OK, let me swoon a bit over foil printing. Just .... mmmm. yeah ... it's just ... so luxurious.
I'm sure you've seen it in Christmas cards or on other invitations - it's shiny (aka foil) and has a texture that feels like it was pressed into the paper.
Ever wonder how they do that?
Foil stamping is the application of of foil that is pressed into paper - simple as that.
To do this, fist a custom die is made of your design. This is often made of either resin or metal. The die is heated up, foil is placed on the die and it is pressed and stamped into your paper, so it leaves the design pressed in foil. You can feel the difference here - that area actually indents into the paper.
Foil comes in just about every color under the sun - gold, copper, rose gold, silver, holographic, white, red, or even matte foil too! You can do your entire design in foil, or have just foil accents, and have the rest printed digitally.
These invitations are often run by hand through vintage, early 1900's printing presses and the setup is extensive. There are also smaller, table top machines, but each sheet is placed one by one - aka, this is a very hands on and more expensive printing process than digital.
If this is something you are thinking of using for your wedding invitations, expect to pay a premium. Orders anywhere from $1,500 up to $5,000 are not uncommon. Your specific price will depend on:
- how many pieces you are using foil on
- what size those pieces are
- how many you are ordering (PRO TIP! The more you order, the lower your per invite cost is!)
- if you use single or double ply paper
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