05/30/2013

National Stationery Show 2013, Part 9

One of my favorite things about the National Stationery Show is the diverse range of exhibitor design styles. This show recap contains everything from colorful preppy cards to funny minimalist cards to beautiful watercolor pattern note cards to cute notebooks and calendars printed on wood veneer, and so much more! I’m also really excited about two new collections: a French-inspired line called Ferme Ã PapierÂ by Cat Seto, and a new line of photo cards and prints called Modern Lore by the team behind Old Tom Foolery!

Love these perforated daily to do list notepads!

Meant to Be Sent

Katharine Watson

Old Tom Foolery

Such beautiful art prints and gift tags!

Modern Lore

Beautiful new watercolor prints, calendars, and boxed notes!

Fine Day Press

Night Owl Paper Goods

Kiss and Punch

Kate & Birdie

Gold Teeth Brooklyn

Fugu Fugu Press

At the show, Cat told me that the entire collection was inspired by a recent trip to Paris and the French emphasis on farm-to-table food. Many of the cards feature Cat’s hand painted designs!

Ferme Ã Papier

Iâ€™ll be back again tomorrow with more from the 2013Â National Stationery Show!

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper, please ask permission prior to reposting any photos

05/30/2013

National Stationery Show 2013, Part 8

We’re moving full speed ahead with coverage from the National Stationery Show! This recap includes several new exhibitors that I was excited to meet in person after admiring their cards from afar â€“Â Thimblepress,Â Ink Meets Paper, andÂ Emily McDowellÂ â€“ alongside returning veterans like Hammerpress, Smock, and Maginating. So much beautiful stationery, from debut exhibitors and veterans alike!

LOVE these hand lettered offset and letterpress printed cards!

Thimblepress

So, so good.

Ink Meets Paper

The three cards above are some of my favorites from the whole show! Illustrated by Emily, and letterpress printed by Allison of Igloo Letterpress.

Emily McDowell

Igloo Letterpress

As if gorgeous stationery and beautiful wedding invitations wasn’t enough eye candy, I’m head over heels for that tassel garland!

Wednesday

The ladies of Farewell Paperie just launched a brand new party collection with everything you could possibly need for any shindig, from napkins and coasters to drink tags, confetti cones, and placemats!

Farewell Paperie

Next stop â€“ the beautiful ribbons of Studio Carta and letterpress stationery from Albertine Press!

Angela’s metallic ribbon is even MORE beautiful in person!

Studio Carta

New volumes in the city notes collection â€“ including Paris!

Albertine Press

Maginating won the Louie Award for Card of the Year â€“ for the second year in a row! The gold foil card above was the winner â€“ congrats Brad!

Maginating

Love the new gift wrap sheets and gift tags!

Hammerpress

Smudge Ink

Still in awe over the paper cone garland â€“ made from some of Smock’s new gift wrap patterns â€“ which stretched across the entire booth and wrapped around the exterior corner wall!

So many pretty new cards â€“ and lots of metallic foil throughout the collection!

Gorgeous new wedding invitations â€“ and the option for digitally printed envelope liners! You know I love anything with constellations!

Smock

Iâ€™ll be back in just a bit with more from the 2013Â National Stationery Show!

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper, please ask permission prior to reposting any photos

05/29/2013

National Stationery Show 2013, Part 7

The National Stationery Show is spread out over something like 30 different aisles, each with 30-60 booths along the aisle depending on the size of the booths and length of that particular row. Sometimes I can breeze through a row and visit only 1 or 2 booths, and sometimes it takes me HOURS to get through a packed row. This year it seemed like there were a lot of really packed rows, and today I thought I’d take you on a little walking tour of one row in particular: the 2000 row! This row was full of some amazing letterpress printers, all friends and many former exhibitors with the Ladies of Letterpress. The booths contain everything from sweet illustrated cards to colorful modern cards to some of the funniest cards at the entire show. See how easy it would be to get stuck here??

Paper Lovely

Fat Bunny Press

Anemone Letterpress

HA!!

Sapling Press

More mythical creatures! Rachael has a unicorn and Sasquatch card in her heart silhouette series!

Pistachio Press

Pepper Press

Paisley Tree Press

Flywheel Press

Shed Letterpress

LOVE this new collaboration with calligrapher Betsy Dunlap!

I love Kathryn’s growing menagerie of animal die-cut cards: Sasquatch is the newest addition!

Blackbird Letterpress

Wishbone Letterpress

I’ll be back with more from the 2013 National Stationery ShowÂ soon!

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper, please ask permission prior to reposting any photos

05/29/2013

Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Day-of Itineraries

Sure, it’s customary to give out wedding ceremony programs to let guests know what to expect, and who everyone in the bridal party is, but have you ever thought about letting them in on the plan for the whole event!? Enter day-of wedding itineraries. These schedules show guests what to expect from the moment they arrive to the moment their kicked off the dance floor! You can choose to do a large-scale one for everyone to see, or pass them out individual, just like you would a ceremony program. If you’re hosting a destination wedding, it’s a great idea to send a whole weekend itinerary, even ahead of time, so guests know just how to plan. Here’s a few in all sorts of styles so you can get to planning! â€”Kelly

Wedding Itinerary by junkaholique

Itinerary by Anna Hurley via Green Wedding Shoes (left), Photo by David Stubbs via Green Wedding Shoes, Itinerary by sthblue (right)

Wedding Itinerary + Map by Anthologie Press

Photo by Ed Peers, Plan and Map by Andy Bumpus via 100 Layer Cake

Photo by Emily Steffen Photography via Style Me Pretty (left), Photo by Meg Ruth Photo via Wedding Chicks (right)

Photo by Carlie Statsky, Itinerary by Hello!Lucky via Ruffled (left), Photo by Brandon Kidd, Itinerary by U+U via Brooklyn Bride (right)

Wedding Itinerary by Simple Simon Design

Photo by Michelle Turner via Style Me Pretty (left), Photo by Jarusha Brown Photography, Itinerary by Fort Design Co. via Style Me Pretty (right)

{images via their respective sources}

05/28/2013

National Stationery Show 2013, Part 6

Before we jump into a few more booths from the Stationery Show, I have one booth to share from Surtex â€“ a separate licensing show for artists and illustrators that takes place at the Javits Center during the same week. I wish I could spend more time at Surtex, but I made sure to stop by and say hello to the incredibly talented Dinara Mirtalipova at the show. Dinara created some fabric and wallpaper prototypes with her pattern illustrations below â€“ aren’t they amazing?? Hopefully someone will step up to produce them soon!

Dinara Mirtalipova

Okay, now back over to the National Stationery Show! Sarah from Fancy Seeing You Here had a delightfully quirky booth with everything from travel-inspired map stationery to fortune telling greeting cards (such a great idea!) to coasters. Totally up my alley!

Fancy Seeing You Here

After taking a break last year, Hello! Lucky was back in a big way at this year’s show with a bright and happy booth with tons of new cards! They also recently started incorporating gold and silver foil into their designs â€“ with fabulous results!

COMPLETELY obsessed with these gold foil pattern note cards!

Hello! Lucky

When it comes to colorful cards, no one does it better than the ladies of The Social Type! Their cards never fail to put a smile on my face, and this year they added some beautiful new matchbooks to their collection!

The Social Type

It feels like just yesterday that I stumbled into the debut Printerette PressÂ booth at theÂ 2011Â show â€“ I can’t believe this was Catherine’s third year exhibiting! In addition to her sweet letterpress greeting cards and wedding invitations, Catherine introduced a new seasonal calendar and some of the cutest notepads I’ve ever seen!

Cutest notepads ever!!

Printerette Press

I love the way the team at Egg PressÂ mixes graphic patterns, whimsical illustrations, and die cut shapes â€“ often in the same card! Their booth was full of colorful greeting cards, some fun new everyday greeting cards, and pretty gift wrap.

Egg Press

Next up, the wonderful illustrated cards from Dear Hancock! I’m already a huge fan of their “from the desk of” and unconventional workstation cards, along with their bunny and truck card series. This year they added a monthly calendar and some fun new notepads to the mix!

Dear Hancock

Last up for today, the greeting cards, art prints, and temporary tattoos from Banquet Atelier & Workshop! The mythical creatures print below might be one of my favorite new products from the entire show â€“ I want one for Sophie’s room!