Heather + Josh’s Botanical Wedding Stationery

Today over at EAD I’m posting about Heather and Josh’s lilac-inspired wedding, and I’ve got a few additional photos of their paper ephemera to share with you!

Heather and Josh were married at the totally awesome venue of a botanical garden, and I love the way they incorporated floral and botanical themes throughout the wedding – from the lilacs in the bouquet and centerpieces to the queen anne’s lace and dandelions used in the wedding paper ephemera:

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Heather DIY’d most of the paper elements throughout her wedding, from a recipe book as favors to a Quaker marriage certificate!

From Heather:  We did a recipe book of family recipes as the favor, which I designed and printed along with the ceremony programs.

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Our placecards were on plantable paper that we stamped using a rubber stamp from Paper Source and then hand wrote the names and table information.

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We did a quaker marriage certificate as a guest book that my Mom hand painted and I designed in Photoshop and had printed on canvas.

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I also love the queen anne’s lace details in Heather’s Save the Dates and invitation:

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Heather was inspired in part by the lilacs that I used in my wedding last year – and I’m so happy that she (and her fab wedding photographers, Lindsey and April from Sweet Monday Photography) sent over the photos from her wedding to show how she incorporated the lilac and botanical themes in her own way.  You can see more photos from Heather + Josh’s lilac-inspired wedding right here and over at EAD.

{photos courtesy of Sweet Monday Photography}

Vintage Illustrations by Mary Blair

I don't know about all of you, but Disney movies had a HUGE influence on me as a kid — Peter Pan still has a very special place in my childhood memories.  So I just about died when I came across this flickr stream via Abby's blog of conceptual artwork from illustrator Mary Blair for some of my favorite Disney movies — Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and Cinderella:

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Sigh.  So iconic.  Now I just need to track down the conceptual illustration artwork for Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and I'll be all set.  Check out the rest of the flickr set here.
{found via abby}

Black + White Home Inspiration

Today I’m loving the crisp contrast of black + white details — from dark walls to striped rugs:

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{jenna lyons apartment via ill seen, ill said}

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{kitchen + chair via decorology}

I’m also super-excited… because my one-year blog anniversary is coming up on September 8!  I can’t believe it’s been a year already… but it’s definitely been one eventful year!

I’ve got some really fun giveaways planned to help celebrate the anniversary during the week of September 7.  I can’t reveal too many of the details just yet, but I think you’re all going to love what we’ve got in store!

Circus-Inspired Baby Announcements

Rachelle from Wiley Valentine recently sent over these custom baby announcements inspired by a popcorn bag from Trader Joe's — and not only are they ridiculously adorable, but I love how they show that great design can be inspired from even the most ordinary of objects.  

Here's the original popcorn bag design inspiration:  

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…and here's the baby announcement:
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I absolutely adore the pink stripes and circus-inspired details.  The ladies at Wiley Valentine liked the result so much, they've added it to their permanent portfolio — available for both baby announcements and wedding invitations.  This design reminds me of Adam and Hallie's carnival-inspired wedding, don't you think?
{photos via Wiley Valentine – thanks Rachelle!}