Nicole and Brandon worked with Dorothy Gold Smith Printing & Party Service to create these Faunus inspired foil wedding invitations. They opted for Gold Shine as the accent color with black letterpress as a neutral secondary color. The suite contains a reply card and rehearsal dinner card also printed in black letterpress. Finally, the envelope liner contains a matching pattern in Gold Matte foil to tie everything together.
Letterpress: Black | Foil: Gold Shine | Fonts: Bodega + Serlio | Design: Faunus V.2 | Paper: Bella Cotton 2-ply | Size: F8 | Customization: 50246 | Dorothy Gold Smith Printing & Party Service
When asked to contribute to a feature for Money magazine about the cost of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding invitations, we were more than happy to chime in! 600 guests were lucky enough to receive an invitation to the royal wedding. For those who received one of these beauties in the mail, they opened their envelopes to find a die-stamped invitation burnished in gold with black text, containing beveled and gilded edges. Space was left purposefully for their calligrapher to handwrite guest names once printed. These invitations are the definition of elegance and no expense was spared to achieve that look.
If you are looking to recreate a royal replica, that’s certainly something we can do with our engraving printing process. Whenever someone thinks of engraving, they think of tradition and refined luxury. These type of invitations are typically typographically based with ornate script adorning the card – similar to the look of Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding invitation!
If you are loving the vibe of their invitation, but are not so keen on the cost, there are always other options available to you. We can achieve the same kind of look through letterpress and foil stamping as an alternative to engraving. It’s easy enough to keep the elegant integrity of Harry and Meghan’s design, but instead of raised ink, the ink would be pressed into the beautiful paper. This kind of printing is equally as lovely, but allows for even more design experimentation should you want to add any whimsy to a more formal set that engraving might not allow for.
Below you will find some designs that ring true to the feel of the royal couple’s wedding invitation, while we’ve also included designs that add a more modern twist to a more formal layout. We hope this sparks some ideas for those who are inspired by the royal wedding to come this May!
Our Morocco design is carried horizontally like Harry and Meghan’s, featuring Partial Flourish hand calligraphy accents by Ted Clausen for an extra touch of luxury.
The royal couple’s wedding invitation features beveling (a sloping edge) and while this isn’t something we offer currently, we are able to add foil edging or edge painting to the sides of the invitation itself. We can also mimic the royal invitation in a reimagined way by using a Gold Matte border or a letterpress ink color instead, like what’s shown on our Chatsworth design in French Vanilla.
The blind-debossed pattern in the background of our Oberon design adds a level of sophisticated intrigue to a more traditional layout.
Faunus V.2. shows off what you can do with foil stamping that might not be necessarily achievable through engraving with intricate florals in each corner. The Marsala letterpress ink compliments the Tawny Matte foil providing a royal and elegant overall look.
Devin and Charles worked with our friend Catherine Gretta to customize our Faunus design for their recent Pennsylvania wedding. We printed their elegant hand calligraphy wedding invitations in an autumnal palette of marsala and olive letterpress inks and used tawny foil to highlight their names. Our elegant garden pattern made an appearance on the foil stamped pocketfold and letterpress printed on the back of their save the date.
This customization of Jessica Tierney’sFaunus design is an opulent twist on the normally rustic layout. Romantic and soft Pearl Shine foil is balanced with rich shades of Amethyst and Antique Gold to create a rich, luxurious look. Love this design? Save up to 20% during the month of June on all designs by Jessica Tierney!
faunus customization | letterpress ink: antique gold | foil stamping: pearl shine | fonts: keeva + moravia | paper: white | invite size: f-8 | liner: diego in amethyst + antique gold | original design and customization by Jessica Tierney
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The royal couple’s wedding invitation features beveling (a sloping edge) and while this isn’t something we offer currently, we are able to add 
The blind-debossed pattern in the background of our 
