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Since the majority of current and future clients will know us by our Spark Stationery name, we've decided to house all future posts at:

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We are working on a ton of exciting and informative new posts about letterpress printing, invitations, client work and more.

Kirby/Dayani Wedding - Pictures

We hope you enjoy the pictures of our diecut leaves and custom ceremony programs that were created for the Kirby/Dayani Wedding. We love how they displayed both pieces and hope we inspire other couples to do the same! Thank you to this wonderful couple for sharing their pictures with us. Contact Spark if you are interested in our couture design services for your event.

Destination Wedding Invitation

Destination weddings are certainly a popular choice for couples. We created this wedding invitation booklet for one of our couture brides in 2007 planning a May 2008 wedding. The challenge for this invitation set was figuring out how to announce both the intimate wedding ceremony as well as a large wedding reception that will take place a couple weeks after their ceremony. We decided to create a separate invitation for those guests who were invited to both events. These guests received two reply cards, a unique invitation panel as well as a directions/accommodations panel to appropriately inform them on all the wedding events.

The wedding set was printed on Crane Lettra Pearl White 110# cover paper, Stardream lagoon 105# cover paper and a white translucent paper. The booklet cover is two color letterpress with a large palm tree motif and immigration stamp. The inside left hand panel holds the reply card(s) and envelope and the right hand panel holds the quote page, invitation panel and directions/accommodations panel. These three panels were secured with two eyelets. The entire set includes 1/8" rounded corners.

This invitation set is a Spark original design and cannot be reproduced without permission. Please contact custom@sparkstationery for more details.

Spark Couture: Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms! We love cherry blossoms because the detail of the flower makes for a beautiful design and letterpress impression. The above invitation set was designed especially for one of our couture brides planning a March 2008 wedding. The 4-piece invitation set was printed on Crane Lettra Fluorescent White 110# cover paper. Ink colors are fuchsia and brown.

Kirby/Dayani Wedding

We have designed and printed wedding stationery for the Kirby/Dayani wedding due to take place this weekend. The bride's family is from South Dakota, however the couple lives out of state. We had an initial consultation in person with mother and bride at our design studio in Sioux Falls. The remaining decisions and proof approval happened via phone and email without issues. Below are more details about their wedding stationery for their event.

Ceremony Program. The ceremony program is similar to the New Jersey Wedding Salon program except that we will be using different papers. The back cover is Stardream mars cover paper that has been diecut into a pretty shape. The front cover is Gilbert Esse pearlized latte cover paper that has also been diecut. The front cover is two color letterpress in gold and chocolate inks. The inside pages will be digitally printed with their ceremony information on cream matte paper. The program will be secured with Midori double-faced satin almond ribbon (3/8" width).

Menu Cards. The couple chose a diecut circle menu card on Stardream mars cover paper with gold ink. Their reception table uses primarily gold and cream colors for the linens, so the red menu card should be striking. The menu card will fit perfectly into the plate charger.

Place Cards. The mother of the bride fell in love with our diecut aspen leaves. We are using two papers for the place cards, Stardream mars and Stardream antique gold cover paper. The diecut leaves are hole-punched and set with gold grommets. We are providing gold organdy ribbon (7/8" width). Their wedding coordinator will inscribe the leaves and then hang them, using the ribbon, from tree branches. This should be a stunning fall display for guests upon entering the reception area.

Check back for additional photos!

Spark Travels to LA!

Spark is traveling to Beverly Hills at the end of this month in order to attend The Wedding Salon, a luxury bridal showcase featuring the best of the best in the wedding industry. We have already attended shows in New York City and Somerset, New Jersey and also plan to attend the Miami show in November. Visit www.weddingsalon.com for more information.

We design and print the programs for the The Wedding Salon - approximately 700 programs to produce for the LA show. Our programs have a letterpress printed cover (Gilbert Esse Paper), diecut into a purse shape with digitally printed program pages inside. Check out the last two programs we did for the Wedding Salon this year. We think they are a wonderful example of how to combine letterpress and digital offset printing.

Stay tuned for what we produce for the LA show!

2007 releases

We recently designed and printed new designs that we released to our Spark Stationery Custom album available in stores nationally. Visit sparkstationery.com for more information about where to find our designs at a store near you. Here are a few details about these designs:

• letterpress-printed using our Heidelberg Windmill on Crane Lettra 110# cover in fluorescent white and pearl white
• many of the ink colors are from our standard color palette, and we also custom-mix inks based on Pantone formulas
• all of our designs can be customized whether it is the paper, ink color, font or shape