Chalkboard Love

How cute is this? Not only good for weddings, you could use a chalkboard for fun at class reunions, kids' birthday parties... the possibilities are endless. I wish I could have one for our Super Bowl party next week... Hmmm.... :)


Via Once Wed

Rad Wallpaper

I want these wallpapers from Walnut Wallpaper. Soooo awesome...


As seen on NicBlog.

Invitation Styles

As someone with a printing background, I really appreciate Gina DeDominici's post of different invitation styles. She has images featuring different types of folds and self-contained invitation styles, and this is really helpful as a visual descriptor to bridge the gap between the printing-minded and the masses. :)

Winter Wedding Invitation—Sam & Thad

A year ago yesterday Samantha and Thad were married, and I designed their wedding invitations and stationery based on the embroidered flowers on Sam's veil. These invitations were a simple but elegant way to personalize another detail of their day.

Happy anniversary you two! :)

Sewn Invitations

Something that I really love is sewing on paper. Well, I love the look of it. I haven't tried it yet (lazy!) but I really want to. What really kicked off this obsession was seeing Kathy's invitations (right) in The Knot magazine last fall when I was planning my wedding. She was so generous to share her how-to, supply list, fonts, etc. to everyone, all for free!

Here are some other cool examples I found:

Wedding invitation from larawysong @ Flickr via Kate's Wedding.

Simple but awesome Bar Mitzvah invitation from Luscious Verde.

Cute invitation by doorsixteen on Flickr

I like that this is a sewn booklet, but that they also did a thicker sewn trim on the covers. From Tess McCabe in Australia.


So this isn't really sewn in the photo, but would be an excellent candidate! This kind of added border sewn on can embellish almost anything. From Tiny Prints. (P.S. I really like the name Jack for a kid. So cute!)


It looks simple, but I'm not sure sewing a button on paper would be so easy. I think you'd have to do it by hand, and on some pretty thick paper. From Better Homes and Gardens.

OK, now it's practice time... :)

Old is the New Black

From Oh Happy Day by way of A $10,000 Wedding:

Poladroid is so fabulous—check out their Flickr page! I miss real Polaroid photos, and this is the next best thing. I picture turning different vacation photos into Poladroids and then using them as table signs at a rehearsal dinner. Such fun!

Fry and Lela all 'droided out.