Printable Invitations by Julianna Swaney

April 07, 2014

It was crush at first sight when I spotted these darling printable invitations by Julianna Swaney over on Creature Comforts recently. The sweet invites feature Julianna’s wonderful illustrations and would be perfect for everything from children’s birthday parties to swingin’ springtime soirees.

image source: Julianna Swaney

Cute Baby Shower & Birthday Invitations by Kelli Murray

March 04, 2014

Oh. My. Sweetness. How adorable are these baby shower and birthday invitations by Kelli Murray? So adorable! I’m totally crushing on the darling, hand illustrated baby animals and beautiful botanicals that feature prominently in these darling designs. Soft, sweet, and completely crush-worthy. Have a gander at the entire collection right here.

image source : Kelli Murray

Modern Baby Announcements by Hello Tenfold

January 20, 2014

I’m completely crushing on the darling new baby announcement collection from Hello Tenfold. The beautiful, modern designs in the collection feature understated pattern and color, beautiful typography, and can be customized with your text, photo, and colors. Designs can be flat printed, letterpressed, or sent to you as printable PDFs so you can print them locally or at home.

image source: Hello Tenfold

Modern Birth Announcements from The Gray Attic

September 16, 2013

These sweet, modern birth announcements from The Gray Attic are completely crushtastic! I’m really digging the mix of hand drawn pattern and illustration, which ranges in style from geometric to floral/botanical, with type that’s a lovely combination of whimsical and chic. Here’s a peek at some of the photo and non-photo baby announcement designs that you’ll find in The Gray Attic’s shop:

They also carry a selection of beautiful holiday season birth announcements, like this one:

image source: The Gray Attic

Berlyn’s Sweet Woodland Baby Shower Invitations

April 01, 2013

It was crush at first sight when these lovely woodland baby shower invitations for baby Berlyn by Moira Design Studio popped up in my inbox recently. The whimsical floral illustrations and hand-lettering create a look that’s light and sweet, and the hand stamped wood invitations make my invitation-loving heart go pitter pat.

Jessi from Moira Design Studio shares about this wonderfully unique project:

The shower theme was woodland, organic, and natural, so we wanted to keep the invitation along those same lines. I really wanted to incorporate wood, so we started with a custom rubber stamp that we hand lettered and illustrated and used that to stamp on wood. There were two additional inserts – the first with her registry information on it, and the second was a bookplate to put inside the book that each guest was asked to bring in lieu of a card.

Each of the additional pieces feature hand illustrated work and are printed front and back on lovely thick cotton letterpress paper. The suite was wrapped in matching printed vellum, bound together with an open weave burlap, tied again with moss green satin ribbon, and topped with a miniature (I love anything that comes in mini!) clothespin and a little matching sign that read “please join us”. The entire suite was tucked into a brown kraft box and sealed with a wrap around label. A darling suite for a darling mom-to-be!

image source : Moira Design Studio
lettering : Moira Ink

Bloom & Grow Save the Date Cards

February 23, 2013

Bloom & Grow Wedding Invitations

February 23, 2013

Whimsical Save the Dates by The First Snow

January 29, 2013

These totally crush-worthy save the dates from The First Snow are so sweet and romantic. I love the whimsical feel that the hand-lettering and illustration bring to the designs, which feature everything from a hot air balloon ride for two to beautiful florals and scalloped hearts.

Check out all of the designs available from The First Snow in their shop, and have a look at some of the eye candy from their collection below:

image source : The First Snow

Carrie + Derek’s Sweet Woodgrain Wedding Suite

November 06, 2012

This darling wedding invitation suite comes to us from Carrie Truslow of Pink Toast Ink, who also happened to be the bride. I love it when designers create their own wedding invitations and save the dates!

Carrie used a number of techniques throughout this unique suite. She hand illustrated a tree in her backyard to include on the save the date cards, plus she incorporated rubber stamping (using both pre-made and custom stamps) and heat embossing throughout the suite. She also dry-pressed a woodgrain texture into heavy white cardstock for the wedding invitation and lined the kraft invitation envelopes with sweet little doilies. This project was undoubtedly a labor of love, and the result looks like it was a perfect fit for Carrie + Derek’s big day!

photo credit: Love the Schultzes

Bow Tie Birth Announcements

October 23, 2012

I have a real soft spot for cute birth announcements, not to mention the soft spot that I have for cute babies, and these custom announcements by Palm Papers are absolutely precious. Little Ryder is pretty darn adorable, too!

Lauren from Palm Papers shares:

Nothing is more fun than giving the gift of design. I am at that stage in life where there is a baby boom happening among our friends and family. We have lots of friends welcoming their first child (and sometimes second), and my favorite thing to do for them is to design their birth announcements. This little cutie, Ryder, is the first son of some good friends of ours from Denver, and he made my job easy, quite frankly. That little face steals the show, but I balanced the sweet black and white photo with an adorable little bow tie, fun stripes, and a mustard and grey color palette. I loved how they turned out and so did his proud parents. Gift giving success!

image source: Palm Papers