Screen Printed Seed Packets

These super cute screen printed seed packets by This Neck of the Woods are so much fun! The colorful set includes six designs featuring patterns for the corresponding types of seeds: carrots, beans, tomatoes, herb mix, dahlia, and billy ball flowers. These would be great filled with seeds and given as part of a gift to your favorite gardener, and they’d also make really cool wedding favors.

This Neck of the Woods Seed Packets
This Neck of the Woods Seed Packets

images from This Neck of the Woods

Unique Fingerprint Papercuts by Lori Danelle

Holy wow — talk about amazing and, literally, unique pieces of paper cut art. Graphic designer and paper artist, Lori Danelle, creates custom fingerprint papercuts that feature your very own fingerprints. The fingerprints are hand cut by Lori and would make wonderful keepsakes for weddings and anniversaries. I also love the idea of having one created to commemorate the arrival of a new child. Here’s a peek at Lori’s amazing work:

Lori Danelle Fingerprint Paper Cuts
Lori Danelle Fingerprint Paper Cuts
Lori Danelle Fingerprint Paper Cuts

images from Lori Danelle

Southwest Letterpress Wedding Invitations

Danae Calligraphy Southwest Wedding Invitations

I always love seeing wedding invitations that have been styled specifically for the geographical area in which they’re taking place, especially if the imagery is powerful enough to make me feel as though I’m there. These beautiful letterpress invites, designed by eDanae for a Santa Fe, New Mexico wedding, do just that. The suite features calligraphy by Danae, who also created the custom, hand painted wedding map. Is this map gorgeous, or what?

Danae Calligraphy Southwest Custom Wedding Map

Return address and RSVP envelopes were stamped with a custom calligraphy stamp, also created by Danae, and envelope liners were made from Paper Source’s Mexican Tiles Wrapping Paper, the perfect compliment to the suite.

Danae Calligraphy Southwest Letterpress Wedding Invitations
Danae Calligraphy Southwest Letterpress Wedding Invitations

images from Danae / I Dream of Letters

Peacock Inspired Wedding Invitations from Dossie-a

Jessica Goldschmidt, the designer behind Dossie-a (website has subtle music, so heads up), a special event stationery company, is passionate about creating one-of-a-kind invitations that reflect the personal story behind the invites. These two wedding invitation suites not only show that passion, but they also give us a peek at Jessica’s creative process and show how she used a peacock feather as inspiration for designs that are, stylistically, as different as apples and oranges.

Melanie + Jordan’s Enchanted Invitations

The only requests that Jessica received from Melanie, the bride, were to incorporate the wedding’s enchanted forest theme and to use a peacock feather’s jeweled tones in the color palette. Jordan, the groom, wanted the invitations to look like a 1960’s vintage concert poster and pulled inspiration from the Grateful Dead, a favorite band. The couple also wanted to pay homage to their dog, who had just passed away.

The resulting invitations are a wonderful combination of vibrant color and a 60’s vibe, with an enchanted tree illustration that features their dog peeking out from the side. Pretty groovy, huh?

Grateful Dead + Enchanted Forest Wedding Invitations
Grateful Dead + Enchanted Forest Wedding Invitations

Instead of using table numbers, the bride and groom opted to continue the Grateful Dead theme and name the tables after their 15 favorite songs, and in lieu of traditional favors, they asked guests to make a donation to a charitable organization of the couple’s choice. Jessica created a favor sign that sat beside a basket of charity bracelets and gave information about the organization to which the guests were donating, as well as contact info for the organization.

Grateful Dead + Enchanted Forest Wedding Invitations
Grateful Dead + Enchanted Forest Wedding Invitations

Nicole + Joseph’s Flapper Chic Invitations

Nicole, the bride, also wanted to use a peacock feather as inspiration, but this time in a more straightforward way than Melanie and Jordan had in their Grateful Dead groovy invitations. Nicole wanted a vintage look, and Jessica was inspired by theater playbills from the 1800’s and roaring 20’s flapper style to create this wedding invitation suite, which features actual feathers in a way that brings to mind the hairpieces and headbands that flapper women wore. I especially love how Jessica used the feather on the invitation, incorporating it in the area where the printed flourishes come together to look exactly like an ornate headband.

Flapper Peacock Wedding Invitations
Flapper Peacock Wedding Invitations
Flapper Peacock Wedding Invitations
Flapper Peacock Wedding Invitations

images from Dossie-A / Jessica Goldschmidt

Quilled Marriage Certificate by Ann Martin

Ann Martin Quilled Marriage Certificate
Ann Martin Quilled Marriage Certificate

Ann Martin, master quill-stress and blogger of all things paper, recently created this absolutely gorgeous quilled marriage certificate for a North Carolina beach wedding. I love the soft, pastel colors found in the quilled paper floral motif and think that this is such a lovely detail to include as part of one’s wedding. The poster-sized certificate can be used in place of the guest book and can be framed and hung in the couple’s home as a reminder of the special day.

Ann Martin Quilled Marriage Certificate
Ann Martin Quilled Marriage Certificate

Marriage certificates are Quaker by tradition, but the idea is beginning to catch on for all types of weddings. Certificates are often painted, but Ann adds her own special twist by creating motifs in quilled paper, which gives a wonderful dimensional quality to the certificate. Quaker certificates typically feature the couple’s vows in calligraphy and are signed by the couple and two witnesses, as well as guests during the wedding. By signing, guests are pledging their steadfast support of the couple in marriage. In non-Quaker weddings, guests can sign right after the ceremony or when they arrive at the reception.

If you’re interested in having a custom marriage certificate created for your wedding, you can contact Ann via her blog, and she encourages those interested in crafts and diy projects to give it a try yourself. You can check out her Quilling 101 tutorial to get started, and she also has a number of project specific tutorials over at all things paper. Seeing her tutorials really makes me want to break out my quilling paper and tools and create something!

images from Ann Martin; calligraphy by Riva Brown of Living Letters Studio (Wilmington, DE)