Bristol · letterpress and foil, one press
The press runs before the price is quoted
The press runs before the price is quoted.
Suites set by hand and printed one ink at a time, priced by how many households you are sending to. The film below is the press working, because that is the part a photograph of finished paper cannot show.
The press
One pull, one impression
Two minutes, no music: the forme locked up, the sheet fed, the impression under the platen, the stack turned.
Filmed at the press, across one afternoon.
The bands
A suite, by how many you send
The band sets the print run, and the run sets what is worth plating — so the count is the first thing to decide, not the last.
25 – 50
The Cotton Suite
Invitation, reply card and details card in 600 gsm cotton rag, one ink, blind-debossed monogram.
50 – 100
The Cotton Suite
The same three pieces, with lined envelopes and a printed return address on the reply card.
100 – 200
The Cotton Suite
Three pieces plus a save-the-date, plated once and printed in one run so every card matches.
200 +
The Cotton Suite
The full suite with save-the-date and menu, split across two press runs and collated in-house.
The suites
Invitation, reply card, details card — photographed together
The Cotton Suite
Letterpress · suite of 80
Burgundy Foil
Foil · launch, 120
Pressed Botanical
Two inks · save-the-date
Two Inks, Off Register
Risograph · programme
One Typeface
Digital · letterhead + card
Hand-Set Places
Calligraphy · 60 places
Proofs, press time and minimums
- Three proof rounds included; each round after that is charged
- Four weeks at the press from approved proofs, then posted
- Minimum of 25 of any one card; wording closes a week before the press date
- Posted boxed and tracked across the UK; overseas by arrangement
The press
Cotton, ink and an impression you can feel
Bristol
Couples and planners
After the third proof
“The second proof came back with the spacing on the date fixed before I had spotted it. Everything was printed and boxed three days early.”
“I send every couple here now. The wording deadline is on the quote, so nobody is chasing a name three days before the press date.”
“We asked for one more proof round on the envelope liner and they repriced it in a line rather than a paragraph.”
The practical questions
Proofs, wording, envelopes and the press date
Three rounds are included: the first sets the layout, the second takes your wording and the third is the one you sign off. A round is a full set of cards, not a single change — small corrections inside a round are free, and a fourth round is quoted before it starts.
The commission
The day, the count and the wording deadline
The date of the day, how many households, which pieces, and when the wording will be final. The wording deadline is the one that decides the press date, so it is asked for first.