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Fine printing has always been a labor of love for Debbie Urbanski and Harold Kyle, whose first collaboration brought together Debbie’s poetry, Harold’s letterpress printing and bindery skills, and a typeface called Bodoni. Since then, we’ve learned that love can make us do pretty crazy things sometimes. Our love for letterpress led us to house our first cabinet of lead type in our one-bedroom apartment. Our love for antique presses led us thousands of miles across the Midwest and the Northeast to save letterpresses from the scrap yard. Can there ever be too much love? We now own over 50 tons of equipment – presses, board shears, paper cutters – that we love. We have a portfolio of commissioned broadsides, books, cool posters, and gorgeous custom wedding invitations that we love. Harold and Debbie’s love for each other led them to get hitched in June 2003 on a glorious day in Chicago (with the arrival of the first Bella baby in November, 2006!). And nine years after our first printing job together, our love for beautifully printed things led us to launch Bella Figura and help letterpress more love into the world. Bella Figura is an artisan letterpress shop based in Syracuse, NY, about 20 miles from the rolling hills and the wineries of the Finger Lakes region. We love living in this part of the country, where rush hour means a nearly empty highway, where maples burst into fabulous reds each autumn, where winter means skiing over white-moon snow and summer means eating too many handfuls of Concord grapes. Our print shop now features twelve fabulous employees: Greg, Susan and Anthony in pre-press; Jason, Anne, and Jonathan, our printers; Beth Ann, our in-house designer; Nicole in invitation finishing; Michelle, our office and accounting manager; and Beth, Debbie, and Harold, who youll be working with as you choose your invitations and announcements. Our work has been featured in Modern Bride, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Brides magazines, and our portfolio includes work done for Barnes and Noble; Little, Brown and Company Publishers; Republic of Tea; Hickory Chair; NBC; and Sony BMG (we printed their Grammy after-party invitations!). Jasper, our first Bella baby, Because we want to make the world a better place, we donate one percent of sales to three charities: Doctors Without Borders, the Conservation Fund, and the National Council for the Traditional Arts. We really love our job--working with clients who enjoy fine papers and great design as much as we do. Here at Bella Figura, we’ve assembled the perfect staff, printing presses, and papers all for you. We’ve chosen our favorite designers from across the country and asked them to design unique invitation sets that contain mountains of personality. We’ve handpicked a fabulous calligrapher whose penmanship will make you swoon. Our background is in the fine press world – we want to treat your invitation like a work of art. And though we’re not Italian, a reliable source tells us the Italian phrase “bella figura” means “a beautiful impression.” We’re confident that our invitations will leave a beautiful impression on your guests and help set the scene for one heck of a party to come.

Address: Delavance center 501 W. Fayette st. Studio 222 Syracuse, NY 13204
Telephone: 315.473.0933
Fax: 315.473.0967
Website: http://www.bellafigura.com/