As promised! Eight more booths from the 2016 National Stationery Show full of beautiful illustrated stationery! This recap post brings us Draw Me a Lion, Lana’s Shop, Gingiber, Lark + Raven, Papa Llama, Clap Clap, Paula & Waffle, and AHD Paper Co.!
Seriously, how cute are these color-in party invitations from Draw Me a Lion??
Okay everyone, BRACE YOURSELVES for a whole lot of stationery over the next few days. I’m going to try to wrap up our coverage from this year’s National Stationery Show by posting all five remaining recap posts this week! I’ve loved all of the booths and cards that I’ve been able to share with you in the previous installments – this year’s show was full of SO much talent! – but I’ve saved some of the best for the very last. I’ve been organizing the recap posts into common themes, from calligraphy and hand lettering to funny cards to the party and gift exhibitors at the show. Today I have two recap posts with a total of 16 booths with a focus on illustrated stationery. For this first post, we’ll see some gorgeous work from Hartland Brooklyn, Violet Clair, Baltic Club, Mr. Boddington’s Studio, Dear Hancock, One Canoe Two, Maginating, and Wrap Magazine! Let’s jump right in!
Keep reading below for more exhibitors from the 2016 National Stationery Show!
These stunning watercolor crest wedding invitations from Kim of Bright Room Studio feature one of my absolute favorite color combinations: peach, pink, and navy blue! Kim was inspired by a bouquet of brightly colored flowers to create the vibrant watercolor background, but it also reminds me of a sunset at the wedding location of Lake Tahoe! Add in a custom watercolor crest and you’ve got one seriously pretty invitation suite!
From Kim: Katie was a color-loving bride getting married in beautiful Lake Tahoe. The first thing she shared with me was an inspiration photo of a stunning bouquet of bright, vibrant flowers and I knew it was going to be fun to design this wedding invitation suite.
In the first round of design options, one design had this great watercolor background and another used the hand-painted crest and she just couldn’t decide, so we brought both together! The three little trees gave the invitation a hint of Tahoe-vibe and the watercolor perfectly evoked a mountain sunset. The watercolor crest with the mountains and trees was the perfect accent to this simple and bold invitation.
We digitally printed the watercolor background then letterpress printed the text in a deep navy. We then digitally printed the other pieces with more watercolor accents and a navy background on the weekend events card for some contrast. The watercolor crest then became a perfect element to use for other aspects of their wedding, like fun thank you cards and a tag that bound the entire suite together in the envelope. Everything was tied together with fun brushy hand-written text, which we then used on the envelope addressing as well.
With lots of brides requesting lovely neutral invitations these days, it was a refreshing and fun project to work on a design with so much color. I love how it came together!
Thanks Kim!
Design:Â Bright Room Studio
Bright Room Studio is a member of the Designer Rolodex  – you can see more of Kim’s beautiful work right here or visit the real inviÂtaÂtions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!
Photo Credits:Â Bright Room Studio
Seriously. How is it August already!?! I know I said this last week, but this summer is just flying by… it feels like we were celebrating the Fourth of July just a few days ago. Anyway! Here are a few beautiful new illustrated wallpapers from The Good Twin to help celebrate the new month!
For personal use only. All illustrations by The Good Twin for Oh So Beautiful Paper
If you’re a designer or illustrator interested in contributing your own designs to this column, please email your design to submissions(at)ohsobeautifulpaper.com with the subject line “desktop downloads.†If it’s a good fit I’ll add it to the post for the following month!
Hi everyone! I’m cutting out a bit early this week to catch up on a few personal things and spend some time with my oldest kiddo – this summer is already racing by and I want to make sure I enjoy this time with her before school starts back up at the end of August. I can’t believe we’ll be going back to school in less than a month! I mentioned this on Instagram, but I’m going to try to pull together a round up (or two) of some back to school supplies. If there’s anything you’d like to see on the list (notebooks, rulers, pens and pencils, etc.) – be sure to let me know in the comments! But in the meantime…
Image by Wilde House Paper via Instagram from the #dailydoseofpaper feed
…a few links for your weekend!
This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:
We’ll be back tomorrow with this week’s cocktail recipe – our final Smash! Have a fantastic weekend, and I’ll see you back here next week! xoxo