wonderful wedding keepsakes...

Obviously I've been gone for a while and have so much to write about...including being a first-time exhibitor at the National Stationery Show!

In the meantime, I stumbled across these lovely personalized vintage cake forks over on Cyd's blog The Sweetest Occasion. From the etsy shop Beach Home Living, these are another great way to personalize your wedding and have keepsake pieces for the future.

More to come soon...including the recap from my sister's June 19th wedding. We have had a VERY BUSY few months around here!

How cool is this?

I read a lot of design blogs and there's always tons of stuff I want to share--even if it's not specifically related to weddings and stationery. Hope you enjoy!

**Rainbow in your hand flipbook--by MASASHI KAWAMURA via Printeresting. Lots of cool stuff here to check out!**

Calligraphy Invitations now available!

{Isabelle Lynne Signature Designs invitations from L to R: Charmed, Majestic, Majestic detail, Chic, Modern, and Elegance.}

One of the many things we've been working on this winter is launching our new line of invitations with the lovely and talented Jennifer Gillespie of Calligraphy By Jennifer. Right now we offer five different designs under the Isabelle Lynne Signature Designs brand and we're excited to be adding more options in the future! Each style is available in letterpress or digital print and we have coordinating pieces to accompany the designs as well--everything from coasters, menus and programs to save the dates, place cards and everything else! Hand-calligraphy really enhances the invitations and looks beautiful and luxurious especially in letterpress. Contact us today about working on a package for your event!

We're going to the National Stationery Show!

We've been so busy recently (a very good thing) but our little blog has been sadly neglected. We've got a lot of big updates over the next few days but one exciting thing we're going to be working on this spring is getting our new line ready to exhibit at the National Stationery Show in NYC on May 16 -19! We're going to be working with a group of other letterpress companies including Dandylion Press, Flywheel Press, Fresh Heifers Artisan Letterpress, Hazel and Violet Ink, May Day Studio, Paisley Tree Press and Thomas Printers. We'll be in booths 2256 - 2258 so please stop by and see us if you're going to be there. We can't wait to all of the other companies we've swooned over and admired over the years!

**Boy have we got a lot of work to do over the next few months!!**

Anyone have any recommendations for lodging while we're there?

Holiday cards featured!

Would you believe when I stopped in to Target the day after Halloween they already had Merry Christmas decorations all over the store? True Story. I am not ready for everything Christmas on November 1st. After Thanksgiving, then I'm all for it.

So...our holiday cards are available for purchase and we're so excited to have them featured in today's House and Home section of the Kansas City Star Newspaper (page E5.) It's like we're famous(ish)! Everything is available for purchase through our etsy store and our Cyber Monday discount applies through midnight on 12/30. Happy Shopping!!

Black Friday - Cyber Monday Specials!!

Oh my goodness-how is it already Thanksgiving week? The past few months have really flown and I'm hoping that holiday shopping panic mode doesn't set in for a few more weeks! While I've never braved the crowds on Black Friday, I am a huge fan of Cyber Monday! So, we're very excited to participate in a Black Friday through Cyber Monday promotion with lots of other great retailers, especially other Kansas City etsy businesses!

We're offering 15% off all orders placed Friday through Monday, including personalized items. Our suitcases are already a big hit and great for holding doll clothes, craft items, new baby gifts or anything else and it's always great to keep stationery sets on hand for hostess gifts and emergency presents! Take a look here for other KC Etsy businesses's specials and great ideas for everyone on your shopping list. Some of my favorites are this coin pouch from ni-chern designs and of course this adorable button from shawnanonna. That's right, redheads rock! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I hope everyone finds great shopping deals over the next few days!

New products at Haute Market!

We've been super busy the past few weeks getting our merchandise ready for the Haute Market event this Sunday, 12pm - 4pm at the Ritz Charles in Overland Park. Their website says it best: "Purchase the latest trends in women's clothing, fashionable handbags, gorgeous handcrafted jewelry, home decor, girlfriend gifts - and do it all while sipping tasty cocktails and enjoying a day out with your best girlfriends. Enjoy fashion, pampering, beauty and fun!"

We're super excited about our new mini suitcases and can't wait to see everything else that's going to be there from all of the other vendors like LOVER Cosmetics. I have been using their foundation for the past two years and LOVE it (pun intended. Sorry!) I'm also excited to check out the stuff Two Chick Blvd. will have there. Are you going? Stop by our booth to say hi!

Tickets are available $10 in advance or $15 at the door. We hope to see you there!

tea for two?

Look at these lovely single cupcake stands I saw on Bakerella's blog. (have you been over there?  swoon!)   Puts me in the mood to throw a wonderful tea party!  For one of my wedding showers we had afternoon-tea at the Fairmont Hotel Oak Room (now the InterContinental).  There were a variety of teas and multiple petit-fours and my mom and her friends all got to wear big fancy hats.  (Not a good look for me.)  

Anyway, for my next tea party I would order these fantastic tissue flowers from PartyPom's etsy shop and some of these fancy little cupcakes from Cake Girl (here in KC!)  My sister Abigail booked them for her upcoming wedding and the samples were delicious!  She also has a peanut butter buttercream frosted cupcake that we're dying to try!  

Featured at Emmaline Bride today!

Thanks to Emmaline Bride for featuring our "Eat, Drink and be Married" letterpress coasters on their Nine New Handmade Finds today. Check out their website for great handmade products to personalize your wedding from companies across the country! Check out the beautiful facinator hairpiece from Belles & Crystals! Makes me want to get married all over again!

Such a lucky pup!

I stumbled across this blog yesterday and am excited to not only add something new to my reader, but to have this picture of the darling pup (from another blog!) to brighten my day. I love playing detective and checking out all the links between all the fabulous blogs out there and discovering some new places to keep me busy!

September Celebration

We're doing a giveaway for some stationery for Laurel's blog anniversary--check it out! How cute are those cupcake flags! Go check it out a A Good Build for a chance to win some stationery and $25 gift certificates to restaurant.com!

uploads galore!

I'm still working through the updates to our website but in the meantime I'm uploading our pending product shots to flickr and some to our facebook page too for everyone to see. If you don't see your project listed I'm still working through all the proofs and will be adding more shortly!

Real Weddings: Megan and Brian

For Megan and Brian's wedding last June, we incorporated a deep purple and chocolate brown into the design of their stationery suite. That color scheme continued for their 06.07.08 (hard to forget that anniversary!) elegant outdoor wedding. Hosted at a private residence outside of Lawrence, Kansas, Megan and Brian's big day was a great celebration of the start of their lives together.

Now, I'm getting to work on some shower invitations to celebrate the new baby Irvine arriving in the next few months! Congrats Megan and Brian!

Fab new finds at the Bridal Fair!

We had a great time at last weekend's bridal fair and were able to chat with a ton of new people. Congrats to the winners of $100 off one of our letterpress packages. We met some new vendors as well--1154 Lill Studio down on the Country Club Plaza is a great spot to make a bag for your next special occasion or to host a shower for your bridesmaids! The bags come in all different colors and prints (check out their gorgeous display from the show!)

Envelopes by Ann is a local calligraphy studio and I loved her samples of the white ink on color envelopes. To top off your envelopes, I like these monogram stamps from Perfect Postage to coordinate with your invitation design.

so. completely. fantastic.

I stumbled across these pictures (you can click on the picture to enlarge the photo) today on C is for Charmed (a totally awesome blog) and followed the links back to the original photos on Jonas Peterson's website. I love everything about everything here--the totally cool couple, her amazing short dress, his wedding vans and the gorgeous photos documenting Paul and Cassie's wedding day. If I could do it over I'd contemplate blowing my entire wedding budget to fly Jonas in to take pictures and make us look fabulous. Well, almost the whole budget--I've got to get that short dress too! (A girl can dream, right?)

In addition to everything that's perfect about Paul and Cassie's wedding, I love this little thumbprint wedding tree guestbook alternative. It's fun and funky art and something so lovely to have framed and displayed in your home. Enjoy and check out more of both C is for Charmed and Jonas Peterson's sites.