Happy Friday everyone! We started sleep training Alice this week out of sheer desperate need to regain a good night’s sleep. Please send happy thoughts that it clicks soon! Luckily I have a husband that knows how to mix a stiff drink – I have a feeling we’ll need a couple this weekend. But in the meantime…

Image by Hardink Calligraphy via Instagram

a few links for your weekend!

• Amazing color-blended calligraphy (and upcoming classes for those of you in the SLC area!)
• These paper scrap necklaces are so great!
• Pretty paper crowns for St. Patrick’s Day
• Understanding the changes to your Pinterest feed
• LOVE the new Kate Spade kids collection!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Pretty new desktop + phone wallpapers for March!
• Gorgeous leather and gold foil passport save the dates
• Hand lettered gold and white wedding invitations
• My final posts from the NYNOW Winter Market: Part 6 (Tattly, Three Potato Four, and Hester & Cook), Part 7 (Ban.do, Kate Spade, and Maika), and Part 8 (the adorable Meri Meri booth)
• A Pot of Gold party for St. Patrick’s Day
• DIY wedding table runner ideas!
• Well Said Type: Emily in White
• A dose of spring in paper flower form: Icelandic Poppies
• Illustrated tea towel wedding invitations
• Burlap and wax seal invitations for a destination wedding in Greece
• Pretty new cards from Happy Cactus Designs

Check back this afternoon for this week’s cocktail recipe! Have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Happy Friday everyone! I started the week out in New York for the winter NYNOW show – I shared what it was like to walk the show on Instagram, but will also be sharing some favorites from the show here next week! But in the meantime…

Swans by The Painted Arrow (aka Hillary Henslee) via Instagram

…a few links for your weekend!

• Loving these new gold foil quote cards from Sycamore Street Press!
• Valentine’s Day confetti crackers
• Motivation is a luxury
• MAKE: Mussels with horseradish cream sauce

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• New February desktop downloads!
• Modern watercolor and gold foil wedding invitations
• The new 2015 wedding invitation collection from Bella Figura!
• DIY Tutorial: Hand lettered plate chargers
• Why not have a baking party for Valentine’s Day (or Galentine’s Day)?
• Well Said Type: Gloss Drop
• A Valentine’s Day dinner party!
• Ideas for incorporating kraft and brown paper bags into your wedding!
• Romantic calligraphy from Graceline Calligraphy & Illustration
• A quilled 15th anniversary wedding certificate
• The cutest watercolor popsicle birthday party invitations

Check back this afternoon for this week’s cocktail recipe! Have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Happy Friday everyone! I hope it’s nice and sunny wherever you are. We received our first snowfall of the season here in DC and it’s still bitterly cold a couple of days later. I’m dreaming of warm soup and hot chocolate for the weekend! But in the meantime…

No words, just so much sadness // Lettering by Shauna Lynn Illustration via Instagram

…a few links for your weekend!

• Christmas in Yellowstone just moved up to the top of my must-visit list
• Love this: Things We Learned in 2014
• I think Kelly found her happy place
• So many tears
• The most beautiful DIY project I’ve seen in a long time!
• Epiphany

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Eight beautiful planners and seven beautiful calendars to get you organized in 2015
• New illustrated desktop wallpapers for January (and a call for contributions!)
• Beautiful calligraphy wedding invitations with gold foil and matte white foil details
• Calligraphy loveliness from Ashley Buzzy Lettering + Press
• Caron + Dave’s woodland watercolor wedding invitations
• Well Said Type: Cereal
• Julia + Vannie’s illustrated watercolor save the dates
• Gray and white inspiration for your day-of wedding stationery
• Kelly re-imagines the slumber party

Check back this afternoon for this week’s cocktail recipe! Have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo