Oh So Beautiful Paper

So I have big news: we finally bought a house! You may remember that we’ve been hunting since early December, and after a few unsuccessful offers we’re finally under contract on a cute little rowhouse – we move in just a couple of weeks! We’re just a wee bit stressed out trying to make arrangements for the move and some minor house repairs that need to be done after we close, and of course pack up our entire apartment (ugh), so if things seem kind of erratic for the next few weeks I hope you’ll bear with me! But even with the stress of a move, I can’t wait to start making our new house our own, starting with a fresh coat of paint in every single room. Yay! But in the meantime…

This is NOT our house (I wish!). Photo via Southern Living

…a few links for your weekend!

• A dumpling baby shower! Cutest idea EVER.
• Congrats to my friend Ami on her gorgeous new travel blog, Entouriste!
• Gus & Ruby is hiring a Retail Store Manager! Check out the details right here!
• Neon heart vases!
• MAKE: Maple Blueberry Scones
• Martha Stewart Weddings is offering a free iPad edition of the new spring issue! Just enter code GEKG3e right here!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Sabrina + John’s beautiful New Mexico destination wedding invitations
• Black and white wedding invitations with fun geometric details
• Sweet little boy baby annoucements
• Vintage-inspired invitations for a winter wedding
• Kraft + mint wedding invitations with a delicate pattern
• Make amends with one of these apology cards
• Well Said Type: Peoni Pro
• Button escort cards!
• Modern wedding invitations inspired by high school sweethearts
• Rustic Mexican-inspired wedding invitations
• Floral wedding invitations inspired by Lily of the Valley

We have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

Well, it was bound to happen… we caught our first family cold this week. Sophie and I were first to come down with it on Monday, followed quickly by my husband on Tuesday, and I’m hoping we’re now at the tail end of it. Boo colds! We’re all feeling pretty run down, so this weekend we’ll be trying to rest up (and recover) as much as possible. But in the meantime…

Photo by me (via Instagram) of last year’s cherry blossoms

…a few links for your weekend!

• This may be my new favorite party idea!
• A gorgeous new collection of foil stamp wedding invitations from Hello! Lucky
• Sycamore Street Press is having a sale!
• Thinking vs. Doing
• MAKE: Buttermilk Beignets
• WANT: This beautiful print (via Ez)

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Super cool x-ray save the dates for a pair of engaged doctors
• I’m feeling inspired by cherry blossoms + a round up of cherry blossom stationery
• Well Said Type: Mandevilla
• Gorgeous calligraphy from MM Ink
• Art Nouveau wedding invitations inspired by a vintage book cover
• Fun spring-inspired invitations for a Texas garden party wedding
• Beautiful dresses made of paper!
• A fun DIY tutorial with a fig + gold color palette
• Tons of color inspiration in the spring issue of Martha Stewart Weddings!
• Loving these prints from artist Jorey Hurley

We have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

Happy Friday everyone! It may have been a short week, but it was busy busy busy over here. Lots of planning for the 2013 Paper Party (yay!) during the National Stationery Show in May and a new special (but currently top secret) project that I can’t wait to share with you! Oh, and some not-so-fun tasks, too, like our 2012 taxes and trying to navigate the world of homeowner insurance quotes. But really, nothing makes me feel better than getting things done, particularly when the length of my to do list was starting to freak me out! Now I get to actually enjoy the weekend and spend time with my sweet little girl. But in the meantime…

 

Photo Credit: JoyHey | Krista Palmu

…a few links for your weekend!

• Love animals? Help support rescue efforts, AND get a whole bunch of awesome letterpress stationery at the same time!
• Amazing map sculptures of cities
• Love this profile of the talented Anna Bond and Rifle Paper Co.
• Gorgeous paper flowers
•  A new card in Smock’s Change the World series – this one is about seafood!
• MAKE: Butternut squash risotto and chocolate-dipped pretzels (yum!)
• WANT: One of these darling refashioned shirt dresses for Sophie

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Industrial-inspired chalkboard and linen wedding invitations
• Downton Abbey-inspired wedding invitations
• Ideas for incorporating illustration into your wedding stationery
• Adorable pink + gray chevron stripe save the dates
• Whimsical St. Patrick’s Day wedding invitations
• Well Said Type: Frosted Font
• Fisher’s ski theme Bar Mitzvah invitations

We have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

p.s. I’ve been spending a lot of time on Pinterest these days gathering lots of home and entertaining inspiration! If you’d like, you can find me right here!

Happy Friday everyone – and yay for a long weekend! I hope you all had a nice Valentine’s Day. Sadly, my husband was on a late night shift this week, so there wasn’t much celebrating over here. Hopefully we’ll find some time to do something nice this weekend instead. We’ve had a few glimpses of spring here in DC this past week, which has me so so so excited for the real thing to arrive soon! Last year I was so overwhelmed with first trimester sickness that I was barely able to enjoy my favorite season, but this year I’m so excited to introduce Sophie to our favorite spring activities (like visiting Dumbarton Oaks and the National Arboretum). But in the meantime…

Photo Credit: Maple & Belmont

…a few links for your weekend!

• Love these DIY botanical escort cards
• What what what? Wooden legos?!? WANT!!
• Beautiful prints
• I’d love to put bunk beds in Sophie’s room someday

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• These 3D decoder surprise wedding invitations are so awesome
• Sweet + simple illustrated wedding invitations
• Tie a string save the dates! So cute!
• Beautiful modern black + white letterpress business cards
• Silhouette birth announcements for twins!
• Pretty stationery deserves pretty pens + pencils!
• Know any newly-engaged couples? Send congratulations with one of these cards!
• Rustic woodland-inspired baby shower invitations
• Sweet baby announcements for a tiny (future) fisherman
• Informal illustrated letterpress wedding invitations

Also, there a LOT of new Designer Rolodex members to welcome!

• MaeMae Paperie
• Paper Monkey Press
• Kimberly FitzSimons
• Ceci New York
• Olive-Route
• Blue Magpie

That’s it for me this week! I hope you enjoy your long President’s Day weekend and I’ll see you back here on Tuesday! xoxo

As much as I grumble about housing prices and other various DC-related headaches, this week reminded me of how much I really do love my city. We took Sophie to the Natural History Museum for the first time, mostly on a whim and only about an hour before it closed, but the museum was practically empty and it was so perfect. We enjoyed the live butterfly pavilion, but she really loved the gemstone exhibit – and who can blame her? Sparkly things in bright colors? Perfect for babies! Our afternoon at the museum made me even more excited for spring and summer, when we can do more outdoor things with Sophie. But in the meantime…

  

All photos by me via Instagram

…a few links for your weekend!

• LOVE this paper + petal Valentine’s Day pop up shop at Gus & Ruby Letterpress!
• Food for thought: embrace the failure
• Sarah from Parrott Design Studio had such a cute baby shower for her sister
• Congrats to Meg from Moglea on her beautiful new shop!
• This looks like a fun blanket!
• To make: brown butter rosemary orange cornbread

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Gorgeous modern destination wedding invitations from Mae Mae Paperie!
• Beautiful calligraphy wedding invitations
• Say “I love you” in many languages with these multilingual wedding invitations
• A lovely DIY wedding invitation tutorial inspired by ferns
• Illustrated map wedding invitations
• NYIGF Part 8: Fisk & Fern, a.favorite design, Caroline Gardner, 1973, Tattly, Rock Scissor Paper, Viva Greetings, Austin Press
• NYIGF Part 7 – Jewelry: Prismera, Molly M Designs, Hortense, Paper Wings, Kiel Mead, Rebecca Overmann, Laurel Denise,
• NYIGF Part 6 – Babies + Kids: 3 Sprouts, Wee Gallery, Uncle Goose, Petit Collage, Loralin Design
• Some heart inspiration for your day-of wedding stationery
• Valentine’s Day is next week! Here’s a final round up of Valentine’s Day cards

We’ve got a little pre-Valentine’s Day treat coming up for you this afternoon… I don’t want to spoil the surprise, so check back a bit later this afternoon! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo