{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  After a few unexpected delays and flight changes yesterday, I'm now finally in Salt Lake City and busy running around at the Alt Summit.  If you want to follow along with many of the bloggers attending or speaking at Alt, I created a twitter list to help make it a bit easier for you.  I'm going to run back to the conference, but in the meantime…

Circulation 

…a few of my favorite links from this week:

Also — since next week is our big apartment move, I've asked one of my very favorite bloggers, Jen from The Haystack Needle, to help fill in for me all week.  Jen will be sharing the details from her incredibly beautiful wedding last year, including her invitations, save the dates, and lots more, so you'll definitely want to check out her posts.  I may also be popping in once or twice with more valentines and other fun things, but otherwise I'll be back in full force the following Monday.

{image credit: *mayxxx* via lovely clusters}

The Bride’s Cafe — Ideas for Wedding Stationery

Hi everyone!  Today I'm guest posting over at The Bride's Café — Janie graciously invited me to stop by, so I'm sharing a few ideas for wedding stationery, from ceremony programs to marriage certificates.  Here's a sneak peek, but you'll need to check out the full post over at the Café!

Ceremony-program-ideas{top photo by Sarah K. Chen, bottom photo by Simply Bloom via EAD}

Fabric-wedding-invitations-vintage-handkerchief-save-the-date{top photo by Max Wanger via EAD, bottom photo via Bird and Banner}

Paper-rosette-flower-wedding-decorations{top row: sweet paul, emersonmade; bottom row: jen curtis via design sponge, kate headley}

Elizabeth-messina-papercut-ketubah{the most amazing papercut ketubah, photo by elizabeth messina}

Check out the full post — and lots more photos — right here!

{images from their respective sources}

Wedding Invitations — Anemone Letterpress

I’m a huge, huge fan of the lovely letterpress work of Anemone Letterpress, so I was just about jumping up and down when I saw that Anemone Letterpress had released a wedding line!  Carrie from Anemone Letterpress has been gradually sharing each design on her blog, but was kind enough to send over a bunch of photos so that you could see the full line all at once!  So let’s get started…

Anemone-Letterpress-Yellow-Gray-Modern-Wedding-Invitation{modernist}

Anemone-Letterpress-Blue-Brown-Vintage-Recency-Stripe-Wedding-Invitation{regency stripe}

Anemone-Letterpress-Tiffany-Blue-Wedding-Invitation{gifted — doesn’t this design remind you of a Tiffany’s jewelry box?}

Anemone-Letterpress-Red-Green-Garden-Party-Wedding-Invitation{garden party}

Anemone-Letterpress-Mustard-Blue-Swallow-Wedding-Invitation{capistrano}

Anemone-Letterpress-Gray-Green-Sprout-Wedding-Invitation{sprouted}

Anemone-Letterpress-Red-Purple-Marquis-Pattern-Wedding-Invitation{marquis}

Anemone-Letterpress-Bamboo-Wedding-Invitation{bamboo}

I love the range of color and use of pattern throughout the collection — and Carrie is always happy to customize ink colors to match a particular color palette or theme.  Stay tuned to the Anemone Letterpress blog for additional details on the inspiration behind each invitation design, and you can order samples of each invitation from the Anemone Letterpress etsy shop!

{image credits: Anemone Letterpress}

Modern Bat Mitzvah Invitations

As I discovered last year, while helping my sister research invitations for my nephew's Bar Mitzvah, finding fresh and modern invitation designs for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah can be a huge challenge.  Invitation designs are often either a bit too far on the traditional side (ahem, boring) or are so theme-centric that they border on tacky.  So I was totally thrilled to see this fantastic custom Bat Mitzvah invitation by SeeSaw: 

Modern-giraffe-bat-mitzvah-invitation
Giraffe-bat-mitzvah-invitation
Giraffe-bat-mitzvah-invitation2

I love the balance of the modern design elements with the giraffe illustration by Rebeca Raney, which along with the illustrated foliage ties in perfectly to the Bat Mitzvah venue of the American Museum for Natural History without coming across as too childish.  So pretty!

{image credits: Seesaw}

Wedding Invitations — Porridge Papers

I first came across the work of Porridge Papers on the Clover & Bee blog – and was instantly smitten with their eco-friendly letterpress wedding invitations, many of which are printed on plantable and recycled papers.  Based out of Lincoln, Nebraska, Porridge Papers creates completely custom invitations, working with each couple to create a suite that captures the mood and style of their wedding or event.

Samantha and Christopher from Porridge Papers were kind enough to send over a few examples from their custom wedding invitation portfolio, so let’s take a look:

Porridge-paper-autumn-acorn-wedding-invitation
Porridge-paper-autumn-acorn-wedding-invitation2{acorn}

Porridge-paper-black-white-damask-wedding-invitation{pfeffer}

Porridge-paper-blue-flower-wedding-invitation
Porridge-paper-blue-flower-wedding-invitation2{marroquin}

Porridge-paper-blue-seaside-wedding-invitation
Porridge-paper-blue-seaside-wedding-invitation2{marilyn}

Porridge-paper-blue-starfish-wedding-invitation
Porridge-paper-blue-starfish-wedding-invitation2{shayla}

Porridge-paper-elizabeth-letterpress-wedding-invitation{elizabeth}

Porridge-paper-green-nature-leaf-wedding-invitation{jessica}

Porridge-paper-jewish-traditional-wedding-invitation{ruth}

Porridge-paper-red-orange-modern-wedding-invitation
Porridge-paper-red-orange-modern-wedding-invitation2{andrea}

Porridge-paper-simple-modern-wedding-invitation{cindy}

From Samantha and Christopher: Many of our invitation packages are printed on our 100% recycled handmade paper that’s made right here in our shop. Our most popular papers are our plantable papers that have seeds embedded in the fibers. Once the invitation is sent, recipients can plant the invite and grow gorgeous wildflowers or delicious herbs. Customizing is really our specialty, the designs we use are all unique and we can customize everything down to the paper color.

For more from Porridge Papers, you can check out their wedding invitation gallery right here, read more about their plantable seed paper here, and follow their blog, pulp obsession.  Thank you so much, Samantha and Christopher, for sharing your beautiful work with us!

{image credits: porridge papers}