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Ben + Mandy’s Modern Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone!  We’re starting the week off with some modern wine-inspired wedding invitations from designer Cristina Pandol.  Cristina created these invitations for the wedding of a friend and colleague, drawing inspiration from wine labels to complement the vineyard wedding venue.  So cute!

Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper (4)

From Cristina: Ben is a colleague of mine, so this project was very personal for me.  Ben and Mandy are a young couple who are fun, energetic, creative, very hands on, and most importantly crazy in love.  They asked me to design something that represented them as a couple and was young and different, without being too unconventional.  The only design inspiration I was given was to “think wine” to fit with the vineyard wedding venue.

Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper (7)

After spending a lot of time in the wine aisle, I knew that I wanted to do an invitation for a #10 vertical envelope.  The vertical layout made it a little younger and the long and skinny dimension would give the feeling of a wine label.  This also made it possible to fit all of the information on one piece, which brought down the overall production cost.

Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper (2)

Since a wedding is all about two people coming together I wanted to mix two typefaces in an interesting way, but keep it looking clean by stacking it.  I chose Soundtrack as the focus typeface because it’s clean, but looks handwritten and fits with their DIY style.

Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper (3)

Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper (1)

Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper (5)

Thanks Cristina!

Design and Printing: Cristina Pandol, via Vandercook press rental at Lala Press

Envelope Calligraphy: Calligraphy by Katrina

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Damon Biviano

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  It’s been a little over a week with our newest foster kitten and thankfully she’s already feeling much better.  She’s so ridiculously cute and playful, but like most cats spends most of her day sleeping on the couch.  Oh, to be a house cat…  She’ll be available for adoption soon, so if anyone in the DC/VA/MD area is interested in adopting an incredibly sweet 6-month old kitten, please get in touch!  But in the meantime…

Photo Credit: Fall Through Space

…a few links for your weekend:

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

On a slightly different note, I’m looking to add a couple of people to the Oh So Beautiful Paper team!  First up, an Ad Program Manager – if you have experience in online advertising and sales, I’d love to hear from you!  You can check out the full job listing and requirements here.

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

Victoria’s Housewarming Party Invitations

As a longtime renter, I’m definitely looking forward to the day that my husband and I own a home and can invite our family and friends over for a housewarming party.  Victoria from Victory Paper Designs recently purchased a home with her fiancé, and she sent over the invitations that she designed for their housewarming party.  Victoria paired a plaid overlay with kraft paper envelopes for a warm and cozy design.

Housewarming Party Invitations by Victory Paper Designs via Oh So Beautiful Paper (1)

From Victoria: I wanted to use a play on words of “housewarming” so I created a plaid blanket overlay to simulate a warm blanket effect.  Underneath that overlay, our house is revealed all warm and cozy.  An illustrated map card pinpoints the way to our guests.  The kraft envelopes add to the cozy, rustic charm and I even had a custom rubber return address stamp designed by Molly Jacques (who I discovered on Oh So Beautiful Paper!).  Molly’s calligraphy is so charming, I think it finishes off the invitations so beautifully.

Housewarming Party Invitations by Victory Paper Designs via Oh So Beautiful Paper (5) Housewarming Party Invitations by Victory Paper Designs via Oh So Beautiful Paper (3)

Thanks Victoria – and congratulations on your new home!

Photo Credits: Victory Paper Designs

Creative Birth Announcement Ideas

There are so many ways to announce the arrival of a new baby – from hand lettering to sweet newborn photos, floral motifs to nautical designs, the possibilites are endless!  Today I thought I’d share some of of the creative birth announcements that I’ve bookmarked over the past few months!

Baby Announcement by The Indigo Bunting via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Combination family holiday card and baby announcement by The Indigo Bunting

Tokketok Baby Announcements via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tokketok baby announcement with calligraphy by Meant to Be Calligraphy, styling by Chelsea Fuss, and photo by Lisa Warninger

Calligraphy Birth Announcements by Lindsay Letters via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Lindsay Letters

Birth Announcements by Constellation & Co. via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Constellation & Co.

Twins Birth Announcement by Print in Cursive via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Letterpress twin birth announcements by Print in Cursive

Dauphine Press Baby Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Dauphine Press

Letterpress Birth Announcements by Rise and Shine Paper via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Design by Greg Christman, letterpress printing by Rise and Shine Paper

Paper and Ink Birth Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Nautical Birth Announcement by Paper + Ink via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Pink + Nautical baby announcements both via Paper + Ink

{images via their respective sources}

*Constellation & Co. and Dauphine Press are members of the Designer Rolodex

Naomi’s Kraft Paper and Calligraphy Save the Dates

I have a confession: it’s enormously difficult for me to resist anything that combines kraft paper and calligraphy.  Calligrapher Tara of Tine and Thread sent over these save the dates that she created for an upcoming wedding, and the addition of gingham envelope liners just put me over the edge.  Too cute!

Calligraphy Save the Dates via Oh So Beautiful Paper (3)

From Tara: I worked with the bride to create a save the date that complemented the overall vision of her wedding.  Her colors are very rustic, mostly earth tones with a touch of navy.  I chose to use kraft paper with navy blue gingham envelope liners and vintage stamps with blue accents.

Calligraphy Save the Dates via Oh So Beautiful Paper (6) Calligraphy Save the Dates via Oh So Beautiful Paper (4)

I then took her wedding information and went to work.  After two rounds of design, I came up with something that she loved.  My specialty is calligraphy in a circular design and I incorporate that into most of my work.

Calligraphy Save the Dates via Oh So Beautiful Paper (1)

Thanks Tara!

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real save the dates gallery for more beau­ti­ful cus­tom save the dates!

Photo Credits: Tine and Thread