Best of 2015: Cocktails

Oh So Beautiful Paper: The Best of 2015 / Calligraphy by Cast Calligraphy

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You guys, we had SO much fun with cocktails in 2015! I seriously had trouble editing down a list of our best cocktail recipes of 2015, so I just ended up with a list of eleven cocktails that I personally enjoyed the most throughout the year. We started the year off with a series of champagne and sparkling cocktails and continued with a different theme each month to help guide our cocktail recipes. We had a lot of fun with Tiki drinks throughout the year, from a Tiki hot chocolate during a month of hot cocktail recipes (which was ridiculously delicious and I could totally go for right now) to classic Tiki recipes like the Mai Tai in the summer. We did a whole month of frozen drinks back in August and a month of smash cocktails in September, which were probably my two favorite cocktail recipe months of the year. And I discovered that I really, really enjoy Scotch cocktails, especially when vanilla bean is involved in some capacity. Such a great combination! In 2016 I’m looking forward to even more tropical-inspired drink recipes, experimenting with shrub cocktails, revisiting even more classic cocktail recipes, and hopefully dedicating an entire month to punch recipes a bit later in the year! But in the meantime, here are my favorite cocktail recipes from 2015!

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: Tiki Hot Chocolate Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tiki Hot Chocolate Recipe

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: Maple Bourbon Hot Toddy Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Maple Bourbon Hot Toddy Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: Sherry Cobbler Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Sherry Cobbler Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktails of 2015: The Clover Club Classic Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

The Clover Club Classic Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktails of 2015: Blackberry Paloma Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Blackberry Paloma Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: The Ghost Flower Rum and St-Germain Tiki Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

The Ghost Flower Rum and St-Germain Tiki Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktails of 2015: Classic Mai Tai Tiki Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

The Classic Mai Tai Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: South Seas Sling Tiki Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

The South Seas Sling Tiki Cocktail Recipe

The Best Cocktails of 2015: Boozy Basil-Grapefruit Granita Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Boozy Basil-Grapefruit Granita Recipe

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: A Zombie Snow Cone Tiki Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

A Zombie Snow Cone Recipe

The Best Cocktail Recipes of 2015: Orange Vanilla Bean Scotch Smash Cocktail Recipe by Liquorary for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Orange Vanilla Bean Scotch Smash Cocktail Recipe

If you’re looking for even MORE cocktail recipes, you can find our full recipe archives right here!

Best of 2015: DIY

Oh So Beautiful Paper: The Best of 2015 / Calligraphy by Cast Calligraphy

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We had SO many fun DIY projects on OSBP this year! Lots of really pretty printables, from tropical envelope liners to calligraphy Halloween favor bags, and some fun DIY foil projects where I tried (and failed) to resist the urge to put hologram foil on everything in sight. There were DIY rubber stamp wedding invitations and save the dates, and way more DIY party and entertaining ideas than in previous years. Also, paper flowers! I’ve been loving Rachael’s crepe paper flower posts and Mandy made some amazing gold paper air plants before heading off on maternity leave last year. We ended the year on a DIY high note with one of my all time favorite projects: DIY gold and copper leaf gift tags! And I’ve got lots of new DIY ideas and projects up my sleeves for 2016 that I can’t wait to share with all of you! But in the meantime, here are a few of my absolute favorite DIY projects from 2015!

DIY Balloon Cocktail Shaker Engagement Party Invitations / A Fabulous Fete for Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Balloon Engagement Party Invitation in a Cocktail Shaker

DIY Gold Paper Air Plants / Craftcourse Nashville for Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Gold Paper Air Plants!

Printable Watercolor Wedding Stationery Details / Bright Room Studio for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Printable Hand Lettered Watercolor Wedding Stationery Details

Printable Tropical Envelope Liners / Swiss Cottage Designs for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Printable Tropical Envelope Liners

DIY Hologram Foil Ice Cream Wrappers / Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Hologram Foil Ice Cream Cone Wrappers

DIY Crepe Paper Poppy Escort Cards / Appetite Paper for Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Crepe Paper Poppy Escort Cards

Printable Calligraphy Halloween Favor Bags / A Fabulous Fete for Oh So Beautiful Paper

Printable Calligraphy Halloween Favor Bags

DIY Pink and Gold Foil Advent Calendar / Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Pink and Gold Foil Paper Flower Advent Calendar

DIY Gold and Copper Leaf Hexagon Gift Tags / Oh So Beautiful Paper

DIY Gold and Copper Leaf Hexagon Gift Tags

Looking for even more DIY ideas and inspiration? Check out all of our past projects in the DIY archives!

Best of 2015: Babies + Kids

Oh So Beautiful Paper: The Best of 2015 / Calligraphy by Cast Calligraphy

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Nothing makes me happier than a beautiful baby announcement or colorful birthday party invitation. It’s hard to resist anything that involves an adorable photo of a newborn baby, and birthday party invitations can be so much fun – especially in those first few years when you can really do whatever you want! Ha! Baby announcements and birthday party invitations are a fabulous opportunity to create beautiful stationery (but without the added pressure that can come with creating a wedding invitation). My favorite baby announcements and birthday party invitations are those that manage to be whimsical, sophisticated, and kid-appropriate all at the same time while somehow not being overly cutesy. Some favorites from the year include a simple and modern hand lettered birth announcement, woodland critter birthday party invitations, gold foil polka dot baby announcements, watercolor popsicle birthday party invitations, and some SUPER fun invitations for a 5th birthday party!

The Best Birthday Party Invitations of 2015: Watercolor Calligraphy Popsicle Birthday Party Invitations by Maison Everett / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Watercolor Calligraphy Popsicle Birthday Party Invitations by Maison Everett

The Best Baby Announcements of 2015: Hand Lettered Letterpress Birth Announcements by The Good Twin and Power and Light Press / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Hand Lettered Letterpress Baby Announcements by The Good Twin and Power and Light Press

The Best Birthday Party Invitations of 2015: Wild Kratts Birthday Party Invitations by Good on Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Wild Kratts Animal-Inspired Birthday Party Invitations by Good on Paper

The Best Baby Announcements of 2015: Gold Foil Polka Dot Birth Announcements by Lauren Chism / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Gold Foil Polka Dot Baby Announcements by Lauren Chism

The Best Birthday Party Invitations of 2015: Woodland Fall Harvest Birthday Party Invitations by Swiss Cottage Designs, Photo by Sweet Root Village / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Woodland Critter Fall Harvest Birthday Party Invitations by Swiss Cottage Designs / Photo by Sweet Root Village

More baby announcements and birthday party invitation ideas right here!

Best of 2015: Save the Dates

Oh So Beautiful Paper: The Best of 2015 / Calligraphy by Cast Calligraphy

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I have a special place in my heart for wedding save the dates. There’s such a wonderful excitement and energy that comes along with sharing your wedding date with family and friends – and I particularly like that there are very few rules when it comes to the design and layout of a save the date! Save the dates help give your guests an idea of your overall wedding style, along with helping them mark the date on their calendars, but beyond that there really are no rules. Get creative with fabric or other non-traditional materials, keep things simple and modern, update the classic photo save the date with whimsical calligraphy or hand lettering, or go completely over the top with a completely new idea. We’ve seen a little bit of everything here on OSBP over the years (and you can find all past save the date features in the real wedding and save the date gallery) – here are a few of my favorite save the dates from 2015!

The Best Save the Dates of 2015: Leather and Gold Foil Passport Save the Dates by Ladyfingers Letterpress / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Leather and Gold Foil Passport Save the Dates by Ladyfingers Letterpress

The Best Save the Dates of 2015: Calligraphy and Watercolor Save the Dates by Eleven and West Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Calligraphy and Watercolor Save the Dates (those envelopes!) by Eleven and West Studio

The Best Save the Dates of 2015: Modern Black and White Foil Save the Dates by Vellum & Vogue / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Black and White Foil Save the Dates by Vellum & Vogue

The Best Save the Dates of 2015: Gold Foil Confetti Save the Dates by Wide Eyes Paper Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Gold Foil Confetti Save the Dates by Wide Eyes Paper Co.

The Best Save the Dates of 2015: Watercolor and Gold Foil Photo Save the Dates by Goodheart Design / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Watercolor and Gold Foil Photo Save the Dates by Goodheart Design

Looking for more wedding save the date inspiration? You can find even more beautiful wedding save the dates from 2015 (and before) in the real wedding invitations and save the date gallery! Or check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers!