Illustration + Hand Lettering by Kristine Lombardi

When illustrator Kristine Lombardi sent over a few photos from her portfolio, I literally almost fell out of my chair – I love her work that much!  Kristine has worked mostly on editorial and publishing assignments but says that she's recently been doing lots of work for weddings, including hand-drawn and lettered maps, invitations, announcements, and other invitation elements. 

Here are a few examples of Kristine's work:

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So, so lovely – from the maps to the ee cummings poem, I just love each piece.  Kristine also has an absolutely adorable website, which you can check out – along with the rest of her portfolio – right here!

{images via Kristine Lombardi, thanks Kristine!}

NSS – Booth round-up, part seven

As promised, I've got one final NSS round-up to share with you!  I had so much fun at this year's show, particularly in getting to know some of my favorite designers a bit better and making some new (at least to me) discoveries.  I'm already looking forward to next year's show, but until then, you can find my entire NSS coverage in one handy location right here.  And now on to our final round-up!

First up, I enjoyed the bold graphic designs at the L2 Design Collective booth:

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Next a few of the prints and cards over at the Product Superior booth:

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Next up, some lovely wedding invitations and letterpress baby prints from Robin Beth:

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One of my favorite booth displays came from The Beehive Press, which used dozens of little white paper bees to accent their invitation and card designs:

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And last, but definitely not least, a few more from Lilywillow, one of my favorite NSS new discoveries:

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{you can check out more from the Lilywillow wedding portfolio right here}

In case you still haven't gotten enough from NSS 2009, I've been slowly uploading all of my photos to my flickr page.  I'm still working on getting all the photos up, but you'll be able to find them all in my NSS 2009 collection right here.

{all photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}

NSS – Booth round-up, part six

So for those of you still reading blogs on this lovely holiday Monday, I figured I'd put up my last two NSS booth round-up posts for you!

First up, Binth, whose booth was full of gorgeous cards and art prints:

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I love this handcrafted baby book

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.and this deck of completely redesigned playing cards!  I particularly love the redesigned face cards (like the jack, queen and king) for each suit, and the way the odd number cards are redesigned to fit together in a more organic way, like the seven of hearts below:

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Another favorite booth was from Pikku, whose colorful + patterned textiles and paper goods just made me smile:

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{love these wrapping papers!}

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{these eco-friendly letterpress calendars adhere to screen-printed birchwood planks – once the year is over, you can either hand the birchwood as artwork or order a refill with next year's dates!}

Next up, the bright + bold designs of Dutch Door Press:

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{look closely for a sneak peek at the dutch door 2010 calendar!}

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{gorgeous wedding invitations!}

Red Cap Cards used whimsical illustrations with a definite sense of humor throughout their NSS collection:

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{love those prints!}

Celebrating their 10th year in business – and 9th year at the NSS! – the Egg Press booth was full of lovely paper goods, from a sneak peek at the 2010 calendar to holiday cards:

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I've got one more coming up, so check back soon!

{all photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}

NSS – Booth round-up, part four

I'm heading out for some early anniversary celebrations (one year on Monday!) with my husband, but before I do, I wanted to share a few more photos from the NSS. 

First up, the jam-packed booth of Small Square Design:

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{I love these small book notes journals!}

I also loved the unusual presentation at the twig + fig booth…

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…and twig + fig's wonderful line of Bar + Bat Mitzvah invitations (in addition to some pretty amazing wedding invitations):

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Next up, some gorgeous new cards + invitations from our friends over at Copper Willow:

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{this last set of invitations is letterpress printed on BOTH sides on super-thick paper – so that green + brown bird pattern? that's actually the reverse side of the invitation. gorgeous!}

I was also absolutely delighted to meet the husband + wife design team behind Embellished Ink, a new DC-based (yay!) design studio that made their official launch at this year's NSS:

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{how gorgeous is this foil-stamped holiday card?!?}

And finally, at least for this segment, the cuteness was in full effect over at the Dee & LaLa booth:

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{I absolutely LOVE the card with the skunks – too cute!}

I've still got a few more booths to share with you, so check back for the rest of my coverage from NSS '09!

{photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}

NSS – Booth round-up, part three

The Linda + Harriett booth was one that I had really been looking forward to visiting before the NSS – and it definitely did not disappoint!  I love Liz's use of color and pattern, from the new greetings cards to the upcoming 2010 calendar:

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{I know it's not even June, but I can't wait to pick up a copy of the Linda + Harriett 2010 calendar!}

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The Hello!Lucky booth was truly a work of art – the ladies over at Hello!Lucky drew all the display signs onto the linen backdrop by hand!

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Sabrina was also kind enough to give us a peek into the designs from the Hello!Lucky wedding album – each design is available in either letterpress or digital printing:

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And speaking of fabulous wedding invitations, I definitely found a new invitation obsession in the portfolio from Sugarcube Press:

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Linea Carta exhibited a fabulous range of items – from cards to textiles, calendars to wedding invitations:

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{love these gift tags!}

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{I love the simple + clean lines in these Linea Carta invitations}

{photos by Oh So Beautiful Paper}