I love a good letterpress story so I was delighted to have Julie Karatzis of Cartoules Letterpress share these pretty letterpress wedding invitations. Based in Long Beach, California, Cartoules (Greek for “little cards”) was born in 2008 when Julie designed and printed her own bilingual Greek/English invitations for her wedding in Greece. As a longtime …
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I mentioned last week that I was going to be in New York all of this week (where I am currently skipping around from one amazing paperie to another and calling it “work”) and I’m excited to share all the details! Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, Smock is teaming up with our friends at Kate’s Paperie …
Hello and happy Monday, everyone! I hope your week is off to a good start. This morning I have the great pleasure of sharing with you a beautiful bridal shower. It was planned by my lovely friend Samantha of Gus & Ruby Letterpress for her best friend and business partner Whitney. I just adore these …
I love Erin Jang’s design work because it’s always fresh and a little unexpected. These cheerful letterpress wedding invitations were a custom creation for Emily and Dan’s recent wedding and I just love how playful they are. They have a mid-century appeal, a fun smiley face custom envelope liner and showcase a great example of …
A lot of you may know that by day I hang out at Boxcar Press, a letterpress print shop in Syraucse, New York, which includes our two letterpress stationery lines Bella Figura and Smock. This may speak a lot to my obsession with paper goods, stationery and letterpress and, I have to say, staring at …
I wanted to take a quick moment today to share that this weekend (September 18 + 19), Smock will be donating 100% of sales from the Isle collection to Oceana. Oceana is an advocacy organization that has taken up an active role in the fight against offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon …
Hello, everyone! My apologies for being absent unexpectedly today – I am in New York City for the New York International Fair for Smock and spotty internet at the hotel made blogging earlier in the day impossible. Posts may be a little light this week, but I have the most beautiful baby shower to share …
The talented ladies who reside at The Hive at 1511 (Maria and Kelly of Ritzy Bee Events, Suann of Simplesong Design and Kate of Kate Headley Photography) recently announced their fall workshop schedule and I had to be sure you knew all about it in case you’re lucky enough to be in the area. Personally, …
At my day job at Bella Figura (and Boxcar Press and Smock) I have the great opportunity to work and interact with a lot of the wedding industry’s finest talent. It’s a pleasure, to say the least. Recently we teamed up with the incredible Anne Sage of The City Sage for a gorgeous Pride & …
Back when so many of you graciously took the reader survey, a sizable handful of you asked for more regular posts with a personal theme. While I definitely won’t be boring you with the mundane details of my day to day life on a regular basis, I figured I’d share a handful of snippets from …
Hold onto your seats, because today’s guest bloggers are none other than the fabulous ladies behind Gus & Ruby Letterpress – Samantha and Whitney! In a darling shop in Portsmouth, NH named after their beloved dogs Gus and Ruby, Whitney and Sam offer a carefully curated selection of stationery and paper goods in addition to …
It’s with great excitement that I welcome the immensely talented Rebakah Tennis of Wild Ink Press to The Sweetest Occasion. Rebekah is a graphic designer, letterpress printer and devoted mom I personally admire – today she’s here to share a little bit of insight into life as a wonder woman juggling all of those titles …