{happy weekend!}

Well, hello Friday!  I can't believe that this is the last weekend before Thanksgiving!  Next week I'm heading down to my mom's house in Florida – the first time I've been home in more than 3 years, and the first Thanksgiving that I'll be spending with my mom since meeting my husband.  See, my dad lives just outside of New York City and my husband's family lives in upstate New York, so we mostly end up splitting our holidays between those two sides of the family.  Now, for this year's Thanksgiving holiday, I'm really looking forward to nice weather and sunshine instead of snow!  But in the meantime…

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…here are a few favorites from the week:

I'll be here on Monday and Tuesday of next week, and then for the rest of the week I'll be re-running some of my favorite past invitation and save the date features.  So don't forget to stop by next week!

{image credits: cassia via mary ruffle}

DIY Housewarming Party Invitations

I love these last-minute invitations that Jen created using free paint color chips from her local Green Depot:

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In addition to being a quick, easy, and totally creative to invite a few friends over for a housewarming, I love the use of the vintage typewriter!  Such a perfect idea for a housewarming or informal dinner party for a newlywed couple that perhaps used a typewriter guest book in their wedding.  I love the Color Me Happy theme, too — you can check out more from the party over at the haystack needle.

{image credits: The Haystack Needle}

Illustrated Ceremony Programs

I'm in need of something fun and pretty today, and I really can't think of anything more fun than these wedding ceremony programs and thank you cards from Nisee Made.  Aren't they just beyond adorable?

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Love the little heart detail between the two tails on the thank you cards – so cute!  The illustration details are wonderfully whimsical – just what I needed for today!  Check out more from these two projects, plus the couple's ridiculously sweet rehearsal dinner invitations, over on the Nisee Made blog. 

{image credits: Nisee Made}

College Ruled + Edge Painted Business Cards

I thought I’d take a quick break from holiday stationery this morning to share a couple of business cards printed by Michael from Czar Press.  Michael printed the first set of business cards for Meg Sutton with a design that emulates college ruled paper, and since Meg couldn’t decide which kind of paper she liked best, Michael split the print run on her two top choices — super-thick (220#/600 gsm!) cotton lettra paper and chipboard:

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Michael also printed a few new cards for himself — also on the super-thick cotton lettra — complete with vibrant red edge painting.  The thickness of the paper both allows a full letterpress impression on both sides of the paper without showing through on the other side, and really helps the red edges stand out:

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 {image credits: czar press}

*Czar Press is one of my fabulous sponsors, but provided no financial compensation or incentives for this post. I feature his work solely because I think it’s awesome. For information on my editorial policy, click here.

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you have a lovely weekend – filled with hot chocolate and peppermint bark if you're somewhere cold, and if you're somewhere warm, well, I'm just jealous.  I'll be back here on Monday with a new giveaway that I am SO excited to announce!  But in the meantime…

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…here are a few links for you to enjoy:

That's it for me this week – happy Friday the 13th and I'll see you back here on Monday!

{gorgeous polaroid collage by Juan Felipe Rubio via coco+kelley}