National Stationery Show Recipe Card Scavenger Hunt

Designers often have cute little promotional items at trade shows, from tote bags to pencils to yummy snacks.  Not only do they help make trade shows even more fun, but if done correctly they can also be a fun memory for years after the show (like Lisa’s awesome tote bag from last year).  For this year’s Stationery Show, Amber from Flywheel Press has partnered up with 14 amazingly talented designers and Legion Paper to create this fun letterpress recipe card promo – sort of like a letterpress scavenger hunt at the Stationery Show!

From Amber at Flywheel Press: I love how people create calendars and other clever promotions for the Stationery Show.  But I wanted to do something a little different, something without a shelf life, something that celebrates the timeless art of letterpress printing.  The idea of the recipe card seemed to work hand in hand with celebrating the diversity and collaborative essence of the letterpress community.

If you happen to be attending the Stationery Show next week, don’t forget to collect each recipe card!  Here’s a list of all the participating companies and booth numbers:

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Albertine Press/#2142
Blackbird Letterpress/#1653
Blue Barnhouse/#2267
Dingbat Press/#2152
Flywheel Press/#1666
Igloo Letterpress/#1747
Maginating/#1962
May Day Studio/#1955
The Nic Studio/#1455
Old Tom Foolery/#2141
Paper Mill Designs/#1966
Pistachio Press/#1664
Sapling Press/#1667
Wild Ink Press/#1671

Once you have all 15 recipe cards, don’t forget to stop by the Legion Paper booth (#1574) in the Supply Side section to pick up the recipe card box.  Such a wonderful idea – I can’t wait to collect all 15 designs!

*Pistachio Press, Dingbat Press, and Wild Ink Press are sponsors of Oh So Beautiful Paper; for more on my edi­to­r­ial poli­cies please click here.

Stationery Show Sneak Peek – Paper Mill Designs

The National Stationery Show is coming up in just a few days and I’m starting to get really excited for this year’s show.  It almost feels like Stationery Christmas – putting together my walking list of exhibitor booths and checking it twice!  Katrina from Paper Mill Designs sent over a quick sneak peek at some of the new designs that she’ll be exhibiting at the show (in booth #1966).  I can’t wait to see them in person!

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Cute business card size thank you cards

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Calligraphy by Erica Hammer Calligraphy

 

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Photo Credit: Paper Mill Designs

 

 

 

Rebecca + Nick’s Rocky Mountain Colorado Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone!  We’re starting the week off with a fabulous set of Colorado mountain wedding invitations from Samantha and Whitney at Gus & Ruby Letterpress in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Sam and Whit created this invitation suite for a wedding that took place last year on Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains.  When it came to the design, Sam and Whit were inspired by the wedding’s rustic lodge venue and the beauty of the Colorado mountain landscape.

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From Sam and Whit: The suite was designed for a lovely couple getting married on Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The couple adored the beautiful rustic lodge where they were getting married and really wanted to play up the venue in their stationery.  From the save the date to the thank you notes, we focused on the beauty of Pikes Peak, the Colorado landscape and details from the gorgeous hotel where they were to be wed.

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We started with the beautiful blind impression save the dates.  There were big antlers hung all over the venue, so the blind impression antlers were a little nod to the lodge decor and hinted at the mountain top theme.

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The invitation itself is a die-cut silhouette of Pikes Peak mountain that we then adhered to a navy backing paper (as we did on the save-the-date).  We loved the depth and interesting shape that the die-cut gave the invitation and that the silhouette was actually the real silhouette of the mountain where the couple would be married.  On the reply card, we featured illustration of an aspen tree – the type of tree most prominent on the mountain.

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For the suite, we found inspiration for the color palate and envelope liner pattern in the rug design and pattern found inside the lodge.  The envelope liner pattern is a direct imitation of the rug on site at the lodge!

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Colors and fonts tied everything together and we really loved the mix of pattern, shape and illustration – it gave the whole suite a funky, mountain-y feeling without being too theme-y.  Of course, all the pieces were lovingly letterpress printed by hand on our antique press on beautiful 100% cotton paper.

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Absolutely stunning work, as always.  A big thanks to Samantha and Whitney for sharing these invitations – and you can check out more of their custom design work over on their blog!

Photo Credits: Brea McDonald Photography

{happy weekend!}

The first week back from vacation is always a bit rough, so I’m definitely welcoming this weekend with open arms.  I’m hoping to finally process the photos from my trip to Italy to share with you next week, before I go running off to New York for the National Stationery Show.  I can’t believe this year’s Stationery Show is just over a week away – my favorite week of the whole year!  But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend:

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

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

Photo Credit: Pink Ranunculus