Happy Earth Day everyone! So in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, I thought I’d share these beautiful garden party wedding invitations from Paisley Quill, letterpress printed on beautiful (and eco-friendly) 100% cotton paper:
I’m absolutely loving these soft pink colors for spring – from the rose-colored ink on the main wedding invitation to the pale pink invitation backing and envelopes. Soft and elegant, and of course incredibly pretty.
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Brown Sugar Design Studio recently launched a brand new website and a fantastic new wedding invitation collection called the Studio Collection — a set of five wedding invitation suites, all letterpress printed on eco-friendly cotton paper, all of which are fully customizable and ready to order!
To help celebrate their big news, Brown Sugar Design Studio is giving Oh So Beautiful Paper readers the chance to win 100 one-color letterpress wedding invitations and rsvp cards from the Studio Collection along with offset rsvp and outer envelopes. Hooray!
So here are the rules: Head on over to the new Brown Sugar Design Studio website and browse through the new Studio Collection. Then come back here and leave a comment with your wedding date, the name of your favorite design from the Studio Collection, and a quick explanation of why you chose that design.
You'll have until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, April 23 to enter — then we'll announce the winner on Monday! And don't forget that you must include a valid e-mail address in the comment form (not the body of the comment) to qualify. Bonne chance!
{image credits: brown sugar design studio}
I first came across the work of Porridge Papers on the Clover & Bee blog – and was instantly smitten with their eco-friendly letterpress wedding invitations, many of which are printed on plantable and recycled papers.  Based out of Lincoln, Nebraska, Porridge Papers creates completely custom invitations, working with each couple to create a suite that captures the mood and style of their wedding or event.
Samantha and Christopher from Porridge Papers were kind enough to send over a few examples from their custom wedding invitation portfolio, so let’s take a look:
{acorn}
{pfeffer}
{marroquin}
{marilyn}
{shayla}
{elizabeth}
{jessica}
{ruth}
{andrea}
{cindy}
From Samantha and Christopher: Many of our invitation packages are printed on our 100% recycled handmade paper that’s made right here in our shop. Our most popular papers are our plantable papers that have seeds embedded in the fibers. Once the invitation is sent, recipients can plant the invite and grow gorgeous wildflowers or delicious herbs. Customizing is really our specialty, the designs we use are all unique and we can customize everything down to the paper color.
For more from Porridge Papers, you can check out their wedding invitation gallery right here, read more about their plantable seed paper here, and follow their blog, pulp obsession. Thank you so much, Samantha and Christopher, for sharing your beautiful work with us!
{image credits: porridge papers}
Well, hello Friday! I can't believe that this is the last weekend before Thanksgiving! Next week I'm heading down to my mom's house in Florida – the first time I've been home in more than 3 years, and the first Thanksgiving that I'll be spending with my mom since meeting my husband. See, my dad lives just outside of New York City and my husband's family lives in upstate New York, so we mostly end up splitting our holidays between those two sides of the family. Now, for this year's Thanksgiving holiday, I'm really looking forward to nice weather and sunshine instead of snow! But in the meantime…
…here are a few favorites from the week:
I'll be here on Monday and Tuesday of next week, and then for the rest of the week I'll be re-running some of my favorite past invitation and save the date features. So don't forget to stop by next week!
{image credits: cassia via mary ruffle}
As you saw yesterday, 9SpotMonk just launched its collection of ecoModern letterpress wedding invitations. By purchasing energy credits, recycling printing plates and scrap paper, using only environmentally-friendly recycled and 100% tree-free cotton paper stocks, and using low voc (volitile organic compounds) rubber-based inks, 9SpotMonk produces gorgeous, environmentally friendly wedding invitations:
