Invitation Mashup

Hello, lovelies! Today we're going to talk PAPER!

I confess that I've been in a long-term love affair with paper. Ever since grade school I remember enthusiastically awaiting the arrival of September, because that meant new. notebooks. I drove my poor mother up the wall scuttling up and down the aisles of various supply stores looking for just the right one. Don't even get me started on pens. Fast forward two decades, and it's no surprise that our wedding stationery must be just so. I scoured the internet for inspiration, and found a plethora of stationery with elements that I adored, starting with the layers of pink used for these gorgeous letterpress invitations:

 

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I loved the cozy feeling this quilted background graphic imparts on these invites from Ruby & Willow:

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We made boxed invitations a "must"--they would be such a surprise in everyone's mailbox!

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For so long I've admired Mrs. Gloss' edge painting, and her invitations were what led me to find Weddingbee:

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I went bonkers for the monogram font (Surrey) used in this suite:

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Everything about Mrs. Scissors' perfectly beautiful invitations are to die for:

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And I'm smitten with the wild, whimsical calligraphy used for the bride and groom's names:

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Ultimately, we pulled details from these invitation suites (and others that I'm likely forgetting--my apologies!) to design our own. Thanks to our local letterpress savior, the talented Michelle Baker of Elevated Press, we were able to produce an invitation suite that we're truly proud to call our own.

Michelle at work in her awesome studio!*

Now, I certainly can't heap all that paper porn on you without a glimpse of what's to come:

Stay tuned! Our invites should have reached their destinations by now, so I'll be revealing the deets post haste. Were you able to find ready-to-order stationery that satisfied your wants, or did you end up designing your own?

*Photo courtesy of Michelle Baker