Pushing the Envelope & Naming the Blog

One of the things I love *most* about letterpress is the design work I can put on envelopes. So to follow, are some of the latest envelope designs. We have been tossing around lots of ideas for the naming of this blog - hoping to kick it up a notch as time allows. And, it got me to thinking that "pushing the envelope" is what paperwhites press is all about. I started this little company wanting to bring a touch of big city style to the south, so in essence we are "pushing the envelope" everyday.

Ideas for Your Wedding

I LOVE the gallery on Fresh Affairs website (especially b/c yours truly created it) :-), but seriously, I just marvel at the incredible work that Lyn and Michael do. I marvel at the amazing photography. I still LOVE to design and create websites, especially with such beautiful images. Check it out to get some great design ideas for your own wedding. It is pure inspiration.

I will be adding to it often for Lyn, so check it out on occasion to see what is new!

FRESH AFFAIRS GALLERY HERE

Daisy Fun!

We mocked up a really cool daisy for Katie, one of our brides.  We decided to go a different direction with her set, but I just LOVE it b/c it was hand-drawn by Callie and scanned and it is just really sweet.  Will have to post things from her set as well!!!  

Enjoy!

2008 The Year of the Peony....among other things

So, I have officially dubbed 2008 as the year of the peony and I love it! Maybe I'll do a "year of" every year or just talk about trends in general. Peonies are trendy! It is no wonder as they are such a beautiful romantic flower. So, with that said, I'm going to post some recent peony creations. I am adding the 2008 invitations into the mix also in the coming weeks. Look for lots of new invitation sets.

Trends: peonies, anything green and brown, purple and charcoal gray, yellow and brown, earthtones, "green" (for the environment) invitations.

A partridge in a pear tree...

We did a really fun job with event planner Wil Kiser recently. He was doing a 12 days of Christmas themed party. Each table was a "day of Christmas" and the centerpieces were decorated accordingly. We designed, printed and TEA STAINED some very neat little banners for each centerpiece and made a larger scroll for each table with the complete 12 days on it. I finally grabbed my photos! Enjoy!

W I N T E R B E R R Y

Branches laden with deep red berries...this is an invitation set I have been wanting to do as soon as I saw this photograph in beautiful Charleston Weddings Magazine, photographed by Peter Frank Edwards and the cake is by Jean Brueser. Enjoy!

Andrew Bryant Photography

Here is a photo of the letterpress business cards we printed for Andrew Bryant.

Andrew is one of the nicest people I have had the pleasure of meeting lately. He does incredible photography and we highly recommend you check out his website and beautiful work: andrewbryantphotography.com

Andrew's cards are printed on Somerset Radiant white 330gsm velvet and warm gray #10.