I love these orange poppy invitations created by Ephemera Press for a July wedding in Washington State. I'm sure the bride & groom were hoping for cloudless, sunny skies on their wedding day, but I love the contrast between the bright colors, particularly the orange of the invitations and flowers, with the overcast skies:
Weekly Link Round-Up
Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! Here is this week’s link round-up:
- Hello!Lucky designed invitations for a wedding in Mexico
- Ali Loves Curtis features the world’s smallest postal service
- Beautiful drawings of birds and animals by Hennie Haeworth at Dear Ada
- Design Crush has an illustration crush on Marcela Restrepo
- Inspired Goodness loves this woodblock wedding invitation poster:
- {frolic!} loves the paper goods over at Present&Correct
- A Good Idea on Paper features artist books from Etsy
- Lena loves her new prints by Christopher David Ryan
- Fun Halloween invitations over at Black*Eiffel
- {freshly blended} features the illustration of Laura George
- Check out A Field Journal for a tutorial on making a leaf garland from paper
- Coveiter loves the 2009 postcard calendar from Decoy Lab and gives holiday card recommendations
- Free downloads! Check out these gift tags and place card tags at Lolly Chops:
- Check out the new winterscape stamp set from Yellow Owl Workshop
- Satsuma Press has new stationery available in her Etsy shop
- Oh Joy! likes these folk-inspired prints by Naomi
- The Speckled Egg likes these elevation-inspired invitations from Sideshow Press:
- Check out the lace-inspired prints feature this week at A Print A Day!
That’s it for this week’s round-up – enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Paper Artwork – Sugarloop
Illustration – Grady McFerrin
I'm taking a small break from wedding invitations today (don't worry, I've got more wedding invitations planned for tomorrow) to focus on the amazing illustration artwork of Grady McFerrin.
I first discovered Grady through his work in poster illustration:
Wedding Invitations — Wiley Valentine, part 2
As promised, here are some additional invitations from Wiley Valentine, specifically from their letterpress and custom invitation portfolio.  I think the designs speak for themselves, so here are a few of my favorites:
{love, LOVE, the blind impression on the activities enclosure card}
{this invitation combines a monogram and black + white graphics for an elegant design}
{gorgeous Moroccan-inspired details on this invitation}
{this oak tree invitation would be perfect for a late summer or fall wedding}
{love the beautiful + ornate designs in this invitation}
{this poppy invitation would be perfect for a spring wedding}
{lovely Victorian detailing on this invitation}
{a classic invitation for a vineyard wedding}
{this vintage-inspired is one of my favorite Wiley Valentine designs}
The custom portfolio is so pretty, I had trouble picking out which ones I wanted to share with you! Â You should definitely check out the full Wiley Valentine portfolio for more lovely invitations and some great design inspiration!
{images via Wiley Valentine}