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Inspired by: Wanderlust

Frequent travel was a necessary part of my former job – in fact it’s the only thing I miss about my old gig. And lately all I do is think about all the places I want to go and see… at least when I’m not chasing around an energetic crawling baby. We’re hoping to do our first big international trip with Sophie later this year, but I have so many places on my list that we’ll have to start traveling more frequently if we want to get to all of them! Have any of you been bitten by the travel bug recently?

Inspired by: Wanderlust by Oh So Beautiful Paper

1. Noun-saltwater; 2. Perfect beach tote from Anthropologie; 3. Bavaria; 4.Salzburg café by Explore Dream Discover; 5. Morocco by Jose Villa; 6. Travel-inspired wedding invitations by Ruby the Fox

{happy weekend!}

Happy August everyone! July flew by especially fast thanks to our trip to California and I’m having a hard time accepting that we’re more than halfway through summer! Luckily, August is my favorite month in DC – the college students are all back home and Congress is on recess, making the next few weeks the perfect time to go to museums, the zoo, or snag a table at a popular restaurant. I’m looking forward to making the most of these last few weeks of summer. But in the meantime…

Cassia Beck: Deserted Beach via Society6

Photo Credit: Cassia Beck, available via Society6

…a few links for your weekend!

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Quilled Floral and Calligraphy Ketubah by Ann Martin & Tara Jones

The paper filigree technique (also known as paper quilling) is intricate, delicate, and incredibly beautiful – perfect for an heirloom marriage certificate! Paper filigree artist Ann Martin collaborated with calligrapher Tara Jones on this floral-inspired ketubah for a recent wedding in Chicago. The ketubah features the wedding color palette – charcoal gray and seafoam green – with botanical quilled details alongside the couple’s initials and Tara’s calligraphy.

From Ann: This ketubah was created for a couple whose wedding took place at the Chicago Botanic Garden early in July. Calligrapher Tara Jones of Dallas, Texas had designed the couple’s letterpress wedding invitation. When the bride was looking for ideas for their ketubah, she came across my website and recognized Tara’s unique lettering style on an earlier certificate. The bride then asked if Tara and I would collaborate on their ketubah – of course we would! The 22″ x 30″ document features the bride and groom’s initials in a quilled olive leaf wreath at the top. Their wedding colors were seafoam green and charcoal.

For the area between the text and signature lines, the bride asked me to take inspiration from a botanical print of a camellia that she had printed as the postage stamp for their invitations. I quilled a stylized leafy vine and created a pearlized paper sculpture camellia.

Thanks so much Ann!

Calligraphy: Tara Jones

Quilling: Ann Martin

Photo Credits: Ann Martin

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately along the lines of the quote in this week’s font post… inspired in part by some of the conversations that I had with friends in California. The last year has been amazing with the arrival of Sophie, but it has also been really hard with house hunting, moving, and trying to get settled into (much less fix up) our new house with a young baby at home and a very limited budget. It’s so easy to get weighed down by our problems and lose sight of our bigger goals and dreams. So I’ve been thinking about what I really want, not in my normal immediate sense but more in the big picture sense – like Jordan’s list from a few years ago. I don’t have any answers yet, but it’s what keeps me up at night these days. I’ll keep you all posted. And in the meantime…

California! by Oh So Beautiful Paper (15)

Photo by me from our trip to California

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

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

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy and Design

I think it’s safe to say that many of us probably sit and stare at calligraphy fairly often. (Or is it just me?) I’ve seen so many talented calligraphers perfecting traditional styles and creating new and unique ones, too. When I saw the calligraphy of Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy and Design, I was enamoured by the charm and elegance of her lines and flourishes. (She was taught Copperplate calligraphy by none other than The White House Chief Calligrapher, Pat Blair – talk about elegance!)  A few of her styles are certainly one-of-a-kind, wouldn’t you agree? – Julie

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy & Design

The twists and curls of Stephanie’s Copperplate Wild style are so wonderful, and entirely bespoke as she’ll tailor them to your specifications!

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy & Design

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy & Design

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy & Design

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy & Design

Words cannot express how much I love the way these letters dance around the page! Unless you were to have Stephanie write out those words in this style…

Calligraphy Inspiration: Stephanie Fishwick Calligraphy & Design

And while you’re perusing her calligraphy work, make sure you check out Stephanie’s design portfolio and blog!

Photo credits: 1, 6 right Andrea Hubbell; 2, 6 left Lucy O Photo; 3 l+r Elisa B Photography; 4, 5 Stephanie Fishwick;