Happy December everyone! The holiday countdown is officially on, so I thought I’d help kick off the week with another peek into this year’s holiday card round up. You can check out the full round up right here, and see past highlight posts here!
1. We Heart Paper, 2. Two Trick Pony, 3. Ladyfingers Letterpress, 4. One Canoe Two, 5. Gilah Press, 6. Rocket Ink
Check out the full holiday card round up right here!
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After falling in love with stationery before her June 2011 wedding with Karson Butler Events, Heather decided to infuse her wedding stationery style into a beautiful holiday card. Heather worked with calligrapher Betsy Dunlap to create her wedding invitations, then letterpress printed them herself at a local art studio. For her first holiday card as a newlywed, Heather once again incorporated Betsy’s beautiful calligraphy along with one of her favorite wedding photos from Katie Stoops. Both suites were accented with toile envelope liners and vintage stamps inspired by their historic wedding venue.
From Heather: Our wedding took place at Tuckahoe Plantation in Richmond, Virginia, where my husband – and also Thomas Jefferson – grew up. With the help of Karson Butler Events, we took wedding inspiration from Tuckahoe itself and, in particular, the blue toile fabric decorating my favorite bedroom in the main house – the toile became the envelope liners and table linens at the wedding. I learned to letterpress print so that I could create my own invitations using Betsy Dunlap’s lovely calligraphy, which is reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson’s handwriting!
Our wedding was so lovely, I wanted to recreate the feeling (and reuse my new printing skills) in our holiday cards. So we used the same beautiful “Jeffersonian” script, but this time with red toile liners and a photograph of our wedding from our photographer Katie Stoops. I had collected vintage stamps from ebay for our wedding and had plenty of Christmas ones left over, which was perfect for our holiday mailing.
From Amber and Emily of Karson Butler Events:Â When Heather learned how to letterpress print for her June 2011 wedding, we were in awe! Â Heather worked with calligrapher Betsy Dunlap to create her custom invitation suite. Â Heather then printed her invitations at local art studio Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring. Finished with hand-selected vintage stamps and blue toile envelope liners, Heather and Addison’s guests were invited to a gorgeous Southern wedding held at the groom’s childhood home. Â To date, it has been one of our favorite weddings to help design.
Such a wonderful idea! Thank you ladies!
Design and Printing: DIY by Heather at Pyramid Atlantic
Calligraphy: Betsy Dunlap
Wedding Photography: Katie Stoops
Wedding Design: Karson Butler Events
p.s. You can see more of Heather and Addison’s beautiful wedding right here!
Photo Credits:Â Katie Stoops Photography
I haven’t shared any photos of Sophie recently, so I thought I’d end the week with a little update on my sweet little girl. She’s 2.5 months now (11 weeks to be exact), smiling up a storm, and interested in everything and everyone. She had a blast meeting new friends and family members over Thanksgiving weekend! I also hinted on twitter earlier this week that we’ve encountered some sleeping issues, so I’m one tired mama these days! Sophie is at the stage where she really wants to be awake for longer stretches but just can’t quite handle it, so we’re trying to find the right balance between awake time and nap time during the day so that we both minimize her meltdowns and can hopefully get her to sleep for longer stretches at night. I think I might do cartwheels the first night we get 6 or more hours out of her! Seriously. Anyway, this weekend we’re hoping to check out Holiday Heap in Baltimore and maybe even visit the National Aquarium (I’ve never been!). But in the meantime…
 
 
Photos by me via Instagram
…a few links for your weekend!
This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:
In this season of giving, sometimes you need a thank you card that expresses gratitude in a meaningful way. A card that relates tenderheartedness on the outside with plenty of room on the inside to comprehensively write just why you are grateful for them. Today we’re rounding up a few special thank you cards that are almost as sweet as the recipient. — Tashia
 
Rifle Paper Co. (left); and One Canoe Two (right)
 
Sideshow Press (left); and Simplesong (right)
 
 
 
The Hungry Workshop (left); Hello! Lucky (right)
 
p.s. You can find more thank you cards right here!
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Thanksgiving is behind us and December is just around the corner, which means holiday decorations are starting to go up and it’s definitely time to pick out your holiday cards if you haven’t already! Here are a few more cards from the 2012 holiday card round up, in case you’re still searching for a bit of inspiration…
1. Bespoke Letterpress; 2. Bailey Doesn’t Bark; 3. Duet Letterpress; 4. Beau Ideal; 5. In Haus Press; 6. Bears Eat Berries
7. Flutter Letterpress; 8. Oh My Deer; 9. Print Print Press; 10. Pike Street Press; 11. Fat Bunny Press; 12. Letter + Lark
Check out the full holiday card round up right here!
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p.s. For those of you in the DC area, the National Postal Museum is hosting its annual holiday card workshop this Saturday! The workshop is a wonderful event for families and kids – they’ll have the opportunity to create handmade holiday cards with a heartfelt message! The event is completely free and you can check out details right here.