11/04/2010

Modern Birth Announcements for Baby Lucas

For a modern birth announcement design, the announcement that Lisa from Good on Paper created for her baby boy Lucas might just be the cutest ever. Â From the stripe edging to the delicate balance of the horizontal format, I love every detail!

Lisa designed the letterpress announcements (printed by Paper Monkey Press) before Lucas’s birth, leaving a space for a photo when they were ready to be assembled and mailed. Â After Lucas was born, LisaÂ created a sweet (and practical!) wrap-around label with both the photo and all of Lucas’s birth details.

So lovely! Â Thank you so much Lisa!

{image credits: good on paper}

11/04/2010

Pink Birth Announcements for Baby Miriam!

You might remember Bonnie’s fantastic “bun in the oven” baby shower invitations from back in April (not to mention the super cute shower!). Â Well, baby Miriam arrived back in June, and Bonnie is back to share Miriam’s birth announcements!

Bonnie paired a pink color palette with illustrated touches for her baby girl’s announcement. Â Bonnie said that Miriam came into the world with big eyes and a little circular mouth, just like a little owl! Â So of course the owl served as inspiration during the design process.

Too cute! Â Thank you so much for sending these over Bonnie â€“ and congratulations on your beautiful little girl!

{image credits: tenn hens design}

11/03/2010

Lovely Love Prints

This “loving you” series from Bespoke Press is so incredibly beautiful â€“ from the interlocking type to the stunning blind impression pattern backgrounds:

So sweet â€“ both are a limited edition of 100 prints, which you can find right here.

{image credits: bespoke press}

11/02/2010

Demi + Vincent’s Victorian Vineyard Wedding Invitations

Victorian and vineyard aren’t words that usually go together, but in the case of this wedding invitation from Dingbat Press, they definitely do! Â Adrienne from Dingbat Press created these invitations for a bride who wanted something a bit different for her vineyard wedding, while still reflecting the elegance of the wedding style and venue.

From Adrienne: Â With the wedding venue located in a beautiful vineyard in California, Demi wanted to tie in the feeling of the location without going overboard on a vineyard clichÃ©. Â These invitations were designed based off of a vintage monogram found in a victorian-era story-book and then adapted with her initial and simple typography so as to not compete with the ornate monogram.

The invitations were letterpress printed on 110# cotton paper in chocolate and sage green, along with an rsvp card and a directions enclosure card.

So pretty! Â Thank you so much Adrienne!

p.s. One last reminder to enter the holiday card giveaway from Two Brunettes â€“ the contest closes tonight!

{image credits: dingbat press}

11/01/2010

Handlettering Cite

I just spent waaaay too much time Handlettering Cite, the blog of hand lettering artist Alex Savakis â€“ which he fills with quotes from Ghandi to Mark Twain (and everyone in between) in his own lettering styles. Â There are some serious gems, both in quotes and lettering styles, so it was hard to pick out just a couple of favorites:

Check out the rest (and maybe suggest a quote or two for Alex to consider) over at Handlettering Cite!

{image credits: alex savakis}