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Turcan + Ev’s Formal and Elegant Black + White Wedding Invitations

Turcan and Ev wanted classic wedding invitations with a few bold yet sophisticated elements.  They worked with Sarah from The Happy Envelope, who created a stunning black and white invitation design.  The entire suite was letterpress printed on super-thick paper, with a vintage rose illustration on the reverse side and cobalt blue edge painting.  So pretty!

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From Sarah: Turcan + Ev had a church wedding followed by a reception at the bride’s aunt’s private residence in Maryland.  The couple wanted something stunning, but still classic in tone.  Their wedding colors were black and white with cobalt blue accents. We decided to letterpress print everything on super thick 4-ply board so that we could paint the edge with a bright pop of their blue as a fun surprise.

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The reverse side of the invitation was letterpress printed in black ink with a vintage rose botanical illustration.  The custom printed liner on the inner envelope was also cobalt blue for that extra “wow!” factor.  The bride wanted the reception card to really sing and stand on its own, so we letterpress printed it in two inks, utilizing her cobalt blue for a bit of visual pop.  Calligraphy by Feast Fine Art + Calligraphy sealed the deal!

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Thanks Sarah!

Design and Letterpress Printing: The Happy Envelope

Calligraphy: Feast Fine Art + Calligraphy

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Photo Credits: The Happy Envelope

Nicole + Chris’s Modern Travel-Inspired Wedding Invitations

Happy Monday everyone!  We’re starting the week off with these modern travel-inspired wedding invitations from recent bride Nicole Parker King.  Nicole previously worked as a Creative Director for L’Oreal before moving to India with her diplomat husband, so it’s no surprise that she knew exactly what she was doing when it came time to design her own wedding invitations.  Nicole combined travel elements like tickets and a passport wedding itinerary with rustic details inspired by the wedding venue – a family property in New Hampshire.

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From Nicole: I met Chris, an Australian diplomat, in New York in 2009.  We dated internationally for a year – meeting up in Paris, Geneva, London, Ireland, Turkey, Australia, and Santa Barbara – before getting engaged in 2010.  I knew I definitely wanted to incorporate a travel theme in both the wedding invitation and the wedding itself.

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We were married on Labor Day Weekend 2011 at my uncle’s property, Lakefalls, in New Hampshire.  The property has been in our family since before I was born and has great significance for me.  My goal for the design was to combine travel elements (in the form of the tickets, passport, and airplane details) while still playing up the beautiful location and getting guests excited about the “wedding weekend in the woods.”

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The heart of the property is Lakefalls Lodge, but the property has many other buildings and areas.  I designed a map that included driving directions to the property but also gave guests a sense of the different places that various events would take place over the course of the weekend.

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We also included a “passport” that functioned as the schedule of events for the weekend, which included lawn games the day before and a New England-style lobster bake in a meadow on the property.

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I designed post cards that were used both as escort cards at the rehearsal dinner and in lieu of a guest book at the wedding.  The “Aussies Invade” theme was due to the fact 60+ Australians descended upon New Hampshire for the weekend!

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Thanks so much Nicole!

Design: Nicole Parker King

Printing: ColorMark

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Photo Credits: Grazier Photography

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  This week practically flew by for me – but we’ve been keeping busy behind the scenes with lots of baby-related projects, some of which I hope to share here soon!  I finally started to feel tiny baby kicks a couple of weeks ago and they’ve been getting stronger ever since; it’s still so funny to look down and see my belly actually move from a particularly strong kick!  This weekend I’m looking forward to a movie date with friends and picking a paint color for the nursery.  But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

A big welcome to the newest members of the Designer Rolodex!

As usual, we have a fun cocktail coming up for you this afternoon, so check back a bit later for the recipe!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday!  xoxo

Quilled and Framed Wedding Invitation by Ann Martin

If you’re like me and absolutely love your wedding invitations, you’ll want to find a way of displaying them long after the ceremony.  A thoughtful wedding guest commissioned paper filigree (aka quilling) artist Ann Martin to create a quilled frame around the invitation as a wedding gift for the couple.  Such a fantastic idea!

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From Ann: A recent client commissioned a quilled and framed wedding invitation as a wedding gift for the couple.  The invitation was a square charcoal gray Vera Wang invitation – very elegant.  All of the scrollwork was done in white with a few touches of silver-edged white.

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Thanks Ann!  For more beautiful quilling work by Ann, including some wonderful marriage certificates and ketubahs, check out her blog right here!

Photo Credits: Ann Martin

Seth + Summer’s Modern Woodland Screen Printed Wedding Invitations

Now these are FUN wedding invitations – and I love the combination of modern illustration with a rustic woodland design theme!  Michael Casebolt of Casebolt Design + Illustration created these wedding invitations for good friends Seth and Summer, building his design from their love for western North Carolina.  The invitations were screen printed in two colors on the front and three colors inside by the talented folks of Mama’s Sauce.  Love!

From Seth: Summer and I both strive for perfection.  When it came to our wedding invitations we had very high expectations, to say the least.  Knowing our limitations, we contacted our friend Mike – designer/illustrator extraordinaire!  Summer and I met with Mike and presented our (very) rough sketch and flickr inspiration set.  We discussed our interest in national parks and our connections to western North Carolina and gave him free reign to have fun.

After only a short time of not knowing what to expect we received our first glimpse of Mike’s work: the two front panels of the invitation.  It was everything we had envisioned and more!  It made me WANT to open the flaps and see what was inside.  We told him it was awesome, urged him to continue, and patiently waited for what was to come.

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Elaborating on the exterior look and tying together every loose end we had pitched him, Mike nailed it!  All the elements were included in one cohesive illustration that really defined our ideal wedding.  We were very pleased with Mike’s work and impressed with his ability to merge our concept with his playful style.

Thanks Mike!

Design: Casebolt Design + Illustration

Screen Printing: Mama’s Sauce

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Photo Credits: Michael Casebolt