I love unique baby announcements, and did a post last year on some of my favorites: Welcome, Baby! When I saw the newspaper inspired announcements on Oh So Beautiful Paper on Monday, I swooned. These are so darn cute and creative. All of the credits are listed below! What do you think of these cards?
Design: SHE Paperie
Letterpress Printing: Somersault Letterpress
Newborn Photograph: Natalie Ann Photography
Photo Credits: SHE Paperie
Posted on: Oh So Beautiful Paper
One of my closest friends got engaged on Tuesday, and I cannot stop daydreaming about their romantic nuptials in a gorgeous city in Mexico next year. They still haven’t landed on a place (I mean, it’s only been a few days!), but one of their favorite cities is San Miguel de Allende. I headed straight to Style Me Pretty for reference purposes, and ohmygosh… this city is stunning.
The first Style Me Pretty wedding venue is Casa Capricho.
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I found this second wedding on photographer Stephanie William’s site. It’s perfect. The venue is Casa Chorro.
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I found the third wedding on photographer Brandon Kidd’s site. The venue is Casa de la Cuesta. More details can be found here.
As I’ve mentioned many times before, we worked with Papellerie on our entire stationery suite (save the dates, invitations, programs, custom napkins, etc.). I loved working with Riley and Amy so much – they were incredibly good at understanding exactly what we (probably more I) wanted. Every single piece of our stationery was better than I could have ever imagined. The only missing photos were all of the goodies they made for our guest boxes! I’m upset that I didn’t think to have Ryan to take any pictures of the final product (my very unprofessional iPhone pictures below). The only faux-pas we had was that our seating assignment board – a corkboard with pins and personalized wine tags for guest’s glass with their name and table number – was setup vertically instead of horizontally (as planned), which made the tags fall kind of… off? You’ll see below. It’s definitely not a big deal though. As an FYI, the calligrapher that Papellerie uses is Meant To Be Calligraphy and the map artist was Katie Gastley. Everyone was amazing.
Our Save-the-Dates
Our Invitation Set
Our Programs
Our Placemats and Menus
Our Table Numbers
Our Reserved Signs
Our Table Assignments – a slight deviation from plan, as it was set up vertically instead of horizontally so the personalized wine tags don’t hang quite right! You win some, you lose some!
Our Custom Drink Bar Sign
Our Cupcake Flavor Labels
Our “Write your favorite memory” Postcards (A + S were gifted by my sweet little cousin!)
#ASPWedding Instagram Sign and Taxi Vouchers
Grand Exit Sign (Noisemakers here)
My iPhone Pictures of Guest Box Assembly + Seating Assignments
Et voila – the second half of the wedding (you can see part one here). We had custom cocktails, delicious food, hilarious speeches, and lots and lots and lots of dancing. There was a good mixture of Scottish and Serbian dancing, and of course, plenty of bouncing around to Miley and T-Swift (yes, he’s 32). I was a hot, sweaty mess at the end of the night, as I feel I should have been. I could not have dreamed up a better wedding for the two of us. I’m so happy to have these pictures and go through them time and time again. Love y’all – thanks for reading!
Wedding Venue: The Carneros Inn
Wedding Coordinator: Brooke Baglietto (at The Carneros Inn)
Florist: Julie Stevens
Dress: BHLDN
Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Bridesmaids Dresses: J. Crew
Hair and Makeup: Katie Donaghy of It’s a Date at the Powder Room
Photographer: Ryan Ray
Vegan Cupcakes: Fat Bottom Bakery
DJ: Aaron Long
Cake Toppers: Ready Go Wedding Co. on Etsy
Paper Goods: Papellerie
String Trio: Synchronicity Strings
Groomsmen Kilt Rentals: Kilt Rental USA
I really enjoy unique wedding invitations (ours featured here) – the recent trend that has caught my eye is having fabric invitations and/or save-the-dates. Whether it be a screen pressed invitation, a fabric pouch for the paper, or a custom printed handkerchief, the different material adds a special element to the set. I’ve put together some of my favorite examples below, including a site where you can order all sorts of custom fabric invitations for a very reasonable price. Click here to shop.
Invitations by Jessi Evans on Oh So Beautiful Paper
Invitations by Kerrie-Anne Bennett on Oh So Beautiful Paper
Invitation by Janine Rae Design on Oh So Beautiful Paper
Invitation by Inclosed Studio on Oh So Beautiful Paper
Invitations by Rachael Ward on Oh So Beautiful Paper
Fabric invites and save-the-dates at Wedding Chicks