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Archive for July, 2010

Happy Friday everyone!  Wow, I don’t know about you, but this week just totally flew by for me!  After one busy week and with expectations for another one next week, I’m definitely looking forward to a relaxing weekend.  If you’re looking for a bit more papery goodness this week, check out my second California wedding invitation post over at the haystack needle!  Otherwise, I’m off to go meet up with a friend about a fun new project that we’re working on (I can’t wait to tell you all about it!) and get started on the weekend.  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

• Chelsea creates the most beautiful handmade wedding paper details
• A wedding invitation with fireflies – totally cute for summer!
• A must read for entrepreneurs: Juli’s tips for developing a PR strategy
• These chalkboard labels are so cool!
• Absolutely smitten with these magical photographs
• I’m so excited for Joy’s wallpaper collection!
• A blog dedicated entirely to hand- and type-written letters (via neither snow)

And in case you missed it, a few favorite posts from this week:

• The perfect gift for any letterpress aficionado – Reinventing Letterpress
• A beautiful hand-lettered thank you card
• Bright and colorful art prints
• Jessica Hische’s gorgeous letterpress alphabet prints
• Invitations for a wedding rehearsal dinner and the day-after brunch

That’s it for me this week!  Have a lovely weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!

{image credits: sugarflower via it’s mary ruffle}

I wasn’t a particularly sporty child, but bike riding was my absolute favorite activity growing up.  So when Ashley from Lemon and Lavender sent over these cute bicycle birthday party invitations, the first thing that popped into my head was how much I would have loved to celebrate one of my own birthdays with these invitations!

Ashley originally designed these invitations for her son’s first birthday party – complete with super-cute matching soda bottle labels:

You can find these invitations – this time with drink stirrers instead of soda bottle labels and fun striped envelope liners – in the Lemon & Lavender etsy shop.  Thanks Ashley!

{image credits: lemon & lavender}

Have you all heard about this book, Reinventing Letterpress by Charlotte Rivers?  Reinventing Letterpress is actually the title of the European version – it’ll be released in the United States next month by Chronicle Books under the title Little Book of Letterpress.  It has a lovely introduction with a short history of letterpress and more than 100 profiles of letterpress studios around the world.  I just got my copy and haven’t been able to stop flipping through all the gorgeous letterpress eye candy:

It’s a wonderful book, and would make a sweet gift for anyone with an appreciation for letterpress stationery.  You can pre-order a copy of the upcoming American release here or here.

{all photos by me}

p.s. I should probably clarify that I actually purchased a copy of this book – it wasn’t a promotional copy.  I’m a genuine letterpress aficionado (just not a practitioner)!

Today I’m filling in over at the haystack needle, sharing some of my favorite California wedding invitations while Jen is spending some time out in San Francisco (lucky girl!).  Check it out right here!

{allison + mark}

{danielle + greg}

Just a quick reminder, if you’re looking for wedding invitation inspiration – you can find these invitations and lots more in the real invitation gallery!

On a personal note, if you’re interested in a glimpse into one of my average weekends in DC, I’m making a little appearance over on Maggie’s day in the life post on EAD Living.  Maggie and I (and our husbands) spent a Sunday afternoon on one of the first truly hot weekends of the summer grabbing brunch, produce shopping at Eastern Market, and living vicariously through M + T as they start to explore the DC real estate market.  Fun times!

{image credits: allison + mark’s invitations by union photography, danielle + greg’s invitations by greg piche photography}