Such a sweet idea! These are the ceremony programs from the wedding of Courtney from Flush Designs. She made 4 different versions that incorporated collages of notes, drawings, journal
entries and fun items from her 10-year relationship with her now-husband:
Click here for some additional information on the design and more photos.
{images via Flush Designs}
Hey everyone… I know I've been a bit MIA the past few days. I promise that I'll be back to my normal schedule as soon as things calm down a bit in a few days. But in the meantime, I wanted to share a few updates from some of my favorite shops!
First up… the lovely Satsuma Press is having a holiday giveaway with the purchase of a 2009 letterpress calendar! This easily one of my favorite calendars of 2009, so the holiday giveaway is really just a fabulous bonus for those of you who haven't scooped one up yet.
{photos via Satsuma Press}
Here are the details: Purchase a 2009 Satsuma Press Calendar between Friday, Dec 12th and Friday, December 19th and be entered in a {random} drawing to win one calendar (to keep or give as a gift), one set of Satsuma Press letterpress stationery, and a special non-letterpress gift from Lynn! To enter the giveaway contest after purchase, leave a comment on the Satsuma Press blog right here – and make sure you leave Lynn with a way to contact you!
Next up… a Delphine Press holiday sale! Delphine Press is running a store-wide sale through December 31 – just enter Holiday15 for $15 off any orders of $50 or Holiday35 for $35 off any orders of $100 or more. I'm loving these recycled cotton totes myself:
And finally… Hello Handmade Paperie! Shanna and Betsy updated the shop this morning — and although they've closed up sale of their paper goods through the holidays, they've added these lovely ornament and New Year's bunting downloads:
{photos via Hello Handmade Paperie}
Time for Part Three of my holiday stationery round up! This is most likely the last big round up post, but I will continue to post holiday stationery as often as needed as new designs come out. Also, for those of you interested in some handmade holiday paper fun, Vané at Brooklyn Bride is hosting another holiday card swap! You can find all the details right here – just make sure you’re absolutely committed to participating in the swap before signing up.
Now on to the rest of the holiday card round up:
{letterpress cards and coasters from Paper Dragonfly Studio}
{holiday cards and gift wrap from smock paper}
{holiday cards and gift tags from ruby press}
{Carta, Inc. by Angela Liguori}
Two of my favorite Etsy sellers — Hello Handmade Paperie and Heather Smith Jones — updated their shops today! And, as always, the new work is just beautiful, from Betsy's calligraphy and Shanna's candy cane illustrations, to Heather's letterpress and watercolors.
The update from Hello Handmade Paperie is all about holiday goodies:
{photos by Hello Handmade Paperie}
{photos by Heather Smith Jones}
When I saw the photos from Julia Rothman’s wedding on brooklyn bride last week, I knew I had to feature Julia’s amazing wedding invitations:
Then I also remembered that I had seen an initial mock-up of these invitations a few months back on kenziekate’s guest blog on design sponge:
The invitations turned out to be absolutely lovely in all of their letterpress goodness – and it’s so wonderful to see these invitations go from illustration to reality!  I asked Julia for some background on the inspiration behind her invitation design. Julia said that she actually had a hard time deciding what to do for her invitations since there were so many people to please, which I know is a feeling that many other brides can relate to! Since Julia is an illustrator, it made the most sense for her to illustrate her own invitations – she decided to use line drawings to complement the feel and look of the letterpress printing process.
From Julia: I knew I wanted to fill the space as much as possible with line drawings since letterpress looks so nice this way. I’ve had some experience with it since working with Hello! Lucky on a line of cards. I had my colors picked out already so that part was easy. After trying a bunch of different typefaces I decided my own handwriting was so much more “me” and the rest just sort of happened.
Initially I was disappointed with the design. Matt liked it and I didn’t have much time so I decided to go with it. Once I added the rsvp card and the map I liked the invitation card much more. Then after it was printed – by my friend Chris Kyung at Soho Letterpress as a gift – I loved how they came out. I think most things look nice in letterpress no matter what and he did an absolutely perfect job.
After seeing these invitations as a final product (including all of those hand-addressed envelopes!), I really can’t imagine anything else – the design seems so perfectly suited for Julia and her wedding. Aren’t they just lovely?
Thanks so much, Julia, for sharing your beautiful invitations!
Check out the Designer Rolodex for more talÂented wedÂding inviÂtaÂtion designÂers and the real inviÂtaÂtions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!
{image credits: top photo by jennifer causey, illustration by julia via design*sponge, all other photos by julia rothman}
