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Piper’s Neon Pink + Gold 2nd Birthday Party Invitations

From fun flourishes to the neon and gold color palette, these girly birthday party invitations from Wiley Valentine are seriously adorable!  Rachelle, half of the talented duo behind Wiley Valentine, created these sweet invitations for her daughter Piper’s second birthday party, with each invitation letterpress printed on cotton paper by Rachelle’s husband Michael of Czar Press.  Michael even edge painted the invitations with an amazing gold-to-pink ombre effect!

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From Rachelle: The inspiration behind the invitations was the theme of her birthday party “A Fancy Afternoon.”  Piper really loves her Fancy Nancy books so the “Fancy” element was an obvious choice.  I went over the top with fancy flourishes and designs to set the tone for her party.

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The neon pink lent a playful tone as did the ombre gold-to-pink edge painting.  The Dr. Seuss quote we printed on the neon gift tags is such a fabulous quote and it incorporated the reading aspect of the theme.

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Thanks Rachelle!

Design: Wiley Valentine

Letterpress Printing and Edge Painting: Czar Press

Wiley Valentine is a member of the Designer Rolodex – check out more of their beautiful work right here or check out Piper’s birthday party invitation designs in the Wiley Valentine etsy shop!

Photo Credits: Andrea Patricia Photography, except for the edge painting photo by Wiley Valentine

*Wiley Valentine and Czar Press are sponsors of Oh So Beautiful Paper

Ligature Wedding Invitation Collection by Paperfinger

You guys, today is such a happy day – I’m absolutely thrilled to help one of my very favorite calligraphers, Bryn from Paperfinger, launch her brand new wedding invitation collection!  Bryn is such a talented and kind lady; she created my beautiful logo that you all see at the top of the page and it’s always a treat to feature her beautiful calligraphy.  The new collection is called Ligature, and it’s absolutely gorgeous!

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From Bryn: We created a collection so that we could create invitations for more clients, build on new designs and offer our clients quicker turnarounds without sacrificing the significance or quality of hand-drawn calligraphy.  The word “ligature” is a great metaphor for marriage.  In type design and lettering, a ligature is the unique letterform created by the combination of two alphabet characters that are connected by a linking stroke or flourish.  The ligature itself becomes a unique and distinct character of its own, made up of the two.

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Within the collection, each invitation and individual piece is hand-lettered to order (no digital typefaces!), then expertly produced with letterpress printing or engraving.  The collection will also offer edge painting and original patterned backing featuring hand painted patterns created by Bryn.  For those of you who prefer a more custom approach, Bryn tells me that she plans to continue to offer bespoke design services in addition to the Ligature collection.

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Yay!  Congrats Bryn!

I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Paperfinger as a member of the Designer Rolodex – you can check out the full ligature collection in the Rolodex right here or over on Paperfinger!

Photo Credits: Dan Eckstein

Turcan + Ev’s Formal and Elegant Black + White Wedding Invitations

Turcan and Ev wanted classic wedding invitations with a few bold yet sophisticated elements.  They worked with Sarah from The Happy Envelope, who created a stunning black and white invitation design.  The entire suite was letterpress printed on super-thick paper, with a vintage rose illustration on the reverse side and cobalt blue edge painting.  So pretty!

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From Sarah: Turcan + Ev had a church wedding followed by a reception at the bride’s aunt’s private residence in Maryland.  The couple wanted something stunning, but still classic in tone.  Their wedding colors were black and white with cobalt blue accents. We decided to letterpress print everything on super thick 4-ply board so that we could paint the edge with a bright pop of their blue as a fun surprise.

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The reverse side of the invitation was letterpress printed in black ink with a vintage rose botanical illustration.  The custom printed liner on the inner envelope was also cobalt blue for that extra “wow!” factor.  The bride wanted the reception card to really sing and stand on its own, so we letterpress printed it in two inks, utilizing her cobalt blue for a bit of visual pop.  Calligraphy by Feast Fine Art + Calligraphy sealed the deal!

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Thanks Sarah!

Design and Letterpress Printing: The Happy Envelope

Calligraphy: Feast Fine Art + Calligraphy

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: The Happy Envelope

National Stationery Show 2012, Part 3

I’m so excited to share more from the National Stationery Show!  There has been so much amazing stationery to see at this year’s show, I’ve barely even made a dent in the last two days.  First up for today, I loved all the colorful and modern stationery from Two Paperdolls, from bright greeting cards and a mustache-theme calendar to a gorgeous new album of wedding invitations.  I’m particularly smitten with the line of Mad Men-inspired cards!

 

 

 

 

Two Paperdolls

Last year, Adrienne from Dingbat Press created a booth covered in silver leaf – and this year she switched things up with a booth made from hundreds of coaster-size kraft paper circles.  Amazing!  I love Adrienne’s new collections of initial notebooks and colorful self-mailing stationery sets.

 

 

Dingbat Press

After making her Stationery Show debut last year, Catherine from Printerette Press put together another beautiful booth full of sweet letterpress greeting cards and a brand new wedding collection.  So pretty!

 

Printerette Press

I’m so excited to see more designers producing boxed writing sheet sets, and I love all the whimsical designs from Fawnsberg – not to mention the greeting cards and rubber stamps featuring their signature hand lettering.

 

Fawnsberg

The Dauphine Press booth was ridiculously pretty this year – chock full of gorgeous wedding invitations with metallic foil details, colorful edge painting, and lovely patterns.

 

 

 

Dauphine Press

So much pretty paper eye candy from Fine Day Press – from the beautiful new watercolor calendar to foil stamp patterns and letterpress greeting cards!

 

Fine Day Press

Page Stationery made their Stationery Show debut this year with a brand new wedding album and lots of really fun day-of wedding stationery, including letterpress printed ceremony program covers and double-sided reception signs.  Such a great idea!  I also love their collection of “manly” boxed stationery.

 

 

 

  

 

Page Stationery

I’ll be back tomorrow with more from the show!

Photo Credits: Stephen Michael Garey and Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper; please ask permission prior to reposting any images.

{happy weekend!}

Ah… the first week back after vacation is always a doozy, isn’t it?  But even after racing to catch up from a week away, I’m so very glad to be back home.  This weekend we’ll be watching the Stanley Cup playoffs and starting to make plans for the future nursery room.  Yay!  But in the meantime…

Photo Credit: Scout’s Honor Co.

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week!  Cocktail Fridays will be back this afternoon – and we have a special cocktail just in time for Cinco de Mayo, 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