Calligraphy Inspiration: la Happy

Today, I’m happy to be sharing the work of la Happy‘s Sally Balt. Sally is a designer and calligrapher of gorgeous custom paper goods. I immediately fell for her charismatic writing style; it’s so playful and lively. Perusing her blog, you can see her work is only getting better. There’s no doubt we’ll be seeing many more beautiful creations from la Happy in the future. A girl this talented is going places!  – Julie

Calligraphy Inspiration: La Happy

Calligraphy Inspiration: La Happy

I love the way Sally amped up the fun factor here, playing off her whimsical style with juicy bursts of colour. (Not to mention, a little bit of humour!)

Calligraphy Inspiration: La Happy

La Happy calligraphy invitation suite

La Happy calligraphy return address

Lucky us! la Happy also has a shop filled with custom stamps. I particularly like the Thank You stamp, don’t you?

Calligraphy Inspiration: La Happy

Calligraphy Inspiration: La Happy

Don’t forget to follow along la Happy on Facebook for more sneak peeks into her work, as well as her blog for more visual treats!

Photo credits: 1, 3 left, 5 La Happy; 2,6 Chantal Andrea; 3 right Woodnote Photography; 4 Jasmine Star; 7 Julie Harmsen Photography

Design credits: 1 ; 2, 4, 6 design La Happy, 7 design: Finch and Thistle Events

Chris + Sally’s Ikat Letterpress Holiday Cards

Sally from La Happy sent over her personal holiday cards – and I just couldn’t resist sharing them! In addition to the adorable photo, I’m loving the bright and cheerful color palette, quirky calligraphy, and the ikat envelope liners (wrapping paper from Mr. Boddington’s Studio!) are just the perfect finishing touch!

Ikat Custom Holiday Cards by La Happy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Sally: These are the Christmas cards that my husband and I sent out to friends and family this year. The cards were letterpress printed on heavyweight cotton Savoy 236lb brilliant white paper in cherry red ink. I mounted a photo of my husband and myself from a tree farm photo shoot onto the front of the cards. The envelopes are soft cotton brilliant white, addressed with cherry red calligraphy and lined with red ikat wrapping paper.

Ikat Custom Holiday Cards by La Happy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Ikat Custom Holiday Cards by La Happy via Oh So Beautiful Paper Ikat Custom Holiday Cards by La Happy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Ikat Custom Holiday Cards by La Happy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Sally!

Design + Calligraphy: La Happy

Letterpress Printing: Ilfant Press

Portrait Photo: Kate Price Photography

Envelope Liners: Mr. Boddington’s Studio Ikat Wrapping Paper

Photo Credits: La Happy

Kendra + Robb’s Rustic Woodgrain Wedding Invitations

These gorgeous and woodsy wedding invitations come to us from Sally at La Happy, designed for an outdoor wedding in Washington state this past summer.  Sally kept the actual invitation simple and relaxed, bringing in hand stamped website cards and beautiful vintage stamps (not to mention stunning calligraphy) to pull the entire invitation suite together.

From Sally: I created this invitation for an outdoor rustic wedding in Winthrop, Washington, which is in the backwoods of Washington State.  The inspiration was the groom’s love of all things outdoors: camping, hiking, etc.  The bride and groom wanted a rustic wedding with a non-fussy, vintage feel, so we tried to incorporate that into the paper design.

The colors of the wedding were really earthy.  Mustard yellow was a key color, then we brought in the stone gray as a neutral color to complement the yellow.  I created the “deer logo” for the wedding and then made a custom stamp out of it and stamped all of the paper pieces.  The invitation was printed on faux bios (a faux wood grain) paper, to relay the feel of the woods and the outdoors.

 

I created custom stamps to look like an industrial time stamp to use for the date and time of the wedding.  The bride and groom wanted to make sure the invitations did not feel fussy, so we made sure everything had a more industrial, vintage feel.  The RSVP card is a postcard with vintage stamps.  We worked with the lovely (and SO helpful) Virginia Sauder of Verde Studios to find the perfect vintage postage to fit the set.

Thanks Sally!

Invitation design + calligraphy: La Happy

Vintage Stamps: Verde Studio

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

Photo Credits: La Happy

Red, White + Kraft Bridal Shower Invitations

These bridal shower invitations from Sally at la Happy are so pretty they just make me smile.  Sally used the Rainy Day rubber stamp kit from Yellow Owl Workshop to create the umbrella illustration on chipboard on the outside of the invitation, and then hand lettered the bride’s name on in white ink on each invitation before securing the invitation details on the inside using washi tape.  So cute!  I’m also seriously loving the white calligraphy on those bright red envelopes – such a great combination!

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Bridal-Shower-Invitations-Red-Kraft-White-Umbrella

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Gorgeous!  Thank you so much Sally!  You can also check out more of the awesome stamp kits from Yellow Owl Workshop right here.

Photo Credits: la HAPPY

Creative Moving Announcements

My awesome friend Maggie and her husband just bought their very first house and I couldn’t be more thrilled for them!  Maggie and I first became acquainted over our two blogs before she moved from Dallas to DC last winter.  Since then she has become a truly wonderful friend and I’m so so so excited to have her even a teensy bit closer in my neighborhood of Capitol Hill.  The official move will take place in a few weeks, but in the meantime I thought I’d round up a few creative moving announcements to help celebrate some happy news!

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Double Bravo

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La Happy

Wiley-Valentine-Street-Sign-Moving-Announcement

Wiley-Valentine-Letterpress-Elegant-Moving-Announcement

Wiley Valentine

Duet-Letterpress-Red-Moving-Announcement

Duet Letterpress

Oh-Joy-for-Tiny-Prints-Moving-Announcement

Oh Joy! for Tiny Prints

Crow-Flies-Moving-Announcement

Crow-Flies-Moving-Announcement

Fuszion via FPO

Blush-Design-Studio-Moving-Announcement

Blush Design Studio

L2 Design Collective

Cardboard Moving Announcement

Minted

We’ve excluded fill-in moving announcements for this particular post, but if you’d like to submit your announcements (either custom or fill-in) for a follow-on post, feel free to e-mail them to me here!

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