Wednesday, 17th February 2010

REAL WEDDINGS - ELIZABETH & BRIAN

I was delighted to design and print Elizabeth and Brian’s destination wedding stationery. Elizabeth and Brian are getting married next September in the beautiful town of Santa Maria di Castellabate in Italy. They wanted to supply their guests with information about the destination, travel and accommodation details and their wedding weekend itinerary…

On meeting with them and discussing different options we decide to create a wedding booklet together with a detailed RSVP card. They loved our Chantilly Wedding Suite which we customised using antique gold and sapphire blue ink colours to reflect the sandy beaches and deep blue sea of the south of Italy. We also included two lovebirds throughout the suite, a charming and whimsical detail.

The front cover of the booklet is the formal wedding invitation which is letterpress printed on luxurious 100% cotton paper and the inner pages are laser printed on matching laid paper. We decided to stitch bind the booklets with cotton thread to continue the use of quality materials throughout.

The RSVP card allows guests to reply to a pre wedding get together, the wedding and a beach bbq the day after the wedding. The envelopes are a beautiful antique gold colour complimenting the invitations. The RSVP envelopes are letterpress printed with the return address and the invitation envelopes are digitally printed with guests names and addresses.

Wedding booklets were a great solution for Elizabeth and Brian’s destination wedding. Their guests can easily access all the information they need and also bring the booklets with them for reference when they are enjoying their trip to Italy.

“We are getting married in Italy in September and wanted wedding invites to depict our wedding abroad. We used Farrell & Chase for our wedding invites and RSVP cards. Pamela was great to work with and no request was too big for her. The quality and style of the invites were excellent and our guests loved them. Thank you Pamela.” Elizabeth & Brian

We can customise any of our designs for destination weddings, creating wedding invitation booklets or separate wedding information booklets.

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Labels: Letterpress, Real Weddings, Wedding, Wedding Stationery

Wednesday, 17th February 2010

HAND LETTERED CALLIGRAPHY

We have teamed up with a very talented calligrapher and are delighted to announce that we are now offering a hand lettering service which elegantly sets off our letterpress wedding stationery…

We will work with you on choosing the particular style of calligraphy and colour that will best suit your invitations, postal envelopes and place cards. Quantities and requirements vary with every customer therefore we price each job on request.

Please email all enquiries to Pamela at pamela@farrellandchase.com.

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Labels: Letterpress, Wedding, Wedding Inspiration, Wedding Stationery

Tuesday, 2nd February 2010

THE BRIDE OF THE YEAR SHOW 2010

A big thank you to everyone who visited our stand at The Bride of the Year Show last weekend!

We had a fantastic show, there was a great buzz around the stand throughout the weekend and we were delighted with the turnout. We’ll definitely be exhibiting again next year.

I would like to wish a big congratulations to the five lucky winners of our Bride of the Year Show competition who all won a €100 Farrell & Chase wedding stationery gift voucher. Without further ado, they are AnnMarie from Westmeath, Fiona from Dublin, Aoife from Carlow, Andrea from Dublin  and Caroline from Dublin. Well done!

A big thank you to everyone who entered our competition.

Please allow 7 days for delivery of gift vouchers. Any queries, please contact pamela at pamela@farrellandchase.com

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Labels: Events, Letterpress, Wedding, Wedding Stationery

Tuesday, 26th January 2010

TICKET GIVEAWAY WINNERS!

Thank you all for your nice comments for our Bride Of  The Year Show ticket giveaway!  We chose two winners at random and the winners are …

Dee & Stephanie… I’ll email you both shortly.  Thanks so much and I hope you enjoy the show!  

I’m looking forward to meeting you all at the weekend.

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Labels: Competition, Events, Letterpress, Wedding, Wedding Stationery

Friday, 22nd January 2010

THE BRIDE OF THE YEAR SHOW - TICKET GIVEAWAY!

We are delighted to be displaying our full range of custom letterpress wedding stationery at The Bride of the Year Show next weekend and will be running exclusive offers at the show.

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Labels: Competition, Events, Letterpress, Wedding Stationery

Friday, 15th January 2010

WHAT IS LETTERPRESS?

I am asked by clients and fellow designers so often to explain the letterpress printing process that I decided why not create a blog post, so here goes…

Letterpress is a very old printing method which has seen a huge revival in the US and UK in recent years, fine artists and designers like myself  have embraced this old technique to create unique, luxuriously tactile stationery. At Farrell & Chase we are introducing this beautiful printing technique to a new generation in Ireland. When it comes to stationery, there’s simply nothing that compares to the unique, luxurious quality of letterpress.

Letterpress is a historic printing method dating from the mid 1400’s. Today, after centuries of change and technological advances in printing methods, the processes and craft of letterpress printing have remained virtually unchanged…

Each Farrell & Chase letterpress stationery cards begin with a spark of creativity. Once complete the design is then made into printing plates, one for each colour. The printing plate is the essence of the letterpress. A letterpress plate has a raised surface that presses into the paper, leaving behind a slight indentation. The plate is mounted onto the platen of the printing press, next we ink the press with our water-soluble rubber-based inks which come in a rainbow of colours. 

We print all of our designs on 100% cotton paper. Chosen for it’s pillowy texture and thickness, our cotton paper has the added benefit of being eco-friendly. We hand feed the luxurious cotton paper through our vintage Adana press impressing the artwork into the soft cotton paper, one colour at a time. The result, stationery of incredible tactile beauty.

Finally, we inspect and count each piece before packaging in brown paper tied up with string ready for delivery or collection. Your stationery is a unique work of art, the culmination of hours of craft and creativity. 

Because our printing is done on an antique printing press, each piece that we print will be subtly unique. Small variations in inking, color, impression and position are to be expected. These small variations are part of what makes letterpress beautiful.

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Labels: Design, Letterpress

Wednesday, 6th January 2010

WEDDING INSPIRATION - PRETTY IN PINK

With this romantic palette of dusty pinks and soft taupes, use fluttering ribbons, blooming Roses and vintage lace table linens. Serve some pink champagne and place candles around the tables and garden to create a dreamy atmosphere…

Let our Chantilly Wedding Suite set the tone.

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Labels: Letterpress, Wedding, Wedding Inspiration, Wedding Stationery

Tuesday, 8th December 2009

THE BRIDE OF THE YEAR SHOW 2010

We are delighted to be exhibiting at the the Bride of the Year Show 2010 at the RDS in January, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st, 11.30am to 5.30pm. We will be displaying our full range of custom letterpress wedding stationery and will be running a competition on the day as well as a special show offer.

SPECIAL SHOW OFFER
Free with all orders placed at the show…
Matching Place Cards
or
RSVP Envelopes Letterpress Printed with Return Address

You don’t have to choose your suite on the day or confirm numbers if you don’t wish to, all you need to do is place a €50 non-refundable booking deposit, and contact us at your leisure when you are ready to place your order, to avail of the Special Show Offer.

The Bride of the Year Show is Irelands largest Wedding Show. In January 2010 it will celebrate its 21st Birthday, making this show Irelands longest established and still the No. 1 wedding show in Ireland. A must for all couples planning their wedding whether newly engaged or finalising details.

Drop by and say hello, we’d love to see you there, we’ll be at stand E8.

For more details visit www.wed.ie

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Labels: Events, Letterpress, Wedding Stationery

Saturday, 21st November 2009

RANGOLI BLOG COMPETITION!

At Farrell & Chase we are to delighted to have sponsored a competition on RANGOLI’s blog!

Make sure you get your entries in to win a Farrell & Chase Christmas Surprise Stationery Pack. Final date for entries is Monday 30th November. For more details read the competition post here. Good luck!

RANGOLI specialise in beautiful bridal jewellery and stunning hair accessories designed and made by Aisling Nelson…

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Labels: Competition, Fashion, Letterpress, Wedding

Monday, 16th November 2009

WEDDING INSPIRATION - GARDEN PARTY

There is something so beautifully romantic about a garden wedding. Play off the natural beauty of Mother Nature and incorporate sage greens, vibrant pinks and purples into the styling. Serve a refreshing punch and delicious picnic sandwiches and mini quiches when guests arrive at the reception and set up a game of croquet on the lawn. Display hand picked flowers in jam jars and hang them from trees together with bird cadges to create an enchanting whimsical atmosphere. Set tables with lace linens and tea lights and let the beautiful natural setting do the rest! 

Set the tone for your garden wedding with our beautiful Secret Garden wedding suite.

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Labels: Letterpress, Wedding, Wedding Inspiration, Wedding Stationery