we're moving!

sooo great!  check these "we're moving" annoucements from shredlines on etsy.  i'm not moving anytime soon, but this sure makes me want to!!

Marit Hanson Weddings

today i would like to "officially" introduce you to marit hanson weddings. i have eyed her work long ago and featured her designs for some unique save the date ideas, but thankfully yesterday i got in contact with her and have some more to share!!

my personal favorite are these first two; they are actually two options of a single design she created for a client. the bride and groom were married at a country club, and without going "cheesy matchy" marit decided to incorporate the "polka dots" on the golf ball for in the invitation. i love it! wonderfully simple, but as always with style and creativity.

soul mates photography

since we are talking about invitation ideas, check this one out. i have just recently met a wonderful photographer and fantastic person, melissa tomeoni, who is the creative eye and designer of soul mates photography here in portland. and during our great cup of coffee (well, her coffee because i am prego and can't have it!!) she showed me this invite. i absolutely LOVE this idea. this couple took their engagement photos and made a colorful tri-fold invite for their guests, including the cutest postcard of themselves for a rsvp! i think this is a wonderful idea for couples to introduce themselves and show off their personalities to their family and friends--especially if you have a spouse-to-be who is not so familiar to everyone coming to your wedding.

melissa also sent me some of their engagement shots that help create their invitation look. thank you so much melissa!!! we shall see more of her and soul mates photography soon!

studio olivine

good morning and happy monday--wow, do i feel refreshed from this weekend!! i hope you all do as well :) and when we got back last night i was so excited to see some e-mails from a good friend of mine julie dutton from studio olivine about her latest invitation endeavor! i've been anxiously awaiting her newest designs and this one is just gorgeous. she's never one to disappoint!

my eye is always drawn to letterpress and handmade paper--there is nothing like it. and since i am not the letterpress expert, i wanted her to share with you her vision and process for this invite:

So these were a really fun project. Their wedding theme is Damask. So everything relates to that pattern in some way. They came to me and said they wanted Damask, but nothing that was flowery. So I hit the fabric store and got some inspiration. They really wanted something inclusive, so I decided to design this as a folder with a pocket. The large plum colored pattern was printed with one giant wood block letterpress plate. The pockets were scored and glued on the corners by Elisabeth (my helper) and I. Then on the invitation, I used a pale lilac wash version of the Damask placed behind the text so that people's eyes would get a chance to breathe a bit, but everything would still be tied together. The rsvp cards were stuffed into the pockets. Total this took 9 different letterpress plates. There were 200 invitations, so that means that it took a total of 1,800 times through the letterpress to finish the project. Two full days of work. A labor of love, indeed.

i hope we will see more of studio olivine's designs soon! thanks so much, julie!!

paper cupp design

okay ladies, i am so excited to announce this!! i have been recently introduced to a fabulously creative woman and the beautiful brains behind papercupp--she has all kinds of crazy talents in design and one, and thus being her obsession for the moment, is paper! her wedding invitations are wonderful!! and today, amy beth cupp dragoo, thus her company name ABCD design, is unveiling her new website. amy's unique funky style comes through in her work in such beautiful ways--these invitations are saturated with personality and style. you definitely need to check her out!!!

the great outdoors II

okay, so your rehearsal party is all outfitted with gorgeous decor and enticing summer food, now you need to announce your chic outdoor evening. try some of these party invitations from elum. such unique and creative modern designs that can be tailored to any event--use your invites to set the mood for your family and friends--though some of these are wedding invitations themselves, use the creativity of the design to add your own fun details for the night: a menu, themed attire, personalized note card for the guests, directions, and even a schedule of events for the up coming wedding day or weekend to follow.

Green Paper!

in honor of earth day and "green week" i found these plantable, recycled paper products--such an inventive and wonderfully green idea! each product is handmade with recycled paper products and can be planted in the ground to grow beautiful wild flowers. wedding invitations, journals, party favors, stationary, notecards and calendars are all available and are a wonderful eco idea each and every guest can personally use to beautify their own homes! there are many options to choose from Botanical Paperworks, but these are just a few:

Etsy Paper

happy monday! so i was searching throughout the vast amounts of wedding stuff etsy has--if you have heard yet, esty launched a new weddings segment of their website. it's wonderful. i found a couple fun, creative, hip designers that have great paper ideas. whether it be invitations, save the dates, tags for wedding gifts--even a fabulous love letter--they pretty much got it all covered. so use your imagination and make your wedding more personalized with this stuff!

Digital Paperie

Inky Livie

Sandy Photo Art

Lani Blu Stationary

Eva Paul

i absolutely LOVE this one even though it isn't an invitation. eva paul made it for her husband for valentine's day--scetching an image of her self and imposed her letter under it. you can send her a jpeg and she can do the same for you! of course she needs your lovely words for your special someone :)