Quick Pick: Kristy Rice

Artist Kristy Rice has spent the past few years creating some of the most striking hand painted invitations and wedding stationery through her company Momental Designs – you can see plenty of evidence in her Rolodex page here and in past features on OSBP here! Yesterday Kristy launched a brand new website where you can now find everything from original art pieces and gold foil art prints to wallpaper (!!) and phone cases with her beautiful floral patterns! Kristy is also offering bundles of hand painted notecards and some adorable baby milestone cards!

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

(wallpaper!)

Kristy Rice Watercolor Stationery and Artwork / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Isn’t it all just so pretty?? You can find more from Kristy right here!

Halloween First Birthday Costume Party Invitations

Okay, this might be the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen: a first birthday COSTUME party on Halloween! Such a fun way to celebrate a first birthday this time of year! Designer Lauren Chism designed the fun invitations to appeal to both kids and adults – mission accomplished!

Halloween First Birthday Costume Party Invitations by Lauren Chism Fine Papers / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Lauren: I love designing for my friends. From their weddings to baby showers, to birth announcements and birthday parties, it’s such an honor to get to design for such special celebrations. So when my friend Kristen, whose colorful baby shower invitations I designed last year, asked me to design her daughter Drew’s first birthday invitations, I was so excited. However, when she said it was a birthday COSTUME party on Halloween, I was downright giddy.

Halloween First Birthday Costume Party Invitations by Lauren Chism Fine Papers / Oh So Beautiful Paper

I haven’t done many Halloween designs, so I started to brainstorm ideas with Kristen’s requests in mind: a design for kids AND adults, not scary, and FUN. I started with classic Halloween motifs and costumes and just started playing with things. I didn’t start with a concept in mind and I love when it comes together in such an organic way. At the end I snuck in a pirate hat (because Kristen wore one to my Derby party) as the finishing touch. I love how they turned out and most importantly, Kristen did too!

Halloween First Birthday Costume Party Invitations by Lauren Chism Fine Papers / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Lauren!

Design: Lauren Chism Fine Papers

Lauren Chism Fine Papers is a member of the Designer Rolodex – you can check out more of Lauren’s beautiful work right here!

Photo Credits: Lauren Chism

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations

Sometimes all you need is just one really spectacular color combined with gorgeous calligraphy and hand lettering! For these beautiful wedding invitations, Kim from Bright Room Studio combined elegant calligraphy and casual hand lettering with the most amazing cobalt blue ink! And those cobalt blue envelopes?? Total perfection!

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations by Bright Room Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Kim: Olivia and Brian’s wedding invitation suite was all about simple elegance. But for me, that doesn’t mean boring or traditional. We combined sophisticated calligraphy with casual hand lettering to make the invitation feel special, but not overly formal.

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations by Bright Room Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

The olive branch details throughout added a rustic touch, especially when added in unexpected places like the calligraphy on the RSVP card. I then had my amazing printer, Mercurio Brothers, letterpress print the whole suite in a spectacular cobalt blue color, which really brought the lettering to life! The matching cobalt blue envelope made the whole suite really pop. I love how playful the design feels, while also being very elegant.

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations by Bright Room Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations by Bright Room Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations by Bright Room Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Cobalt Calligraphy Wedding Invitations by Bright Room Studio / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Kim!

Design: Bright Room Studio

Invitation Letterpress Printing: Mercurio Brothers

Bright Room Studio is a member of the Designer Rolodex  – you can see more of Kim’s beautiful work right here or visit the real invi­ta­tions gallery for more wedding invitation ideas!

Photo Credits: Bright Room Studio

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! Did anyone else have kind of a rough week, or was it just me? Short weeks can be tough, especially after I spent the long weekend (mostly) unplugged from my phone and email. I spent most of this week trying to catch up on a bunch of loose ends and feeling like I wasn’t really succeeding. But thankfully there’s another weekend just a few hours away and next week will be a new week! But in the meantime…

People I've Loved - You Are Not An Impostor / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Photo by People I’ve Loved via Instagram (you can also check out their Kickstarter here)

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

That’s it for me this week! Check back later for this week’s cocktail recipe – I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations

These wedding invitations from Lauren at Charm & Fig make me wish that every wedding invitation had a moose on it! Lauren captured the rustic wilderness of Bar Harbor, Maine with the aforementioned (gold foil!) moose, along with the subtle nautical vibe requested by the bride. The formal invitation text was printed entirely in gold foil and Lauren incorporated modern geometric shapes inspired by nautical flags. So pretty!

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Lauren: Stephanie and Sam’s number one goal was to bring friends and family together for a good time. Stephanie is an event planner and wanted a wedding invitation suite that had a nautical feel without an overkill of anchors and sailboats. As a designer who has seen every nautical invitation under the sun, I couldn’t have been more on board with this request. Pun intended!

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

While the invitation itself was formal, the rest of the pieces were festive to indicate that an amazing weekend in Bar Harbor, Maine lay ahead.

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

We embraced the geometrics of nautical flags throughout and added a Moose, which is the pronunciation of the grooms last name and a nod to Maine wildlife. For the color palette, we started with crisp whites, and then sprinkled in sun-bleached ocean hues, kraft paper and touches of gold.

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Everything was bundled in kraft folder and envelopes, both foil-stamped with moose tracks. The envelopes were covered in vintage nautical stamps and addressed in white calligraphy by the talented Dionne Christiansen of Nib & Pixel.

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

In the invitation folder, we included the rehearsal dinner invitation, a vintage postcard response card, a website tag modeled after lobster buoys and an illustrated map of the island with wedding events.

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Maine Moose Gold Foil Wedding Invitations by Charm and Fig / Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Lauren!

Design: Charm & Fig
Envelope Calligraphy: Nib & Pixel
Color Printing: Crest Printing
Foil Printing: Gold Leaf Embossing

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

Photo Credits: Charm & Fig