Seasonal Stationery: Mother’s Day, Part 2

Last week, I shared some awesome Mother’s Day cards – and today I’m back with a few more! There’s a little something for everyone, from adorable baby animals to floral motifs to classic gold foil. As always, I’ve rounded up a few favorites below, with lots more to browse over in the Market List!

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1. Fugu Fugu Press; 2. 9th Letter Press; 3. Little Low Studio; 4. Alexis Mattox Design; 5. Steel Petal Press; 6. Happy Cactus Designs

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7. Hennel Paper Co.; 8. Isabell’s Umbrella; 9. Sugar Paper; 10. Xenia Taler; 11. Golden Pines Paper; 12. Snow & Graham

Lots more Mother’s Day cards in the Market List right here!

{images via their respective sources}

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! It’s officially spring here in DC – the cherry blossoms are blooming, there are buds on my lilacs, peonies are coming up, and green is slowly returning to our bare, brown yard. Yay! Sadly, Sophie came home early yesterday with a fever, so I’m heading out a bit early today to take care of my sweet girl – and hopefully she’ll be feeling well enough to enjoy some of this gorgeous spring weather soon. But in the meantime…

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Photo by me via Instagram

…a few links for your weekend!

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Check back soon for this week’s cocktail! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here next week! xoxo

Mennat + Omar’s Bilingual English Arabic Wedding Invitations

These romantic floral wedding invitations come to us all the way from Dubai! Mariam from Natoof Design created bilingual invitations with a sophisticated light blue and gold color palette, combining English text and Arabic calligraphy – and lots of gold foil. So pretty!

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From Mariam: The bride and groom wanted a Parisian chic invitation with peonies and roses, and for the color palette to reflect seductive light blue hues with a light romantic touch.

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The invitation is bilingual with Arabic calligraphy and English typography, with an Arabic calligraphy monogram on the envelope flap. On the back of the invitation is a quote by Gibran Khalil Gibran which reads in English as following: “Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”

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The bride expressed her love for the letterpress style; however, letterpress printing isn’t available in Dubai and generally in the Middle East region. So with the little time that we had before the wedding we worked with our local printer to mimic letterpress results with offset equipment.

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We duplexed the cotton paper with a layer of gold paper sandwiched between two layers of white cotton paper. The design incorporates gold foil, embossing, and debossing to achieve a dream wedding invitation suite.

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Thanks Mariam!

Check out the Designer Rolodex for more tal­ented wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers and the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Natoof

Kate + Alex’s Elegant Rustic Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone! After a beautiful spring weekend, I’m ready to start the week with these hand lettered wedding invitations from Arley-Rose and Morgan of Ladyfingers Letterpress! With a classic navy and gold color palette, these invitations combine elegant gold foil with rustic kraft paper and whimsical hand lettering. Gorgeous!

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From Arley-Rose and Morgan: Kate and Alex’s wedding will be held at the historic Presidio Chapel in San Francisco, and they wanted to capture the sophistication and elegance of their wedding while giving their guests something to hold onto and cherish forever. We had been working with Kate and Alex since their save the dates, which we letterpress printed onto kraft CD sleeves and then lovingly stuffed with CDs filled with their favorite jams!

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For their gold and navy color scheme, we hot foil stamped gold foil onto a soft navy paper. The rest of their suite was letterpress printed in navy onto kraft paper, 110lb Crane Lettra paper, and shimmer gold paper. Their suite was wrapped in the kraft paper belly band and housed in a shimmer gold-lined kraft paper envelope.

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The phrase, “True Love is the Greatest Adventure,” graces the top of their invitation, reminding their loved ones that the best is yet to come!

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Thank you so much ladies!

Ladyfingers Letterpress is a member of the Designer Rolodex – check out more of their beautiful work right here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Ladyfingers Letterpress

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! We’re back in DC after a glorious week in Puerto Rico – and I’m desperately missing that warm tropical air, but at least I came home to lilac buds and blooming magnolias. Yay Spring! Also, a huge, huge thanks to Courtney from Swiss Cottage Designs for filling in this week. I hope you loved her posts as much as I did! I’ll be back here with brand new posts on Monday, but in the meantime…

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Photo by me via Instagram // It was so nice to see Seagrapes again in Puerto Rico!

…a few links for your weekend!

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That’s it for me this week! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo