I’m honored to host a big party for the stationery industry during the National Stationery Show each May – and this year’s party took place on Tuesday night! I’m excited to share the party photos with you all next week, but in the meantime I thought I’d start with my favorite part of the entire party: the invitations! I was lucky to work with an amazingly talented team, including Moglea, Bella Figura, and Meant to Be Calligraphy – this year’s design features some amazing hand painted details paired with beautiful matte gold foil!

I’ve wanted to work with Meg from Moglea for years – and this was the perfect excuse! I love Meg’s painterly aesthetic and really wanted the invitation design to set the tone for the rest of the party decor. Meg hand painted the invitation background, which was digitally printed by Bella Figura on their new smooth cotton paper and paired with matte gold foil on the front of the invitation. I love the subtle shine of the matte foil against the dark navy and pale pink!

The amazingly talented Michele from Meant to Be Calligraphy addressed the envelopes in her Edwards style. We picked gold ink to complement the matte gold foil on the invitations and paired the gold calligraphy with new black and white floral postage stamps. Meg hand painted the STUNNING envelope liner design, which was also digitally printed by Bella Figura.

For a final detail, I borrowed a DIY trick from Meg and dip dyed each individual envelope in red Kool Aid! The dip dye resulted in such a subtle shade of pink – barely visible in the photos – but it really added a special touch to the envelopes and I love the way it looks with Michele’s calligraphy.

I really couldn’t be more thrilled with how the invitations turned out – I hope you love them as much as I do!

Design: Moglea

Printing: Bella Figura

Envelope Calligraphy: Meant to Be Calligraphy

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper