NSS 2010 – Part 9

We’re definitely nearing the home stretch in this year’s Stationery Show coverage, but I have a few more booths from NSS 2010 to share with you!  First up, Sweet Letter Press out of Boulder, Colorado with an adorable collection of wedding invitations and letterpress stationery:

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Yellow Owl Workshop exhibited this year as part of the Aesthetic Movement booth (along with Austin Press and a few others), where they showcased their latest rubber stamp sets, correspondence sets, and screen printed note cards:

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You already know that I’m a huge fan of Spark Letterpress, and it was wonderful to finally see their work — from their gorgeous wedding invitations to holiday cards — in person at this year’s show!

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Spark-NSS-Map-Wedding-Invitation{spark letterpress}

Paper Loop is always one of my favorite stops at the Stationery Show — Sara and Rob create adorable illustrated greeting cards and I always look forward to seeing their latest creations!

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After seeing the sneak peek from Avie Designs last week, I was super-excited to see the entire booth in person.  Avis pulled together a wonderful collection of cards, invitations, and gift wrap for this year’s show:

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I somehow missed Kamal’s booth at last year’s show, so I was thrilled to finally meet her this year!  Luckily, Kamal was in a corner booth this year, which gave her plenty of space to spread out and showcase her gorgeous stationery:

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Kamal-NSS4{one of Kamal’s beautiful wedding invitations for Bella Figura}

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The ladies from Sugarcube Press were back at this year’s show with a ton of new cards, not to mention the adorable 6-week-old Sugarcube baby!  Unfortunately, I don’t have any photos of the baby, but I did manage to get a few of the booth:

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{love the spot varnish and blind impressions on the cards above}

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I loved the mix of sweet and saucy over at Tiselle — from the beautiful wedding invitations and fill-in party invitations to the baby mama and braille card series:

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Some of you may have seen a preview of the L2 Design Collective booth on twitter — the “I saw it on” card series was one of my favorites from the show:

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Check back tomorrow for a few more booths from NSS 2010!

{all photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}

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NSS 2010 – Part 2

I'm still up in NYC roaming around the Stationery Show — and enjoying every second of it, as you might expect from someone who loves paper as much as I do!  I've been so impressed by all of the booths so far, so here are a few of my favorites…

I was definitely impressed by the work on display in the Austin Press section of the Aesthetic Movement booth — everything was letterpress printed on super-thick museum board for an even more luxurious look and feel:

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It was so nice to see Tara from Ink + Wit — not to mention all the new products she debuted at the show!  From tea towels to mobiles to rubber stamps to posters, Tara has certainly been busy:

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Fine Day Press is a new company making its official debut at this year's Stationery Show — although you'll probably remember Ashley's amazing gocco-meets-letterpress wedding invitations from last year.  I loved the washi tape booth display, not to mention the sweet cards and beautiful wedding invitations:

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More soon!

{all photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}

Today I Love: Wedding Inspiration from Urban Wed

…all the gorgeous details from the Urban Wed event earlier this week:

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Urban-wed-paper-cup-pins{photos above by jen huang photography}

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Urban-wed-paper-cup-invitations2{photos by jenny ebert photography}

From the invitations (Paper + Cup) to the calligraphy (Paperfinger) to the amazing vintage photograph table runner and centerpieces (by Hatch Creative Studio), Vané pulled together an amazing group of vendors for a beautiful show.  I wish I could have been there in person!  I’m sure Vané will be doing a more extensive review of the show on Brooklyn Bride and the Urban Wed blog, but in the meantime you can read about the experience on Ruffled, Papertastebuds, and Paper + Cup.

{image credits: top photos by jen huang photography, bottom two photos by jenny ebert photography via paper + cup}

Heather + John’s Fabric Save the Dates

As much as I love paper, I absolutely adore it when couples incorporate fabric and other materials into their wedding stationery.  For Heather and John’s Save the Dates, designer Alan Valek incorporated natural canvas stitched onto paper digitally printed to resemble wooden planks – with a stunning result:

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Alan used a simple rubber stamp with chalk ink from Paper Source to create the Save the Date text in a crisp summer green – perfect for an August wedding:

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Alan is thinking about doing screen printed wooden planks for the main invitation – I can’t wait to see what he comes up with!

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Spanish Garden Party Save the Dates

Alejandra is planning a vintage-inspired Spanish garden party wedding, and she was kind enough to send over photos of her Save the Dates!  Alejandra was inspired by one of my earlier posts (yay!) to incorporate papel picado-inspired details using bold accent colors:

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From Alejandra: We are having our wedding in a venue with European architecture with an indoor garden, tons of light coming in, and during brunch.  Being a Latina myself, I wanted my colors to be bold and playful, all the while containing an elegant and classic touch.  After much consideration, I decided that my two main colors would be red and teal.

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Alejandra’s Save the Dates were a DIY labor of love — she printed them herself on cardstock and then added some texture by using rubber stamps, embossing powder, and a heat gun from Paper Source.

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Love, love, love the gorgeous and bold aqua and red color palette — and that Alejandra used rubber stamps to create the perfect design for her vintage-inspired Spanish garden wedding!  Alejandra is currently working on her wedding invitations, which I absolutely cannot wait to see.  In the meantime, you can follow along with her wedding planning process on her blog, Oops I’m in Love.

{image credits: Alejandra Amador}