It has been such a whirlwind week, with three and a half days at the National Stationery Show, one big Paper Party (more on that next week!), and very very little sleep. And despite the sore feet and general exhaustion that always follows the show, my heart feels like it’s about to burst with happiness after meeting and spending time with so many amazing people at the show. I really do love our stationery community! I’ll be back to share lots more from the show next week, but in the meantime…

A few of the (many!) peonies waiting for me when I came home from New York

…a few links for your weekend!

• How adorable are these honeycomb gift toppers?
• Understanding retail, from the perspective of two veteran retailers
• Audrey shared a fun video of all the NSS mailers she received!
• The cutest DIY kids party invitations
• DC area friends! Michele just added a bunch of summer calligraphy classes!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• National Stationery Show 2014, Part 1: Linda and Harriett, Ello There, Idlewild Co., AHeirloom
• National Stationery Show 2014, Part 2: Sycamore Street Press, Betsywhite Stationery, Typecase Industries
• National Stationery Show 2014, Part 3: Emily McDowell, Ashkahn, Hartland Brooklyn, Minted, Golden Fox Goods, Studio SloMo, Paper Bandit Press
• National Stationery Show 2014, Part 4: Ferme à Papier, Ink Meets Paper, Bruno Press, Everything Little Miss, a.favorite design, Katharine Watson, Fig. 2 Design Studio, One Canoe Two
• National Stationery Show 2014 Scavenger Hunt: Alphabet Cards!
• DIY Tutorial: Three styles for addressing your own envelopes!
• Stationery for the donut lover in all of us

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