Ashley from Fine Day Press was inspired to create these popsicle cards by the early summer heat wave we’ve been having over here on the East Coast.  Each card features a different popsicle, all based on Ashley’s original watercolor paintings done on a hot and sticky afternoon in Brooklyn:
So perfect for the bbqs and lazy weekends of summer… check them out over at Fine Day Press!
{image credits: fine day press}
I’ve been seeing so many amazing business cards lately – each one just as beautiful as the one before!
{kate murphy photography – with gorgeous logo by jessica hische – via black*eiffel}
{jordan ferney – love the hand-painted watercolor details}
I really think this might be my favorite group of business cards ever. Â Which one is your favorite? Â I don’t know if I could choose just one!
{images from their respective sources}
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You might remember Kristy and Adam’s watercolor invitations and letterpress save the dates for their 10-year vow renewal earlier this year – the combination of Kristy’s amazing watercolor paintings with letterpress is still one of my absolute favorites.  Kristy and Adam decided to throw a party at their home in Pennsylvania for friends and family who couldn’t attend the ceremony out at Zion National Park.  And this time Kristy created the invitations using vintage hardcover books!
From Kristy: After a magical time in Zion National Park renewing our vows we could hardly wait for the big party in Pennsylvania to celebrate with those who were unable to travel. Bringing a touch of the southwest to our party in PA was really important, so when I found this collection of Zane Grey Novels I knew I had to include them somehow.
Zane Grey was a prolific western adventure author who spent the later years of his life in Pennsylvania. The historical landmark that once was his home is 45 minutes from ours! The symbolism was perfect; western writer who spends his later years near our hometown….and the price wasn’t too shabby either; only $0.65 per book at a local vintage shop!
Betsy Dunlap‘s work has been present throughout our renewal invitations and save the dates so I saw it fitting to have her create an image that I could have turned into a rubber stamp. I knew hand painting 75 books would be a chore but didn’t want to make it an impossible task.
Betsy penned a frame of text that repeated the words “Kristy and Adam 10 Years.”  I then imposed one of my Cosmo illustrations and sent the image off to a stamp maker. White acrylic was brushed onto the stamp and – voila, our altered book invitations were begun!
Each bloom was then painted with various color inks; four shades of orange and red, a touch of gold, and three shades of green. Rich, heavy strokes of color were added to each bloom to contrast the rough, water-stained shape the books were in when we found them.
Black velvet ribbon acted as a simple bookmark to discover the page in the book where the actual invitation was adhered.
Betsy also created the calligraphy for the kraft paper address labels, which were adhered to boxes that contained the party invitation and Zane Grey novels.
You can check out Kristy’s watercolor vow renewal invitations and letterpress save the dates here and here, and you can see lots more of her beautiful work over on Momental Designs.  Thank you so much Kristy!
{image credits: photo of kristy and adam from green apple photography, all other images by kristy rice}
Summer is officially here in DC – and while I could definitely do without the muggy heat and humidity, summer brings roses, and this year there are tons of them in our neighborhood! So when Courtney sent over this vintage-inspired garden rose wedding invitation suite that she created for a recent bride, I couldn’t think of anything more perfect for early summer:
From Courtney: I created this for one of my brides, Sarah, for her California vintage inspired wedding. I hand painted each one individually in various shades of pinks with touches of lavender, browns, and golden yellows – making sure to paint each one just a little different from the one before!
Thanks Courtney! To check out more of Courtney’s lovely watercolor hand-painted invitations and stationery, you can click right here.
{image credits: courtney khail stationery}
Hooray!  The big weekend has finally arrived!  The Stationery Show officially kicks off on Sunday, and I’m heading off to New York bright and early tomorrow morning.  I can’t wait to see everyone at the show!  For those of you on twitter, you can follow my progress through the show here, or follow this list that I’ve created just for the show. I’ll be sharing photos from the show here on OSBP all next week, but in the meantime…
…a few links for your weekend!
Also, I’m honored to have been featured over at the Bright Side Project this week!  The lovely ladies of BSP asked me to share a few of my favorite things — and you can enter to win a few of those picks!  Check it out right here!
I’ll be sharing a couple more NSS sneak peeks over the weekend before full NSS coverage starts on Monday — so stay tuned!
{image credits:Â cavan images}
