
In 2008, Kira Evans Design created a silver foil-laden invitation for the ERA Real Estate's Leadership Team Awards.
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This year's design for ERA incorporated nature photography.
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In 2008, Maxim's Hot 100 Party invite had a lenticular image.
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This year's Hot 100 Party invitation used a less complicated printing process.
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In 2008, Alpine Creative Group's invitation for Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation included inserts and envelopes.
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This year, Alpine's invite consisted of three panels, and a perforated panel served as the R.S.V.P card.
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Plum Blossom Press's take on the wood-printed look includes an additional tactile experience: a suede envelope liner.
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Social stationery line Twist Paper showed off a shiny gold patterned design.
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The foil-stamped design printed by AR-EN Party Printers also played into the Gatsby trend.
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Kate Spade escort cards, foil stamped with gold polka dots, encourage mingling. (Beginning this summer, Kate Spade's stationery line will be available through Lifeguard Press.)
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A letter-pressed invitation from Paper Boat Studios comes wrapped in a pocket printed with a detailed star chart.
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Letter-pressed dots form a swirling vine motif on the invite-holding kraft paper pouch pocket from Designers' Fine Press.
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