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{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  After spending the week in New York City, I’m now up in Syracuse to visit my husband’s family and very much looking forward to a relaxing weekend.  I’m hoping to check out the annual lilac festival in Rochester, which I’ve been wanting to visit for years but almost always falls on the same days as the Stationery Show.  I’ve got more recaps from the Stationery Show coming up over the weekend, but I wanted to make sure I did my usual Friday post since there’s been a lot going on while I’ve been up at the show!  So in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend reading!

{image credits: kml designs via decorology}

Happy Weekend!

Hello again everyone!  Do you all have fun plans for the weekend?  I'm actually looking forward to taking it easy this weekend – well, that and the National Book Festival on Saturday.  It's one of my favorite DC annual events and it looks like the organizers have got a bunch of really great authors lined up this year.  In the meantime…

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…here are a few of my favorite links from this week:

That's it for me this week – I'll see you all back here again on Monday!

{image credits: Flowertoss Photography via Snippet & Ink}

Security Envelope Patterns

Who would ever have thought that something as mundane as a security envelope could provide so much inspiration? The patterns on the inside of the envelopes, used to secure things like checks and personal information, aren't something I ever noticed. Leave it to the eternally clever minds in Blogland to see the potential…

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Check out over 120 security envelope patterns on Joseph King's flickr set.

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Or wear one on your jean jacket or laptop case, by Sweetie Pie Press, via Parcel Post.

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Or turn them inside out and mail someone a letter, via Design Sponge.

Also, Ez always has some really fun free downloads over at Creature Comforts, and she's got some cute labels that she designed using security envelope patterns. Check it out here.

Liz + Ryan’s Modern Americana Wedding Invitations

I first came across these lovely invitations while browsing through one of my favorite blogs, Parcel Post.  Luckily, Audrey (the author behind Parcel Post) is good friends with the bride, Liz, and put us in touch so that Liz could share the inspiration behind her invitations.   Liz and Ryan’s invitation suite included the stand-alone invitation, enclosures with accommodation information, directions, and a rehearsal dinner invitation, as well as a matching RSVP card:

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From Liz: It was important to us that our wedding felt personal, relaxed and fun – that was our inspiration behind the invitation design. We choose a favorite color combination of red and turquoise because it feels fresh and fun and like summer; it also was perfectly suited to the ocean view at our venue.

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The design of the invite was celebratory and informal, signaling the laid back vibe of our wedding.  We worked with our stationer Audrey Woollen at Urbanic in Venice, CA, to order the Classic Cowboy invitation design from the Hello! Lucky letterpress studio.  Audrey is the consummate professional and the entire process was a breeze.

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For our escort cards we put name and table number on a stick inside little boxes of kettle corn.  They doubled as our wedding favors.  On the reverse side of the card was one of 10 different shots from our engagement session.  These were a big hit as they served as a take away reminder of the day as well.

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{escort card photos by Viera Photographics}


{photos by Audrey Woollen}

Liz also sent a couple of photos of her Save the Date postcards, which I couldn’t resist sharing as well:

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I love all the details – from the red and pool color palette to the popcorn bag escort cards, this seems like such a fun and relaxed wedding!  For a couple more pictures from Liz and Ryan’s wedding, be sure to check out Audrey’s post on Parcel Post.  And thanks to Liz for sharing her invitations!

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

{all photos by Liz Zang, unless noted otherwise}

Weekly Link Round-Up

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{my favorite image of the week – from Alyson Fox’s wedding via Design Sponge}

This has been a busy week in paper goods, so grab a cup of coffee or tea or chai and let’s get started!

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  • Beautiful prints by Clare Rojas via Dear Ada
  • An inspired First Birthday in a Box set by City Bird Design via Inspired Goodness
  • Don’t forget to check out all the DIY projects this month over at EAD!
  • This week was all about Save the Date designs at Brooklyn Bride
  • A new letterpress invitation suite is available at Laura Hooper Calligraphy
  • VintageGlam tells us where to find free Art Deco fonts
  • {ritzy bee} loves escort cards
  • Wedding Paper Divas is offering a special discount on Blurb books – but only until November 30!
  • More lovely work by Bird & Banner over at OnceWed

That’s it for this week — I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!