Sofia + Jeffrey’s Garden-Inspired Silhouette Wedding Invitations

These lovely wedding invitations come to us from Chantal of Papillon Letterpress, an illustrator and letterpress printer based in Ontario, Canada.  Chantal created these illustrated invitations for a summer wedding in Toronto.  Chantal incorporated silhouettes, floral illustrations, and lovebirds to complement the wedding’s garden location.  So pretty!

From Chantal: Sofia and Jeffrey were a dream to work with.  Sofia requested that lovebirds, a silhouette of a couple and certain types of flowers be featured on the invitation and then she let us do our thing.  I illustrated the entire invitation – with a garden theme since they were to be married outdoors at a stately manor in Toronto – and printed the invitation suite myself.  The result is a 3-colour invitation and 2-colour reply card complete with purple envelopes and vintage postage stamps.

Thanks Chantal!  You can check out more lovely wedding invitations from Papillon Letterpress right here!

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

Photo Credits: Papillon Letterpress

2011 Holiday Card Round Up, Part 1!

It’s that time of year!  The holiday season is quickly approaching and it’s time to start thinking about holiday cards – particularly if you’re thinking about custom holiday cards.  We’ve got lots of gorgeous holiday cards to cover over the next few weeks, so let’s get started!

Gorgeous metallic holiday cards – printed in silver and gold ink – from Wild Ink Press

 
 

I always love the non-traditional holiday designs from Hammerpress

Whimsical holiday cards from Mr. Boddington’s Studio

 
 

Fun letterpress holiday cards from Egg Press (I love the die cut house!)

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Bold screen printed cards from Deadweight

 
 

Lovely illustrated cards (and more gold foil!) from Rifle Paper Co.

Something a little different from Social Proper – pink watercolor holiday cards!

 

Tons of brand new holiday cards from Hello!Lucky in collaboration with some of my favorite designers and illustrators – including a new collection of holiday photo cards!

Bright and bold holiday cards from Smock

 

Holiday cards, prints, and party invitations from Sycamore Street Press (images by Nicole Hill Gerulat)

Check back soon for more holiday cards!

*Smock and Hello!Lucky are some of my fab­u­lous spon­sors; for more on my edi­to­r­ial poli­cies please click here.

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Vivi’s Gold Foil First Birthday Party Invitations

I’ve already documented my love for gold foil, so I was thrilled when Joni from Chocolate Butterbean sent over the gold foil invitations that she created for her daughter Vivi’s upcoming first birthday party.  Joni wasn’t able to send out announcements following Vivi’s birth and she knew that she wanted to do something special for Vivi’s first birthday.  Joni was inspired by the gold foil on a vintage copy of Emily Post’s book on etiquette, incorporating gold foil silhouettes on pale pink paper and paired with dark indigo envelopes.

From Joni: I was inspired by the vintage copy of Emily Post’s Etiquette I purchased a few years ago.  The cover is a rich indigo with beautiful gold text, and it has such a lovely, ladylike feel which is perfect because I wanted her invitations to be sweet, but not baby.  The inspiration for the party is Vivi herself, and we will have her favorite foods and other fun things on hand at the party.

The invitations include Vivi’s silhouette, with the distinctive bow she always wears to keep her crazy hair out of her eyes, and her name is handwritten for a custom touch.  Originally, I wanted to use a very bright coral paper swatch that I had been keeping on file, but unfortunately it was discontinued, so I went with the light pink for the invitation and rsvp card along with the indigo envelope.

 

I also designed a small postcard for the guests to write a hope or prayer for Vivi’s future, which I plan to put into an album alongside a picture of her with each special person to keep.  I hope it will be a treasure for her when she grows up!

Thanks Joni!

Design: Chocolate Butterbean

Printing: Crayton-Heritage Letterpress

Photo Credits: Chocolate Butterbean

Miranda + Matt’s Travel-Inspired Save the Dates

These save the dates are cute, quirky, and completely delightful.  Leslie from Lilly & Louise worked with bride and groom Miranda and Matt to create a unique and interactive save the date.  They paired a vintage map of California, where the wedding will take place, with baker’s twine and a bold striped envelope liner for a whimsical travel-inspired design.

From Leslie: Miranda and Matt wanted to excite guests with a unique and unexpected save the date… something tactile and textural that would leave an impression.  Both Miranda and Matt are from the East coast and their wedding will be in California, so it will be a destination wedding for many of their family and friends and they wanted to incorporate the idea of travel into the design.  With a palette of peach, navy, gray and cream, we mixed organic elements of a vintage map of Southern California and geometric elements of bold, thick stripes.

Because good mail is even better with an interactive element, we chose to include the actual save the date information inside a mini envelope.  Upon opening the envelope, guests find a classic quote from When Harry Met Sally, then unfold more details.  The entire save the date is bound by navy and white twine and two small tags.

Thanks Leslie!

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

Photo Credits: Leslie Lewis Sigler of Lilly & Louise

2012 Calendar Round Up, Part 7

I’m just about ready to start holiday card round ups, but first I have a few more 2012 calendars to share with all of you!  Today’s round up (part 7!) includes everything from hand drawn illustrations to modern letterpress and screen print designs to a soft and subtle dip dyed calendar.

Ink + Wit

Humunuku

 

Parrott Design Studio

Albertine Press

Missing Q Press

 

The Wild Unknown

Sweet Daddy Design Shop

Caitlin Keegan

 

Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar

Kring Emporium of Tiny Literature and Cards

Ash & Anchor

Dozi

Did you miss any of the pre­vi­ous cal­en­dar round ups? You can find them all right here!

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