Our first wedding anniversary is quickly approaching – I cannot believe that its already been one year since we said “I do!”  {See the full wedding recap here, if you’re curious!}

{Historic Covered Bridge in Oregon’s Williamette Valley}

Our big celebration will take place during our week-long trip to Oregon at the very end of the month, but we still deserve a few small tokens to commemorate our very first year on March 28th, yes?

Yes!

While I’m not always a stickler for antiquated …

Our very own ABCD has created the most perfect holiday cards that I just had to share with ya’ll (heads up, they are not kid friendly)!

Amy says:

A few weeks ago, I started working on our personal holiday cards. I tried sayings like “Season’s Greetings” “Happy New Year” and “May your season be bright.” Nothing seemed right. I decided to wrap things up on the computer and go clear my head with a good workout. Right before I closed our holiday …

ABCD Design is celebrating it’s SECOND Blog-i-versary on October 7th! I wanted to celebrate in a really big way as a thank you to all my lovely readers. When it comes to birthdays and anniversaries, what would you say is the best part? Yep, you got it. The presents! I figure when push comes to shove – what’s a blog-i-versary without prizes? I am super excited about the first ABCD Design gift because it is…

Since I design stationery for weddings, …

photo by Zvone Lavric, Slovenia

I’ve been on the hunt for social calling cards. Before you say that I can buy them at my local corner store, I’m not looking for those kind of cards. I’m looking for what is also known as a visiting card. In Victorian times, they were were used when making introductions and home visits. They had their own set of rules and etiquette. It’s actually quite fascinating.  You can read about them here and here.

Essentially, social …

I puffy pink heart Sara from Stinkerpants Designs. She’s so sweet and uber-talented and her hand-drawn stationery is just to die for!

This week, EAD and Stinkerpants are teaming up to give one lucky EAD winner a sweet prize – your choice of:

* 100 Save the Dates
* 100 Thank You Cards
* 1 Framed Family Portrait
* or 100 Holiday Cards!

Just check out this cuteness!

So how do you win? You’ve got up to four chances to enter. You can:

Leave a …

Aren’t these Printable Apple Note Flats adorable? One of my favorite design bloggers, Ez at Creature Comforts, created them and is generously offering them as a free download to her readers.

You can find directions and the free downloadable file here.

Recently, I had the opportunity to sample some “Thank You” notes from Minted, which came at a very very opportune time for me as anyone who reads my other blog knows!  I still had the last few of my wedding thank you notes to write and send out, and I had just run out of the other note cards I had been using!

*above 2 images from Minted

Minted was very easy to order from!  It’s great because you can personalize your notes to …

How creative is this moving announcement?  Found via Oh So Beautiful Paper!

Looking for an eco friendly gift for the mothers in your life?  Craft Pantry has an entire shop stocked full of tote bags, lunch bags, produce bags and stationery.  Prices range from $8 to $30 (for custom bags).

Anyone knows that the mark of a great conference is the goody bags.  Well, all of us were blown away by the products and coupons found in our bags. From handbags to headbands, tropical lip balm to pearl earrings, the sponsors went above and beyond in providing some fantastic products for all of us to experience and review.

Photo by Maria of Ritzy Bee

By far, my favorite part of the gift bags was the package from Fresh.  They hooked all of …