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Kate + Conor’s Travel-Inspired Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone! You already know that I have a major case of wanderlust, so these travel-inspired wedding invitations from designer Sarah Drake are a sight for sore eyes! Created for a wedding in Door County, Wisconsin, the invitations and day-of stationery feature everything from silhouettes and a custom crest to beautiful map envelope liners to a lace pattern that matches the bride’s wedding dress. Stunning!

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From Sarah: Everything about working with Kate and Conor was a dream, from creating their custom crest and silhouettes to deciding on the perfect slate blue and gray to complement their venue’s color palette.

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We sourced a vintage marine map of northern Wisconsin to line the envelopes, and created our own map of Egg Harbor for the letterpress invitation suite. The finishing touch was the whimsical calligraphy by Stacey Shapiro.

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We also created paper products for the reception, including custom cocktail napkins, flag escort cards, menus, and ceremony programs.

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Thanks Sarah!

Design: Sarah Drake

Letterpress Printing: Rohner Letterpress

Calligraphy: Stacey Shapiro

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Photo Credits: Julia Franzosa

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been working like crazy the last couple of weeks, so I’m feeling a bit worn out today. When life gets hectic, I find myself craving simplicity – an evening walk to the park, gelato from my favorite spot in Eastern Market, or just a quiet night at home. So right now I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend (and ignoring the never-ending to do list). But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

Check back soon for this week’s cocktail! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here next week! xoxo

Margaret + Brian’s Elegant Formal Wedding Invitations

Classic black and white is the perfect combination for a formal wedding invitation suite – and even more so when the entire wedding will be black and white! Anne Kostecki designed the invitations to complement the sophisticated opera house wedding venue, with scroll details and an elegant script font. The invitations were letterpress printed on thick cotton paper and paired with black envelopes and a fun striped envelope liner!

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From Anne: Margaret and Brian are based in Washington, D.C. but will be married in Margaret’s hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. They wanted an elegant invitation suite that reflects the formality of their venue: the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis. They were drawn to thick, luxurious paper and rich black ink for their black and white wedding.

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I designed a simple scrolled frame and chose an engraved typeface paired with a script for their names. We incorporated dinner option illustrations into her RSVP card.

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We printed on Crane Lettra paper in Pearl White with black ink. The wonderful Gilah Press + Design printed the invitations. The envelopes were black matte Euro flap with white calligraphy ink. We also had a matching striped envelope liner for a surprising pop of pattern.

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Thanks Anne!

Design: Anne Kostecki

Letterpress Printing: Gilah Press

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Photo Credits: Anne Kostecki

Jess + Sim’s Illustrated Nature-Inspired Wedding Invitations

UK-based designer Belinda Love Lee sent over these pretty wedding invitations that she designed for a recent client – all inspired by the wedding’s picturesque location by a pond and in a meadow! Belinda designed a fold-out map to enclose the main invitation with illustrations based on photos of the venue. Whimsical hand lettering serves as the perfect finishing touch!

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From Belinda: Jess and Sim wanted their wedding invitations to be whimsical and to tell a story. I designed the invitation in the form of an hand-illustrated map, where it unfolds and your eye follows each illustration down leading to the main invitation card.

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The best apart about it is that Jess and Sim literally got married by a pond, in the meadow, near a forest, just outside a barn! I used photos from their wedding location to help me illustrate. The invitation suite is completely hand made, from print to production.

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Thanks Belinda!

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Photo Credits: Belinda Love Lee

Inspired by: Wanderlust

Frequent travel was a necessary part of my former job – in fact it’s the only thing I miss about my old gig. And lately all I do is think about all the places I want to go and see… at least when I’m not chasing around an energetic crawling baby. We’re hoping to do our first big international trip with Sophie later this year, but I have so many places on my list that we’ll have to start traveling more frequently if we want to get to all of them! Have any of you been bitten by the travel bug recently?

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1. Noun-saltwater; 2. Perfect beach tote from Anthropologie; 3. Bavaria; 4.Salzburg café by Explore Dream Discover; 5. Morocco by Jose Villa; 6. Travel-inspired wedding invitations by Ruby the Fox