Happy Friday everyone! I’m feeling soooooooo much better after my little surgery on Monday and looking forward to really getting back in the swing of things after a couple of rough weeks. Right now, I’m sending lots of positive vibes to our friends in the Southeast with the arrival of Hurricane Matthew. Stay safe everyone! But in the meantime…

Image by Rifle Paper Co. via Instagram, and you can buy a version of this illustration as a card here

…a few links for your weekend:

• This is a heavy one, but I think it’s important to pay attention. More than 100 children have died in Syrian and Russian attacks in eastern Aleppo in the last two weeks. History will judge the international community for their actions (or lack of action) over the coming months.
• VOTE! Voter registration ends on Tuesday, October 11 – sign up today!
• The gorgeous branding that Christine Wisnieski created for Molly Taylor Co.
• Also, I’m pretty sure my next business cards will need to involve holographic foil
• People now spend 50% of their time online in apps. Is this true for you?
• Oh, HELLO there, gorgeous chandelier.
• When designers move in, and how to style a reading nook.
• Wishing these iridescent high tops came in my size
• How cool are these marbled indigo pumpkins?
• I pretty much live in basic tee shirts – I love the pink dots on this one!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• New illustrated desktop and phone wallpapers for October!
• Classic blush pink and rose gold foil baby announcements
• Unicorn and gemstone birthday party invitations
• A round up of my favorite Bourbon cocktail recipes from the archives
• Sweet and simple wood veneer and watercolor wedding invitations
• Feeling inspired by grid patterns!
• Calligraphy Inspiration: Cami Monet
• Loving the new KIN collection from Katie Leamon

That’s it for us this week! I hope you all have a fun and relaxing long weekend, and I’ll see you back here next week! xoxo

It’s FINALLY here! The National Stationery Show starts on Sunday! I leave for New York early tomorrow morning, and I’ll do my best to share a couple of recaps from New York early next week, but don’t forget to follow along on Instagram for real time updates! And who knows, I might even try to share a few glimpses on Snapchat and Periscope (I’m @beautifulpaper everywhere) – what?!? I have no idea what I’m doing on either of those platforms, but why not? In the meantime…

Image by Paperfelt via Instagram

…a few links for your weekend!

• Fun ways to ice a cake!
• How one of my favorite retailers shops the National Stationery Show
• The cutest pastel suitcase!
• Love the colors in this big girl room
• WANT
• I have this modern wood and cement planter in my office and LOVE it
• MAKE: Fancy french bread pizzas
• The rainbow table of my dreams

This week from Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Absolutely gorgeous tropical wedding invitations with copper foil details
• Gold foil architecture-inspired wedding invitations
• Behind the Stationery with London-based designer Katie Leamon
• Colorful dip dyed baby announcements
• NSS 2016 Sneak Peeks: Sugar Paper, Bella Figura, Amy Heitman, Ramona & Ruth, and Noteworthy Paper & Press
• This week’s Well Said Type in the elegant new font Prangs

That’s it for me this week! Check back in just a bit for this week’s cocktail recipe! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Happy Friday everyone! Here in DC we’re hunkered down for a big winter snowstorm – we’re expecting up to two feet of snow, which is a lot for DC! School was cancelled today in preparation for the storm, so I’ve got my two littles home with me today and for the rest of the weekend while we wait out the storm. We’re looking forward to all sorts of fun snow activities like sledding, building snowmen, and making snowballs! But in the meantime…

The most AMAZING pink and gold salt cellar bowls by Suite One Studio (via Instagram)

…a few links for your weekend!

• New kitchen trends. I’m loving the idea of black kitchens, but I’m not a fan of the plywood trend.
• Gorgeous blue and rose gold wedding invitations
• Obsessed with this glitter phone case
• I want to try this DIY big pegboard – so great for an office!
• A day in the life with Meg from Moglea
• Mint green shelf brackets!
• MAKE: Hot Brown Buttered Rum
• My favorite pin of the week (it’s iridescent!)

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

• Modern black, white, and gold foil wedding invitations
• Tropical banana leaf wedding invitations
• More Valentine’s Day cards!
• Green and white nature-inspired wedding invitations
• A few 2016 planners to help keep you organized
• Emery’s wood alphabet block birth announcements
• Well Said Type in the modern expressive calligraphy font Bambusa
• Wedding favor ideas!

That’s it for me this week! Stay tuned for another mocktail recipe this afternoon – we’ll be doing one each week for the rest of the month! If you missed it, last week’s Mocktail Mojito was an instant favorite! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo