It all started when Miss. Ten Thousand Only posted about the incredible dress Kimi had made for her wedding in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. The dress was so beyond words, that it made me stop dead in my tracks. It made me think and re-think what a wedding was really all about. But that was the least of it. Kimi didn’t just create her wedding dress. She also designed imaginative, whimsical and soulful invitations for her wedding, invitations that she printed out at home on her regular-old-boring printer:
See? Magic. Miss TTO and I were both so struck by these invitations that we suggested that Kimi start an invitation company – one that allowed couples to pick and invitation, get the jpg emailed to them, and then print the invitations at home. We were dreaming of an invitation company that would put good design within everyones reach. But we had no idea just how good it was going to get….
So today, I’m absolutely thrilled to get to announce Kimi’s brand new invitation company: Printable Press.
At printable press you can choose from a plethora of invitation designs, each more beautiful than the last. I’ve included some of my very favorites here, but your taste is different then mine, so you’ll have to go browse to find which ones you love best.
Then, for just $60 Kimi will add all your information into the invitation and mail it to you. Want to colors or sizes changed? No problem. For $15 she’ll make all those changes. Want matching menus, thank you cards, programs, place cards or anything else? You can buy those too. Soon she’s going to be selling calling cards and greeting cards and other magic, all affordable, all printable.
You can print the invitations at home, or use a low cost printer like Vista Print (or even Kinko’s), or you can just email them to everyone. You can choose fancy shmancy paper, or paper from Office Depot. You can DIY your invitations with card stock or feathers or beads, or you can just leave them sweet and simple. The point is great design is in your hands at a affordable price.
Kimi quotes John Muir as saying “Everyone needs beauty as well as bread.” I concur. In fact, I’m going to quote Tom Robbins’ Skinny Legs And All, and say “Beauty is going to be my everyday thing.”
I’m so proud of what’s going on in this corner of the Internet. It’s not just affordable invitations… it feels like the tiny beginnings of a girrl revolution. Beauty, passed from one hand to the next to the next to the next. Keep it going. Keep on shining.
Now go, pick out some invitations.
Thanks for these! Awesome stuff.
March 11, 2009 6:14 am
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Awsome ! I love it… and affordable !
March 11, 2009 6:17 am
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OMG, awestruck! This is EXACTLY the solution I’ve been searching for. Way to go Kimi!
March 11, 2009 6:27 am
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If I didn’t already have a friend making invites this would be heaven sent. I am in love with all of them, and I love how affordable it is! I can’t wait until someone else I know is getting married so I can tell them all about it.
March 11, 2009 6:28 am
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Keep on going. Keep on shining.
I needed these words today.
xo
March 11, 2009 6:49 am
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This awesome!!! I remember this wedding too, I was enthralled by her talent (that dress! It was just so fantastic!). I am really excited about this new project.
March 11, 2009 6:58 am
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I’m very much trying to make my own invites, but if I get frustrated enough, I just might order these instead! Thanks for the killer backup plan!!!
March 11, 2009 7:03 am
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What utter awesome beauties she has! Amazing!
March 11, 2009 7:04 am
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These are incredible! I already have 5-10 favorites. Thank you for sharing the beauty!
March 11, 2009 7:05 am
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I’m so happy people like them, I’ve totally been working in the dark with no one seeing them but my extremely patient husband! I’m also putting up non-wedding stationery soon (personalized letterhead (for those changing names!), moving cards, thank you’s, blanks etc. Thank you Team Practical!!
March 11, 2009 7:07 am
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very cool. I’ve had alot of brides asking me if i could design something for them to get printed themselves. Seems to be a new trend! These designs are beautiful! :)
March 11, 2009 7:18 am
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Wow! These are fabulous. The shooting stars are particularly beautiful!
March 11, 2009 7:29 am
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As a budding designer I will be making my own wedding invitations. I have such a passion for paper and printing that I hope to also start my own business one day. I am not even sure where to begin and am curious as to how Kimi got the ball rolling. It’s and incredibly exciting industry, I just hope there is a place in it for me too!
March 11, 2009 7:44 am
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Awesome, I love the airplane invite. Love the John Muir quote too. Go Kimi!
March 11, 2009 8:53 am
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OMG! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Kimi, you are amazing!
March 11, 2009 9:15 am
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This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I can’t wait to show them to the boy tonight!
March 11, 2009 9:24 am
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Thanks so much for this! What a genious idea for the budget-conscious bride!!
March 11, 2009 9:28 am
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they’re so beautiful and right up my alley! Congrats!
March 11, 2009 9:46 am
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Hello Young Love-
Kimi had a good idea, and then she started making her great designs, built a simple website… and well, the ball got rolling today. I think it’s mostly bravery! Yay Kimi and good luck to you. There is always room for talent. Always.
March 11, 2009 10:03 am
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we have some of the same faves. *swoon*
i heart you, meg!
March 11, 2009 10:08 am
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Love them so much…and I just mailed our invitations this week. Bummer!
March 11, 2009 10:14 am
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oh my goodness, i love these…i had such struggles with our invites, this would have been so perfect…
xox
March 11, 2009 10:31 am
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Holy CRAP I am so grateful I stumbled upon your blog. My dream is to make homemade invites with certain special touches, but I was dreading the thought of picking out fonts and images, layouts, etc. This is amazing and exactly the solution. Thank you THANK YOU….now I just need the fiance’s guest list and I can order some :D
March 11, 2009 10:56 am
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I love this! I totally just blogged about it myself (on my little site, blushandbashfulbride.blogspot.com). This is a great opportunity for beautiful invitations on a real “budget.” Why has no one ever done this before?
March 11, 2009 11:39 am
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oh gosh! if we hadn’t already gotten our invitations, this would have been our choice!!! such absolutely gorgeous designs- this is the style we were looking for, but couldn’t find it inexpensive enough! well, best wishes to the fellow practical brides who can enjoy such beautiful invites :)
March 11, 2009 12:46 pm
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Amazing and gorgeous. This and the Muir quote have made my Wednesday. I so needed this. Great work. I have so many favorites!!
March 11, 2009 12:53 pm
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Absolutely brilliant! And beautiful beyond words, both in design concept and the spirit of making all things pretty within everyone’s grasp.
Take THAT W.I.C.!
March 11, 2009 1:45 pm
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Wow! i love the stars, and the airplane! Lovely!
March 11, 2009 5:03 pm
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Amazing! I wish Kimi and her husband tons of success!
March 11, 2009 7:54 pm
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These are incredible!
March 11, 2009 10:17 pm
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I kind of wanna get married so I can get fabulous invitations made…
Or maybe for my 30th?
March 11, 2009 11:24 pm
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This. is. awesome. $60?! Even awesomer.
March 12, 2009 9:23 am
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Wow great idea! so creative, thanks for this!
March 12, 2009 10:51 am
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this is perfect!!!!
March 13, 2009 12:38 am
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holy crap! how amazing! I totally would have done this instead of spending agonizing hours designing our own! So awesomes!!
March 13, 2009 1:01 pm
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These are sooooooooo beautiful!!!!
And that dress… gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing.
~Lilian~
March 16, 2009 8:03 am
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SO glad I you helped me find Kimi and Printable Press! Just ordered my custom invitations and I cant wait! Thank you, thank you! I also did some searching through your past posts and saw you suggested reading from “I LIke You” by Sandol Stoddard Warburg- and we’re doing just that! The book is also the inspiration for the invitation design! Love the blog and your point of view!
March 24, 2009 11:51 am
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LOVE these invites! But I am super nervous about where to get them printed… I'm not quite talented enough to print & cut my own. Suggestions? How do you know which online printer to use and what to order? I want to print 5×7 invites and smaller response POSTcards (I think they do 5.5×4.25 designs for those).
April 25, 2009 9:10 pm
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Vista print, Ashley. Though I did printable press shower invites, and they were printed and done in 10 minutes. No cutting silly, you buy the right size paper stock from Paper Source.
April 25, 2009 11:45 pm
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