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{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  It’s been a long week for me, and I have mixed feelings heading into the weekend.  I’m looking forward to hanging out with friends and relaxing a bit, but still really missing my hubby overseas.  I’ve also been spending a lot of time listening to the band in the video below, Two Door Cinema Club – they’re from Ireland and it’s just what I need to keep my spirits up.  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend:

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week!  I hope you all have a lovely weekend!  I’ll be trying to stay warm with these two fuzzballs.  And yes, that’s our cat Leopold in the upper left, still in his cone of shame from his surgery back in November.  What an ordeal.  See you back here on Monday!

Leopold and Charlie

{photo by me}

The Bride’s Cafe — Ideas for Wedding Stationery

Hi everyone!  Today I'm guest posting over at The Bride's Café — Janie graciously invited me to stop by, so I'm sharing a few ideas for wedding stationery, from ceremony programs to marriage certificates.  Here's a sneak peek, but you'll need to check out the full post over at the Café!

Ceremony-program-ideas{top photo by Sarah K. Chen, bottom photo by Simply Bloom via EAD}

Fabric-wedding-invitations-vintage-handkerchief-save-the-date{top photo by Max Wanger via EAD, bottom photo via Bird and Banner}

Paper-rosette-flower-wedding-decorations{top row: sweet paul, emersonmade; bottom row: jen curtis via design sponge, kate headley}

Elizabeth-messina-papercut-ketubah{the most amazing papercut ketubah, photo by elizabeth messina}

Check out the full post — and lots more photos — right here!

{images from their respective sources}

Liesl + Jeremy’s Red and White Floral Wedding Invitations

I’m super-excited about today’s real invitations – I’ve been hoping to feature the paper ephemera from Liesl & Jeremy’s wedding ever since I fell in love with Liesl’s gorgeous wedding dress after seeing photos from their wedding on Once Wed back in October.  Liesl and Jeremy, as well as Kim from La Vie Photography, have been kind enough to send over tons of photographs and background behind the paper ephemera from their wedding.

First up, Liesl and Jeremy’s Save the Date postcards and gorgeous wedding invitations:

Our save-the-date card was the first thing a lot of people saw — it featured an iguana (Hank) climbing the Space Needle, and the exhortation, “Save the date! Or else the city will be destroyed by a giant iguana!!”  The design drew from the World’s Fair as well as the classically comical monster movies of old Hollywood:

On the opposing side we had the necessary details as well as a strip of photos of us as if from an upright photo booth, bordered by the film strip details to keep the art deco feel, as well as a few other jokes that our friends and family might recognize. We thought this really set the tone for the wedding:


{design and image via Liesl & Jeremy Elson}

Liesl & Jeremy worked with a local stationer in Seattle to select their wedding invitations.  They settled on a beautiful booklet fold-out layout, with the main wedding invitation on the left and an invitation to their rehearsal dinner on the right. RSVP cards were enclosed inside with matching envelopes:

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From Liesl: The wedding invitations were a beautiful coral red color inspired by my secret desire to walk down the aisle in Scarlett O’Hara’s sexy red velvet dress from Gone With the Wind.

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{photos by La Vie Photography}

I also completely adore the custom Ketubah and polaroid guest book that Liesl and Jeremy incorporated into their wedding:

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{the custom ketubah was made by Cara Buchalter at Octavine Illustration}
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I’ve got lots more lovely ephemera from Liesl & Jeremy’s wedding to share with you – so check back a bit later for more photos and design inspiration!

{except where noted, all photographs by La Vie Photography}