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Bella Figura
We print the old fashioned way, with vintage presses, the best paper, patience, time and love.
509 West Fayette Street
Studio 135
Syracuse, NY 13204 (map)
Products: Catalog Products, Custom Products
Services: Assembly, Design, Printing
Specialties: Letterpress, Recycled Paper
 
 
 
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Bella Figura has beautiful letterpress stationary! Everything was customized to our tastes from a selected theme and they were so easy to work with through their online forms and during the entire proofing process. Once we received our invitations, all of the colors and extras were exactly as shown in samples and the details came out beautifully!

If you are looking for an immediate way to wow your guests and have something that will be memorable, you should definitely do letterpress invites with Bella Figura! We received so many compliments on our invitation suite and I am glad we have something so beautiful to commemorate our wedding.
Wedding: 05/31/2013
Services Used: Invitations
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I used Bella Figura for my letterpress wedding invitations. I absolutely looooved our invitations. We got several pieces aside from the invitations, include inner and outer envelopes, reception cards, websites cards, and rsvp cards and envelopes. We paid extra for a customer color. Everything was beautiful and looked so nice. The only drawback is the price because letterpress is very expensive, but the quality is great.
Wedding: 05/26/2013
Services Used: Invitations
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Anonymous
1 Reviews
Know upfront:

Bella Figura does not provide printed proofs, so that you can truly see what your design looks like in your ink colors. I understand not being able to create intricate letterpress proofs, but they could easily ink up a similar plate in their library for a quick test or do a "pull down" of your colors...they don't.

"Pull downs" are larger test swatches of your ink color or foil..

If they do not have your chosen ink colors in their sample invite inventory, you will not have any idea how it prints. This was the case with my ink, and I had to choose another color. Their ink swatches are miniscule! Not possible to see what it really looks like.

Because you only see PDF / onscreen proofs, if using foil stamping, it will be impossible to know what it will look like until you get final printed pieces.

They often omit important information about printing possibilities. You must pay a deposit, then have your questions answered by a designer. So, they get your money first, and you do not know if your design will be do-able until you have paid a non-refundable deposit. There is no backing out.

They told me "no" at many points along the way...I had to resolve my own design issues with common sense solutions, and I turned those Nos into Yesses. It took a lot of work on my part.

They shipped my main invitations with printing errors -- the left half of the intricate design did not take the foil. Amazing that they did not notice while in production or while being packed for shipping. She said they were doing too many jobs in one week and should have seen it, but didn't. They had to reprint my invites and ship them a few days late -- with no discount or accommodation offered.

I love the invitations, ultimately, and was very happy with the final quality. Beautiful paper! But it was mostly my own art direction / design and problem-solving that brought it to fruition.

I wish I could give them a 5, but it's more like a 3.5 - 4.
Bella Figura responded with the following comments:
We're sorry that you didn't have a pleasant experience! We do in fact, offer draw-downs so that our customers are able to get a feel for their ink color if necessary (there is a small fee for this, but it's definitely possible. We're very sorry this service wasn't offered to you! As for the issues with your invitations, we hope you got in touch and that we were able to resolve all of the issues! Please feel to contact us if that's not the case.
Wedding: Recently Married
Services Used: Invitations
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Gorgeous design and quality but definitely the most expensive invitations I saw.
Wedding: 04/27/2013
Services Used: Invitations
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Anonymous
5 Reviews
Our invitations were amazing. Everything was done online and though email, yet still it all come out perfectly. The staff was great with answering questions and helping to set up the look we wanted. Although we paid more then we wanted for the invitation, compared with other letterpress sites, they were a fair value.

I would recommend Bella Figura for wedding invitations. They have a great selection of designs and the invites of of great quality. Very happy!
Wedding: Recently Married
Services Used: Invitations
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Anonymous
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GORGEOUS wedding invites and save the dates....all letter press. We sent out our invites last week and I am getting tons of texts and emails about how beautiful they are. You have to thumb through the website and blog to get ideas but you can customize and pick bits and pieces from all their template to create totally customized pieces. They are pricey but WELL worth it. The designers are very helpful and offer advice, send great proofs to approve before printing. The invites come beautifully packaged, with extreme care and attention to detail. We were very impressed with this company. Highly recommended!
Wedding: Recently Married
Services Used: Invitations
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My invitations were absolutely gorgeous!!! The price is not cheap but it is truly worth it in my opinion as the invitaitons are big part of your wedding. Even after the wedding has come and gone, people still comment on my invitations! Bella representataties are super helpful and do everything they can to make your experience the best possible. I HIGHLY recommend them for your invites!!
Wedding: 11/24/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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If you're looking for letterpress wedding invitations, look no further. Our wedding invitations came out so gorgeous!

Everyone who I dealt with was very nice. Their pricing was extremely fair for custom work (I provided my own artwork) and the quality is unbelievable. I wish I could upload a picture of the packaging. They came in a fabulous gift box and the invitations were in wrapping paper. I cried when I got the package!

Their quality, service and attention to detail were fantastic. I highly recommend Bella Figura!
Wedding: 10/27/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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We received so many compliments on our invitations! Bella Figura offers amazing quality and designs.
The service is just as great! Everyone I worked with was helpful and I really enjoyed working with them.
Wedding: 10/13/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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TruePrep
9 Reviews
What an amazing company! Their designs are so elegant, and the letterpress is incredibly high quality. We got SO many compliments on our invitations ... Their 2-ply paper is so luxurious and memorable. Debi Zeinert's calligraphy is absolutely stunning, we also had her hand address our envelopes and the combination of her calligraphy on the invitation design itself and on the envelopes was amazing. Bella Figura even customized one of their designs for us to include a graphic we provided! Amazing customer service; amazing invitations. I cannot recommend this company more highly.
Wedding: 10/12/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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They were gorgeous! I highly recommend them for letterpress invites!
Wedding: 10/06/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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Bella Figura was so helpful in conducting business over the phone/online. I live in smaller town in West Texas, so they helped us by sending samples, locating a calligrapher, etc.
Wedding: 09/22/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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Anonymous
5 Reviews
Bella Figura makes beautiful invitations for a fairly good price. Though I LOVED my wedding invitations, I was quite disappointed in the customer service I received from my client coordinator. My client coordinator did not do a good job of informing me about what I needed to provide and when, did not provide samples that I asked for or other advice, did not write professional e-mails (hers were full of run-on sentences, typos, grammatical mistakes, which is not very reassuring given she was in charge of the invitation text), and did not timely check her e-mail.

I had a much better experience working with the invitation designer, who incorporated all my wishes and edits. The designer also went above and beyond and sent me two different versions of my invitation design when my edits were unclear.
Wedding: Recently Married
Services Used: Invitations
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Anonymous
6 Reviews
We ordered our entire stationary suite (except for save the dates) from Bella Figura. We received personalized service and were provided with an enormous number of choices. The quality of the paper was exceptional. The service was fast, efficient and personal. Highly recommended.
Wedding: Recently Married
Services Used: Invitations
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They do absolutely beautiful work -- truly stunning. They however sent me the wrong size invitations and it was too late to get new ones printed. They refunded me a small amount for the mistake, but it was still annoying. And they ignored a few of the directions from my original submission. Still extremely pleased with the product, but just be sure you triple check everything with them.
Wedding: 04/07/2012
Services Used: Invitations
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Pricey but incredibly beautiful, high quality letterpress invitations and paper goods.
Wedding: 12/31/2011
Services Used: Invitations
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