The peonies are blooming! After the most miserable winter on record, I want to drink in every single drop of spring this year. My beloved lilacs have sadly faded, but the peonies started to emerge just at the right time, and my roses are just behind them. I wish it could be Spring all year long! I’m gearing up for a busy weekend preparing for the National Stationery Show – it’s the last weekend before the big show! But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

• Such an incredible transformation! The Fig House before + after
• The difference between a font and a typeface
• MAKE: Lavender-honey crepes for a Mother’s Day breakfast in bed
• Congrats to Angela Liguori on a beautiful new website!
• Happy 10th Birthday Apartment Therapy! Maxwell will forever be one of my professional heroes – his keynote presentation at the very first Alt Summit (in 2010!) gave me the courage to pursue Oh So Beautiful Paper full time. I’m eternally grateful for that experience.

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Caroline’s beautiful strawberry storybook baby announcements
• An amazing hand lettering tutorial from Ladyfingers Letterpress
• Mother’s Day is this weekend! Make her this beautiful decoupage recipe box!
• How to Catch a Retailer’s Eye at the National Stationery Show
• Modern rustic (yellow!) wedding invitations
• Calligraphy Inspiration: Lydia Robin Hendrix
• So much pretty placemat inspiration for your wedding!
• Well Said Type: Feast
• Tori + Dan’s woodland fabric wedding invitations
• A Mother’s Day brunch filled with flowers!
• NSS 2014 Sneak Peeks! Missive, Lydia & Pugs, Belle & Union, Steel Petal Press, and Paper Lovely!

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