A Virtual National Stationery Show Booth

May 30, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

Robyn Wehab of Meant to be Sent decided to approach the National Stationery Show a little differently this year. Instead of having a physical booth at the show, she created a virtual booth, where invited guests can log in, check out her collection of wedding invitations, and get a preview of Meant to Be Sent’s shiny new line of paper goodies – available now for pre-order and shipping this fall – which includes notebooks, gift wrap and tags, boxed cards, and more! Also on display in the virtual booth are previews of the new Meant to be Sent wedding albums, which debuted at the National Stationery show last year.

I love to see stationers shaking things up, thinking outside the box, and coming up with unique and innovative ways of presenting their goods. Best of luck with your virtual booth, Robyn!

A few of the pretty wedding invites from the Meant to be Sent booth:

images from Meant to be Sent

NSS ’12 : Invitations

May 29, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

No surprise – I developed many, many invitation crushes during the National Stationery Show this year. Speaking of crushes, I’ll be highlighting a few of my favorite collections from the show over at Invitation Crush this week, so be sure to head on over for lots of additional photos. But, before you go, keep reading (and looking) right here to see plenty of invitation eye-candy.

Two Paperdolls introduced a gorgeous collection of letterpress wedding invites (fill-in invitations, too!):

A trio of gorgeous letterpress wedding suites from elum:

Sweet invite designs from Printerette:

It was crush at first sight when I spotted this beauty from Dingbat Press:

Fantastic color, pattern, and typography from Bella Figura:

And more lovely designs from the Smock wedding album, which featured so much beautiful foil stamping:

A great mix of letterpress and painterly special occasion invites from The Nic Studio (love the use of Gmund Savanna stock in the winery/vineyard-themed suite):

And a fab new collection of letterpress fill-in invites from Papillon Press:

photos by Kristen Magee

Invitation Tuesday : Invitation Crush Roundup #10

May 08, 2012 // kristen // 1 replies

Looking for a little wedding invitation inspiration? Here’s a taste of what I’ve been featuring over at Invitation Crush lately and, if you’re a fan of chalkboards, hand-lettering, retro style, and double-decker buses, then I think you’ll find something that you like here:

Above, clockwise from top : a collection of chalkboard-themed wedding invites (shown are Chalkboard Wedding Invitations by Alethea and Ruth for Minted); from the Fresh Love wedding collection by Yours is the Earth; from the Hermie Suite by MaeMae Paperie; Abigail + Aled’s whimsical letterpress wedding invitations (design by Aled Lewis and printing by Blush); from the Maggie Collection by Weswen Design

images from their respective sources

New Advertiser : We Heart Paper

April 23, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

I’m so excited to welcome Paper Crave’s newest advertiser, We Heart Paper, a boutique custom design and letterpress studio whose pretty paper goodies I’ve featured on the site many times. We Heart Paper was founded with a love for paper, design and the lush, tactile nature of letterpress. They specialize in creating custom invitations, announcements, and social stationery for the special events in your life, as well as unique business collateral for your company.

We Heart Paper offers a collection of beautiful, ready made (and fully customizable) wedding invitations, as well as social stationery and other paper goods for everyday use. Each letterpress item that comes from their studio is lovingly hand-fed into a vintage press, one color at a time, and they’ve recently started offering digital printing for their collection of wedding invitation suites, so budget-minded couples can have their gorgeous, high quality invites, too.

Here’s a little peek at the We Heart Paper wedding invitation collection, and you can check out all of the available suites here:

images from We Heart Paper

Invitation Tuesday : Invitation Crush Roundup #9

April 10, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

There is lots of lovely letterpress to be found in this roundup of some of the beautiful wedding invitations that I’ve featured over at Invitation Crush during the past few weeks:

Above, clockwise from top : Mid-century modern wedding invites by Bow & Arrow; Susy Jack*’s gorgeous new collection of wedding invitations for Hello! Lucky; Daily Sip Studios’ beautiful new letterpress wedding collection; Dauphine Press’ Custom Wedding Portfolio II is a stunner; Artcadia’s new “Inky” wedding invitations showcase a classic black and white palette

images from their respective sources