I love handmade paper!

oh the paper drama… and of course the paper i love working with so much; handmade!

This story begins as we are completing the design process for nhaman & jeremy’s wedding invitations; after we finalized the fonts, colors & their custom monogram design, I made a few flat card & booklet samples for them to pick from. I’m also showing them different handmade paper belly band options to go with the tallow berry embellishment they want to use + their custom label wrap (samples shown below).

sample custom invitations

They loved the samples! {i love them} anyway, they sent me their favorite design picks to form a final invitation, and as i started to order everything I realized the handmade paper they picked (shown in the front of the image above) was discontinued! nooooo! how can this be!  SO, I’ve been looking on-line & at art stores for left over & similar paper {& so has uyen, their sassy girl wedding coordinator}. I drove to one of the most creative art stores in San Francisco, Flax Art & Design. Their handmade paper selection is amazing {I was literally there for hours, check it out if you haven’t been yet!}

After all the searching, below are some images of what we found so far to replace the “birds nest” paper they loved. The Egyptian Papyrus paper is so cool, but of course the most expensive! I guess that’s how this wonderful life works, you never know what last minute “paper drama” will come at you.  I’ll let you know what they end up deciding on, but what’s your favorite paper?  {i think I’m becoming more attached to the banana mash}

top: banana taupe, natural & mash; bottom: tan mulberry & sheer strands

egyptian papyrus