NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper

Okay everyone, hang on to your hats! It’s the final week before the National Stationery Show, and I’ve got some MAJOR sneak peeks lined up for you. And we’re starting with some serious gorgeousness from the queens of gorgeous: Sugar Paper! I think the ladies of Sugar Paper may have finally outdone themselves this year. The new release includes everything from a chambray agenda, tons of beautiful leather, new gold foil gift wrap, and the option to add gold foil monograms to journals and leather goods! Can you even handle all the pretty???

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Sugar Paper: We finally took everything we learned about planners and boiled it down into the perfect high-end planner. Our favorite layout, a simple and sophisticated design, chambray (because who doesn’t love chambray?) and gold foil touches throughout. We worked hard to get the wire ring perfectly gold and we added sections to track thank you notes and birthdays. It’s designed for smart, stylish, sophisticated women.

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Aaaaaand then we added leather. Italian leather, handmade in LA. Agenda Case, business card holder, key fob, and an envelope clutch. We’re not messing around. The leather agenda cover and accessories will all debut alongside the Agenda at NSS, and will be available for purchase on our website and through our retailers at the end of the summer.

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

But, we didn’t stop there. We’re smitten over our brand new gold foil wrapping paper, and we couldn’t design perfect wrap without creating the perfect ribbon to match. And on top of that, we created tailored fabric-bound journals, our Signature Pens in two new colors, and an option to have a gold foil-stamped monogram added to journals and all leather products to make it all your own. It’s our best release yet. We’re in love.

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Sugar Paper / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!! I can’t wait to see it all in person next week! But in the meantime, you can find more from Sugar Paper right here!

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations

Tropical foliage + copper foil? A match made in heaven! I’m pretty sure my jaw hit the floor when I saw these gorgeous tropical garden party copper foil wedding invitations from Haley at Australian creative studio The Distillery. Haley created these invitations for a wedding at the Merribee Estate a couple of hours south of Sydney, Australia. I love the dark green envelope liner against the colorful digitally printed tropical florals and copper foil details!

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Haley: As Mel and Nathan were planning their wedding, they knew they wanted a romantic, whimsical and slightly quirky adventure out of the city they call home. Inspired by the sense of freedom, they ventured south of Sydney, where they fell in love with the enchanting gardens of Merribee Estate. Immediately they knew that the surrounding ornamental topiary and tropical gardens, would shape their entire stationery suite and set the tone for a slightly unconventional wedding.

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

With a passion for craft and tactility, Mel and Nathan wanted to to explore speciality embellishments to inspire their guests with a sense of freedom, fun and adventure that also draws on the weddings slightly Alice in Wonderland theme. The invitation features flowering trees, and pretty topiary in a variety of whimsical shapes and colours combined with the subtle glimmer of foil sprinkled within the digital florals to silently accentuate the couples names.

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Mel and Nathan’s names have been hand lettered with a copper foil embellishment to mimic the rustic elegance of Merribee’s historical barn. The ever so slightly quirky and playful nature of the evening was also brought into the details of the typography that has been letterpress printed into a creamy cotton stock and mounted to a deep forest green.

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

These qualities have been further explored in the additional stationery pieces, including a hand illustrated map that combines both letterpress printing processes with new age digital printing. The map unfolds to reveal a playful Alice in Wonderland inspired journey filled with tea cups and playing cards to highlight key details for their guest’s adventure to Merribee gardens.

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

The RSVP card is a petite, play on verbs and adjectives that inspires their guests to create loving memories for the bride and groom. The stationery suite is completed with a beautiful modern calligraphy style that addresses their guests envelopes.

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tropical Garden Party Copper Foil Wedding Invitations by The Distillery / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Haley!

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

Photo Credits: The Distillery

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co.

I’m super excited about some of the companies exhibiting for the very first time at this year’s National Stationery Show, including Inclosed Letterpress Co. (booth #1626)! Lesley of Inclosed Letterpress Co. is going all out with her debut appearance, with more than 50 (!!!) greeting cards, art prints, notepads, gift tags, and decorative sticker packs, along with a custom wedding album! The greeting cards are letterpress and foil printed, with an entire line inspired by Lesley’s mom’s hometown in Hawaii and dedicated to the aloha spirit. The wedding album features 20 invitation suites and offers the best of letterpress, foil, and digital printing along with handmade papers, watercolor treatments and many other unique custom upgrades desired by today’s modern couple.

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Inclosed Letterpress Co. / Oh So Beautiful Paper

 

More from Inclosed Letterpress Co. right here!

Photo Credits: Daniel Muller of Mullers Photo Co.

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek – Paper Epiphanies

Our next NSS 2016 Sneak Peek comes from Victoria of Paper Epiphanies – exhibiting solo for the very first time at the show in booth #2054! Victoria will debut a brand new collection of office stationery to empower women called Kiss My Pumps! The collection will include journals (some with hologram foil!!), notepads, mugs, and art prints, and was created with the goal of inspiring, celebrating, and supporting a new wave of female leaders and entrepreneurs. A portion of the proceeds from Kiss My Pumps will directly benefit the Girl Up campaign of the United Nations Foundation. Victoria will also add some designs to her existing collection of sassy greeting cards, including new pen-friendly foil printed cards that are black on the outside, white on the inside, and paired with patterned envelopes!

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Paper Epiphanies / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Paper Epiphanies / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Paper Epiphanies / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Paper Epiphanies / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Paper Epiphanies / Oh So Beautiful Paper

NSS 2016 Sneak Peek: Paper Epiphanies / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Victoria!

 

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations

These gorgeous invitations totally had me at the sun-bleached desert color palette. Dreamy shades of peach, pink, blue, and green mixed with kraft paper? Yes, please. The modern fiesta wedding celebration invitations from Lauren at Charm & Fig feature white foil on kraft paper for the main invitation, geometric patterns, and several different paper finishes. So creative!

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Lauren: Lindy and Chris are an adorable LA couple with endless creativity: they write, produce, act, model… you name it. A few months after they became engaged, they had a very sweet and private wedding ceremony on the beautiful beaches of Malibu, California. With the blessing of the couple, the parents planned one fabulous Tex-Mex fiesta to honor the newlyweds in their home state.

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Since this invitation was all about the celebration, we skipped a lot of the formalities and focused on an energetic invitation that would capture the couples’ creative personalities and playful style. Knowing a little bit about the couple, I wanted the suite to feel like it was telling a story with color, layers and texture. To illustrate this, we used a sun-bleached color palette, geometric patterns, and multiple paper finishes.

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

The invitation was white foil-printed on kraft paper – a simple color scheme that found a perfect balance with the complexity of the design. We were able to pick up some of the Navajo-inspired patterns on the invitation and use them throughout the suite to unify each piece. The map, directions and registry information were printed on a transparent white vellum to add another layer to the ethereal suite.

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

As a gift, the groom’s mother commissioned custom thank you notes for Chris and Lindy. We used the L+C cross monogram from the RSVP card and had it gold-foiled stamped on crisp white paper for an effortlessly luxe look.

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

A vintage-looking postcard RSVP was a must! It kept things casual and afforded us another opportunity to add gorgeous imagery – in this case, a dreamy desert scene with pops of blush, green and dusty blue hues. On the flip side, we added a place to write advice for the newlyweds, of which the answers will undoubtedly provide insight, joy and maybe a couple of laughs years to come.

Modern Fiesta Wedding Celebration Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Lauren!

Design: Charm & Fig Paper Goods

Foil Stamping : Quality Printing Company

Laser-Printing: Crest Printing

 

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

Photo Credits: Bri Costello Photography