I’m loving the new baby & kids collection from the talented Lindsay Letters! So many adorable nursery prints, including several printable designs, along with baby shower invitations and thank you cards, all featuring Lindsay’s gorgeous calligraphy and many with various metallic foils. So many pretty prints to inspire tiny adventurers!
 
 
 
Lots lots more over at Lindsay Letters!
Photo Credits: Lindsay Letters
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of featuring the awesome wedding save the dates from Jaymee of Jay Adores Design Co., and today Jaymee is back to share her wedding invitations and day-of stationery! While their save the dates focused on Reis + Jaymee’s life in Hawaii, the invitations are decidedly all about their California wedding venue. Jaymee mixed a modern layout with photos of Santa Barbara and vintage-inspired touches to achieve her own unique design style. So fun!
From Jaymee: Designing our invitations was one of my favorite parts of planning our wedding. Invitations are really what set the tone for an event and let your guests know a portion of what to expect – so there was a lot of pressure! I wanted them to look how I envisioned our wedding to be: fun and not super formal, but still classy.
After I finalized the designs, I sent the main invitation and reply card to Presshaus LA to be letterpress printed!  Kristine is such a joy to work with and they turned out even better than I could have imagined! The ever-talented Molly Jacques was our calligrapher and thanks to her, the most beautiful handwriting was sprawled across each envelope. I could not be happier with how they turned out!
We used photos I had taken in Santa Barbara as the background of each page of the details packet. Although it was an extremely time consuming process, we DIYed string ties on every single envelope for a slight vintage appeal using gold eyelets and a crop-a-dile. To tie everything together, we wrapped the suite up in twine and attached a chipboard hang tag with our logo stamped on it.
Check back a bit later for all the fun day-of stationery from Reis + Jaymee’s wedding and their rehearsal dinner invitations!
Design: JayAdores Design Co.
Letterpress Printing: Presshaus LA
Calligraphy: Molly Jacques
Check out the Designer Rolodex for more talÂented wedÂding inviÂtaÂtion designÂers and the real inviÂtaÂtions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!
Photo Credits:Â Jay Adores Design Co.
This week has been full of some amazing highs and lows. I’m so excited to be in our new place, but mostly these days I’m just feeling really tired. Exhausted from moving. Worn out from the challenge of mothering a teething baby. Struggling to maintain the energy to keep up with everything happening around me. Burned out from the self-imposed pressure of trying to do too much for too long. One of my goals for 2013 was to take a step back from the daily hustle and instead focus on improving my family’s quality of life. So over the next couple of weeks I’m hoping to slow down, focus on getting our new digs in order, and recharge. I’ll still be here, just maybe a little less often while we settle in at the new house. I hope that’s okay with all of you. But in the meantime…
Photo Credit: Feather and Stone Photography
…a few quick links for your weekend:
This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:
Sadly, we didn’t have time to put together a cocktail post for you with our big move, so that’s it for me this week! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo
These are always my favourite posts to write. Mostly because I get to peruse portfolios of gorgeous calligraphy. Case in point: the work of Victoria Hoke Lane. Victoria is a lettering artist and graphic designer with over 30 years of experience. By the looks of it, her experience shows! Elegant and romantic, Victoria’s calligraphy serves as the centrepiece for a variety of stationery goods. Take a look and you’ll see why! – Julie
It ebbs, flows and flourishes; I love the movement in Victoria’s lettering. It’s strong enough to make a statement all its own. No need for excessive ornamentation here!
Some of Victoria’s styles are so playful and unique, you’re sure to find one that suits your own personal style.
Be sure to check out Victoria’s site and blog for more details and sneak peeks into her work! (Which also includes beautiful Springerle cookies and handmade ornaments!)
Photo credits: 1: Laura Murray Photography, 2: Donald Michael Chambers Photography, 3 (both) Alec Vanderboom, 4: Kim Fox Photography, 5: Summerville & Co., 6 (both): Lauryl Lane
I have a deep love for both anything travel-inspired and vintage postage stamps, so these save the dates from Allie Ruth Design are totally up my alley. Allie created a clean and simple design that incorporates her lovely hand lettering along with some gorgeous vintage stamps as the nod to the travel-inspired theme. The custom postmark in the corner is such a sweet touch.
From Allie: In working with Laurie and Bohb, my job was to come up with an invitation that was loosely inspired by travel. While their wedding would take place in a beachy locale, Laurie was very clear that she wanted to stray away from palm trees and anything cliché. I developed a concept that hinted at their venue with a crisp white color palette and sandy gold letterpress ink.
The pasted-on postage stamps from Angela Liguori add a wonderful worldly touch, each one applied individually by hand. In the corner, I stamped a custom “post marking” on each one, that included their names, wedding date, and location.
Laurie knew that she had decided to send save the dates after the “proper” time had passed, but she still wanted to go for it. To playfully comment on that, she had me create a “better late than never” rubber stamp that resembled an old post marking for the backs of the envelopes. We chose colors for the hand-written calligraphy addresses and stamped details based on the vintage postage.
Thanks Allie!
Allie Ruth Design is a member of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of Allie’s beautiful work right here or visit the real save the dates gallery for more beauÂtiÂful cusÂtom save the dates!
Photo Credits:Â Allie Ruth Design