Oh So Beautiful Paper

Archive for August, 2009

A reader sent me a note to let me know about this poster that a friend's husband designed as a gift for his groomsmen.  Some of them used to be in a band together, so the poster was his way way of personally thanking his buddies for standing up with him on the big day:

Neat idea, huh?  If your soon-to-be husband is on the hunt for a unique and personal groomsmen gift, let him know that he can get his own totally customized poster via Droplet Studio on etsy.

{images via Droplet Studio – thanks Allison!}

The month of Ramadan started last week, and I'm usually a bit stumped when it comes to finding suitable cards (much less letterpress) to commemorate Ramadan and Muslim holidays.  When I saw these beautiful letterpress cards from muslamb paper goods on poppytalk yesterday, I just had to pass them along for anyone who might be looking to wish friends or colleagues "Ramadan Mubarak" (blessed Ramadan) or "Eid Mubarak" (blessed festival) at the end of Ramadan:

Good morning everyone!  Can you believe it's already the last day of August?  But even as summer is ending, there are a few new ventures just getting started.  First, Alyson's Postal Press is finally live!  The shop is stocked full of wonderful note cards, journals and other letterpress goodies:

You'll definitely want to head on over to Postal Press and take a look around.  Alyson also offers custom design for personalized stationery and wedding invitations.  You can also follow the Postal Press blog here.

Next up, Rebecca from Oh So RB just launched Clover & Bee, a wedding website dedicated entirely to Midwest weddings.  If you're a bride planning a wedding anywhere from North Dakota to Kansas to Michigan to Ohio — Clover & Bee is the perfect resource for you:

In addition to a "Best of the Midwest" guide launching in September, Clover & Bee has a daily blog with vendor interviews, inspiration, and real Midwest weddings.  

Congratulations to both Alyson and Rebecca!

{image credits: Postal Press and Clover & Bee}

I don't know about all of you, but this week has just flown by for me – I almost can't believe it's Friday already!  I'm super-excited for the weekend, since tonight we're going to see the Flaming Lips and tomorrow I get to meet Jenna!  But in the meantime…

That's it from me for this week — but I'll be back next week with more real invitations and details about the giveaways for my upcoming one-year blog anniversary!  So.  Excited.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I'll see you back here on Monday!

{photo by James Christiansen}