Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #8

Has it really been two months since my last business card post?  Yeesh!  Well, we’re definitely going to take care of that today with some really pretty, creative, and inspiring business card designs that have caught my eye over the last few weeks…

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Craft Lovely

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Monday Collective via FPO

Papercut Neon Yellow Business Cards

Love Citron

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Marnich via Lovely Stationery

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Studio on Fire

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Evan Huwa via Graphic Exchange

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Lace and Likes

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Sita Murt

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Cool square business cards by Adam Hill via Lovely Stationery

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Lauren Bailey Design

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Dolce Press

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Monogram via Lovely Stationery

As always, if you’d like to sub­mit your own busi­ness cards, you can e-mail me right here!

{images via their respec­tive sources}

Dauphine Press Wedding Invitation Collection

I love getting to see all the new collections and goodies that make their debut at the National Stationery Show; it’s one of my favorite parts of the whole show.  This year, Dauphine Press has a whole new wedding invitation collection, and you get to see it first!  The new collection features lots of fun design details, from edge painting to foiling to beautiful envelope liners, combined with Dauphine’s classic yet modern style.

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So pretty!  You can check out more from the Dauphine Press wedding invitation collection right here.

Coming up, coverage from the Stationery Show!

Photo Credits: Dauphine Press

Crane & Co. Wedding Album Launch Party

Last week I attended a party celebrating the launch of Crane & Co.‘s newest wedding invitation album.  I got a sneak peek at some of the album designs during my tour last September (which you can see here, here, here, and here), so I was really excited to see the designs in their final, printed form.  The Crane & Co. design team has worked on some cool new designs, including some more modern pieces alongside Crane’s more traditional and refined invitations.  Here are a few photos of the new collection that I took at the party:

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{the envelope liner above is a gorgeous and vivid yellow in person – so pretty!}

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{this invitation suite features modern san-serif engraved text – quite a departure from Crane’s traditional look}

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Crane-and-Co-Classic-Silver-Edge-Painting-Wedding-Invitation

{it’s hard to see in the photo, but this invitation has beautiful silver edge painting!}

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You can check out a few more photos from the party on the Crane & Co. facebook page.  There’s a lot more where this came from, so if you’d like to see the album in person, you can find a list of Crane & Co. retailers right here!

{all photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}

Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #4

As a paper enthusiast, it’s no secret that I love business cards.  I love seeing all of the amazing and creative business cards at blogging conferences and trade shows.  And even though it’ll be a while before I need new business cards for myself (you can see my current cards right here), I’ve had business cards on the brain over the past few weeks.  I was going through some of my favorite images and noticed some patterns emerging – bright pops of color and quirky design elements like illustrated details and hand lettering…

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{colorful edge painting on these business cards for Shyama Golden via Francesco Mugnai}

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{ah-mazing dip-dyed business cards – another genius idea from Jordan}

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{laser engraved wood veneer cards from Staci Paul via FPO}

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{pantone chip business cards by James Prunean via Lovely Stationery}

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{Chris Piascik}

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{Colt Bowden via FPO}

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{illustrated letterpress and foil stamped business cards by Dolce Press}

For my designer and printer friends out there, have you printed any fun business cards recently?  I’d love to see them!  Just shoot me an e-mail right here!

{images via their respective sources}

Pink + Yellow Baby Announcements from Wiley Valentine

Rachelle from Wiley Valentine and Michael from Czar Press recently welcomed an adorable baby girl named Piper.  Of course, as a stationery designer and printer, respectively, the birth announcements that Rachelle and Michael created for Piper are truly something special.  I’m loving the balance of playful femininity with bright pops of color and vintage-inspired design elements.

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Rachelle created the design with beautiful flourishes and floral elements in bright tones of yellow and hot pink.

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Michael printed the announcements on a heavy 100% cotton stock, with edge painting also in bright pink and double-sided with custom printed envelope liners.

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Rachelle also sent over a few photos of Piper’s beautiful nursery, so check back soon for more photos!

{all images by Wiley Valentine}

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