Letterpress Holiday Cards now available!

Pistachio Hill Holiday Stationery is now available for purchase online! Designs are being added frequently so check back with us often. As always, custom design for your corporate and family greetings are available for those who need that extra personal touch. Mention this blog and receive FREE SHIPPING on any holiday stationery orders!

Stock Social Stationery now on Etsy!

We have just made our stock social stationery available for purchase on Etsy.com! Designs are frequently being added so please check back with us often for new products. On Etsy, you can even request a custom item if you don't see what you're looking for. And we DO custom. Come check out our holiday folded notes and photo cards for the 2008 holiday season!

As seen in October's issue of Lucky Magazine Atlanta!

We're thrilled to see a little mention of us in October's issue of Lucky Magazine! Look for us towards the back under 'Great Picks' in Atlanta!

Welcome your new family member with our Letterpress Baby Announcements!

Come check out our new designs of Letterpress Baby Announcements! Available blank or custom letterpress printed and ink colors can be custom as well. Check back for more designs soon!

The most BEAUTIFUL cake to match the beautiful letterpress invitation!

Check out this AMAZING cake made by The Highland Bakery for one of our incredibly tasteful brides in Atlanta! Designed especially for her, the cake design mimics the florals on our Peony & Tulips ensemble. It's almost too divine to eat!

Custom Letterpress Printing at Pistachio Hill

Who says you have to buy a design just to have some letterpress? At Pistachio Hill Letterpress, we offer the designs, the printing AND the calligraphy! If you have a design in mind and just need a letterpress studio to print, email us and we can help you bring your design to a beautiful letterpressed reality. Our in-house designer can even help you choose the best layout for letterpress and suggestions to maximize production and save on costs. From business cards to coasters, the possibilities are endless when printing letterpress!

Studio Collection - New Designs from Pistachio Hill!

Come take a look at our Studio Collection, the newest letterpress wedding designs from Pistachio Hill. Featuring 6 ensembles, each design includes Invitations, envelopes, rsvp and accommodation card. Ink colors can be adjusted to fit your theme or event! Feel free to email us about any additional pieces you might need or for a free quote and sample.

Ways to Display your Place Cards

Place cards doesn't always have to just sit idly on a tray or just be a name on a tented cardstock. These cards are what makes your guests feel welcomed with their own seat at a table. I've had many brides ask me whether they should assign seating or let their guests sit wherever they please and, although each guest list is different, I usually advise the middle-ground. In most cases it would work best for guests to know which table they will be seated at but leave where they sit within that table up to them.

Ways to display the place cards:

1) Favors doubling as place cards - why have both place cards and favors when you can use the one for the other? If your favors come in small rectangular boxes, use them as your place card stands with the name on a simple card on top. If you're planning to have them on a table for guests to pick up, make sure they're grouped by tables, either in a neat group or place in tray boxes for easy finding.

2)Hanging tags off a central floral arrangement - if you're planning to have a large arrangement with outstretched branches, hang your place cards off the branches where guests can easily read and find. This idea could be tricky to pull off as the tags can become tangled, hard to find or hard to remove.

3) Place cards don't always have to be displayed on the table; for weddings with assigned seating, incorporate the place cards with the decoration of each chair. Ribbon can be strung through a place card and hung elegantly on the back. To go all out, pocket enclosures with the guest's names on front can be hung from the tops of chairs with the menu tucked inside.

4)If you like the idea of having place card holders but don't want to spend the money to get one for each guest, consider making your own. For my own asian-themed wedding, I created these wire card holders out of radio wire. They were simple and fun to make and propped up my place cards to leave more room for everything else on the guests' tables.

These are just a few ideas to play with. Even if you don't find one that suits your event, hopefully, it will give you an idea of the endless possibilities for just a simple place card. Get creative but stay SIMPLE. There are so many details to go over for a wedding and place cards are just a teensy piece of it. Remember to RELAX and have fun planning!

This Season's Hottest Wedding Colors!

For the last 3 years or so, brides have been going bonkers over brown. Tiffany blue with brown, fuschia with brown, Spearmint with brown. Even I have to admit , brown was so easy to pair up, I've used it in my invitations on more than several occasions. Brown is now OUT and the new color companion is Warm Gray. Less dramatic and rich but definitely more dominant yet subtle.

The days of muted pastels are also gone to be replaced by bold, daring, loud Fuschia, Orange and Lime. HOWEVER, please use these colors sparingly as they are statement colors and not to be thrown about carelessly and DO NOT pair them with colors of same intensity. Pair them up with muted but complimentary partners, ie: Fuschia & Taupe, Pink & Gold.

Lastly, for all those brides who are looking for a GREEN wedding, choose colors that come straight from nature: sage, warm grays and browns, dusty rose and marigolds. These colors tend to be more muted but warm and inviting.

Wedding in Florence

"Everybody LOVES the invitations! We had people that didn't want to return the RSVPs because they are so pretty they wanted to keep them!Great job! Thanks again....."

Another blossoming bride! We would like to wish Sara and Greg the best of luck for their wedding in Florence, Italy. We know their wedding (taking place in a castle, no less) will be spectacular!

BarMitzvah in New York

Hi Sunny,

I just wanted to let you know that I have received SO many calls from people who gotten the invitation for my son's Bar Mitzvah and each call has been nicer than the next. Everybody thought that the invitation was absolutely MAGNIFICENT. Every detail...the quality of the paper, the letterpress and of course your design. When I decided to go ahead and order the invitation with Atlanta Letterpress my husband and I were hesitant due to the distance between us (New York to Atlanta), but I can not tell you enough times what a pleasure it was working with you. You made everything so easy and your kind personality alleviated any fears that my husband and I might have had. Sunny, your work is exquisite. We look forward to working with you and Atlanta Letterpress for ALL of our families celebrations.

Thank you,

Jamie and Adam

Pretty in Pink

Hey Sunny!

The stamps look sooo great on the envelopes. I am sending them out next week. But one of my bridesmaids said it was the prettiest wedding invitation she had ever seen. Thats a pretty high compliment...especially from her :-)

~Amanda Hill Ready

See more custom invitations at our Gallery

David, we'll miss you. . . .

With deep regret, we mourn the loss of David Brough, our dear letterpress printer at Atlanta Letterpress. He gave people the chance to chase their dreams and opened doors to new possibilities. He lost his battle with bone cancer on June 23rd, 2008 and we will miss him dearly.

Back in Business!

Whoohoo! After a brief partnership with Atlanta Letterpress, Pistachio Hill (www.pistachiohill.com) is again back online! Come by and check out our new website and letterpress services. Custom stationery is as easy as emailing us with your paper needs for your spectacular event!