{happy weekend!}

Happy happy Friday everyone!  I’m getting a teensy bit dizzy as I write this, because in a couple of days I will leave for a two-week vacation with my husband in Italy!  As you may remember, my husband has been working in Iraq for the last three months – and we’re meeting up for a nice little break in the middle of his deployment.  It’s the first real vacation for either of us in nearly three years and I simply can. not. wait.  So!  For the next two weeks I have a couple of awesome guest bloggers filling in while I’m away, along with some special guest posts giving you an inside look into the printing process.  Please be sure to show all of the fabulous guest bloggers some love while I’m away!  But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s all for me this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  xoxo

Photo Credit: Jenny Van Sommers via Feature Shoot via Joy

Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #7

Happy Thursday everyone!  How about a little business card inspiration to start off the morning?  This week I’m feeling quirky and modern designs, warm color tones, and pretty calligraphy (just not necessarily all together)…

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Beautiful gold foil business cards from Dolce Press

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Mink Letterpress

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Yasly via Graphic Exchange

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Rise and Shine Paper

Calligraphy Letterpress Business Cards

Paper Monkey Press via Francesco Mugnai

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Lovely golden tones from Dingbat Press

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Boxcar Press

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Deasy Design

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Parrott Design Studio with calligraphy from Fat Orange Cat Studio

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Archrival via Lovely Stationery

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Tiago Sá via FPO

As always, if you’d like to submit your own business cards, you can e-mail me right here!

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*Dingbat Press is one of my fab­u­lous spon­sors; for more on my edi­to­r­ial poli­cies, please click here.

{happy weekend!}

Yeesh… this week went by in a complete flash, at least for me.  Which is good as I try to get through the remaining months until my husband comes home (in late summer, sigh), but also kind of scary when I think about the fact that the National Stationery Show is just over a month away.  Time is going by so fast!  I have a couple of fun things coming up soon that I can’t wait to tell you all about, but you’ll have to wait until next week for details.  But in the meantime…

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Photo Credit: L’antipodeuse

…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

Business Card Ideas and Inspiration #5

I receive a bunch of fantastic submissions after my last business card post a couple of weeks ago – so it’s time for another round of business card inspiration!

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These business cards from Fox Rain combine two different printing techniques on two different papers.  The top layer was letterpress printed by Shelley Weir of Sweet Peony Press with silver ink on a dark brown woodgrain paper.  Designer Sandra Liu then adhered the top layer to a bright white cotton stock hand stamped with the company’s information.  So cool!

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Pretty new business cards from Molly at Paisley Quill

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…and Julie at Cartoules Letterpress!

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The letterpress halftone images give these cards from Tactic Marketing a bit of texture and some cool personalized detail (via Lovely Stationery and FPO).

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I can’t get over the incredible detail and fine (yet layered) lines in these letterpress business cards, printed by Boxcar Press for designer Christina Clugston.

I have a couple more business card projects to share with you a bit later, so check back soon!  And as always, if you’d like to share your own business cards or a recent business card project, you can e-mail me right here!

{images from their respective sources}

*Paisley Quill is one of my fabulous sponsors; for more on my editorial policies, please click here.

Sara + Ian’s Greek Isles Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone!  And thank you so much for your kind comments last week – you all truly helped cheer me up.  Also putting me in a good mood?  These stunning invitations from Bespoke Letterpress for a wedding on the Greek Islands later this spring.  That gorgeous shade of blue practically jumps right off the paper – I love it!

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Sigh… so pretty!  Check out more details over on the Bespoke Letterpress blog!

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