I've been staring at these beautiful invitations from Bespoke Press all week – and couldn't let the week pass without sharing them here:
The botanical graphic was printed in a very light ice pink ink coupled with dark brown text – such a lovely color combination and delicate design. So, so pretty. Check out more over at the Bespoke Press blog here.
{photos via Bespoke Press}
For anyone looking for something a little different for their wedding guestbook, I’m always happy to point folks in the direction of Campbell Raw Press (aka Brooklyn Bookbinder).  I used one of Maggie’s photo albums for my own polaroid wedding guestbook  and I just love her work.  Here are some other recent examples from her album and journal collection:
In addition to these gorgeous albums and journals, Maggie creates some adorable letterpress cards, like this little bee:
And as if that wasn’t enough – she’s also working on a line of wedding invitations!  For more from Campbell Raw Press, you can check out Maggie’s current collection of journals, albums, and cards here, and follow Maggie’s progress on her blog here.
{photos via Campbell Raw Press}
I am so excited to be featuring today’s real invitations and wedding stationery, designed by Lisa from Good on Paper for James and Jennifer’s beautiful sunflower-filled wedding:
You might have seen this wedding, designed by the amazing Gloria Wong, in the latest issue of MS Weddings, but Heidi and Judy from Gertrude + Mabel Photography were kind enough to send over photos specifically of the paper elements:
The bride, Jennifer, also shared the inspiration behind Lisa’s beautiful designs:
We loved the casual, rustic style of an outdoor wedding. We definitely wanted a beautiful outdoor setting that made our guests feel like they were on a mini vacation (even if they only drove up from San Francisco). Beaulieu Gardens was a perfect romantic choice for us since it had so many different locations for the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception (where we loved dining underneath a canopy of trees).
Also, it had a very vintage feel to it, and so we were inspired by the look and feel of the South of France. Our planner used old vintage suitcases as props, a lot of wooden signs, rusted copper and tin containers to hold the flower arrangements, casual french-inspired table cloth runners, mason jars, and sunflowers.
Nancy also did a great job weaving in elements of the two of us. For example, I love to eat and cook. For setting arrangements, we labeled each of the tables an herb that I normally use in my cooking.
We also created a “marketplace” that looked like a farmer’s market (since I love to frequent them) and gave away sunflowers, fresh fruits, flip flops, and a recipe box filled with 12 of my favor recipes to make and a little package of thyme (my favorite herb).
For the invitations specifically, we worked with Lisa to incorporate the wedding themes too. The main page had sunflowers that were drawn on them (which was the main flower we used in the wedding).
Lisa also incorporated herbs into the other cards such as the reply card since it tied back to my love of cooking. We had purchased a herb picture book so that Lisa could get inspired.  Also, everything was very casual with the invitation. We chose to write everything in lower case for the invitations and all other printed material at the wedding.
I love that Jenny’s love for cooking is reflected throughout the invitations and wedding – resulting in a very personal design and feel to the invitation – and the way Lisa designed the invitation suite to convey central theme without each element being too matchy-matchy.  Plus, the sunflower and herb motif seems like a perfect fit for a wedding taking place just as summer transitions into fall.  So lovely!  Thank you so much to Jennifer and Lisa for sharing these invitations – and to Heidi and Judy from Gertrude + Mabel for providing such lovely photos!
{all photos by Gertrude + Mabel}
It's been a while since I featured some awesome packaging here – and I'm completely smitten with these cake boxes and cookie bags from c + c workshop:
These boxes and bags totally had me at the name – Cake with Care – but the sweet illustrations hooked me in. Via the Dieline, of course…
{photos via the dieline and packaging | uqam}
Hi Everyone! I thought I'd follow Alyson's tradition of a Friday afternoon post about all the things making me happy right now. So here goes!
I'm so glad:
that I get to sleep in tomorrow (I really need it!).
that the Gus and Ruby stationery and invitation boutique is finally open! I've been following their progress on twitter - if you're near Portsmouth, NH I hope you'll go check it out.
I'm really loving:
this gorgeous table featuring linen and queen anne's lace by chelsea for project wedding.
these patterned books over at the SeeSaw blog.
french chic at {this is glamorous}.
the invitations – and everything else in this gorgeous wedding photographed by Jose Villa.
these sweet letterpress gift tags.
this post from Liene at Think Splendid.
I'm looking foward to:
the farmer's market this weekend, and trying out new recipes next week.
a trip to NYC next weekend for the NY International Gift Fair on August 17 and a couple of other fun things that I can't share just yet – but if you're a vendor planning to exhibit at the NYIGF, let me know so I can make sure to stop by your booth!
and I'm greatly honored and thankful:
to Alyson and Maddy for helping me out last week – and that this lovely little blog community has lead me to develop relationships with so many amazing people.
happy weekend everyone!
{photo from here}
