Hi everyone!  I’m heading out a bit early to enjoy the long holiday weekend here in the U.S. and go to finally bring our cat (who as you might remember was in the animal hospital last week) back home where he belongs.  The poor guy didn’t get to come home last weekend as we’d hoped and ended up needing surgery, so we can’t wait to have him home.  As a result of his illness, we’ve also changed our plans and are now staying home for the holiday – our first Thanksgiving on our own!  It’ll actually be nice to have a quiet weekend and just be grateful for my little family.  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

• A fabulous round-up of advent calendar ideas
• I’m really looking forward to this new book about printing from Christine at Yellow Owl Workshop
• A beautiful calligraphy collaboration from Mara at Neither Snow
• Cool new postage stamps from Envelopments in fun colors and patterns
• These pumpkin tarts sound ridiculously yummy
• Super-cute printable napkin rings (just in time for holiday entertaining!)
• I love the idea of bougainveilla for a bridal bouquet!

…and in case you missed it, here’s what happened on OSBP this week:

• Cool modern black and white graduation invitations
• Watercolor + calligraphy wedding save the dates
• More lovely holiday cards
• Beautiful vintage-inspired tea party bridal shower invitations
• Long live print
• I’ve also been posting some upcoming holiday open houses, craft events, and sales in the right sidebar – like the Martha Stewart Craft Night below (which I’m actually hoping to attend) coming up next week.  I’ll keep adding them as they come to me, so don’t forget to check in for the latest additions!

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and for those of you celebrating this weekend I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  I’ll see you all back here on Monday!

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p.s. We’re taking advantage of the long weekend to do a server switch, so if things are a bit wonky over the weekend please bear with us.  Hopefully there won’t be any major disruptions, but just in case I promise it’s only temporary. 🙂

You guys, the last couple of days have been pretty rough – in large part due to a middle-of-the-night emergency trip to the animal hospital for our cat, Leopold.  The poor guy gave us a good scare, but luckily my husband and I caught the problem early enough; he’s now recovering and we’re hoping to bring him back home tomorrow.  Needless to say, I’ve had some things on my mind this week.  Right now I’m just feeling thankful and looking forward to getting back to normal this weekend.  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

• Beautiful style inspiration – floral dresses with red tights
• Creative wedding menu ideas
• This might be the coolest chandelier ever
• Classic books get beautiful new covers (note: adding to wishlist NOW)
• Oh my, these birth announcements might be the cutest ever
• Pretty paper leaves and white paper flowers are my fave
• I have a new font crush (and it’s free to download)
• Remember these save the dates?  Check out the corresponding invitations!

In case you missed it, a quick round-up of this week’s posts:

• It’s holiday card time!
• An absolutely stunning quilled wedding certificate
• Beautiful illustrated wedding invitations from South Africa-based studio Me + E
• Art deco invitations for a garden party wedding
• Lovely details from Melissa’s golf-theme wedding
• Modern b’nai mitzvah invitations
• Erin + Brent’s vintage glam wedding invitations
• An awesome cross-country letterpress project

That’s it for me this week!  I’m really excited about some beautiful wedding invitations and save the dates that I have planned for you all next week, along with more holiday cards of course.  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday!

{image credits: galaxy by tamara lichtenstein, found via rachel}