Delphine Press Letterpress Sale!

I absolutely love letterpress, and when I saw that Delphine Press is having a 25% off Fall Sale on all letterpress orders, I HAD to share it with everyone right away! The sale ends October 31st, so if it's time for you to order invitations, take a look! Click on over to Delphine Press and take advantage of this deal to get some amazing letterpress paper goods!

"Fall" in Love Letterpress Giveaway from Ma Joie Press

Everyone knows how much I love paper goods, and I love letterpress even more! So, when I heard of the giveaway that Katrina of Ma Joie Press is doing, I of course had to share the opportunity! I love sharing any opportunity to have some great paper products!

The giveaway is for… A free letterpress wedding invitation suite! Amazing! Take a look at these gorgeous designs!

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To enter, just go to the Ma Joie blog and comment on this post. All you have to do is tell Katrina how you “fell in love” with your significant other! Easy enough right?

Go ahead and visit www.majoiepress.com or Katrina's etsy store to see more designs from the MJP wedding line.

Go on and enter and good luck!

Vintage Lace Invitations

Somehow this week turned into a Vintage Wedding week. I hope everyone's enjoying it!

Tifany of Gourmet Invitations posted this vintage wedding invitation suite at the perfect time! I literally gasped when I saw these on her blog. I have a special place in my heart for lace, so naturally I love these vintage lace invitations. Combined with these vibrant and beautiful colors, they're vintage with a modern twist.

The colors on these invitations add a bit of "2009" to the vintage design elements. I would love to see what this wedding ends up looking like!

How are you liking the Vintage theme this week? Are there any other themes that you would like to see featured?

For the Love of Paper Designs

I haven't posted anything paper design related recently, so I figured today I would do just that.

Here are some goodies that are just pure paper beauty!

Invitation suite from Momental Designs
Individually hand painted-creations. Amazing.

Fabulous invitation suite from Gourmet Invitations.
Note the embossed pocket folder that matches the invitation's design.

Letterpressed Save The Date Coasters! What an amazing idea!
Via Oh So Beautiful Paper, made by Sesame Letterpress

Invitation in a hand-stitched fabric pouch. By Bird and Banner
A good twist for a DIY vintage wedding!

Henna Notecards from Escargot Studio

I hope you were inspired by these pieces of innovative design!

Thank You Notecards and Goodies

I just ordered this beautiful stamp from Paperwink.com for our Thank You notes. I can't wait to get it!

They have several different designs to choose from, as well as coordinating stationary and address labels too.

They also have a good selection of wedding invitations, with their choices ranging from formal invitations to photo invitations.

For our Thank Yous, we had some Stardream paper left over from the Wedding, so I figured why not use it? I designed little Thank You notecards with two different versions of a monogram. I couldn't choose between the two, so I just decided to do both! It took me a couple nights of printing to get them all done, but I think they turned out pretty good!
The champagne colored notecards are paired with brown Stardream envelopes, just like all the paper goods from the wedding.

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*Please excuse the poor photo quality. My camera isn't the best for close ups.

Now I just have to get myself to to start writing ON the Thank You notecards! I think once I get the stamp, I'll have no choice but to begin the process...

I'm planning on spending the weekend "Illustrator-ing" away, so hopefully I'll have more designs to post! Have a great one!

Gorgeous Letterpress Invitations!

I'm a sucker for letterpress, and when I saw these invitations by Spark Stationary, I just had to share them! This is everything that I would have wanted in my invitation, and more!


I just love the pocket folder, and the letterpress design on it is absolutely amazing. The colors go together so well (I'm sensing an inspiration board in the future), and they make the whole suite just POP! And finally, the tie that holds everything together is something I would have never paired with a wedding invitation. Modern, functional, innovative and elegant. I love it.

According to Spark, a whole line of letterpress wedding invitations will be launched in 2010. I don't know if I would be able to wait that long. Someone please get these invitations...and then send me one- just to see it!

Real Wedding: Lauren & Schuyler

Yes, yes, this is my wedding. I thought it would be appropriate to start out showing photos of my wedding 1) because I thought it was amazing, and 2) to share a little bit more about ME!

I'll begin with the design elements of the wedding, since this IS a design blog...hence the name The DESIGN Grove. :) For me, the design and vision of my wedding began with the dress. The dress is a whole different story, but the elegance of it led me to envision how I wanted my wedding to be.

I believe the design and vision of a wedding consists of many things- the flowers, the table settings, the paper elements, uplighting, cake, the favors...the list goes on and on. Showcased in this post is the work of my floral and event designer, Dan Hathcock. Also included are my designs, which I printed myself. So, without further ado...

Photos by CVB Photography
Flowers and Decor by Dan Hathcock
Paper Elements designed and printed by bride