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2012 Calendar Round Up, Part 8

Just when I think we’re nearly done with 2012 calendar round ups, a few more amazing designs pop up! (This happens to me every year, so I really shouldn’t be surprised)  This round up features new editions of some of my favorite 2011 calendars along with a couple of first-time calendars from some of my favorite designers, so let’s take a look!

The calendars from Michelle Armas are one of my annual favorites and feature prints of her amazing paintings (which you can keep and frame later!)

Gorgeous color and floral illustrations from The House That Lars Built

 

The first ever (yay!) calendar from Mae Mae Paperie was inspired by swimming – so fun!

A simple + modern black and white calendar from Pawling

Lots and lots of color (both back and front!) in the 2012 desk calendar from Delphine

A collection of mint-colored things in this calendar from Kate’s Papergoods (she has another based on salmon color things)

A 5-color letterpress southwestern calendar from Goosedown Press – the registration in the pattern is amazing!

 

A geometric letterpress calendar from Fourth Year Studio – inspired by traditional quilt patterns

This lovely calendar from Flora Douville incorporates her watercolor illustrations (via Frolic!)

A beautiful watercolor wash and hand lettering in this 2012 calendar from Oh My Deer

And just in case you missed them, check out the earlier calendar round ups right here!

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2011 Holiday Card Round Up, Part 1!

It’s that time of year!  The holiday season is quickly approaching and it’s time to start thinking about holiday cards – particularly if you’re thinking about custom holiday cards.  We’ve got lots of gorgeous holiday cards to cover over the next few weeks, so let’s get started!

Gorgeous metallic holiday cards – printed in silver and gold ink – from Wild Ink Press

 
 

I always love the non-traditional holiday designs from Hammerpress

Whimsical holiday cards from Mr. Boddington’s Studio

 
 

Fun letterpress holiday cards from Egg Press (I love the die cut house!)

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Bold screen printed cards from Deadweight

 
 

Lovely illustrated cards (and more gold foil!) from Rifle Paper Co.

Something a little different from Social Proper – pink watercolor holiday cards!

 

Tons of brand new holiday cards from Hello!Lucky in collaboration with some of my favorite designers and illustrators – including a new collection of holiday photo cards!

Bright and bold holiday cards from Smock

 

Holiday cards, prints, and party invitations from Sycamore Street Press (images by Nicole Hill Gerulat)

Check back soon for more holiday cards!

*Smock and Hello!Lucky are some of my fab­u­lous spon­sors; for more on my edi­to­r­ial poli­cies please click here.

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{happy weekend!}

Yet another week that flew by much too quickly (at least for me)!  This weekend my husband and I are heading to upstate New York to spend time with my husband’s family and visit our brand new niece!   I’m bracing myself for cold weather and hoping to catch a glimpse of the changing leaves that I’ve heard are so pretty in the region (although the leaves have been very pretty here in DC, too).  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

Welcome to the newest member of the Designer Rolodex!

That’s it for me this week!  Check back a bit later for this week’s cocktail recipe – it’s a seriously good one this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Photo by me (from Instagram), taken near the Washington Monument yesterday afternoon

Watercolor Letterpress Wedding Invitations from The Aerialist Press

I absolutely adore the combination of watercolor and letterpress – the texture of letterpress printing with the dreaminess of watercolor is so simple and lovely, particularly for wedding invitations.  Alexandra from The Aerialist Press just launched a brand new wedding invitation collection marrying hand painted watercolor with beautiful letterpress, and each design is so pretty!  The collection features five initial designs in a range of styles from modern to whimsical.  Here are a few of my favorites!

From Alexandra: Watercolor Letterpress is our latest couture collection and combines the technique of letterpress printing with the artistic quality of watercolor painting.  The collection features five initial designs: Fauna, Seersucker, Chevron, Swash, and Peony.  The entire collection allows for the option to add watercolor embellishment to any piece of the suite during post-production.  Clients can choose their own watercolor paint color(s) – as well as font and letterpress ink color.  Each piece will be one of a kind!

 So gorgeous, congratulations Alexandra!  Check out the full collection right here!

 The Aeri­al­ist Press is a mem­ber of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of Alexandra’s beau­ti­ful work right here!

Photo Credits: The Aerialist Press

Calligraphy Inspiration: Emilie Friday

When first I began looking into the art of calligraphy, you can imagine all the sorts of goodies I found.  Calligrapher Emilie Friday definitely comes to mind when I think of not only the art, but also the practice of calligraphy.  Emilie offers gorgeous envelope addressing, invitation design, address stamps and even calligraphy starter kits for those of you looking to try your own hand.  Perusing her website, shop and Flickr photostream, you’ll find elegant examples of her work, glimpses at her practice pieces, and the details that make her calligraphy so special.  – Julie

Emilie Friday Holly Golightly address

Emilie Friday calligraphy gold detail

Details of a wedding scroll to be signed by guests.  Note the delicate lines, fine touches and her beautiful watercolor illustrations.  Imagine how lovely a wedding certificate would look with these kinds of romantic flourishes!

Emilie Friday ornamentation and style

Emilie Friday card and addressed package

Emilie’s work can be very whimsical for a perfect touch to brighten up everyday correspondence.  She also does amazing intricate work, with use of some of the loveliest calligraphy swashes I’ve seen.

Emilie Friday calligraphy detail swashes

Emilie Friday full text metallic ink detail

Details like these really let you appreciate the work that goes into calligraphy.  Thanks Emilie!

Photo credits: Emilie Friday