About
Salt + Pine Press
Salt + Pine Press is a Bradenton, Florida–based foil press studio specializing in heirloom wedding stationery and thoughtfully crafted paper goods designed to carry emotional weight long beyond the celebration itself.
Rooted in tactile materials, intentional composition, and traditional printing methods, each piece is individually foil-pressed by hand and created to become part of the story it represents.
Meet the Designer + Printer
Kylee Himes
I’ve been drawn to paper for as long as I can remember — collecting heirloom sheets, lingering over tactile covers, and noticing the quiet emotional weight certain objects can carry simply through texture and touch.
At family dinners, while everyone else gathered around conversation and cooking, I was creating handwritten place cards and arranging table settings with intention. Even then, I was drawn to the atmosphere created through thoughtful detail — the feeling that something meaningful was about to take place.
When I got my first job at sixteen, nearly every paycheck found its way to stationery aisles and art supply stores. What began as fascination eventually became a deeper study in material, process, and permanence.
Photo Credit: Dead Focus Mag // Kayla Erny + Lesa Silvermore
Salt + Pine Press grew from that lifelong connection to paper and the belief that stationery can become far more than something informational. It can create anticipation. Establish atmosphere. Become part of the memory itself.
I’m drawn to tactile materials, traditional methods, and details that reveal themselves quietly over time — the impression pressed into paper, the softness of a handmade sheet, the subtle evidence of the human hand behind each piece.
Every suite is designed, foil-pressed, and assembled in-house with an intentionally thoughtful approach. Rather than designing for trend or excess, I create work meant to feel enduring — pieces that carry emotional presence long after the celebration has passed.
Individually foil-pressed by hand
About the Press
Every piece at Salt + Pine Press begins at the press — a deliberate, hands-on process where paper, pressure, heat, and foil come together to create something meant not only to be seen, but felt.
Each suite is individually foil-pressed by hand in-house by one artist from beginning to end, allowing every detail to carry a sense of continuity, intention, and care throughout the entire experience. The result is work that feels tactile, personal, and deeply considered — impressions pressed into paper with permanence and emotional presence.
Drawn to traditional printing methods and the beauty of human touch, the process itself is approached slowly and intentionally. No two impressions are ever entirely identical, and that subtle variation is part of what gives each piece its character, depth, and authenticity.
These are not simply invitations to be opened once and discarded. They are heirloom objects designed to hold memory, create connection, and remain meaningful long after the celebration has passed.