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Mary + Ben’s Elegant and Rustic Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone!  You might remember these fabulous wood veneer save the dates from Melissa and Amy at Atheneum Creative – and today they’re back with the gorgeous wedding invitations and day-of stationery.  We’ll start with the invitations first before moving onto the stationery details a bit later today.  Melissa and Amy honored the rustic elegance of the save the dates with subtle wood veneer elements in the invitation suite.  So pretty!

From Melissa + Amy: We are so grateful that Mary and Ben trusted us with the stationery for their entire wedding day!  They allowed us to push the envelope on all their materials and challenged us to step it up!  We previously shared the letterpress printed wood save the date, which really set the tone for the invitation and day of materials.

 

For the invitation we introduced calligraphy while keeping the rustic look from the save the date.  Mary loves mixing materials and printing methods, so we letterpress printed the invitation and backed it with wood veneer, while foil stamping (and letterpress printing) the reception card.  The whole set is bound by a velvet bellyband and letterpress printed wood tag.

 

Just gorgeous!  Check back a bit later for the day-of stationery from Mary and Ben’s wedding, including their beautiful menus and ceremony programs!

Design: Atheneum Creative

Letterpress Printing: Sideshow Press

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

Photo Credits: Chelsea Davis Photography

{happy weekend!}

I’m super excited about this weekend for a couple of reasons.  First, my husband’s 30th birthday is this weekend!  Second, the second seasons of both The Killing and Game of Thrones premiere on Sunday – yay!  Yes, I’m a giant nerd and have read all five books of the Song of Ice & Fire series, so I’m excited to see the way the producers translate the second book to the screen.  But in the meantime…

Chocolate Strawberry Layer Cake via The Sophisticated Gourmet

…a few links for your weekend!

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As usual, we have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

Shelby + Mike’s Modern Illustrated Boston Wedding Invitations

Today I’m thrilled to feature these wedding invitations by the talented ladies at Gus & Ruby Letterpress!  Samantha and Whitney worked with the bride and groom to create invitations and day-of wedding stationery inspired by one of my favorite cities, Boston!  I love the illustrations of local landmarks combined with fun details like subway map envelope liners.  So great!

From Samantha and Whitney:  The suite was designed for a sweet couple getting married in downtown Boston.  They wanted their stationery to reflect their love of the city while combining both the contemporary, urban sides of Boston with the rich history of the city.  We played off photographs that Whitney turned into line-illustrations of the Boston Common and Zakim bridge (blending a Boston historical landmark with modern engineering).

We then used bold jewel-tone and autumn colors, color backing papers, and contemporary fonts to punch up the look.  Each invitation had blind-printed cobblestone patterning on the back side, which paid homage to the city’s oldest streets, while a custom MBTA subway map envelope liner spoke to the modern transportation of Boston.

The beautiful envelopes were calligraphed by the uber-talented Jenna of Love, Jenna Calligraphy.  Of course, all the pieces were lovingly letterpress printed by hand on our antique press (c. 1896) on beautiful, textural, super thick 220# 100% cotton paper.

 

The couple named each table after a T stop, so day-of pieces featured MBTA sub-way stop inspired graphics, more cobblestone and the Zakim bridge graphic to tie it all together.

Thanks Sam and Whit!

Design and Letterpress Printing: Gus & Ruby Letterpress

Calligraphy: Love, Jenna Calligraphy

Gus & Ruby 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: Brea McDonald Photography for Gus & Ruby Letterpress

Seasonal Stationery: Easter Cards

With only a week left (!!) in March, Easter is just around the corner!  Today we thought we’d round up a few favorite cards for those of you celebrating the Easter holiday.  Whether Easter is celebrated in your home or your neighborhood, the bright colors, references to fuzzy animals, and spring-inspired floral designs conjure a rousing warmth perfect for the new season and warmer days. – Tashia

line foliage easter 

Egg Press

Egg Painting by Quill and Fox

Fishers by by Enormous Champion White Bird Hot Foil Little Bird Notecard Set in Yellow by Letter C Design

Enormous Champion (left); Letter C Design (right)

Letterpress Easter Card Scandinavian Folk Style yellow mustard Tree of Life

Fluid Ink Letterpress

 

Social Proper (left); Hello!Lucky (right)

Sass & Peril

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Stationery A – Z: Anniversary Cards

For the next installment in our greeting card series, we’re turning to a familiar topic: anniversary cards.  Whether you’re sending them to your own partner or friends and loved ones, it can be challenging to find the perfect card for this annual occasion.  How could one card perfectly encapsulate another year of wedded bliss?  Whether you’re celebrating a first or thirtieth anniversary, these cards showcase paper craftsmanship while also pulling at our heart strings. – Tashia

Letterpress Anniversary Card - Vintage Year Champagne Bottle by Missive

Missive

 

Going Strong Anniversary by Hello!Lucky (left); Heart Wood Veneer card by Sugar Paper (right)

Parrott Design Studio

Our Love Is Here to Stay by Enormous Champion 

Our Love Is Here to Stay by Enormous Champion (left) and Happy Anniversary Honey by Smock (right)

Happy Anniversary Greeting Card by Dutchdoor

Dutch Door Press

Our love is written in the stars by Colleen Ellse Hot Stuff Anniversary by Hammerpress

Our love is written in the stars by Colleen Ellse (left) and Hot Stuff Anniversary by Hammerpress (right)

Letterpress 'Love' Card by Dahlia Press Shop

Dahlia Press

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