DIY Tutorial: Rubber Stamp Kids Animal Stationery

Emma has been designing custom stationery for her nephews for years. She recently asked her sister if she used the stationery and her sister’s response was, “Yes! I love it but I only use it for very special occasions because it’s so precious and I don’t want to run out of it.” Since Emma’s nephews are constantly on the go, we came up with a simple DIY solution for adorable kids stationery to help her sister (and other moms) craft exactly what they need on the go! These customizable rubber stamps make kids stationery a breeze… and not so precious as they can be stamped on pretty much anything! – Bailey and Emma of Antiquaria

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Step One: A stylish gift tag is a detail that gussies up any gift. For this one, we embossed our Animal Train Gift Tag stamp onto adorable peacock colored tags. For more information about how to emboss using stamps, please watch this instructional video. You could also simply ink and print your gift tag stamp in white or other color ink if your really short on time!

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Step Two: Write thank you notes or enclose a birthday wish in style! To make your own notecard set, start my stamping your monogram (we used our Animal Train Monogram stamp) on the front of a plain A2 card.

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Step Three: If you have a little spare time…jazz up the back (and envelope in step four) with our Animal Pattern Stamps. Lay the A2 card monogram down on a scrap piece of paper. Randomly stamp the different animals in one color and accent with one design in a complementary second color (if you place this toward the center but not directly in it, you should get a balanced look).

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Step Four: We also dressed up our envelope with our Animal Pattern stamps, this time stamping them in a line!

Materials

Animal Train Gift Tag Stamp

Animal Train Monogram Stamp

Animal Train Pattern Stamps, set of 3

Stamp Pads in Picante and Surf

Embossing Powder

Embossing Heat Tool

Gift Tags

A2 Card in Eco White

A2 Envelope in Peacock

Photo Credits: Antiquaria

 

Raymond + Marc’s Modern Poster Birthday Party Invitations

Rebecca from Crafty Pie Press sent over these modern invitations designed for her nephews’ joint birthday party – the blue and green color palette is so perfect for teenage boys! Rebecca’s challenge was to create something cheerful without being overly childish. The resulting invitation features a poster-inspired layout and fun chevron stripe pattern. Super cute!

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From Rebecca: My sister asked me to design the invitations for my nephews’ 14th and 16th birthday party and Raymond’s 8th grade graduation. This was the first time I’ve designed invitations for teenage boys – it was a little bit challenging since I’m the complete opposite of a teenage boy!

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They’re not kids anymore (even though I still think of them as kids!) so I couldn’t put together something childish. I decided on a modern poster style invitation in their favorite colors, green and blue. It’s still fun without feeling childish. I also designed a green chevron stripe pattern that was printed on the back of the invitation. I paired the invitation with a kraft envelope and an envelope liner with the green chevron pattern.

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Thanks Rebecca!

Photo Credits: Crafty Pie Press

Sarah + Jordan’s Illustrated Show Bill Wedding Invitations

Kentucky-based graphic designer Austin Dunbar is more used to designing concert posters for Chromeo, Toro Y Moi, Cold War Kids, Xiu Xiu, and Tokyo Police Club than wedding invitations, but he was definitely up for the challenge! For Sarah and Jordan’s wedding invitations, Austin incorporated hand drawn illustrations that showcased their personalities and unique style. Too cute!

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From Austin: Sarah and Jordan asked me to design the invitations for their upcoming wedding. They wanted something unique that showcased their personalities. Both are lots of fun and have quirky things that are staples to each of them. Jordan sports a 5 o’clock shadow and always wears a newsboy cap while Sarah has tattoos of ropes and swallows. I thought this imagery would be fun to illustrate and would reflect their lifestyle.

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Watercolors, markers, kraft paper and hand drawn illustrations gave the piece a unique, light hearted feel. Having designed gig-posters for years, I wanted to invitation to look more like a show bill than a typical invitation.

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Austin also sent over a couple of sneak peeks into his sketchbook for this project, which you can see below. So cool!

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Thanks Austin!

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

Photo Credits: Austin Dunbar

{happy weekend}

Hello friends. It was a sad week here in my Capitol Hill neighborhood of DC: Frager’s, our beloved hardware store (and 93-year old community institution), was destroyed in a huge fire on Wednesday night. Thankfully everyone made it out of the store okay and the brick facade of the building survived the fire. The owners plan to rebuild and neighborhood businesses have offered temporary work for displaced employees, but I’m still reeling from the destruction. My husband and I moved to Capitol Hill in 2009, and Frager’s quickly became one of my favorite places on the Hill. That probably seems weird, but it’s so much more than a hardware store: my husband and I bought our first Christmas tree together from Frager’s. I’ve purchased enough paint that the guys behind the counter know Sophie by name. Frager’s supports local sports teams, employs neighborhood teens during the summer, and even hosts an egg hunt for little kids during Easter. I look forward to a future teenage Sophie getting her first part-time job there. I just can’t imagine Capitol Hill without Frager’s. Thankfully our neighborhood has a history of rallying together to help local families and businesses in need, and I’m looking forward to helping in any way that I can.

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In honor of Frager’s. Photo by me via Instragram from back in 2011.

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Check back soon for this week’s cocktail! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here next week. xoxo

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Here Comes the Bride Signs

Clearly I’m loving large-scale stationery statements at weddings lately! My motto for the year is “giant is the new mini,” after all. Today we’re talking signs for the ceremony. For those brides out there who want a special introduction (and why wouldn’t you!?), why not have the little ones in your wedding party carry down a “Here Comes the Bride” sign? A little fancy calligraphy, a colorful DIY variety, I love them all! Here’s a few fun banners to get you started (and a few adorable kids sporting them!). — Kelly

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Photo by Nancy Neil, Sign by Sweet Emilia Jane

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Photo by Amy Arrington via Southern Weddings (left), Photo by Michelle March via Southern Weddings (right)

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Photo by Christian Cruz via Ruffled

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Photo by Imago Vita Photography, Sign by SwellMail Designs via Style Me Pretty (left), Photo by Max Wanger, Calligraphy by Love Jenna Calligraphy via 100 Layer Cake (right)

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Photo by Sarah Kathleen, Banner by Ready Go

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Photo by I Love That Glove via Wedding Chicks

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Banner by BHLDN (left), Photo by Elizabeth Wertz via Style Me Pretty (right)

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Photo by Gary Ashley of Wedding Artists Collective, Calligraphy by Little Miss Press via 100 Layer Cake

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