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Erika + Andrew’s Modern Nautical Wedding Invitations

Becca from Suite Paperie sent over these fun custom invitations for a wedding in Massachusetts, and I’m loving the festive and modern nautical vibe! Using a classic red, white, and blue color palette, Becca incorporated nautical details like stripes and lobsters with whimsical dots. Too cute!

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From Becca: This wedding invitation suite was by far one of the most fun projects I’ve worked on in a long time! I actually met Erika via a mutual friend on Twitter, when she was searching for stationers for her wedding. We instantly clicked, and got to working on her “Kate Spade meets Surfer” inspired invitations. Erika, the creative brains behind the blog Radiant Republic, had a vision and we ran with it to come up with the suite below.

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We used dots, lobsters, and nautical stripes to keep the design whimsical, while the mix of script and block print typefaces added a touch of sophistication. The invitations were letterpress printed on luxurious 220# cotton Lettra and the rest of the suite was offset printed in navy and coral to match. The set was assembled with cotton twine and finished with a sweet square tag.

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Thanks so much Becca!

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

Photo Credits: Tory Williams

Heather’s Creative Calligraphy Wedding Invitations + Holiday Cards

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.

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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!

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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.

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From Amber and Emily of Karson Butler Events: When Heather learned how to letterpress print for her June 2011 wedding, we were in awe!  Heather worked with calligrapher Betsy Dunlap to create her custom invitation suite.  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.  To date, it has been one of our favorite weddings to help design.

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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: Katie Stoops Photography

{happy weekend!}

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!

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

Calligraphy Inspiration: Linea Carta

I’ve always admired the work of Linea Carta‘s Diva Pyari. I’m sure you’ve seen her work around the OSBP block before. She has a style all her own and it’s certainly hard to forget! You may have also seen Diva’s writing on the big screen, or in Martha Stewart Weddings. I’m sure you can see why; elegant, dynamic, endlessly romantic, with beautiful illustrations to boot! Not that she needs it. Diva’s writing in itself is a work of art. – Julie

Linea Carta Calligraphy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Linea Carta Calligraphy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Diva’s calligraphy oozes character. Not so perfect that you can’t tell it’s hand written, her work gives an air of old love letters from days past.

Linea Carta Calligraphy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Linea Carta calligraphy invitation on handmade porcelain

Linea Carta Calligraphy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

With a hint of custom illustration or perhaps calligraphy on porcelain, (such a wonderful idea for Save the Dates!) Diva knows how to make her work stand out from the rest.

Linea Carta Calligraphy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Linea Carta Calligraphy via Oh So Beautiful Paper

And of course, you must check out the Linea Carta shop, filled with all sorts of goodies. From napkins to address stamps to calligraphy starter kits; Diva has plenty of gorgeous items to ogle over. Be sure to take a look!

Photo Credits: Linea Carta

Drew + Kyle’s Floral Fall Wedding Invitations

Winter may be coming, but I’m doing my best to hold on to fall for as long as possible. Johanna from Arbor Corner Studio sent over these lovely eggplant purple wedding invitations that she created for a September wedding. Johanna incorporated a floral motif that complemented the classic type and layout. So pretty!

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From Johanna: Drew and Kyle have a classic sense of style, with touch of modern. The main wedding accent color was a beautiful eggplant purple, just perfect for a September wedding! Their wedding was very formal, and their reception a big party! Drew wanted a new twist on a floral design, so I designed a floral motif that could be used throughout the wedding materials.

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We paired the invitation with an eggplant envelope. Drew addressed the envelopes with a champagne-colored metallic pen. The simple one-color letterpress invitation suite and programs perfectly complemented the style of their fall wedding.

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Thanks Johanna!

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

Photo Credits: Arbor Corner Studio