Summer Giveaway with Moontree Letterpress

It’s Mon­day, which means that it’s time for 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.  This week we’re switching things up a bit and the winner with the best six word story will receive 100 let­ter­press calling cards.  This week’s theme is “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” – feel free to leave mul­ti­ple comments/entries, and don’t be afraid to get creative!

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

Jennifer + Blake’s Sunny Yellow and Blind Deboss Wedding Invitations

I spotted these sophisticated, yet modern, yellow wedding invitations on designer Sarah Rusin‘s blog, Ten Lines Pica.  Sarah created the invitation suite for an adorable couple, Jenni and Blake, and of course wanted the invitations to reflect their sunny personalities.  Sarah incorporated two beautiful fonts – one script and one serif – and a gorgeous blind (no-ink) pattern, and I absolutely love the resulting invitation design!

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From Sarah: The couple, Jenni and Blake, are adorable and sunny and I think the final invitation captured their spirit perfectly.  Jenni wanted them to be sophisticated and a bit traditional but with some personality.  I designed a pattern for a blind deboss to give them a little extra visual interest.  I used two of my favorite typefaces, Ministry by Ale Paul and Eames from House Industries.  They were printed onto 110# Crane cotton paper.  I used Baker’s twine to keep them together; I felt like it suited the style really well and was extremely budget-friendly.

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So pretty!  Thanks Sarah!

Photo Credits: Sarah Rusin Graphic Design

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  I feel like I’ve spent most of this week in daydream land, making plans for all of the things that I want to do with my husband when he comes back home in just a few weeks.  Most of them happen to involve food, since my husband has been living on terrible cafeteria food for the last six months.  And I think there should be at least one cake waiting for him when he comes home, don’t you agree?  Anyway, right now I’m looking forward to hanging out with one of my favorite girls tonight, but in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Photo Credit: Amber Nyman via Paper Schmaper

Gabby’s Whimsical Pink + Orange 4th Birthday Party Invitations

Carmela from Fiore Press created these adorable pink and orange letterpress invitations for her daughter’s 4th birthday party a couple of months ago.  Carmela incorporated bright colors, floral design elements, and a cute bunting illustration in the main invitation, along with matching thank you cards and floral envelope liners.  So fun!

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From Carmela: I’ve always loved flag banners and I really wanted to print something with bright colors for Gabby’s birthday.  I always hand mix the ink, and I just love the poppy and fuchsia in these invitations –they remind me of rainbow sherbet and summer.  Printing two colors with such tight registration can be tricky, but I love how these came out!

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I also printed corresponding thank you notes, and the envelopes are probably my favorite part of the entire invitation.  I love printing on the corner of the envelope and having it spill over onto the flap – who wouldn’t love to get these in the mail?  I used both poppy and fuchsia colored envelopes (mainly because I couldn’t decide between the two!) and used brown ink to print the envelopes, and lined the envelopes with wrapping paper from Snow & Graham.  I loved being able to do these for my daughter.

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Carmela even used the same Snow & Graham wrapping paper to frame the invitations after the party!

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Thanks Carmela!

Photo Credits: Carmela | Fiore Letterpress