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Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! Here in DC we’re hunkered down for a big winter snowstorm – we’re expecting up to two feet of snow, which is a lot for DC! School was cancelled today in preparation for the storm, so I’ve got my two littles home with me today and for the rest of the weekend while we wait out the storm. We’re looking forward to all sorts of fun snow activities like sledding, building snowmen, and making snowballs! But in the meantime…

Suite One Studio Confetti Bowls / Oh So Beautiful Paper

The most AMAZING pink and gold salt cellar bowls by Suite One Studio (via Instagram)

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week! Stay tuned for another mocktail recipe this afternoon – we’ll be doing one each week for the rest of the month! If you missed it, last week’s Mocktail Mojito was an instant favorite! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Seasonal Stationery: 2016 Planners

Somehow I blinked and we’re already halfway through January! So, if you’re like me and trying to get ahead of the curve once and for all, it’s time to get serious about a planner! Not just a weekly desk jotter, which are super helpful and will be addressed in another post, but a real deal planner that actually forces you to think and plan ahead. I shared a few favorite 2016 planners back in July, so I figured it was high time to share a few more!

Seasonal Stationery: 2016 Planners / Oh So Beautiful Paper

1. Ferme à Papier has some wonderful pocket-sized weekly planners with several fantastic cover options! I’m loving this palm print and the marbled cover options.

2. The gorgeous spiral bound 12-month planner from One Canoe Two has three different cover options, each with gold foil text!

3. The Get To Work Book is a goal setting workbook and daily planner made with small business owners in mind, with plenty of space for notes and brainstorming and twelve motivational text prints that can be removed from the book. And it’s Sharpie tolerant!

4. This gorgeous casebound planner from Snow & Graham features a navy faux leather cover with gold floral detail, not to mention weekly and monthly pages, spaces for notes, and a yearly overview section.

5. + 6. Julia Kostreva‘s daily planners always have the most beautiful minimalist cover designs! There are twelve gorgeous covers to choose from this year, each with gold foil details.

7. The spiral bound monthly planner from Sugar & Type comes jam packed with a monthly overview for each month, plus a weekly list for goals, to do lists, budget pages, and meal planning lists. She even offers access to free printables after purchase.

8. This pretty pink (!!) 5″ x 8″ planner notebook from Icey Designs features monthly and weekly planning pages, along with goal setting pages and an end of the year to-do list.

p.s. More 2016 planners right here!

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations

Um, YES. Now this is a tropical wedding invitation! Lauren from Charm & Fig combined a bold banana leaf pattern with classic navy text and gold foil details for some destination winter wedding invitations in Southwest Florida. The banana leaf pattern makes its first appearance as a border on the die cut save the dates, then again as an envelope liner in the wedding invitations! So fun!

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations by Charm & Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Lauren: This New York bride and her fiancé were charmed by the sleepy town of Boca Grande while they were on a weekend getaway in Southwest Florida. The relaxed southern ambiance and candy-colored cottages provided the perfect setting for the couple to escape the cold and host their families to celebrate their marriage.

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations by Charm & Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

For the wedding stationery, we first created a classic, flat printed save the date with a bold banana leaf print and die cut notched corners. We continued the square shape throughout the wedding suite, as well as the subtle nods of Old Florida.

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations by Charm & Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

While this wasn’t a stereotypical beach wedding, we mixed our favorite scripts, prints and colors to achieve a modern coastal look.

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations by Charm & Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper 

For the wedding invitation, we used navy letterpress, luxurious cotton paper, touches of gold foil and a banana leaf print to create a warm and elegant suite that let guests know this event would be anything but boring. Our favorite parts are the little surprises: the banana leaf liner, the navy letterpress printed pineapple on the response envelope, and the interlocked gold monogram on the wedding invitation monogram.

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations by Charm & Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Tropical Banana Leaf Wedding Invitations by Charm & Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Lauren!

Design: Charm & Fig
Laser Printing: Quality Printing Co. and Crest Printing
Foil Printing: Gold Leaf Embossing

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

Photo Credits: Charm & Fig

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations

These modern black, white, and gold foil wedding invitations by Meghan of And Here We Are are just seriously so awesome. I love the combination of modern sans serif type with hand lettering and illustration used throughout the invitation suite, not to mention the crisp black text with gold foil. But the patterned wrap with hand painted brush patterns under a translucent envelope? That might just be the coolest thing ever!

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Meghan: We pulled out all the stops for the invitations to Lauren and Ben’s hip NYC wedding at the Foundry in Long Island City, Queens. Our direction was “modern, black, white, and gold,” so we paired condensed sans serif type with hand-brushed patterns and illustrations. For the invitation, we combined letterpress with gold foil on double-thick Savoy in bright white. The RSVP became a true postcard, printed onto glossy stock to stand apart from the letterpress pieces; this also allowed the clients to create two different cards for recipients invited to different pre- and post-wedding events.

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

We had the idea to create a patterned wrap enclosed in a translucent envelope instead of a simple envelope liner, which gave the overall package a really modern feel. Inspired by our brush pattern notecards, we created a diagonal wrap of mixed hand-painted patterns, folded diagonally around the invitation.

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

The day-of paper goods included a plethora of items as well. We created menus, die cut escort cards, custom placemats, and used their “logo” on things like tote bags, and matchbooks.

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Modern Black, White, and Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by And Here We Are / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Meghan!

And Here We Are is a member of the Designer Rolodex – see more of their beautiful work here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: 1 – 5 And Here We Are; 6 – 9 Amber Gress

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! And welcome to my first Friday round up of the New Year! It feels nice to be back in a regular schedule and sharing some favorite links of the week with all of you. In fact, the last time I did one of these posts we had just embarked on the renovation of our home’s only full bathroom. And I’m happy to report that, a month later, our bathroom is finally done! It took sooooo much longer than I had originally anticipated and we still have a few finishing touches to take care of, but I can’t wait to share it with you! It’s seriously the most amazing transformation. But in the meantime…

Send More Love / In The Daylight via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Image via In The Daylight

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week! Stay tuned for another mocktail recipe this afternoon – we’ll be doing one each week for the rest of the month! If you missed it, last week’s Mock Mai Tai recipe was SO good! I hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo