Kate + Steve’s Organic Modern Wedding Invitations

These invitations from Kate at Ruby & Willow are so much fun – the perfect way to start a new week!  Kate combined the color green with kraft paper for an organic, yet modern, design.  I love the striped RSVP card and the surprise bunting in the save the date.  Such a wonderful and unique element!

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From Kate: Kate & Steve wanted to incorporate kraft cardstock and twine – two very popular trends right now – and the colour green.  The overall look they were going for was something a little rustic and organic with an element of ‘fun.’  I designed a mini pull out bunting for the save the date invitation that went inside a mini envelope, which also had some accommodation details.

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The invitation itself featured a mixture of modern typography with a fun graphic logo, and contrasted with the diagonal stripes featured on the rsvp card.  For the day of stationery, a program booklet was printed on kraft paper featuring the same pattern used through out the invitation suite.

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Thanks Kate!  You can check out more from Ruby & Willow right here!

Photo Credits: Ruby & Willow

Monday Giveaway with Moontree Letterpress!

Happy Mon­day every­one!  I had a blissful weekend, despite coming down with a nasty cold – just as my husband came home, ick!  Anyway, we’re start­ing the week off with another install­ment of our sum­mer con­test series with Moon­tree Let­ter­press!  In case you missed it the first time, here’s a bit of back­ground on the con­test and how to enter.  The win­ner with the best six word story will receive 50 per­son­al­ized let­ter­press notecards!  This week’s theme is “Family Recipes” – feel free to leave mul­ti­ple comments/entries, and don’t be afraid to get creative!

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You’ll have until 11:59 p.m. EST on Tues­day to leave your entry in the com­ments below, then Rebecca will announce the win­ner on her blog on Wednes­day!  And just in case you need some inspi­ra­tion, you can check out these six word auto­bi­ogra­phies.  Bonne chance!

Photo Credit: Moon­tree Letterpress

{happy weekend!}

My husband came home last night.  I snapped this photo while at the airport waiting for his plane to arrive.  I’m off to enjoy my first weekend with him in a long, long time.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone! xoxo

A few links for your weekend:

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Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #10

This morning I’m returning to one of my absolute favorite subjects – business cards!  I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite business cards from the last few weeks, and you can check out previous business card round ups right here!

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The coolest card I’ve seen in a long time: black with white knockout (raised) text from Mama’s Sauce

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Love the overprinting and texture in this business card, designed by Popcorn Initiative and printed by Cranky Pressman via FPO

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More cool knockout text letterpress cards, this time in white on white, from Dolce Press

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Cute blue and white striped double-sided business cards by Truly Smitten Studio

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Silver foil on gray business cards by Andfold via Francesco Mugnai

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Beautiful illustration and hand lettering by Stitch Design Co. via Lovely Stationery

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Colorful orange and turquoise business cards with blind impression illustrations by Meg Gleason via Design Work Life

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Simple and modern woodgrain business cards by Sona Hovhannisyan for Tereasa Surratt via Francesco Mugnai

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Pretty pastel business cards by Foreign Policy Design Group via Lovely Stationery

As always, if you’d like to sub­mit your own busi­ness cards, you can e-mail me right here!

{images via their respec­tive sources}

Elegant Pink Peony 50th Birthday Party Invitations

I absolutely love peonies; I get positively giddy when the gorgeous blooms start to make their appearance each spring.  Heidi from Zenadia Design created these invitations for a 50th birthday party, and the client also loves peonies and wanted to incorporate them into the invitation for her party!  Heidi combined pink peonies with beautiful calligraphy from The Left Handed Calligrapher and wax seals to create the perfect invitation for an elegant birthday party.

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From Heidi: This invitation was designed for a 50th birthday party.  Kathy, the birthday girl, loves peonies and pink and wanted to incorporate them into her celebration.  She also loved the look of letterpress and wax seals.  We designed an invitation for her with two color letterpress, a custom wax seal, and beautiful calligraphy from The Left Handed Calligrapher.  Also in the suite were table numbers, favor boxes, escort cards, menus, and cupcake and candy bar signs.

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So pretty!  Thanks Heidi!

Photo Credits: Zenadia Design