Oh So Beautiful Paper

This week’s real invitations come from Julie of the lovely blog Julie + Todd (they’re getting married in 18 days!)  Julie posted electronic sketches of her invitations a few weeks back, but I begged her to share the actual invitations in all of their lovely letterpress glory and she was kind enough to oblige my request.  So here they are!

From Julie: Our invitations were inspired by Spring and the little birds in our neighborhood.  I like their whimsical nature and the bright color matches our color palette, which is yellow and brown.  I liked the idea of having a really fun invitation that would make people smile.

{the main invitation}

The images came from Dover Publications, Big Book of Bird Illustrations, which is full of wonderful royalty-free images.

{the rsvp card and return envelope – both letterpress!}

My brother actually made the invitations. I must say, he did a divine job.

{the double-sided map/directions enclosure}

I wish my brother was a letterpress printer!  Julie’s brother certainly did a wonderful job printing these invitations – you can check out more of his letterpress stationery in his etsy store, Letterpress Delicacies.

Thanks so much Julie, for sharing your beautiful invitations with us – I can’t wait to see the photos from your wedding!

{photos by me – thanks Julie!}

1. julie says:

   05/05/2009 at 9:38 PM

   thanks so much for featuring the invitations!!!
   your the best!
2. Dionne C says:

   04/21/2009 at 12:36 PM

   Stunning! And I love the name of your brother’s shop!
3. seesaw designs says:

   04/21/2009 at 12:15 PM

   oh pretty.

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1. Feathered Friends « Natural State says:

   02/18/2012 at 5:26 PM

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