{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  I'm so incredibly excited for this weekend to start because my mom is coming to visit me!  It'll be nice to have her up here for a few days — I've got a full weekend planned full of antique shopping and farmer's markets, not to mention showing her around my new neighborhood!  So I'm running off a bit early to go meet her at the airport, but in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend!

That's it for me this week!  I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and I'll see you back here on Monday!

{image credits: citrushearts via mary ruffle}

Midnight Gardens Wedding Invitation

Now that the temperatures are steadily improving (even with a few setbacks, like today!) I keep dreaming about summer barbequeues and evenings enjoying our steadily growing garden from our front porch.  So it's totally fitting that Vanessa An Lim from Marina at Makina sent over this wedding inispired by the idea of an intimate midnight garden stroll, with twinkling stars and silhouetted foliage:

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Vanessa also designed a collection of totally adorable wrapping paper – printed by the good folks at Mama's Sauce – with random patterns, like the sweet little hearts below.  Vanessa, an IT graduate, created a program that places pattern on the gift wrap in random spots and in different colors – making each individual sheet a one of a kind!

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You can check out the gift wrap, wedding invitations, and lots more over at Vanessa's shop, Marina at Makina!  Thanks Vanessa!

{image credits: marina at makina}

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  Are you looking forward to the weekend?  I'm finding myself a bit wiped out after this week, so I'm looking forward to sleeping in, doing some painting and organizing, and hopefully checking out the plant sale at the National Arboretum this weekend.  But in the meantime…

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…a few links for your weekend:

Also, don't forget to enter for a chance to win 100 letterpress wedding invitations from Brown Sugar Design Studio!  The giveaway closes tonight at midnight — so check out the details right here.  I'll see you all back here on Monday, when we'll announce the winner!

{image credits: photo by cathy via dreams may linger}

Floral Garden Party Wedding Invitations

Happy Earth Day everyone!  So in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, I thought I’d share these beautiful garden party wedding invitations from Paisley Quill, letterpress printed on beautiful (and eco-friendly) 100% cotton paper:

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I’m absolutely loving these soft pink colors for spring – from the rose-colored ink on the main wedding invitation to the pale pink invitation backing and envelopes.  Soft and elegant, and of course incredibly pretty.

{image credits: paisley quill}