Our process begins once you’ve reached out via our contact form and we’ve gotten the nitty gritty of timeline and budget out of the way. We’ll then set up a meeting in which we’ll talk about you, your partner, and especially your wedding – its location, style and the general vibe you’re imagining. We’ll spend some time getting to know each other to ensure that the finished pieces reflect who you are as individuals and your unique voice. 

From there, we’ll outline an estimate for your project and send you a contract. Once we receive your signed contract and a 50% deposit, we’ll get to work! Next we create sketches of the design ideas we discussed in our meeting, which will show various ways the project could progress. Once the desired design vision is determined, we’ll begin to work it up digitally. You’ll have a chance to make edits from this point (2-3 rounds of edits are included with the design package) and when it’s all to your liking, we’ll have the final design made into plates specific to letterpress printing.

Finally, we’ll gather everything we need for your project (any custom-ordered paper or envelopes, dies, and of course, the plates made with your design) and get printing. Everything is printed in-house in our Napa County, California studio. We own two antique presses: a Chandler & Price letterpress circa 1911 and a Vandercook cylinder press circa 1965. For whichever press we use to create your project, each piece of paper is hand-fed into the press one at a time for each color, impression and side printed. It’s a time-consuming process, but we think the results are well worth it!