Custom Holiday Card Designs

So far I've been focused on all the yummy holiday stationery collections, but I'm sure there are a bunch of you planning to order custom cards this season.  I've got a fun giveaway coming up on that a bit later today, but in the meantime I thought I'd gather a quick round-up of a few lovely custom holiday cards!

First up, these incredibly detailed die cut letterpress cards printed by Studio on Fire for Eight Hour Day.  I love the typography details and the way the trees can be punched out of the main card to create a desktop Christmas tree:

Beast-Pieces-Custom-Holiday-Card4{studio on fire}

On the more traditional side, Moontree Letterpress printed these holiday invitations with a beautiful poinsettia illustration by calligrapher Jennifer Nicholson:

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Of course, if you're looking to include a family photo with your holiday cards, these cards from Wiley Valentine printed on cotton paper maintain a beautiful balance between the photo and holiday design details:  

Wiley-Valentine-Holiday-Card{wiley valentine}

And finally, these custom holiday cards by Smock show how a single-color letterpress holiday card can be both simple and beautiful:

Smock-Custom-Holiday-Cards{smock}

Do you have a tradition of custom holiday cards in your family?  Are any of you planning to create your own holiday cards this season?

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{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you have a lovely weekend – filled with hot chocolate and peppermint bark if you're somewhere cold, and if you're somewhere warm, well, I'm just jealous.  I'll be back here on Monday with a new giveaway that I am SO excited to announce!  But in the meantime…

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…here are a few links for you to enjoy:

That's it for me this week – happy Friday the 13th and I'll see you back here on Monday!

{gorgeous polaroid collage by Juan Felipe Rubio via coco+kelley

Liberty Print Bridal Shower Invitations

Kelly from Yes, Please sent over these super-sweet bridal shower invitations that she created for a dear friend who is getting married in January and moving off to England.  Inspired in part by her friend's new adopted home-to-be, Kelly went with a fantastic Alice in Wonderland inspired tea party theme with floral design elements:

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From Kelly: With a modern and whimsical approach to the theme, we chose this fabulous reproduction floral print fabric from the 1930/40s as the basis for the design.  I scanned in the fabric to create a printable pattern for the invite, and then backed each invite with the actual fabric for a nice textural effect.  The shower itself will be full of surprising details and that special wonderland brand of whimsy.

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So cute!  Thanks so much Kelly!

{image credits: yes please design}

2009 Holiday Cards, Part 5

We had been enjoying an unseasonably warm autumn here in DC — not that I was complaining – but today is a stark reminder that winter and the holidays are approaching quickly!  Somehow pretty paper goodies always manage to cheer me up on a cold and rainy day, so here are a few more holiday collections from some of my favorite shops. 

First up, a bunch of letterpress holiday goodies from Simplesong — from school-inspired holiday cards (love!) to holiday to-do lists to a gift wrap kit:

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Simplesong-Gift-Wrap-Set{simplesong}

For their 2009 holiday collection, Two Trick Pony has a bunch of colorful retro-inspired holiday cards (with a big sale running through the end of December!):

Two-Trick-Pony-Screenprint-Holiday-Cards{two trick pony}

I'm loving this year's holiday collection from Parrott Design Studio, filled with lovely letterpress cards and gift tags that capture the beauty of winter and the cheer of the holiday season:

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Parrott-Design-Letterpress-Gift-Tags{parrott design studio}

I also love the bold graphics in these screen printed and letterpress cards from Cricket Press:

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And last up for today's installment, these cute illustrated holiday cards from Pearl & Marmalade with holiday wishes from some fuzzy friends:

Pearl-Marmalade-Holiday-Cards{pearl & marmalade}

As always, you can find past holiday card features right here.

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