Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been spending a lot of time out in my garden lately (now that the weather is finally nice again!) and it has been so nice to see everything start to turn green after so many months of brown and gray. My peonies even have buds and the lilacs aren’t far behind! But in the meantime…

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Photo by Flowermuse via Instagram

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

Cohen’s Silver and Jute Birth Announcements

These sweet birth announcements were created by Cari from m.press for her own baby boy! The classic announcements feature a silver belly band with jute twine announcing Cohen’s arrival – and of course a few beautiful photos!

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From Cari: It’s always a challenge to design for yourself and for your family, but luckily, with the gorgeous newborn photos from the super talented Ely Fair, this design focused on the images of our sweet boy! I wanted to keep his announcements very simple and traditional. The front features a crest with his initials and serves as Cohen’s personal logo (every newborn should have their own logo, right?). On the back, a vintage trumpet plays on the wording of introducing him to the recipient!

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Printed on triple layer paper with a silky finish, the announcements were tied together with jute twine around the light gray belly band. Sealed in a gray linen envelope with a velvety surface, these were the perfect way to introduce our sweet Cohen Jennings to our family and friends!

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Thanks Cari!

Photo Credits: m.press 

Kendra + Patrick’s California Farm Wedding Invitations

I love the illustrations in these California farm wedding invitations from Irene at Sparkvites! With a mint green and gold color palette, Irene incorporated cloud illustrations to evoke the wedding’s outdoor setting and casual hand lettering. So pretty!

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From Irene: This invitation was created for a California country wedding. Kendra and Patrick wanted a hand-illustrated design for their outdoor wedding overlooking the mountains at Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse. Their ceremony and reception are both going to be held outdoors, and they wanted a country farm theme without the farm animals. It was super fun to work with Kendra on this design and dream about visiting their gorgeous venue.

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The invitation is letterpress printed on double thick stock. We chose metallic gold to match the vintage country style, and mint green to match the color of her bridesmaid dresses.

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Thanks Irene!

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Sparkvites

Stationery A-Z: Just Because Cards

Did you know that April is National Letter Writing month? I’m (obviously) in favor of writing letters all year long, but I’ll take any additional excuses I can get! Today I thought I’d round up a few cards that are perfect for just saying hello and letting someone know you’re thinking about them – whether they live around the corner or on the other side of the country:

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1. Moglea

2. Meeschmosh

3. Sycamore Street Press

4. Ashkahn

5. Garance Doré for Rifle Paper Co.

6. Hello!Lucky (you can also find Hello!Lucky’s write_on letter writing kit – with 16 cards and envelopes! – at Paper Source here!)

7. Idlewild Co.

8. Ferme à Papier

9. Near Modern Disaster

10. Odd Daughter Co.

11. Ladyfingers Letterpress

12. Lilikoi Design + Letterpress

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13. Hartland Brooklyn

14. Ink Meets Paper

15. Snow & Graham

16. Amy Heitman

17. 9th Letter Press

18. Yellow Owl Workshop

19. Fancy Seeing You Here

20. Hooray Today!

21. Wit + Whistle

22. Red Cap Cards