Peter and I were looking for a little something to save ourselves from hand addressing every single reply card, when I thought of this. I’ve been in love with custom stamps ever since I saw them on the Paper Cafe, but for our wedding I wanted something a bit more elegant. After searching through all of our options I fell in love with Bryn’s work from Paper Finger. Here’s a little reminder to refresh your memory.
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Interestingly enough, she was the only vendor who replied to my inquiry and she is based in Brooklyn, so I was able to cut out the hassle of shipping and walk over to her studio and pick the stamp up myself. Everything worked out really well. Within a week Peter and I had our very own custom stamp.
My only complaint is that because of the thinness of the lines, it can be a bit difficult to get an even print of the image. But overall, I think it adds to the handmade elegance that Peter and I were going for with the invitations.
What do you think?
Calligraphy doesn’t exactly fit into our wedding budget, but as the idea of addressing invitations and thank you notes becomes closer and closer to reality, I’ve started looking into buying a custom calligraphy stamp. It all started with a slight obsession with these custom stamps. I would think about how exciting it would be when Peter and I bought a house and how fun it would be to get a custom stamp.
Then a few days ago I came across a stamp by an Etsy seller called Emililies on the Martha Stewart website.
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Then I got nervous and started worrying that the stamp wouldn’t arrive in time for us to send out our invitations, so I started looking for other sellers.
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Now I’m stuck wondering when anyone will get back to me and trying to figure out which one I like best. Which one would you choose? If you want to complicate the decision, go to their websites and look at all the other styles. Excuse me while I go check my mail–again.
I’ve been trying to think of what to do for Peter for Valentine’s Day, but instead I keep finding things that I would love to receive myself. My mother always taught me that I should always give people gifts that I would want to receive myself, but somehow, in this situation I don’t think that rule applies. Let’s take a look.
{Sarah and Bendrix}
{Paper Finger}
{Sew, Mama, Sew!}
{Pretty Peonies}
No, definitely not boy gifts, but they would be great for a friend and several of them could easily be reproduced. Head over to Sew, Mama, Sew! for a tutorial on how to make the hand-stitched valentine.
What are you giving your significant other for Valentine’s Day?
