A vintage cast-iron letterpress machine with a freshly printed invitation lifting off the press bed

Letterpress & calligraphy · Chattanooga, TN

Pressed in Chattanooga. Cherished everywhere.

Semi-custom letterpress invitation suites, printed one sheet at a time in our Chattanooga studio. Pick a design, send us your wording, and we press the rest.

Shop the suites See how it’s made

Letterpress invitations
Save the dates
RSVP cards
Day-of signage
Calligraphy addressing

What the presses run

The whole suite, pressed.

Invitations, save the dates and day-of signage all come off the same press, in the same ink on the same paper — so the envelope, the table and the welcome sign read as one piece of work.

Letterpress invitations

A semi-custom suite of invitation, RSVP and enclosure cards, printed on thick paper with a deep impression you can feel with a fingertip.

Save the dates

One pressed card that sets the tone months ahead, in your suite’s type and ink, ready to send before the rest of the details are settled.

Day-of signage

Welcome signs, seating charts and menus pressed to match the suite, so the printed work carries from the mailbox to the reception.

RSVP cardsReply cards pressed in the same ink as your invitation, sized for a standard envelope.

Calligraphy addressingEnvelopes addressed by hand in calligraphy, in a hand chosen to match your suite.

The pressroom, step by step

From conversation to postmarked.

Four passes through the studio. You choose the suite and the wording; we handle the type, the ink and the pressure.

Hands sorting paper swatches and ink chips across a studio worktable — Swatch table, the studio

Step 01

The conversation

We start with your date, your venue and the feeling you want on the table, then narrow it to one suite direction, one paper and one ink.

Proof sheet, second pass

Step 02

The proof

Your wording is set in your chosen type and a proof comes to you to read out loud. Nothing goes to press until every comma is where it belongs.

Close-up of a letterpress cylinder rolling over an inked plate on thick paper — Press in flight

Step 03

Press day

Your suite is printed one ink at a time, each sheet fed by hand so the type sinks into the paper far enough to be felt, not just seen.

A finished letterpress invitation suite arranged on a weathered wooden table — Finished suite, boxed

Step 04

Addressing & delivery

Envelopes are addressed in calligraphy, the suite is boxed and wrapped, and it arrives ready to stamp, seal and send.

Semi-custom suites

Pick a suite. Make it yours.

Six suites, each one already drawn and set. Choose the design, then personalize the wording, the ink and the paper — so nothing waits on a designer’s calendar.

Ridgeline

A heavy serif in one deep ink, with a rule that carries through every card in the set.

Invitation · RSVP Choose Ridgeline

Walnut Street

A drawn monogram inside a fine roundel — formal, unfussy, and easy to re-letter.

Invitation · Enclosure Choose Walnut Street

North Shore

Chevrons and a wide margin — a modern set that still reads well in a shallow envelope.

Save the date · Invitation Choose North Shore

Lookout

A rising sun mark and a bold ground line, pressed in two inks with a wide typeface.

Invitation · Menu Choose Lookout

Signal Ridge

A single drawn sprig, quiet type and plenty of white — the suite you read slowly.

Invitation · Signage Choose Signal Ridge

Coolidge

A grid of rules and a lime edge — the most graphic of the set, pressed in one ink plus the accent.

Invitation · RSVP Choose Coolidge

Semi-custom means the design is already drawn. Tell us the suite, your wording and how many invitations you need, and we will come back with a quote and the next steps to press.

Request a quote

Interior of a working letterpress studio with drying racks of printed cards and stacks of paper — The pressroom, Chattanooga — where every suite is fed by hand

Visit the studio

Come stand next to the press.

Inkwell & Pine is a letterpress paper studio in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you would rather feel the paper before you choose it, tell us your date and we will find a time for you in the pressroom.

We press invitation suites for weddings and celebrations across the Tennessee Valley, and finished suites ship from the studio ready to stamp, seal and send.

StudioChattanooga, Tennessee
PressesLetterpress, one ink at a time
OrdersSemi-custom suites, shipped

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Studio & pressroom Chattanooga, Tennessee

Start your suite

Tell us the date. We’ll press the rest.

Send your event date, the suite you are drawn to and how many invitations you need. We will reply with a quote and the next steps to press.

01Choose a suite from the wall
02Personalize wording, ink and paper
03Proofed, pressed and posted