{happy weekend!}

You guys, the last couple of days have been pretty rough – in large part due to a middle-of-the-night emergency trip to the animal hospital for our cat, Leopold.  The poor guy gave us a good scare, but luckily my husband and I caught the problem early enough; he’s now recovering and we’re hoping to bring him back home tomorrow.  Needless to say, I’ve had some things on my mind this week.  Right now I’m just feeling thankful and looking forward to getting back to normal this weekend.  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

In case you missed it, a quick round-up of this week’s posts:

That’s it for me this week!  I’m really excited about some beautiful wedding invitations and save the dates that I have planned for you all next week, along with more holiday cards of course.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday!

{image credits: galaxy by tamara lichtenstein, found via rachel}

{happy weekend!}

Wow, this has been a FULL week – but between the launch of United With Love and a fantastic week here on Oh So Beautiful Paper, it’s been a GREAT week.  But I’m also super excited for the weekend; tonight we’re going up to Baltimore to see Wolf Parade!  Later this weekend I’m planning to swing by the Book Arts Fair at Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring and re-tackle the great office clean-out of 2010.  But in the meantime…

{photo by Genevieve Leiper, from Jamie + Chad’s wedding}

…a few links for your weekend!

…and just in case you missed it, a summary of this week’s posts:

And just for this week, a quick round-up of this week’s posts on United With Love:

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I’ll be back next week with more calendars, wedding invitations, and a new holiday card giveaway!  See you all back here on Monday!

Modern Birth Announcements for Baby Lucas

For a modern birth announcement design, the announcement that Lisa from Good on Paper created for her baby boy Lucas might just be the cutest ever.  From the stripe edging to the delicate balance of the horizontal format, I love every detail!

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Lisa designed the letterpress announcements (printed by Paper Monkey Press) before Lucas’s birth, leaving a space for a photo when they were ready to be assembled and mailed.  After Lucas was born, Lisa created a sweet (and practical!) wrap-around label with both the photo and all of Lucas’s birth details.

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Modern-Baby-Boy-Birth-Announcement

So lovely!  Thank you so much Lisa!

{image credits: good on paper}

Pink Birth Announcements for Baby Miriam!

You might remember Bonnie’s fantastic “bun in the oven” baby shower invitations from back in April (not to mention the super cute shower!).  Well, baby Miriam arrived back in June, and Bonnie is back to share Miriam’s birth announcements!

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Bonnie paired a pink color palette with illustrated touches for her baby girl’s announcement.  Bonnie said that Miriam came into the world with big eyes and a little circular mouth, just like a little owl!  So of course the owl served as inspiration during the design process.

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Baby-Girl-Pink-Birth-Announcements

Too cute!  Thank you so much for sending these over Bonnie – and congratulations on your beautiful little girl!

{image credits: tenn hens design}

Owl Birthday Party Invitations

When it comes to party invitations, I don’t think it gets much cuter than a first birthday party invitation.  Brandi from Sweet Harvey created these invitations for the first birthday of her adorable baby niece Zoey, and the resulting owl theme strikes the perfect balance between modern and whimsical design.

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From Brandi: Jennifer wanted something cute and fun for baby Zoey.  Jennifer had decided on a giraffe for Zoey’s baby announcements a year ago and decided to keep with the animal character theme.  We choose brown for the owl and added the strawberry for a girly touch.

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So cute!  Thanks so much Brandi – and happy first birthday to Zoey!

{image credits: Sweet Harvey}

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