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{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday!  This week was pretty awesome – on Monday I took a little field trip with the talented Michele of Meant to Be Calligraphy to visit Terrain.  Have you been?  It was my first time there and I was just floored by how beautiful everything is – I had to resist the urge to bring home a million new plants for our poor little garden (which sadly isn’t doing so well in the brutal DC summer heat).  And lunch at the cafe?  Sooooo good.  I can’t wait to go back!  But in the meantime…

Terrain via Oh So Beautiful Paper (4) Terrain via Oh So Beautiful Paper (3)

Terrain via Oh So Beautiful Paper (1) Terrain via Oh So Beautiful Paper (2)

Photos of Terrain by me via Instagram (@beautifulpaper)

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We have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

Cristina’s Creative Map Moving Announcements

I love moving announcements – like birth announcements, it’s a chance to celebrate a happy life change in a creative way.  Designer Cristina Pandol commemorated her recent move with these super-creative moving announcements, which combine an everyday city map (from AAA no less!) with neon pink screen printed text and a modern arrow graphic.  So fun!

Cristina Pandol Map Moving Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper (5)

From Cristina: I saw my recent move as an opportunity to make an epic printed piece to send to my family and friends.  A lot of my family live in pretty rural areas of central California and are intimated by downtown Los Angeles, so the main objective here was to make my very dense neighborhood seem simple and easy to navigate.

Cristina Pandol Map Moving Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper (4)

After a few days in my new loft I found myself constantly looking on google maps for the nearest grocery story, dry cleaner, etc. when the idea to incorporate a map hit me.  It was so obvious that I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought of it before!  I went to a AAA office the following day and shamelessly flirted with the guy at the desk.  He gave me 50 maps for free (what a sweetheart).

Cristina Pandol Map Moving Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper (3)

Designing the type for the map was simple; the entire design was inspired by the industrial nature of a city.  I scanned the map, then laid Gotham over it and created the arrow to point exactly to the building I live in.  After that, the mailing label and the custom postage stamp just fell into place.

Cristina Pandol Map Moving Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper (1)

Cristina Pandol Map Moving Announcement via Oh So Beautiful Paper (2)

Thanks Cristina!

Design: Cristina Pandol

Screen Printing: DIY at Grow Your Own Media in Los Angeles

Calligraphy: Calligraphy Katrina

Photo Credits: Damon Biviano of Nomadic Creations

{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

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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

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

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  If you follow me on Instagram, you probably already know that my husband and I found an adorable stray kitten in our neighborhood on Tuesday evening.  DC has a huge population of stray and feral cats and it’s pretty common for us to come across homeless cats in our neighborhood, but this poor little girl was crying out for some love and attention.  She’s probably about six months old and weighs only 5.5 lbs – and she’s the sweetest little thing.  We’ve been busy this week getting her checked out and trying to get her back to health, but we’re hoping to find a good forever home for her here in the DC/VA/MD area in the next few weeks.  But in the meantime…

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As usual, we have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

Photo by me via Instagram