I’m always on the lookout for cool business card ideas – and I love the half fingerprint of these letterpress business cards from Papered Together.  Delicate and unexpected at the same time…
I’m not sure about the blind impression above, but it almost resembles a bar code, don’t you think?  Both very cool details.  There are a few more business cards over on the Papered Together custom gallery, which you can find right here.
{image credits: papered together}
I’ve been a huge fan of Aussie stationers Mitchell & Dent since discovering their gorgeous paperwares earlier this spring.  For the past few months, Mitchell & Dent have been working on a new wedding invitation line, and I’m thrilled to let you all know that it’s finally here!  The collection features twelve stunning designs available in both letterpress and digital printing options, from a modern take on the ampersand to a pattern inspired by Liberty of London floral patterns and everything in between.  Prepare yourselves for some serious pretty!
{paper heart}
{wooden it be lovely}
{vintage floral}
{luella}
{cameo}
See what I mean?  Gorgeousness, all the way.  You can read more about each collection right here – and you can also order sample packs right here!
{image credits: angela higgins for mitchell & dent}
This weekend feels like the last weekend of summer – I know we still have a few weeks before Fall officially arrives, but the sun is setting earlier every evening and it’s definitely getting cooler.  Another sign that Fall is approaching?  2011 calendars.  They were everywhere at the Gift Fair and I’m starting to see some pop up online.  If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know that I do big calendar round-ups each year, and I’m looking forward to continuing the tradition this September.  Designers, if you’d like to submit your calendar for this year’s round-ups, just shoot me an e-mail with photos right here!  But in the meantime…
…a few links for your weekend!
And in case you missed anything, a summary of this week’s posts:
That’s it for me this week – I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you all back here on Monday!
{image credits: fadedfilmstrips via you are my fave}
I’m always amazed by the constant stream of inspiration and creativity from Brooke at inchmark – from sweet birthday presents for her husband to the cutest silhouette pregnancy announcements, she such wonderful ideas.  For her eldest child’s recent birthday party, Brooke created balloon invitations that were rolled up into a tiny tube, tucked into a helium-filled balloon (along with some confetti), and then hand-delivered to the lucky party invitees.  So awesome!
I’m totally tucking this idea into the inspiration file for future use. Â Read more over at inchmark!
These wedding invitations are just so cool and different – well, they just make me happy.  Lyndsay from It’s a Date Design created this pulp novel invitation suite for the wedding of her friends Lis and Jay, which she made out of re-purposed Mills and Boon books.  This project turned out to be quite an international affair – with the invitations traveling from Lyndsay’s design studio in Melbourne, Australia all the way to Lis + Jay in Glasgow, Scotland!
From Lyndsay: This project was a labour of love for my dear friend Lisa-Marie to celebrate her marriage to Jay – both are talented writers and avid music fans, so when it came to thinking about the format for their wedding invitation, a pulp novel seemed like the perfect solution!
I commissioned good friend Dale Harris of Studio Ink to design a custom type creation for the “front cover” of the book, based on hours of research into the pulp novella genre and lots of Old Hollywood movie posters!
The cover opened to reveal the invitation to Lis and Jay’s nuptials, as well as a short story/scrapbook of how the couple met, and closed with a little library-inspired pocket and library card inside the back cover, which guests could fill out and return to the couple with their attendance plans.
Below the invitation was a hidden compartment which housed a little button badge pack with gift tag, registry information and fold-out map.
Each invitation was re purposed out of vintage romance novels (many a Mills and Boon was harmed, I’m afraid!) which were stuck together page by page to form the hollowed out secret section and rebound with the couple’s custom artwork.
The dedication page was made out to each guest in receipt of an invitation, and each book included a beautiful silk ribbon bookmark. The great thing about this suite, apart from being completely “Lis and Jay”, is that I imagine many went straight to the bookshelf for keeps – a lovely memento of a beautiful day.
Thank you so much Lyndsay – these are fantastic!  Check out a bit more, including some work-in-progress photos, over at Lyndsay’s blog!
{image credits: it’s a date design}
