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Ben and Mandy start with a clean slate in their elegant yet playful chalkboard inspired wedding invitation. — Kelly Cree

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Client

Ben Sellick & Mandy Sauerlender

Quantity Produced

160

Production Cost

$250

Production Time

2 Weeks

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

3.875 × 9.25 in.

Page Count

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Paper Stock

Reich / Savoy / Natural White / 236 DTC

Number of Colors

1

Varnishes

–

Binding

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Typography

Gotham HTF
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Project Description

This project was a wedding invitation for a young couple that wanted something unconventional and playful, but not too crazy since this would be mailed to conservative relatives. Also, the couple has a small production budget of about $1.50 per invitation including envelope, but not stamp.

Production Lesson(s)

I letter-pressed this invitation using a Vandercook machine. The first 10-20 runs came out a little muddy (too much ink), but I didn't realize this until I saw a good press with less ink because I didn't have prior experience with the press. Ideally I would have run 20 test sheets through to get the machine to the proper ink level. ”

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Kelly Cree

Former intern at UnderConsideration LLC.

More: Online / On Twitter

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Date Published

August 10, 2012

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Filed Under

Letterpress
Wedding materials

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Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.

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Department of Design / Designing corporate and brand identities and full development of printed and digital matter for clients.

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The 2010 FPO Awards / 2011, self-published.

The 2010 Brand New Awards / 2011, self-published.

Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.

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Brand New Conference / A one-day event on the development of corporate and brand identity projects by some of today’s most active and influential practitioners from around the world.

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Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design / 2009, Rockport.

Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers / 2008, HOW Books.

The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words / 2007, HOW Books.


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