11/04/2010

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. Â From the stripe edging to the delicate balance of the horizontal format, I love every detail!

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. Â After Lucas was born, LisaÂ created a sweet (and practical!) wrap-around label with both the photo and all of Lucas’s birth details.

So lovely! Â Thank you so much Lisa!

{image credits: good on paper}

11/04/2010

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!). Â Well, baby Miriam arrived back in June, and Bonnie is back to share Miriam’s birth announcements!

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

Too cute! Â Thank you so much for sending these over Bonnie â€“ and congratulations on your beautiful little girl!

{image credits: tenn hens design}

10/27/2010

Owl Birthday Party Invitations

When it comes to party invitations, I don’t think it gets much cuter than a first birthday party invitation. Â 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.

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

So cute! Â Thanks so much Brandi â€“ and happy first birthday to Zoey!

{image credits: Sweet Harvey}

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10/22/2010

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! Â This has been an incredibly full week for me; if you follow me on twitter you may know that I spent most of the weekend and the earlier part of this week up in New Jersey and New York, working on a project with my Dad and seeing some of my fellow bloggers in town for Bridal Market. Â On Tuesday, I attended a taping of the Martha Show â€“ and if you’ll allow me to geek out for a quick second, the bloggers in attendance got to take a photo with Martha and Darcy Miller at the end of the show (that’s me in the red sweater on the right)!

So much fun! Â Now that I’m back at home and the weekend is almost here, I’m looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the cooler weather here in DC. Â But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

Completely in love with these beautiful quilts
A surprisingly chic Halloween wedding
Love all the details from this party that Allison planned for her son’s 4th birthday
A useful article for any freelancer about financial record-keeping
The most beautiful shade of blue
Gorgeous hand-printed wallpaper

…and just in case you missed it, a quick round-up of this week’s posts:

Some Halloween invitation inspiration
A few funny greeting cards from Richie Design
I’m still gaga for these red + aqua mid-century modern wedding invitations from The Indigo Bunting
Beautiful beach-inspired wedding invitations from Petit Bureau
Dan + Barbara’s modern foil stamp wedding invitations
Gorgeous black and white calligraphy
From Wiley Valentine, the adorable Piper’s baby announcements and nursery

That’s it for me this week! Â I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you all back here on Monday!

{image courtesy of martha stewart living omnimedia}

10/21/2010

Pink + Yellow Baby Announcements from Wiley Valentine

Rachelle from Wiley Valentine and Michael from Czar Press recently welcomed an adorable baby girl named Piper. Â Of course, as a stationery designer and printer, respectively, the birth announcements that Rachelle and Michael created for Piper are truly something special. Â I’m loving the balance of playful femininity with bright pops of color and vintage-inspired design elements.

Rachelle created the design with beautiful flourishes and floral elements in bright tones of yellow and hot pink.

Michael printed the announcements on aÂ heavy 100% cotton stock, with edge painting also in bright pink and double-sided with custom printed envelope liners.