whidby island wedding

Lily got in touch with us after she saw our invitation feature over on Once Wed. Her wedding is this summer on Whidby Island. We used the same invitation design, but personalized it to feel more like her special day. A few beachy touches and some color changes and we had the new suite ready to mail. Simple and clean, but great little details like the twine & glassine envelope make it unique. Cheers Lily!

fiesta birthday party

pinata, mexican beer, papel picado, limes, birthday girl… fiesta forever! to celebrate an extra special chick we created this invitation around a fiesta theme. wrapped in a muslin bag, stamped, and tagged with the guests name, these were delivered to some tiny little hands.

just a peek : gold foil + lasercutting

Some ladies came to us with a really wonderful invitation design opportunity. We got to work immediately and came up with a lovely piece for the Gala. Because of certain copyrights with the painting, we can't show you the whole piece, but here's a link to the artist Rachel Ruysch who's still life was featured inside. It's a stunner. The cover was laser cut which allows for tiny detail and the gold foil was the perfect touch to the cottony paper. Such fun. We're lucky ladies!

baby shower invitations // spring showers

Spring showers are bringing on the bambinos. There must be something in the water, because we know so many expecting mommas. Perfect timing to design a new baby shower invitation. Check out these lovelies. My favorite part is the photo liner. Such a fun way to personalize an invite. They're in the shop if you have a buddy with a baby on the way.

spring scenes

Nature has certainly come alive the last couple weeks. There's been some heavy rains followed by some seriously gorgeous spring scenes. Peonies blooming in the yard and office windows letting in the breeze. Life is good around here and was made even sweeter by my visit to Nashville last week. Currier and I got straight down to business with a long to-do list, but we snuck in a whole 'lotta fun after hours. Steeplechase at Percy Warner was a big day and then a criquet match followed on Mother's day. Good excuses for dressing up and sipping on Pimms.

nautical / map party invitations

We've been anxious to share this nautical party project we worked on last Fall and now's the time! It was a doozy (in a good way) and we worked really, really hard so they're really special. You can read all about them on the Oh So Beautiful Paper blog. Event planner: Elizabeth James

watercolor wedding invitation

This fall Margaret & Stevie will marry on the brides family farm set in the Tennessee hills.
The bride came to us with colorful images of patterns, natural textures, and lace. We ended
up with 2 color printing + deboss pattern + watercolor liner. Now on to the main event!

tenn hens in the dallas morning news

So proud that Miss Bonnaroo was featured in the Dallas Morning News today! And Tenn Hens even got a little shout out as well. Lotta love in the big D!

woodlands wedding

Our most recent bride, Miss Katelyn, came to us with her invitation concept already dreamed up. She is a freckly brunette and her fiance is a bearded red-head so she loved the idea of using their portrait in the design. This was a first for us, but they're mighty cute so our job was just to make 'em look as good on paper! Their color palate, think violets and greys on recycled stock, is muted so we desaturated everything a bit to give it the mood she desired. We think it turned out very sweet and wish this adorable pair a happy, sunny day this Spring.

sneak peek : save the date

A little preview of a save the date we've been busy working on in the studio. Currier's had her watercolors out so you know it's going to be good!

cocktails & cookbooks

After a little sketching and concepting, we cooked up a new shower invitation for a client last week. The hosts wanted to throw a kitchen & stock the bar so we came up with Cocktails & Cookbooks. Kinda fun and the illustrations we created could even stand alone. Check 'em out & they're in the shop as well!

martha, lady bird, and vintage stamps

Y'all know we love stamps. We practically hoard them, waiting until the right invitation comes along just begging for that perfect collage of stamps (new or old). It all goes back to a Martha Stewart article about using vintage stamps and artfully arranging them. It was an ahh-ha moment in the office for sure! Martha is one crafty lady and we adore her.

Anyway, the Postal Service just reissued these original 1960s stamps honoring Lady Bird Johnson. Originally engraved and adapted for printing today in offset lithography, they would be so lovely on a spring invitation. Hmm… stashing these away for now, but they will certainly be put to good use very soon.

Here's some other great examples of mixing and placing stamps creatively.

last 3 images from 100layercake & plurabelle