Category — stationery

One of the most creative Save the Dates I’ve seen in a long time.

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Oh invitations, glorious invitations. I struggled big time on invitations at first. I had actually started out in school as a graphic designer, and ended up working as one for four years. So it seemed simple enough that I would design my own! Turns out I’m my own worst client. Nothing I came up with seemed right! And one of the main reasons was that none of my designs we’re gorgeously stamped into thick yummy paper…I had a crush on letterpress. After visiting with my favorite local letterpress studio, I unfortunately thought the letterpress of my dreams was out of my price range.

Enter Etsy’s Blackbird Press. Spectacular letterpress invitations - in my price range - and an amazing designer, Melissa, to work one-on-one with. I had recently purchased a lace pattern vector from istockphoto that I really wanted to incorporate.

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We were so happy with our engagement pictures that we decided to use them for our save the date cards. A few years ago I received an invitation to a work event in a vellum envelope. I loved how the graphic on the card showed through the crisp envelope. I held on to that invite and thought it’d be fun to do something similar for our save the dates!

This is the front and back of our save the date cards.

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If you’ve read EAD for any significant amount of time, you know that I’m a sucker for couture — shoes, clothing AND wedding invitations.  Even if they aren’t your style, they certainly provide some eye candy.

Here are some of the best of the best!

Paper Girl - the faux fur folios are exquisite and I love the preppy belted invites.

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A little tidbit of what I’ve been working on - yes, you spy gorgeous Laura Hooper calligraphy being goccoed!

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Hope your Saturday is as productive as mine has been.

E.

Paper Monkey Press is a gorgeous letterpress studio based in Berkeley, California.  Intimate enough for a small order of prints but capable enough to design your full custom stationery suite, you can’t go wrong using the Paper Monkeys for your event!

I’m in love with the soft and classic invitation in the top left corner!  So ornate and beautiful.  Check out their online portfolios {here} and {here}. 

Happy Monday!
E.

I’ve been exploring Minted over the past week and love it! It make searching for great invitations so easy. I can’t wait to see what they do with save the dates and party invites.

I’ve been submitting votes for their current design challenge, Voting ends on the 15th! The winning design will be for sale on Minted after the challenge ends.

They are also accepting submissions for the holiday photo card challenge. For those brides and vendors who are also designers, go ahead and submit a design for the holiday challenge! Let us know if you do.

I’ve been trying and trying to find something that works with my event to use as a guest book.  No luck yet but here are some amazing ideas I have seen along the way!

Typewriters

So fun for a literary couple or someone looking for that perfect vintage/mod combination.  Love the idea of this - not so sure if I’d trust my guests not to mess up?

Via Martha Stewart and Weddingbee

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Katherine writes in to ask:

Have you ladies seen any good posts or have any good ideas on what to include on the wedding invitation inserts? Besides the RSVP card, I am pretty lost.

{Image courtesy of Laura Hooper Calligraphy}

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While searching for coral yesterday I came across Passion Paper, a company specializing in custom invitations inspired by nature.  These are *perfect* for destination weddings!

The hand-detailing is wonderful - you can see a handpainted pineapple in the bottom right, and a clearly attended to leaf in the gorgeous wine label. 

Visit their site to enjoy more nature-inspired work (they do custom orders as well)!.

E.