noticeably textured surface.

Foil Stamping

While most brides do not typically create their entire invitation set with foil stamping, I would be lying if I said that has never been done. However, usually foil is used to highlight names, monograms or invitation themes. There are countless colors to choose from (no, you do not have to choose just gold or silver) and the shimmering difference that foil stamping provides is instantly noticeable.

Avani Letterpress Wedding Invitation

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Digital Printing

The technological advances in the digital printing industry are shocking. The least expensive and fastest way to make your wedding invitations, high speed digital printers produce great results. They are especially useful if you wish to have a photo included in your invitation set. Likewise they work well to bring down the costs of wedding invitation sets by creating amazing RSVP and maps where letterpress, foil or thermography is not necessarily needed.

Jacqueline Wedding Invitation Design

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Written by Nick

Invitations by Ajalon
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