Our Love Language is Paper

Sarah Bloom Studio is proud to offer a wide range of letterpress and print services. Whether you are looking to craft creative and personal wedding invitations, gift a loved one with custom stationery, or create impactful brand collateral that will be sure to leave in impression with your customers, we are happy to assist with anything and everything paper related.

What is letterpress?

Letterpress is a printmaking process that historically involves movable type (typically lead or wooden type) being meticulously set, locked into place, inked with rollers, and pressed into each piece of paper, one by one.

With the help of modern plate-making technology and innovative adjustments made to our antique presses, we are able to utilize a centuries-old process to produce fully custom designs with endless possibilities.

Crafted with care

Every order that leaves our pressroom is executed with the utmost care and attention to detail. After all details have been approved and signed off in our pre-production phase, we print your order one color at a time. We adhere to our high standards of quality when checking each order.

We offer custom color matches for any project. Each color is mixed by hand using the universal Pantone color system.

  • Working with Sarah was amazing!

    Working with Sarah was so great! She helped bring our invitations to life and was so responsive during the entire process. We gave her a rough idea of what we wanted, and she was able to bring our vision to life. She stayed perfectly on schedule which gave us plenty of time to get our invites shipped to us and sent out. I am so excited to send these out, the paper quality and letterpress design is beautiful and everyone we have shown them to so far has been impressed! I feel incredibly lucky that I found Sarah, and will definitely use her for any other paper needs I have in the future!

    SARAH U. | WEDDING STATIONERY CLIENT

  • An absolute joy to work with

    Sarah Bloom Studio is an absolute JOY to work with. She is creative, talented, hard working, and extremely responsive and communicative. From designing the prints, to communicating expectations and revisions, to the final finished product — every step was professional and enjoyable. I simply cannot underestimate what a lovely experience this was! Her letterpress print quality is unsurpassed in our hurried and overly-digital age. I look forward to working with Sarah for all of my future letterpress and stationery needs.

    LIZZIE FOWLER | FEUILLE CERAMICS OWNER

  • I’m so pleased with what she created for me

    Sarah was an absolute pleasure to work with — I would highly recommend her. I loved that she was fast to answer any questions that I had and I’m so pleased with what she created for me.

    LYDIA NICHOLS | MORNING LIGHT FILM CO-OWNER

Meet our presses

Over the years we have acquired a handful of presses, big and small, old and new! Get to know the whole family.

Kiki

Manufactured in mid-1900’s.
Weighs approximately 70 lbs.
Acquired in 2017 in Illinois.

Betty

Manufactured in 1901.
Weighs approximately 1,200 lbs.
Acquired in 2021 in Wisconsin.

Frida

Manufactured in 2023.
Weighs approximately 120 lbs.
Acquired in 2023 in Indiana.

Our Studio

Sarah Bloom Studio is based in South Bend, Indiana. We operate our studio out of a former dry cleaning factory that now houses a collection of creative business owners. We love being a part of a thriving community of local creatives and enjoy any opportunity for collaboration!