Anticipating Thanksgiving

One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions is going around the table and stating what we're most thankful for. Admittedly it's a little cheesy and sort of cliché, but it is so easy to lose sight of giving thanks in the midst of football, food prep and catching up with friends & family. If you love this tradition too {or want to give it a try this year} we designed some festive watercolor printables that you can cut up and pass out to start getting people in the TRUE Thanksgiving spirit. 

Printable is available in both eggplant {shown} and burnt orange! Enjoy AND happy planning!! 

Pretty Paper: Hilary & Sean

We're convinced that stripes will never go out of style. We've loved them for years and we continue to get excited over every opportunity we get to incorporate this motif into custom stationery. While using playful fonts, Hilary & Sean's save the date maintained a clean, preppy look with a striped frame paired with the crest of the country club where the wedding would take place. My favorite part however, is that white foil stamped return address on the blue envelope!!

Photo courtesy of Erin McGinn Photography

What do you think? Are you a fellow lover of stripes?!

Happy Friday!!

Featured: Well Wed

There have been a lot of exciting things happening around our office lately and we're excited to share one more today! The recent issue of Well Wed Magazine {Cape Cod & the Islands} featured a bright & punchy inspiration shoot that we collaborated with a dream team of wedding vendors on. We can't get enough of the bright colors, funky fonts and the beautiful merging of cultural influences that made this shoot SO MUCH FUN to work on. Take a peek at the pages for yourself but if you're local, we want to encourage you to pick up a hard copy of this mag- you won't be sorry!!

Thanks for the love, Well Wed!!! 

Have you ordered your Holiday Cards yet?

We feel like it's borderline crazy to be taking about holiday cards with such vigor, but guys, the holidays are sneaking up on us!! If you have yet to place your order, please note that our deadline is November 17th, which will allow you to receive them just in time for December holidays! Keep in mind, all orders come with FREE custom postage stamp designs, which we think is the perfect cherry on top!! ;)

Pretty Paper: Tiffany & Alan

We recently had a batch of our recent Save the Dates and invitation suites photographed by the lovely & talented Erin McGinn Photography! Words can't even describe how excited we are to share some of our recent work with you all and we're kicking it off today. You probably know how much we love mixing fonts so designing a text heavy, modern Save the Date was a blast to work on. Tiffany & Alan wanted to keep a neutral palette and we're just in love with the rich charcoal & natural paper combination!

We'll share their invitation suite soon too, but want to hold off until after their big day... which is this weekend! Congrats to Tiffany & Alan!!!

On another note, don't forget to order your Paper Moss Holiday cards ASAP! Check out our 2014 Holiday designs and order by November 17th!!

*All photos are courtesy of Erin McGinn Photography

Pumpkins inspired by foil printing

We have had a blast using hot foil stamping on several projects this season, allowing us to add an extra pop of metallic to any stationery suite. It's that perfect pop of glam! Like we mentioned on Wednesday, we're completely in love with these shimmery colors... and so we wanted to do a festive DIY in the office to unleash some creativity. Paint brushes in hand, we mixed up some copper and gold paint and went to town on these little white pumpkins.

Truth be told, painting these little white pumpkins was harder than I thought! Yes, that's my inner-perfectionist speaking... but it was fun none the less. We just couldn't resist pulling together some letterpress suites and a copper plate (used for foil printing) that we had laying around the office.

We were SO excited to design & print an all gold foil suite for a September wedding, shown below. Unfortunately our humble little photos do not do justice for this glamorous suite but we'll be sure to share the professional photos when we get them back!

Have a lovely weekend, friends!

Paper Moss holiday cards are here!

If you saw our post on Friday, you know that we've been designing our 2014 Holiday Cards for the last month or so. We're truly more excited than EVER before to show you what we have up our sleeves- think hand lettering, mixed fonts, fun patterns, deer silhouettes...! For those of you who are planning ahead, please note that for a limited time we are giving away custom postage designs to match your holiday cards!! Check it out and email us ASAP to to get the ball rolling!

Pretty Paper: Christa & Luke

We can't possibly think of a better way to spend a Wednesday, than to share some fun letterpress stationery. Christa and Luke's Gatsby inspired invitation suite goes down in the books as one of our all time faves. Not only are we in love with the art deco designs, but there are so many special details that make this suite even more stunning. With shimmery silver letterpress ink as a base, we accented the suite with blush paper backings & a blush RSVP envelope and added pops of color with raspberry painted edges & custom postage. One of my personal favorite elements however, is the killer envelope liner, merging the blush & raspberry with a vintage pattern to tie everything together!! Enjoy!

*Photos are courtesy of Ruth Eileen Photography

Pretty Paper: Allison & Don

Hi friends! We hope you had a fabulous holiday weekend. Are you back at work ready to carpe diem?! Today we wanted to share some super rustic custom stationery to spark some inspiration. Not only are we obsessed with this color palette of smoky blue and natural, but the detailed sketches of the venue & elements within it add so much character! If you haven't heard of Riverside Farm, you must check out this picturesque venue in Vermont. We think this 1-color letterpress suite set the tone just perfectly for Allison & Don's big day... but if you'd like to see for yourself, check out their feature on Style Me Pretty!

*photos are courtesy of Ruth Eileen Photography

Geometric + floral letterpress

Monday's textile inspiration post is a perfect segue into sharing one of our latest letterpress invitation suites. We may sound like a broken record, but we just LOVE mixing patterns (throw pillows, clothing and stationery alike) and these preppy designs are a prime example...

Dana Jo Photographyhad a hay day styling and photographing the stationery before the wedding! We're giddy over how these photos turned out!!

*all photos are courtesy of Dana Jo Photography

Audubon style at its finest

Today, we're over the moon to share with you one of our all time favorite inspiration shoots, which was just featured on Style Me Pretty! We had the pleasure of collaborating with Greenlion Weddings, Glass Event Planning, Russell Morin Fine Cateringand the lovely Erin McGinn Photography to name a few of the talents behind this Vintage Audubon wedding styled shoot.
 

With a charge to design an invitation suite and accompanying paper goods that exude Vintage Audubon style, we got to work and had a blast doing so!! We think that Kristen Henderson's hand calligraphy was the perfect touch on that chocolate brown envelope! :)

If you're pumped about how the invitation suite turned out, you'll definitely want to check out the rest of the feature & gallery here! But here's a little peek at the beauty to further entice you...

*all photos are courtesy of Erin McGinn Photography

Nautical Baby Shower Invites

It's hard to believe that over 10 months have passed since Emily welcomed her little guy into the world! That sweet little guy is definitely a charmer!! Today we're FINALLY sharing photos of the nautical baby shower invitation that we designed to celebrate his arrival!

Of course we couldn't deny this opportunity to share a photo of this little heartbreaker... isn't he the cutest?!

*stationery photos are courtesy of Ruth Eileen Photography

Our latest love: messy polka dots

For the last few weeks, we've been working on some custom stationery that features messy polka dots. What are those? Well just think of a paint brush making a little dot. They're a playful version of an all-time classic pattern... and we can't seem to get enough! Once our client's stationery has been sent out, you better believe that we'll be sharing photos of the final product!! For now, here was our inspiration...

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Which do you prefer- the messy whimsy of this style, or the clean & chic classic dot?

Featured: Anna + Dan

Oh goodness, I'm nauseous with excitement to share this feature... because it was my own wedding! Our fabulous photographer, Ryan Flynn submitted our wedding to Seattle Bride Magazine and low and behold, they loved it!!

It's so fun to see some of our wedding details on those glossy pages, though I'm not going to lie- there's nothing I hate more than having attention on me so even sharing this is painful to some degree. ;) Thanks so much for sharing in our excitement though!!! Without further adieu, here it is...

I owe every bit of the beauty of our wedding to the wonderful Nicole Haynes of Herban Design Studio. She was a total rockstar and saved my sanity. And speaking from experience, I can say how much of a difference it makes to work with vendors that you admire and "click" with. If anyone is getting hitched in Seattle, let me know- I have a dream team of vendors to refer you to! :)

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Featured: Ashley + Fred

Happy Monday! We hope you had a lovely holiday weekend and enjoyed soaking up sunshine and watching glittering fireworks!! We're jumping into this week with a little bit of good news... one of our lovely couples recently had their wedding featured on the Knot! We love, love, LOVE seeing these beautiful photos from Brian Dorseyand are feeling quite inspired by how this elegant seaside wedding came together!! View the whole album here.

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Beachy retro invitation

There are few things we love more than the invitation suite for Gia & Ilia's Bermuda wedding. They wanted something fun, beachy and slightly retro so we got to work and together dreamed up a fantastic 2-color letterpress suite. With a raspberry, aqua and natural palette we had a hay day playing with colors, typography mixes and icons. We'll share the whole suite {along with their custom palm tree confetti} on another day, but for now we just love these photos that their wedding photographer, Stacey Hedman shot after their nuptials!!

And though it pains me to think of that luxe cotton paper and pretty liner being destroyed by the salty water {paper nerd, I know} this shot is one of our FAVES! Isn't it amazing?! It's like a stationery version of trash the dress ;)

To check out the full feature of this tropical wedding, check out the post on Stacey's blog!

Featured: Ashley + Anthony

You may have seen us freak out over social media the other day when we caught wind that our stationery was featured on Oh So Beautiful Paper. In case you didn't catch that... and because this is ridiculously exciting for us {we're obsessed with that blog!} I wanted to get it out there one last time with a good, enthusiastic yippeeeeee!!!

To check out the full post, hear the inspiration behind the suite and gawk at all the pretty photos taken by Ruth Eileen Photography, you can do so here.

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Pretty Paper: Lauren & Josh

Lauren & Josh are not only one of the sweetest couples I've ever met, but they're also personal friends of mine. I can't help but to be partial! ;) It was SO STINKING FUN to get to work with their modern style and combine classic elements to set the tone for their Santa Monica wedding. Hearing about the plans for their outdoor wedding to take place on the sleek patio of the Viceroy Hotel, we were instantly inspired by the geometric decor at the venue. Stripes, checkers, cane, trellis patterns... the place is phenomenal, by the way! Here is how we set the tone for their modern & elegant affair:

* All photos are courtesy of Ruth Eileen Photography

Featured: Galen & John

Friends, we just got word that one of the weddings that we worked on last year was featured on none other than Style Me Pretty! Galen & John's wedding took place at Muskrat Farms in Rhode Island and we knew the tented affair was going to be romantic and every bit ethereal. As we worked on their invitation suite using soft colors, whimsical hand calligraphy, a textile inspired envelope liner and a little muskrat icon, we quickly fell in love. The couple worked with Exquisite Events to design & execute their day and every little detail was captured with precision by the fabulous folks at First Mate Photography.

Naturally, we feel compelled to share their gorgeous letterpress invitation suite, featuring hand calligraphy by the lovely, Kristen Henderson...

And incase you foolishly decide to not hop over to SMP to soak in the beauty of the whole feature, here are a few detail shots which of course include 2 of the "day-of" stationery items that we designed for them!

We're beyond thrilled to have this wedding featured. A huge congrats to the happy couple- it was an absolute pleasure working with you!

Take a look a the whole post here... and one last THANK YOU to First Mate Photographyfor doing such a killer job capturing this!

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Monogram it!

Not everyone gets pumped up about monograms the way that we do, but when a bride knocks on our door in need of a one uniquely tailored to them, we JUMP at the chance! This is actually one of the things we love most about working with clients- designing a custom monogram that we can use throughout the invitation suite and incorporate into their wedding day materials. These little works of art vary in style and amount of detail included, depending on what each couple wants. Take a peek at some of our favorite monograms that we designed in the last few years, ranging from simple to complex... and from modern to rustic!

Which one is your favorite?

To learn more about general monogram etiquette, check out what our friends at Mark and Graham have to say {here}!