Yay, baby announcements! Â Karly from Oscar + Emma sent over the gorgeous announcements that she designed for her daughter Maeve, and I’m completely smitten with the natural color palette of gray, gold, and white. Â Darling baby silhouette? Â White calligraphy on a kraft envelope? Â Yes please!
From Karly:  I pride myself on always thinking of the little things and I didn’t want any detail to go unnoticed. Although pink is customary for a baby girl I chose not to go that route. Maeve is a unique little individual and I really wanted to reflect that with her birth announcement. I was really inspired by 3 design styles… organic, elegant, and precious.
The organic part was brought in with the materials I used.  The announcement design was letterpress printed and foil stamped on Crane Lettra 100% cotton paper tucked inside a cotton muslin bag which was gocco printed with a special message and finished with a tiny gold “M” and heart charm tied to each one. All of this was then mailed inside a kraft envelope.
The elegance was achieved with the actual design of the announcement and by using a subtle gray ink and gold foil. I asked Grace Edmands Calligraphy to hand address the envelopes. Her work is gorgeous and she is such a lovely person, so I really wanted her elegant touch.
And finally, the precious element was brought in by using Maeve’s darling silhouette for the announcement and custom postage stamp. I also created a gray gingham pattern to line the kraft envelopes.
So darling! Â Thanks Karly, and welcome little Maeve!
{image credits: oscar + emma}
