Brisbane's Little Peach Co.

I fell head over heels for Little Peach Co.'s work while I was on my own expedition for wedding invitations. In the end, I ultimately opted to design my own suite, but I couldn't help but love the pops of color and the intricate letterpress designs the Brisbane group produced with such ease. 

Little Peach Co. specializes in hand-made designs for weddings, celebration stationery and business cards. 

Director Dave Atkinson said it all started seven years ago when he began designing wedding invitations for friends and family. 

     

"My wife and I started Little Peach as a creative outlet - I was an advertising creative by day, letterpress designer and printer by night," he said. "I started out in my garage, but in late 2012 I took a leap of faith from part-time hobby to full-time passion. I'm lucky that I can wake up every day and really look forward to getting into it at work. "

     

Atkinson said the best part about his career is being able to create something special and unique for each client -  whether it's an exquisite invitation for an engaged couple or a memorable business card for a small business.

     

The art of letterpress is what Little Peach Co. is known for.

     

"We like to joke that the print shed out back has become my little man cave," Atkinson said. "I love holing up with the plates, stinky inks, and temperamental Bertha (our 1965 Heidelberg Platen) to perfect each printed piece on a one-by-one basis. It's obviously a time-intensive process and a labor of love - but it's why we do what we do."

  
Click here to watch a video of Little Peach Co. owner Dave Atkinson operate the studio's 1965 Heidelberg Platen letterpress machine.

     

When it comes to wedding invitations, Atkinson suggests that couples should send invitations at least six to eight weeks prior to the wedding, adding more time for a destination wedding or if there will be many out-of-town guests.

     

"Here at Little Peach, we pride ourselves on quick turnaround and don't mind shaking our tail feathers for busy brides," Atkinson said. "But you know what they say, it's always 'the sooner the better'."

     

Little Peach Co.  also works with brides near and far.

     

"If you can't stop in to our storefront on Stanley Street in Woolloongabba, we'll happily discuss ideas for your Big Day via email, phone, or Skype," Atkinson said.

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ABOUT LITTLE PEACH CO.

Little Peach Co. is a letterpress printing and design studio in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, specialising in hand-made designs for weddings, celebration stationery, and business cards.  Our love of design combined with enthusiasm to create beautifully handcrafted stationery is poured into everything we create. We work the old-fashioned way and have a passion for vintage printing styles. We have our own in-house 1965 Heidelberg Platen, affectionately named Bertha and an antique foiling press. Handcrafting each unique piece from scratch, Little Peach Co. can make as little as a single print to as large as a wedding’s worth.

 

For more information about Little Peach Co. or to schedule an interview with Director David Atkinson, call 07 3391 6342, email  invite@littlepeachco.com, or visit  http://www.littlepeachco.com.au. 

 

Little Peach Co. is at 633 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, open Mon-Fri 10-4 and Saturday by appointment.
Follow them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/littlepeachco and Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/littlepeachco.  

{All photos via Little Peach Co. Facebook page}