if I had a million dollars

I would buy...{the stationary edition: birthday cards}

A geometric happy birthday paper cut card, from Ashley Pahl.

Gemma Correll's Happy Birthday card. Available at Buy Olympia.

A very happy birthday card, from Yellow Owl Workshop.

One of Huldra Press' happy birthday letterpress cards.

And a birthday card by Becca Stadtlander. Available at Little Otsu.

wedding stationary - rifle paper co.

Before we had decided on a location, before we had even decided on a date, the very first decision that was made about our wedding was the stationary. I have been a fan of the talented Anna Bond, of Rifle Paper Co., and her beautiful personalized wedding invitations, for a while. Patrick and I agreed that Rifle was, without a doubt, our first choice to create our wedding stationary. Lucky for us, even though this season was especially crazy for Anna, she agreed to work with us to create our invites, programs and thank you cards.

About our invites: first, just let me say that I do not take pictures well. I'm not sure why this is, but unless it's a totally candid shot, I always look ridiculous in photographs. We liked the idea of a wedding portrait, but the reality was that neither of us actually wanted to take one. Instead, we decided that our invites would take care of this for us. In addition to capturing the feeling of our New York City wedding at the aptly named Park Restaurant, Anna illustrated us into the invites as well. Yes, that is actually what my dress looked like.

And how awesome are these program fans? As the wedding was at the end of June, we knew that it was definitely going to be hot out, we just couldn't have anticipated how hot. I'm taking steamy here, folks. While there was an air conditioned room for people to cool off in, the majority of the wedding took place in the restaurant's park-like, garden space. Let's just say that the fans were a lifesaver.

And finally, the thank you cards. Don't they just compliment the programs and invite perfectly?

So many thanks are due to Anna and the whole Rifle team, who created a beautiful set of stationary that we absolutely love, which turned out even better than we could have hoped.

architectural model greeting cards

I love when designers cleverly appropriate things that normally have a very specific purpose. Like these cool greeting cards, for example, from Kaminokousakujo, created from paper figures often used in architectural modeling. My favorite thing about these cards are that the figures aren't static - each one comes with examples of the different ways in which the people can be positioned. So you can bow to express the intensity of your apology with the "I'm sorry" card, give your dog a pat on the head with the "my friend" card, and do bike stunts in the "let's roll!!" card.

(Via Spoon & Tamago)

if I had a million dollars

I would buy...{the stationary edition: thank you cards}

Ink + Wit's adorable thanks for being so dear letterpess notecards.

These many thanks notecards, from hellotenfold.

The Ella Thank You Card, from Rifle Paper Co.

Sycamore Street Press's Thanks a Bazillion letterpress card.

And this pretty Thank You (Tree) Card, by Atherton Lin, available at buyolympia.com.