MacKenzie + John’s Hand Lettered Cape Cod Wedding Invitations

So many beautiful New England wedding invitations this week! This gorgeous suite comes to us from Allie Ruth Design for a wedding on Cape Cod – but with post-wedding parties taking place in THREE different cities! Allie worked with the couple to create several sets of save the dates and invitations, all with a vintage-inspired style and lots of hand lettering. So pretty!

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From Allie: MacKenzie and John’s situation was a little unique, in that they were having a very small wedding on Cape Cod, with parties in three different cities to celebrate with friends afterward. So there was a lot of room in this suite for a fun mix of patterns, papers, and colors.

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MacKenzie needed a save the date for the wedding itself, as well as one to go out to a larger group for the after parties. Together, we found a wonderful vintage postcard of a windmill on Cape Cod, and dressed it up with hand-lettered text and a custom postcard-inspired back. For the after party save the date, I digitally printed a simple save the date on kraft and paired it with a coral envelope.

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The Cape Cod wedding invitation was hand-printed onto vintage floral handkerchiefs that MacKenzie collected. For the RSVP, we chose another vintage Cape Cod postcard.

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When it came time to design the party invitations, we knew we wanted to go with a clean and simple typographic suite, bringing in a subtle pattern on the back of the cards. I chose art deco-inspired fonts and flourishes, pairing them with hand lettering and a vintage wallpaper floral that I customized to match MacKenzie’s wedding color palette.

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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 beau­ti­ful cus­tom save the dates!

Photo Credits: Allie Ruth Design

Allie + Ryan’s Baby Gender Reveal DVD Covers

Allie of Allie Ruth Design and her husband Ryan are expecting their first baby later this year (congrats you two!), and they wanted a fun way of sharing the baby’s gender with their family scattered around the country. They put together a sweet little video, burned some DVDs, and Allie printed these DVD covers using a rubber stamp with one of her illustrations. Too cute!

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From Allie: For the announcement itself, we made a quirky video, but we needed a cute way to get the news to my family in Florida, and Ryan’s family here in the midwest (without giving it away to any of our friends first). So I burned the video onto some DVDs and created this block-printed sleeve in which to send them.

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For the block, I had a custom rubber stamp made of one of my calligraphed illustrations. Our last name is Peach, so I was sure to incorporate a cute little peach at the bottom. I printed the image onto blank kraft DVD sleeves. For the envelope, we went with a gender neutral mint, so as to not give away the secret before our families saw the video.

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I used my vintage typewriter to print each set of grandparents’ names onto little handmade, vintage-inspired tags and tied them on with black and white baker’s twine.

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Thanks Allie – and congratulations again!

Photo Credits: Allie Ruth Design

Laurie + Bohb’s Travel-Inspired Vintage Stamp Save the Dates

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 beau­ti­ful cus­tom save the dates!

Photo Credits: Allie Ruth Design

Stationery A – Z: Bridesmaid and Maid of Honor Cards

Happy New Year – and congratulations to any newly engaged readers! If you’re looking for a special way to ask someone to be your Maid (or Matron) of Honor or a bridesmaid, these cards are perfect for the occasion! We’re glad to be seeing these unique wedding cards pop up from all our favorite stationers as it becomes a keepsake after you transition to ‘happily ever after’. — Tashia

Will You Be My Floral Calligraphy Card by Allie Ruth

Allie Ruth

Will You Be My Bridesmaids Letterpress Card by One Canoe Two

One Canoe Two

Will you be my Bridesmaid? by Rifle Paper Co.  Will you be my Matron of Honor? Card by Rifle Paper Co.

Rifle Paper Co.

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Parrott Design Studio

Maid of Honor / trash talk Letterpress Card by Sapling Press

Sapling Press

 Will You Be My Bridesmaid Card from Sugar PaperWill You Be My Maid of Honor Card from Sugar Paper

Sugar Paper

Will you be my bridesmaid by Studio SloMo

Studio SloMo

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Chatham & Caron

 

9th Letter Press

Kristen Henderson Calligraphy

We’ve rounded up lots more of our favorite wedding occasions cards, which you can find right here!

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{happy weekend – and a quick update}

Happy Friday everyone!  I was already excited for this weekend – our baby shower is on Sunday and I’m really looking forward to seeing our friends and family members coming to town to help celebrate.  And remember last week, when I said that it looked like the baby might be coming a bit earlier than expected?  Well, next week is the big week!  I have a bunch of fun posts ready for you all for next week – including an AWESOME giveaway coming up on Monday that you definitely won’t want to miss – followed by some fantastic guest bloggers who will be helping to fill in while I’m away getting to know our little one for a few weeks.  But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s all for me this week!  Check back next week for a very special giveaway – and I can’t wait to introduce our little nugget to you all soon! xoxo