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Happy Friday everyone! My sweet Sophie had a big week: she started daycare on Tuesday! She did great this week, but I was a complete wreck on her first day. We’re all still figuring out our new routine, but it turns out that I’m approximately 800% more productive when I don’t have a whirlwind baby to chase after during the day. I miss my girl while she’s at daycare, but getting things done? So. Good. Today she’s home with me, so I’m heading out to enjoy this beautiful fall weather with her. But in the meantime…

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Photo from our Bon Voyage Cocktail Party with St-Germain

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JoAnna + Matt’s Illustrated Black and White Wedding Invitations

Wedding invitations should always contain something personal and meaningful to the bride and groom, whether it’s a motif in the invitation design or the tradition of a classic engraved invitation. This couple chose to use their favorite place – a tower close to their home in Connecticut – as the central design element in their wedding invitations from Laura Macchia. The purple patterned envelope liner adds a perfect pop of color for this classic black and white invitation!

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From Laura: JoAnna and Matt’s invitations are inspired by their favorite place: the Heublein Tower on Talcott Mountain, close to their home in Connecticut. The architectural tower illustration paired with the organic pattern on the envelope liner gives it a formal yet elegant feel. The suite is letterpress printed in black on Ecru Lettra with lavender envelope liners to add a pop of color.

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Thanks Laura!

Design: Laura Macchia

Letterpress Printing: May Day Studio

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Photo Credits: Laura Macchia

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone! Memory associations are such a funny thing. When we went into the hospital on September 10 last year, it was still hot and humid summer outside. When we came back out five days later with our baby girl (thanks induction!), it was cool and crisp fall. I will forever associate Sophie’s birthday with the changing of the seasons. And just yesterday, the temperatures thankfully dropped from the 90s to the mid-70s in just a couple hours. Which hopefully means good weather for a certain girl’s birthday party this weekend! But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

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Photo Credit: Sierra Studios Photography via My Insanity

Dara + Todd’s Bold Modern Wedding Invitations

For her own wedding at a gastropub in Brooklyn, Dara from Rafftruck Designs wanted to create a clean design that would complement the wedding venue. Dara incorporated a floral envelope liner and a striped teal backing for some pops of color. Personality-filled fonts, colorful envelopes, and a small letterpress card announcing the “The Rafftruck Wedding” (a combination of their last names) helped to round out the invitation suite!

Bold and Modern Wedding Invitations by Rafftruck Designs via Oh So Beautiful Paper (1)

From Dara: Todd and I were getting married in a gastropub in Brooklyn that has so much character all on it’s own, and we knew we wanted our clean style to complement the space. We also knew we wanted to incorporate our nickname, Rafftruck (the combination of his last name and my maiden name), that had been with us from the start. With that in mind, I set out to design our wedding suite, knowing our guests’ first impression of our special day would be based on the contents of the envelope.

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I decided that pairing a modern serif with some fun, bold, personality-filled fonts would liven up the design, yet keep things simple and classic. For that extra something, the envelopes were lined with a bright floral print and the invitations were backed with a teal (our favorite color) stripe.  All the pieces were letterpress printed on 118# bright white 100% cotton paper. Charcoal ink was used across the board, with the exception of a single hot pink heart on the map to pinpoint the location of our reception. Rounding out the suite, a letterpress card announcing The Rafftruck Wedding was adhered to a teal band to wrap the individual items.

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To tie everything together, I letterpress printed coasters using the same color palette and patterns as our invitations to give away as favors at the wedding. If there’s one way I had to describe this project overall, it’s that it’s totally “Rafftruck”.

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Thanks Dara!

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Photo Credits: Rafftruck Designs

Jessica + Scott’s Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations

I’m loving this take on the ombre trend from designer Cristina Pandol: instead of a gradient on a single piece of the invitation, the entire suite progresses from dark to light purple! Cristina thought through every single detail of the suite, from the custom envelope liners to the purple calligraphy and vintage postage!

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

From Cristina: I’ve been dying to apply the ombre concept to stationery, but was waiting for the right project to come along. When Jessica reach out to me for her wedding and stressed how much she loves all shades of purple, I knew that she would love the concept. The wedding suite progresses from dark purple to light purple, and everything from the calligraphy to the postage is purple.

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

The design revolves around the pairing of three very different typefaces to show the couple’s playful and eclectic style. The primary type is Gulyesa, with Love Potion and Museo Slab used to compliment the primary type.

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Every piece was letterpress printed with a fairly deep impression on a bright white French cotton paper. I wanted to make sure the pressing and ombre was done properly, so I rented a Vandercook machine and printed every piece myself. Jessica wanted to do some of the work herself and be part of the experience. I created a stencil for her to use to cut all of the envelope liners and Jessica secured all of the pieces together with string and buttons.

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Purple Ombre Letterpress Wedding Invitations by Cristina Pandol via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Thanks Cristina!

Design + Printing: Cristina Pandol via press rental at Lala Press

Calligraphy: Calligraphy Katrina

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Photo Credits: Garrett Shannon