Wedding Stationery Inspiration: Wood + Faux Bois

Summer is quickly fading away as the first official day of fall approaches in a few weeks. While I’ll miss many things about the summer months, autumn always makes for some of the most beautiful weddings, with built-in color palettes and landscapes perfect for rustic affairs. Today’s day-of wedding stationery inspiration has me ready for the rich, warm textures of the season, a favorite of which which is wood. You can get a natural, textured feel in your paper goods using the real thing (Think engraved wood table numbers and veneer place cards!) or faux bois (That’s wood grain printed paper! Letterpress menu cards, anyone?). Alright fall, you are now officially welcome. — Kelly

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo by Jen Huang, Menu by Poppies & Posies via Once Wed

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Photo by Lauren Crew Photography (left), Photo by Steve Steinhardt via Southern Weddings (right)

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo by Flourish Studio Photography, Menu by Flourish Letterpress via Green Wedding Shoes

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo by Nathan Peel Photography, Menu by Five Dot Design via Style Me Pretty

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Ceremony Program and Wedding Stationery by Bell’occhio via Martha Stewart Weddings (left) Wedding Stationery by Ditto Paper via Martha Stewart Weddings (right)

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo by Brandon Scott Photography, Table Number by Oslo Press

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Menu by Elum (left) Place Cards via Martha Stewart Weddings (right)

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Favor Tags by Maida Vale

Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper Day-Of Wedding Stationery Inspiration and Ideas: Wood + Faux Bois via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo by Diana M. Lott Photography via Wedding Wire (left), DIY Place Cards via Martha Moments (right)

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Sarah + Jonathan’s German-Inspired Wedding Invitations

I love wedding invitations that incorporate texture in addition to color and pattern, which is definitely the case in Sarah and Jonathan’s wedding invitations by Jami of Imaj Design.  The invitation suite was inspired by the bride and groom’s travel to Germany, with a beautiful patterned envelope liner based on the pattern of a traditional German folk style dress.  So pretty!

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From Jami: The bride and groom had a color palette of green, purple and off-white. They wanted something that felt like Texas, but with a hint of German flare. This couple travels quite a bit to Germany. As I sat with the mother of the bride, she showed me a really fun photo of the groom in lederhosen and the bride in a traditional German folk style dress on one of their trips. I was immediately inspired by the pattern on her dress and created a signature pattern that was used as a liner, backer on the invitation and incorporated into the wedding program.

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For the invitation suite, we wanted to pull-in a natural element while also maintaining a degree of sophistication. I chose to use a fantastic light brown paper with natural grooves and texture for the main invitation and an off-white Italian paper with its own impressive texture for the accommodations and rsvp cards.

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The entire suite was letterpress printed in their signature green color and tied-up with off-white double-scalloped lace. As for the typography, I used a wonderful mixture of serif and script (our friend Debi Sementelli’s Belluccia font for the script). Each envelope was addressed with green calligraphy by our friend Nicole Black with The Left-Handed Calligrapher.

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Thanks so much Jami!

Design: Imaj Design

Envelope Calligraphy: Nicole Black of The Left-Handed Calligrapher

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

Photo Credits: Imaj Design

Sophisticated Letterpress Birth Announcements for Baby Adler

I’m absolutely in love with these sophisticated baby announcements from Lisa at Missive – from the 1950s-inspired typography and subtle touches of gold foil to the beveled edges and gold envelope liner.  Lisa was inspired by the turquoise and gold wallpaper that she chose for Adler’s bedroom, and the resulting design is an elegant way to announce the arrival of a little gentleman!

Sophisticated Letterpress Birth Announcements by Missive via Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Lisa: My son Adler’s announcements were inspired by the design of his nursery, in particular, the turquoise, black, and antique gold wallpaper that hangs on the wall behind his crib. I used this color palette as a starting point to create a sophisticated letterpress announcement for my little gentleman.

Sophisticated Letterpress Birth Announcements by Missive via Oh So Beautiful Paper

To infuse a little history and personal sentiment into the design, I scanned the text that reads “Announcing” from a vintage 1950s birth announcement — my own mother’s — and created a clean, deco style to complement it.

Sophisticated Letterpress Birth Announcements by Missive via Oh So Beautiful Paper

I added special touches like beveled corners on the card and photo, and with the help of our good friend and fellow printer Tim Butler of Quality Letterpress, added foil stamping in an antique gold color to match the envelope liners.

Sophisticated Letterpress Birth Announcements by Missive via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks so much Lisa!  And congratulations on baby Adler!

Photo Credits: Missive

Graphic and Modern Birth Announcements for Baby Theo

It’s baby week here at Oh So Beautiful Paper!  Well, not completely – but since I’m welcoming my first baby this week and my friend Lisa from Good on Paper recently welcomed her second baby, adorable little Theo, there is definitely quite a bit of happy baby energy in the air this week.  For Theo’s baby announcements, Lisa opted for a simple and modern design accented with a graphic envelope liner.  Such a sweet way to welcome their newest little boy!

Modern + Graphic Birth Announcements by Good on Paper via Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Lisa: For baby #2, I wanted a simple design (a lot less free time the second time around!) which included a photo of Theo and a bunch of little details about the origin of his name as well as a family photo on the back. The charcoal gray envelopes were lined with a coordinating striped liner which said, “Say Hello To” when opened, and then wrapped with custom address labels.

Modern + Graphic Birth Announcements by Good on Paper via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern + Graphic Birth Announcements by Good on Paper via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Lisa!  And congratulations on baby Theo!

Photo Credits: Good on Paper