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Tahlia’s Modern Mint + Coral Birth Announcements

Mint and coral is such a beautiful color combination for any occasion, but especially for baby announcements! Lynda from Greenstar Paperie designed these announcements for a fellow designer’s sweet baby girl this past spring. In addition to the coral and mint color palette, the announcements feature a modern floral pattern on the outside and photos of Tahlia (and her older brother) on the inside. Absolutely darling!

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From Lynda: Tahlia’s mom, Corey, is a very talented designer and owner of CWP Design Studio in Philadelphia. So I knew this had to extra special. Corey loved the idea of a modern pattern, so we took that idea and ran with it. The mint and coral color scheme paired with a modern floral pattern gave this announcement a bit of sophistication, but was still sweet enough for Tahlia’s introduction into the world. The announcements were digitally printed on 120# eggshell ultrawhite card stock.

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Corey also wanted some personalized stationery, so we created a flat note that could tuck neatly into the announcement for a personal note. The envelopes were finished with a darling label that was placed from front to back on the envelope to give the front of the envelope a hit of pattern and color.

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Thanks Lynda!

Photo Credits: Amanda Hein Photography

Nina’s Colorful Hot Pink + Turquoise Birth Announcements

As a busy working parent, I can totally relate to being behind the curve on sending out important announcements: we still haven’t sent out moving announcements after nearly 7 months in our “new” house! It may have taken these parents a while to send out the announcements for their second daughter, Nina, but they made up for the delay with these beautiful announcements from the team at Noteworthy Paper & Press. I’m loving all the bright pops of color, from the turquoise flourishes to the hot pink envelope liners!

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From Taylor at Noteworthy Paper & Press: We printed these belated birth announcements earlier in the summer for Pam and Tony, who welcomed a second baby girl into their busy lives last October. Both mom and dad work full time, so the announcement took a back seat as they settled into being a family of four. The couple’s only requirement was that the card be bright and fun and they loved the idea of using the current “chalkboard art” trend as inspiration.

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Thanks Taylor!

Photo Credits: Noteworthy Paper & Press

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! We’re looking forward to a beautiful fall weekend here in DC, which is a welcome change after what felt like an eternity of rain last weekend. My dad and step-mom are coming to visit this weekend, so we’re looking forward to taking them to pick pumpkins at our favorite farm and checking out the fall foliage at the National Arboretum (now that the ridiculous shutdown is finally, thankfully, over). Yay! But in the meantime…

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Photo Credit: Doug McMillen

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

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

Sophie Style: Fall 2013

After a few unexpected summer-like days, it looks like the cooler weather is here to stay in DC. Wardrobe-wise, the timing is kind of perfect, since Sophie is just now finally growing into 12-month size clothes! For Sophie’s fall wardrobe, I’m finding myself gravitating towards soft grays and metallics with a few bright pops of color.

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1. Sweater + gold polka dot leggings from Old Navy; 2. Metallic striped top from Old Navy, neon leggings from Carter’s; 3. The most adorable quilted jacket (with floral lining and hot pink piping) from Mini Boden; 4. Sweater from Old Navy and yellow polka dot corduroys from Baby Gap; 5. Top from Carter’s, navy bow leggings from Baby Gap.

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Vivien + Jon’s Geometric Baby Shower Invitations

As you saw yesterday, I love informal co-ed baby showers – aka a last shindig with friends and family! When designing the invitations for her friends Vivien and Jon’s baby party, Lauren Chism drew inspiration from a geometric pillow in the nursery and a bright color palette that included coral, navy, mustard yellow, and mint green. The resulting design couldn’t be more perfect!

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From Lauren: When my dear friend Vivien, who is a stationery designer herself, asked me to design her baby shower invitations, I was honored, excited and a little nervous: designing for a designer – that’s a tough job!

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Vivien and her husband Jon did not find out the sex of the baby, and the shower was co-ed, so I knew the most important task was making sure that the invitation wasn’t too feminine and that the guys wouldn’t feel like they were being dragged to a traditional baby shower. They had already dubbed it a ‘Baby Party’ – so with that tag line and a fun geometric pillow from the nursery as inspiration, I worked to create something that was fun, not girly, not too baby shower-y and most importantly, something that Vivien would love. Easy, right?!

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The final result was a fun mix of typography, geometric pattern, and color. I worked with a palette that coordinated with her nursery: coral, gold, mint, mustard, navy and gray. I couldn’t decide which envelopes to use, so I ended up sending a combination of mint and mustard envelopes.

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I didn’t want to crowd up the main invitation with the hosts’ names (there were several), so I created a little insert with a list of names. That or using the back is a great way to include everyone when you have lots of people or couples hosting, without having to fit them all on the main invitation. (Plus it added some fun color to whole package).

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Vivien loved how they turned out and I loved getting to play such a special part in their shower. Oh, and by the way, Vivien and Jon welcomed a little GIRL, Zoe, in August!

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Thanks Lauren!

Lauren Chism Fine Papers is a member of the Designer Rolodex â€“ you can check out more of Lauren’s work right here!

Photo Credits: Heather Hawkins