Minna Designs — and reader discount!

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from Minna of Minna Designs – and I wanted to make sure I passed this offer on to all of you.   Minna is a newlywed with a background in both Fine Arts and Graphic Design and recently launched her own design studio, providing custom invitations, announcements, and stationery.  Minna is offering a 20% discount to all Oh So Beautiful Paper readers for the month of December – just be sure to mention that you found her here!

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{photo via Minna Designs}

Yellow Wedding Invitation Ideas

The current love fest with yellow doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.  I know I’m still infatuated with all things yellow, from sunny lemon to sophisticated mustard – and I’m guessing there are a few of you looking for inspiration for a yellow wedding color palette.  So, other than just telling you to check out Erica’s invitations, I thought I’d pull together a few examples of fun yellow wedding invitations:

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{Classic Cowboy by Hello!Lucky}

H!Ldaisy

{Daisy by Hello!Lucky}

SmockYellow

{Rhon by Smock Paper}

KenzieKatepalmsprings

{Palm Springs by KenzieKate}

KenzieKateAberdeen

{Aberdeen by KenzieKate}

GOPYellow

{invitations for Connie and Colin by Good on Paper}

LittleTreePressMalibu

LittleTreePressSouthern2

{Malibu Floral and Southern Charm by Little Tree Press}

Dauphinerosacanina

{Rosa Canina by Dauphine Press}

ABCDPapercupp

{Bespoke invitations by ABCD Designs}

BellaFiguraChampagne

{Champagne by Bella Figura}


{Gocco invitations by Sarah Parrott}


{Twinkle invitation set by Dolce Press}


{Sunflower invitation by Bellis Studios}


{yellow + blue invitation by swashpress}

Any favorites?  Are there any other color combos that you would like to see?

Weekly Link Round-Up

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{my favorite image of the week – from Alyson Fox’s wedding via Design Sponge}

This has been a busy week in paper goods, so grab a cup of coffee or tea or chai and let’s get started!

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  • Beautiful prints by Clare Rojas via Dear Ada
  • An inspired First Birthday in a Box set by City Bird Design via Inspired Goodness
  • Don’t forget to check out all the DIY projects this month over at EAD!
  • This week was all about Save the Date designs at Brooklyn Bride
  • A new letterpress invitation suite is available at Laura Hooper Calligraphy
  • VintageGlam tells us where to find free Art Deco fonts
  • {ritzy bee} loves escort cards
  • Wedding Paper Divas is offering a special discount on Blurb books – but only until November 30!
  • More lovely work by Bird & Banner over at OnceWed

That’s it for this week — I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Wedding Place Card Ideas

It’s been a while since I featured wedding place cards, and when I saw these lovelies on Linda & Harriett yesterday, I figured it might be time for a mini-round up of some of my favorite recent place card designs.

First up, these stunning Linda & Harriett zig-zag place cards:

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{photos by Jennifer Kloss}

I love, love, love these place cards – the juxtaposition of the zig-zag against the floral napkin, the handwriting on top of both the letterpress zig-zag and peony graphics.  And I love that Linda & Harriett was able to make the place cards by using the backs of the flat notes used for the invitations (more on that later)!  Oh, and don’t forget to click here to check out more photos from this gorgeous wedding!Next up, these fun escort cards from the wedding featured on Style Me Pretty earlier this week.  The escort cards have the guests’ names stamped at the bottom, with the corresponding table number in the upper right corner:

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{photos by Jenna Walker}

Next up are these two lovely eco-friendly letterpress place cards from Smock Paper…
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…these lovely, but simple place cards from Lotta Jansdotter:
Lotta Placecards

…these argyle-inspired place cards from The Bride’s Cafe:

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{photo by Douglas Benedict}

…and, finally, these beautiful calligraphed place cards by Laura Hooper Calligraphy:

LHCalligraphy - Place Card

LauraHooper - Ginko

So which one is your favorite?  Oh, and anyone still a bit confused by the difference between place cards and escort cards?  Check out this detailed explanation from Laura Hooper right here!{images from their respective sources}

Three things I love…

To start the morning off, here are a few things that are inspiring me today…

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{this gorgeous kitchen via Desire to Inspire}

I’ve been dreaming about my dream kitchen in my non-existent dream bungalow a lot lately.  I’ve been on a bit of a cooking kick lately (made this amazing risotto recipe last night) and would love to have this kind of space and storage in a kitchen…

TheCitySage
{via The City Sage}

I love these overgrown floral wallpapers from The City Sage – even better when mixed with a zig-zag rug!

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 I was lucky enough to receive a Tord Boontje garland light shade as a birthday present earlier this year, but I’ve fallen really hard for this panel and his curtain textiles.  Here are a few more lovelies:

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Picture 3
{All three images via Studio Tord Boontje}