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{happy weekend!}

After spending the early part of this week in New York for Bridal Market, this week practically flew by for me!  It’s been a chilly and windy couple of days back here in DC and I’m hoping that the beautiful fall weather will hold out for a few more weeks before winter starts to roll in.  I’m looking forward to spending a quiet weekend bundling up and staying warm.  I hope you all have fun plans for the weekend!  But in the meantime…

Photo Credit: Let’s Taste Autumn by Crushed Silence

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

Welcome to the newest members of the Designer Rolodex!

I’ve got a cocktail recipe coming up for you a bit later this afternoon, and this week it’s one of my favorites!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Inspired By: Gold Foil

The resurgence of gold foil is hands down one of my favorite design trends this year.  Foil comes in a myriad of colors (as you saw from Fig. 2 Design Studio on Monday), but gold foil will always have a special place in my heart.  Gold foil can be a big and bold statement or a subtle detail depending on the project and design, but it looks great on everything from wedding invitations to baby announcements to business cards and everything in between.  Gold foil also looks fantastic whether on its own, paired with a classic black and white design, or combined with lots of bright color!

No. 1 Hayley & Lucas via the Keep Calm Gallery; No. 2 Sugar Paper; No. 3 Dauphine Press; No. 4 SeeSaw; No. 5 Rifle Paper Co.; No. 6 Kate Spade; No. 7 Earmark Social Paper Goods

If you’re curious, you can learn more about the foil printing process right here!

Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #10

This morning I’m returning to one of my absolute favorite subjects – business cards!  I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite business cards from the last few weeks, and you can check out previous business card round ups right here!

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The coolest card I’ve seen in a long time: black with white knockout (raised) text from Mama’s Sauce

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Love the overprinting and texture in this business card, designed by Popcorn Initiative and printed by Cranky Pressman via FPO

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More cool knockout text letterpress cards, this time in white on white, from Dolce Press

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Cute blue and white striped double-sided business cards by Truly Smitten Studio

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Silver foil on gray business cards by Andfold via Francesco Mugnai

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Beautiful illustration and hand lettering by Stitch Design Co. via Lovely Stationery

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Colorful orange and turquoise business cards with blind impression illustrations by Meg Gleason via Design Work Life

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Simple and modern woodgrain business cards by Sona Hovhannisyan for Tereasa Surratt via Francesco Mugnai

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Pretty pastel business cards by Foreign Policy Design Group via Lovely Stationery

As always, if you’d like to sub­mit your own busi­ness cards, you can e-mail me right here!

{images via their respec­tive sources}

Amy + Blake’s Classic Black and White Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Some things just never go out of style – and elegant calligraphy wedding invitations are first and foremost on my list.  Melissa and Amy from Atheneum Creative sent over these beautiful black and white calligraphy invitations that they designed for Amy’s own wedding, along with some of the corresponding day of wedding stationery.  They partnered with PenDance for the gorgeous calligraphy and Sideshow Press for the letterpress printing – the entire suite is just lovely!

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From Melissa and Amy: The invitation design was inspired by the texture and ornate details of the architecture inside the reception venue, the Corinthian.  We wanted something elegant and traditional.  Each piece in the set was uniquely designed using only black ink and texture.  The full bleed, blind press detail was a perfect complement to Crane’s cotton Lettra paper.  The script is beautiful hand calligraphy from PenDance, rendered even more stunning with letterpress printing by Sideshow Press.  The beauty of this design was all in the details.

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We wanted the ceremony program to be simple and beautiful.  The intent was to not overdo the design or distract from the church or ceremony.  The names on the cover were printed with a gold foil stamp which was inspired by the gold details throughout the church.  The design of the menu came together after picking out the china for the dinner.  I used a gold foil stamp to pick up the gold rimmed china.

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Thanks Melissa and Amy!

Design: Atheneum Creative

Calligraphy: PenDance

Letterpress Printing: Sideshow Press

Photo Credits: J. Cogliandro Photography and Chelsea Davis Photography

Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #9

I’m in the mood for some pretty business cards today, so I thought I’d pull together a few of my favorite cards from the last couple of weeks for you!  Today I seem to be drawn to crisp black and white with some bright pops of color – and, really, how could you possibly go wrong with that combination?

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September Industry

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Milk Inc.

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Mode Design with printing by The Mandate Press via FPO

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Evan Huwa

Meadowlark Creative

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Halftone Def via FPO

Dolce Press

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Interabang via Design Work Life

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Angela Liguori

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Build Design via Lovely Stationery

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Analogue via Lovely Stationery

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Akimbo

For more business card inspiration, check out some of my previous posts right here.  And as always, if you’d like to sub­mit your own busi­ness cards, you can e-mail me right here!

{images via their respec­tive sources}