Hello, Lovely

Um, these business cards for Goodnickels Photography by Sesame Letterpress might be some of the most beautiful I've ever seen - from the calligraphy to the layout and gorgeous letterpress, I'm completely in love:

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Truly gorgeous work. Printed by Sesame Letterpress – but I'm not sure who did the beautiful calligraphy.  If anyone knows the name of the calligrapher, please let me know so I can give proper credit!

UPDATE: Mystery solved!  The logo design is by Ben Hansen and the calligraphy is by Jen Cota, who as it turns out is a photographer with some pretty rad calligraphy skills. Thanks Melanie!

{image credits: Sesame Letterpress}

My First (Blog) Anniversary

So as I mentioned last week, my blog's one year anniversary is coming up next week on September 8.  I thought it might be fun to organize a few giveaways to help celebrate, so I've put together a full week with a bunch of wonderful contributions from a few of my favorite design studios.

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So here's the plan: I will be posting at least one giveaway per day – most days two – from the participating designers.  You'll see lots of familiar faces around here, including Two Trick Pony, Night Owl Paper Goods, Hello!Lucky, 9SpotMonk, Laurel Denise, Linda + Harriett, Moontree Letterpress, Sycamore Street Press, and Duet Letterpress (yay!).  There will be something for everyone next week, from wedding invitations to thank you cards to calendars. 

But since there will be a lot going on next week, the timeframe for each giveaway will be pretty short, so you'll want to make sure that you check in every day (even Monday!) to enter.  And since I'm sure a lot of you will be taking off for the long weekend, I wanted to give you plenty of notice to make sure you don't miss out on any of the fun!

I'm so excited to be celebrating my blog anniversary with all of you – its been an amazing first year, and so much of that is because you all choose to stop by here every week.  Thank you all so much for reading, and I hope you all enjoy next week as much as I will!

{image credits: Bird and Banner}

Spanish Wedding Invitations

How amazing are these wedding invitations by Studio on Fire?  The invitations were letterpress printed in both English and Spanish to suit the needs of the bride and groom.  I love all the details, from the bright pops of green and orange to the overprint detailing and simple floral graphic and scallop borders:

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So lovely, and overall just beautiful printing as always by Studio on Fire.  Head on over to Beast Pieces for more photos and background on the design and printing process behind these gorgeous invitations…

{images via Studio on Fire}

The Groomsmen Poster

A reader sent me a note to let me know about this poster that a friend's husband designed as a gift for his groomsmen.  Some of them used to be in a band together, so the poster was his way way of personally thanking his buddies for standing up with him on the big day:

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Neat idea, huh?  If your soon-to-be husband is on the hunt for a unique and personal groomsmen gift, let him know that he can get his own totally customized poster via Droplet Studio on etsy.

{images via Droplet Studio – thanks Allison!}