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{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  It’s finally starting to feel like fall here in DC; the leaves are changing colors everywhere and the skies have been mostly gray and rainy the last few days.  I think it’s all beautiful, and I love listening to the rain while I sit at my computer all day.  Right now I’m looking forward to a quick trip up to New York for a few days for Bridal Market – it’ll be nice to get out of DC for a couple of days!  But in the meantime…

Photo Credit: Nguyễn Hà

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week!  Don’t forget to enter the custom journal giveaway from Paper + Cup – the contest ends at midnight tonight!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you all back here on Monday! xoxo

2012 Calendar Round Up, Part 4

It’s time for another installment of our 2012 calendar round ups!  There seems to be no shortage of beautiful calendars this year, and there are still more to come over the next few weeks.  First up today, this gorgeous letterpress calendar, the result of a collaboration between Moontree Letterpress and Carta Inc.  The twelve months are divided into four seasonal pages with beautiful botanical patterns and bound with a chartreuse cotton ribbon.  Gorgeous!

Moontree Letterpress and Carta Inc.

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I love the bright pops of color in this monthly calendar from Darling Clementine

 

Gorgeous watercolor designs in the 2012 wall calendar from Fine Day Press

Botanical illustrations in the 2012 calendar from bookhou at home

 
 

Fun colors and patterns in the 2012 desk calendar from Avie Designs

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Delicate illustrations in the beautiful calendars from artist Karolin Schnoor

 

For 2012, Anna from Modern Printed Matter is offering desk and wall calendars in both botanical and floral + fauna themes

 

I love the sweet and simple line illustrations in this letterpress calendar from Impressed Design

 

Beautiful illustrations in the 2012 calendar from dekanimal

Did you miss any of the previous calendar round ups? You can find them all right here!

{images via their respective sources}

Caitlin + Sean’s Watercolor Wedding Invitations

I’ve had these beautiful watercolor wedding invitations from Constellation & Co. bookmarked for the longest time and just couldn’t wait any longer to share them.  Sara and Brad from Constellation & Co. combined letterpress text with a wash of watercolor, making each invitation completely unique and absolutely stunning!

Sara & Brad designed these wedding invitations for a late summer wedding in Victoria, British Columbia.  Each invitation was watercolor painted by hand to represent the last moments of sunshine as summer becomes fall.  So pretty!

Constellation & Co. is a mem­ber of the Designer Rolodex – you can see more of their beau­ti­ful work right here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Constellation & Co.

p.s. I have an awesome giveaway coming up a bit later, so be sure to check back soon for the announcement!

Crafty Bastards 2011

We had a cold and rainy weekend here in DC, but that didn’t stop folks from heading out to Crafty Bastards on Saturday – the fair was packed!  This year’s fair was packed full of exhibitors from as far away as Washington state, Ohio, Boston, Georgia, and everywhere else in between.  I managed to sneak in a few pictures even while trying to dodge the rain, so today I thought I’d share a few favorites from this year!

 

New House Project was probably my favorite from the whole fair.  I loved everything from the hand watercolor painted postcards to the embroidered gift tags.  So pretty!

 

I also love these embroidery pieces from Merriweather Council.  The little hearts are sweet, and she also has embroidered pendant necklaces!

  
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I always love the delicate jewelry from Figs + Ginger – the new initial pendants and silhouette designs are just beautiful.

 

These serif and sans-serif wood lasercuts from Pepper Sprouts were another favorite from the fair

 

Amazing woodblock prints from Tugboat Printshop (left), and cute cards and rubber stamp sets from Small Talk Studio (right)

 

Fun screen printed cards and prints from Slide Sideways

 

I couldn’t get enough of these beautiful illustrated cards and gorgeous textiles from Sara Lee Parker

More gorgeous prints from Brainstorm Print + Design

 

Awesome illustrated posters by Nate Duval

 

Last, but definitely not least – block printed cards and textiles, including some fun new monogram cards, by local artist Katharine Watson

Those were some of my favorites!  I’d love to hear what you think!

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper

2012 Calendar Round-up, Part 1

Y’all, I can barely believe it, but it’s that time of year… calendar season!  Today is the first of what I’m sure will be many calendar round up posts (last year there were nine!), and for the first installment I’m focusing on 2012 editions from some of my favorites from 2011.  First up, the always lovely nature-inspired minimalist designs from one of my perennial favorites, Satsuma Press:

Letterpress Calendar

Satsuma Press

This year Rifle  Paper Co. is offering three different calendar formats – two monthly wall calendars in botanical or fruit themes, and a twelve month floral wall calendar:

 

 

Rifle  Paper Co.

I first glimpsed the Pistachio Press cross stitch calendar back at the National Stationery Show in May, and it’s still one of my favorites for 2012:

Cross Stitch Calendar

Pistachio Press

The Sycamore Street Press 2012 calendar was inspired by French pastries, featuring a twelve month wall calendar with a dozen illustrations, from macarons to éclairs – yum!

French Pastry Calendar 

Photos by Nicole Hill Gerulat for Sycamore Street Press

The Paisley Tree Press 2012 calendar comes with thirteen envelopes – you can use the cover and each month to send a sweet note to friends and family!

Letterpress Wall Calendar

Paisley Tree Press

I always love the wood veneer calendars from Night Owl Paper Goods – this year they’re offering half a dozen adorable formats, from the critters desk calendar below to hanging wall calendars.

Critter Calendar

Night Owl Paper Goods

I love the modern illustrations and patterns on the 2012 calendars from SusyJack*.  Susy is also offering two formats this year – a hanging wall calendar and write-on wall calendar:

Deluxe Wall Calendar 

Susy Jack

Linda & Harriett is offering two super limited edition 2012 calendars – a wall calendar inspired by watercolors and an adorable letterpress calendar (the bottom of each month detaches for use as a postcard!).

Letterpress Calendar Watercolor Calendar

Linda & Harriett

The Ilee calendar has been one of my favorites for the past three years – I can’t wait to receive my 2012 edition!

Letterpress Calendar

Ilee

And last up for today, the Simplesong 2012 limited edition calendar features three months to a page, with a super fun color palette for each season.  So cute!

 
 

Simplesong Design

I’ll be back tomorrow with more beautiful calendars!

{images via their respective sources}

*Pistachio Press and Paisley Tree Press are two of my fab­u­lous spon­sors; for more on my edi­to­r­ial poli­cies please click here.