Archer’s Mint + Silver Letterpress Birth Announcements

How sweet are these darling letterpress birth announcements? Johanna from Arbor Corner Studio created these announcements for her own baby boy – born on 12.12.12! – with hand lettering and sweet details that complement little Archer’s unique name. Johanna chose a mint and silver color palette and a chevron envelope liner to complete the design.

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From Johanna: I designed and printed this custom letterpress birth announcement for our own little bundle. I wanted the design to give a slight nod to his name – Archer – without being too “theme-driven” with archery elements. With a name like Archer, he will probably be sick of bows and arrows in no time!

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The design was printed with two colors: mint green and silver. A chevron envelope liner was used in the outer mint envelope which paired nicely with an inner envelope containing his newborn picture.

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I hand lettered his first and middle name, and then used an arched banner to divide the two. His birth stats are revealed in the banner.

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Thanks Johanna!

Photo Credits: Arbor Corner Studio

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately along the lines of the quote in this week’s font post… inspired in part by some of the conversations that I had with friends in California. The last year has been amazing with the arrival of Sophie, but it has also been really hard with house hunting, moving, and trying to get settled into (much less fix up) our new house with a young baby at home and a very limited budget. It’s so easy to get weighed down by our problems and lose sight of our bigger goals and dreams. So I’ve been thinking about what I really want, not in my normal immediate sense but more in the big picture sense – like Jordan’s list from a few years ago. I don’t have any answers yet, but it’s what keeps me up at night these days. I’ll keep you all posted. And in the meantime…

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Photo by me from our trip to California

…a few links for your weekend!

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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

Quick Pick: Wednesday

Jessica and Garett – the husband and wife team behind the Oklahoma-based stationery and design studio Wednesday – are two of the nicest and most adorable people in the stationery community. And they just had a baby – yay! They also happen to create some seriously pretty letterpress and gold foil greeting cards featuring Garett’s design work and beautiful hand lettering.

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Lots more available right here!

Photo Credits: Wednesday

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! And surprise – I’m on vacation! We took our first cross country flight with Sophie yesterday for some much needed rest in Big Bear with my side of the family. We’re hanging out here for a few days, then spending a couple more days in LA before heading back to DC. Next week I have a couple of fantastic guest bloggers holding down the fort – and I’m so excited about what they have planned for you! You won’t want to miss it! But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend – don’t forget to check back for this week’s cocktail recipe and then again next week for some amazing guest posts! I’ll see you back here in a couple of weeks! xoxo

Stationery A – Z: Market Lists

We’ve gotten into a bit of a recipe rut at home, which started just after the baby arrived last year. So I’ve been making more of an effort to plan our meals every week – and take advantage of the abundant in-season produce this time of year! Market lists are an easy (and pretty!) way to keep track of any new ingredients that I may need, along with our usual staples. I put together a round up of a few favorites right here!

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1. Kate & Birdie; 2. Sugar Paper; 3. Rifle Paper Co.; 4. One Canoe Two weekly meal planner and grocery list; 5. 9th Letter Press

And even more right here!

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