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Weekly Link Round-Up

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{my favorite image of the week – from Alyson Fox’s wedding via Design Sponge}

This has been a busy week in paper goods, so grab a cup of coffee or tea or chai and let’s get started!

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  • Beautiful prints by Clare Rojas via Dear Ada
  • An inspired First Birthday in a Box set by City Bird Design via Inspired Goodness
  • Don’t forget to check out all the DIY projects this month over at EAD!
  • This week was all about Save the Date designs at Brooklyn Bride
  • A new letterpress invitation suite is available at Laura Hooper Calligraphy
  • VintageGlam tells us where to find free Art Deco fonts
  • {ritzy bee} loves escort cards
  • Wedding Paper Divas is offering a special discount on Blurb books – but only until November 30!
  • More lovely work by Bird & Banner over at OnceWed

That’s it for this week — I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Wedding Place Card Ideas

It’s been a while since I featured wedding place cards, and when I saw these lovelies on Linda & Harriett yesterday, I figured it might be time for a mini-round up of some of my favorite recent place card designs.

First up, these stunning Linda & Harriett zig-zag place cards:

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{photos by Jennifer Kloss}

I love, love, love these place cards – the juxtaposition of the zig-zag against the floral napkin, the handwriting on top of both the letterpress zig-zag and peony graphics.  And I love that Linda & Harriett was able to make the place cards by using the backs of the flat notes used for the invitations (more on that later)!  Oh, and don’t forget to click here to check out more photos from this gorgeous wedding!Next up, these fun escort cards from the wedding featured on Style Me Pretty earlier this week.  The escort cards have the guests’ names stamped at the bottom, with the corresponding table number in the upper right corner:

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{photos by Jenna Walker}

Next up are these two lovely eco-friendly letterpress place cards from Smock Paper…
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…these lovely, but simple place cards from Lotta Jansdotter:
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…these argyle-inspired place cards from The Bride’s Cafe:

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{photo by Douglas Benedict}

…and, finally, these beautiful calligraphed place cards by Laura Hooper Calligraphy:

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So which one is your favorite?  Oh, and anyone still a bit confused by the difference between place cards and escort cards?  Check out this detailed explanation from Laura Hooper right here!{images from their respective sources}

Cardgirl DIY and Invitations

Nessa Sander, the owner and creative force behind Cardgirl Invitations, e-mailed me last week to let me know about her new DIY stationery website called Cardgirl DIY:

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Cardgirl DIY is full of tips and tutorials on all the paper elements that go into wedding invitations, and is a great resource for couples without previous stationery experience who are either trying to DIY their invitations or even just work with a stationer for the first time.

And while you're exploring Cardgirl DIY, you should click on over to Cardgirl Invitations and check out Nessa's invitation portfolio.  Here are a few of my favorites…

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{all photos via Cardgirl Invitations – thanks Nessa!}

Weekly Link Round-Up

Hi Everyone!  Sorry to be a bit late in posting — my husband and I took a quick excursion up to Baltimore on Saturday afternoon before the Decemberists show at Rams Head Live (so good, as always).  But before I get to this week’s round up, I just want to say a huge “thank you!” to Holly from decor8 for linking to my blog this week.  Decor8 is one of my hands-down favorite blogs and I’m honored just even to have been mentioned.  And to any of you visiting my site from decor8, welcome!

So, now onto the weekly round-up:

That’s it for this week! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend so far, and I’ll be back on Monday with more lovely paper goods — as well as an exclusive discount that I can’t wait to share with all of you!

Modern Preppy Letterpress Wedding Invitations

I’m so glad that Martha Stewart has created an online database for the amazing real weddings featured in the magazine over the years.  The wedding of Tasha and DW Gibson, particularly the wedding stationery, is one of my all-time favorites.  It’s even more amazing when you consider that they planned the wedding in only five months:

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I adore the fold-out layout of this invitation and subtle use of pattern.  According to MS Weddings, “the bride wanted her wedding to feel like a garden in sunshine, so the invitation and itinerary (with perforated RSVP card) were letterpressed in moss green and golden yellow ink.”

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I love the use of detail – the scallop edge and ribbon are just too cute…

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For those of you looking for escort card or place card ideas, this is a great one!  And even if typewriter keys aren’t your thing, you could easily use vintage buttons or another small object and type or hand-write the table number assignment at the end of the paper.

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

{All images via Martha Stewart Weddings.  For more photos from this wedding, click here for the full slideshow.}