Oh So Beautiful Paper

Archive for July, 2010

Ah, pinwheels… such a light and fun symbol of summer, aren’t they?  I’m loving these pinwheel letterpress notecards (printed in an even more summery shade of yellow) from Duet Letterpress:

Check ‘em out right here!

{image credits: duet letterpress}

These gorgeous airmail-inspired wedding invitations come to us from Erin at Lucky Luxe.  Erin’s bride and groom, Gabriella and Peter, were inspired by their shared love of travel.  Erin combined the vintage airmail design with the idea of a handwritten letter for an unbelievably gorgeous and completely romantic result!

From Erin: Gabriella was originally envisioning a vintage airline ticket suite as a nod to their love for travel.  I began to imagine something Hemingway inspired — love letters sent from around the globe, handwritten and imperfect, personal and cherished, with drips and puddles of fountain ink adorning the corners of each piece.

I love how the design includes the splotches and splatters of ink wells – all letterpress printed along with the invitation text – in keeping with the overall feel of an antique hand-written letter.

An airmail border was letterpress printed in red and blue on each envelope.  Beautiful calligraphy by Holland Wilson.

Erin lined each envelope with a print of a vintage map on beautiful linen paper.

Erin tells me that this is her favorite invitation suite that she’s ever designed at Lucky Luxe – and I completely agree!  Check out more from Erin right here and here!

{image credits: lucky luxe}

One of my friends was recently ill and had to spend some time in the hospital (not to worry, she’s fine now), but of course I sent her a get well card while she was recovering.  I’m guessing that some of you might also have friends or family in need of a get well card, so I thought I’d share a quick round-up with some of my favorite options:

{sycamore street press}

{hazel and violet ink :: lucky star press}

{sugarcube press}

{hello!lucky}

{kirtland house press}

{night owl paper goods}

{all images from their respective sources}

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Happy Monday everyone!  Let’s start off the week with a fun (and totally cute) letterpress Save the Date from the always-fabulous Brandi over at Sweet Harvey.  Printed in a lovely yellow and gray color palette, I love this cute little couple sitting together on a swing:

You can check out lots more from Sweet Harvey here and here.  Thanks Brandi!

Do you have a Save the Date that you’d like to share?  Just shoot me an e-mail right here!

{image credits: sweet harvey}

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Happy Friday everyone!  Are you excited for the weekend?  I’ve got a long to-do list for this weekend (isn’t that always the case though?), but I know I’ll definitely be fitting in time to go to a movie with my husband.  He’s been waiting for this particular movie to come out all summer!  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

• Did you see this seersucker round-up that Jane put together for me?  Thanks Jane!
• How pretty!  A vase just for your window.
• Papel picado banners as table runners for a wedding reception!
• Such a sweet idea for a handmade gift.
• Loving these record album wedding invitations…
• …and these out-of-print book cover t-shirts
• A shop dedicated just to vintage stamps!
• Sadly, this post describes about 99% of the PR e-mails I receive.

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

• Amazing papercut wedding invitations and Save the Dates
• Captivating calligraphy from Neither Snow
• Beautiful romantic and modern letterpress business cards
• Need inspiration for a kids birthday party?  Check out these invitations.
• It’s been a week of colorful wedding invitations – bright orange and purple & bold yellow and black

That’s it for me this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!

{photo by raffaella via miss moss}