Oh So Beautiful Paper

Archive for October, 2008

Sorry for the slow posting today — things have been unexpectedly hectic. Check back tomorrow for the weekly round-up, and I'll be back in full swing next week with more invitations, artwork, and paper yumminess!

Have a wonderful Halloween! 

{image via Country Living}

Last week, I featured the amazing poster design work of Matt Terich and Design Medicine.  Well, in addition to his print and poster work, Matt is also one half of Poster Bride, a wedding invitation design studio specializing in wedding invitation posters!

Here’s more about Poster Bride:  Poster Bride is a fresh idea: a new approach to the invitation that beckons your guests to the big day. We make unique, handmade works of art that celebrate the fanfare of your party like nothing else can.  A serigraph, up to 19″ x 25″, hand-printed and designed just for you, suitable for framing, following the tradition of silkscreened event posters, provides not only your wedding invitation, but a timeless gift of art for your loved ones. We make posters… for weddings.  Much like the silkscreened posters you might see for a play or a concert, only tailored for you and your event.  Each invitation is unique, sketched by hand, rendered onto film, transferred to a silk screen, and carefully printed by us for you.

The invitation poster is one of my favorite new innovations in wedding invitation design, and Poster Bride’s designs are among some of the best I’ve seen so far:

For those of you planning to use a ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) in your wedding, check out this AMAZING custom poster Ketubah:

{I love this.  LOVE it.}

The Poster Bride site is still under development, but click here for more information on Poster Bride, and, if you’re interested in a poster invitation for your wedding, here to contact Matt.

{All photos by Poster Bride – thanks Matt!}

The sun is finally out and shining again here today – and my mind keeps wandering back to these lovely prints from Sugarloop:

{all these and more available here}

As promised, I’ve got a lovely set of wedding invitations to share with you today!  I’m featuring the fabulous portfolio of Pica Press.  Pica Press is a small design studio based in California and run by Susanne Duffner.  Susanne describes her design philosophy as “beauty is in the small details and simplicity is always best” and her inspiration includes items such as found objects, patterns, maps, vintage wallpaper, typography, antique books, flea market finds, and hand-written postcards.

Here are a few of my favorite examples from the Pica Press wedding invitation portfolio:

{a classic design in green with brown text}

{a fun combination of red and aqua}

{this design evokes a minimalist, but somewhat asian-inspired theme}

{I love everything – the old fashioned wood type font, the packaging, everything.}

{the new classic combination of yellow and gray}

{love the calligraphy scroll detailing}

{another fabulous font, this time a beautiful script perfect for palm springs}

{love the fun layout in the Save the Date card}

{a beautiful and romantic floral design}

{and a vintage-inspired design using scrolls and ornaments}

In addition to their fabulous work designing wedding invitations, Pica Press also does stationery, baby announcements, and commercial work:

{all photos by Pica Press – discovered via the fabulous blog parcel post. Click here for the full portfolio}