Real Wedding | Joanie & Brett's Navy + Copper Save the Date

We've said it a million times...but we just LOVE it when a DIY couple's design shows up in our inbox. Our most recent bride to show us her handy work is Joanie! Thank you so much Joanie for letting us share your GORGEOUS Save the Date with everyone. They're awesome and we love your "out of the box" printing technique tips too! We'll pocket those for later and try them out ourselves.

From Joanie: "The inspiration for these Save the dates came when I was looking for a dress for our engagement party and I came across this beautiful vintage dress in a navy and gold floral jacquard and I thought the colors would compliment the Floral Banner theme of your stamps.  I was thinking "regal", "antique" sort of in that over embellished baroque way and then I came across some old bronze buttons that looked a bit tarnished and I loved the idea of swapping out the gold for bronze.  So that's how I landed on matte navy & bronze." 

The materials used (besides the stamps from Antiquaria) all came from Paper Presentation (http://paperpresentation.com).  

A6 envelopes in Matte Navy

4.5 x 6.25 Crenelle Flat Cards in Natural White

Hero Arts Classic Tea Flower stamp (for back of Crenelle cards)

Tea Flower stamp (for back of small envelopes)

2.75 x 2.75 Matte Navy Envelopes

2.75 x 2.75 Natural white cards

Bronze Metallic Sharpie

Glitter Twine in Metallic Bronze by Knot & Bow

Color Box stamp pad in Bronze

Tools:

Marble rolling pin

"I stamped the back of the Crenelle cards with the Classic Tea Flower Stamp first allowing them to completely  dry before stamping the Save the Date on the other side.

For the large save the date stamp I found that simply covering the stamp with ink and pressing it to the card did not yield an even impression so I thought "What would Benjamin Franklin do?" and I grabbed my rolling pin.  I inked up the stamp, laid the card on top of it and simply rolled the pin over it first north to south and then east to west and the impression was perfect with very little effort exerted.  These need to air dry over night to ensure they do not rub off.  The metallic ink takes awhile to set.  It will smear and smudge onto the envelopes if they are not completely dry.

The same goes for the website cards.  Stamp all the small cards first to let them completely dry while you are stamping the outside of the envelopes. Once you have stuffed all the envelopes cut the twine into 12 inch segments and tie them up like a present. "

"I made up my own calligraphy for the addresses. Mainly I just made the r's and m's very loopy.  I recommend hand addressing the A6 envelopes first letting them air dry over night and then stamping the return address on the outer flap, making sure that the stamps are completely dry before you stack them up."

We love it when clients take on the challenge of addressing their own envelopes! These turned out beautifully. 

Thank you again Joanie! You've provided such AMAZING inspiration and a great example of creatively crafting your own custom design. 

If you have a project to share with us...or questions about our stamps, please reach out to us info{at}shopantiquaria{dot}com!

xoxo,

Emma & Bailey

 

Real Invitation | Rhonda and Clinton's Floral Calligraphy Suite

We're always so thrilled when a client emails us with images of their finished DIY invitation. We send off our stamp designs into the world and mostly never know what they become. This suite, with it's floral calligraphy lettering, vintage botanical envelope liner and sprig of lavender tied with the suite is just plain dreamy.

From the bride, Rhonda: "I searched numerous hours for the perfect invitation for our wedding. One of my photographer clients had used you and I asked them to contact her and find out where she got simple, elegant invitations. When I was looking through your site for the first time I found the Floral Calligraphy set. I knew instantly that I was going to make these work. Our wedding and ceremony was set in the historical Founders Memorial Gardens at UGA with dried flowers such as lavender, wheat, lukspur and many others. The garden is set within a niche in downtown Athens that is over looked by hundred year old Magnolia tress. The only regret I had at this moment was not finding you before sending out my save the dates. Wedding invitations are suppose to give your guest a little insight on your up coming day. Well, I knew with my love for crafts that I was going to attempt my first stamping/paper product."

"I decorated recycled glass, cans, wine bottles with hemp and burlap for aisle markers and center pieces. I used lavender plants for the attendants gifts. Our invitation included all these elements and made our day complete."

"I still get compliments on our invitations. Thank you opening my eyes to paper, stamping and calligraphy."

Rhonda, your new-found love for all things paper and DIY has really made our day! We're thrilled to have been a part of your special day. Best wishes and happy DIY-ing!

Rhonda also provided the material sources in case you'd like to use her gorgeous suite as a jumping off point for your own invitation:

Floral Calligraphy Invitation Stamp

Floral Calligraphy Reply Card Stamp

Floral Calligraphy Return Address Stamp

Reply Envelope- 4 Bar, Sage

Reply Card- 4 Bar, Luxe Cream

Invitation- A7, Luxe Cream

Envelope-  A7 Paper Bag

Envelope Liner- Magnolia branch

Photography: Rhonda Bowling

SPOTTED | Erica's Gold Glitter Art Nouveau Save the Dates

We say it every. single. time. We LOVE to see what people create with our stamp designs!

This lovely DIY Save the Date comes from Erica. She embossed our Art Nouveau Save the Date stamp and our Art Nouveau Return Address stamp (which we customized a little for her) with black embossing powder to create this classic but glam design. 

How much do you love the gold glitter liner paper? We're just drooling over here. It's actually wrapping paper from Paper Source!

Thanks so much for sharing Erica!

xoxo,

Emma & Bailey

SPOTTED | Nicole's Watercolor DIY Save the Dates

I know we've said it before...but we sure to love it when client share their own projects with us. It makes us EXTREMELY happy to see all of the awesome things you guys are creating with our designs.

Lovely Nicole, sent over her Save the Dates recently and we were blown away! She used our Art Deco Save the Date stamp as well as our Art Deco Website Card stamp to achieve this suite. She followed our Palm Springs Save the Date tutorial over on Oh So Beautiful Paper but tweaked it to suit her own event.

Gorgeous, gorgeous work Nicole! THANK YOU so much for sharing it with us:)

xoxo

Emma & Bailey

Real Save the Date | Merrissa & Patrick's Stamped Vintage Postcard

We are thrilled when we find snapshots of our client's project's in our mailbox. It makes our day:)

Merrissa's Save the Date postcard was no exception. She's currently in the process of DIY-ing her invitation suite--which hopefully she will also share with us!

It's such a fun (and easy) idea to stamp your save the date on a vintage postcard inspired by the theme or location of your event. Instead of hunting for vintage postcards...Merrissa simply went to Zazzle (if you haven't been there-it's totally worth a look) and picked her favorite.

She used regular black ink and added these adorable apple postcard stamps!

Gorgeous Merrissa! Thanks for sharing:)

Merrissa used our Vintage Calligraphy Save the Date, $75 stamp on the back of her postcard.

**We want to see how you've used our stamps, paper and DIY supplies! Have a DIY project to share? Email us at submissions(at)shopantiquaria(dot)com to submit your projects for inclusion on the blog!**

Real Invitations | Liz & Mick's Old West Suite

We get so excited when our clients share their handmade invitation suite's with us. We love seeing how our stamps are being used. This one comes to us from Liz Early, who used our Old West Stamps to create this amazing invitation suite. 

Real Invitation | Kate's DIY Save the Dates

We love to see how our customers use our custom stamps. This one comes to us from Kate, who used our Ribbons & Banners Stamp to create these fantastic Save the Dates. We adore the little tags she made out of maps of the venue! 

Customer DIY projects can be submitted to info(at)shopantiquaria(dot)com

Real Invitation | Alison's DIY Save the Date

We love it when our customers share their creative DIY projects with us. Alison made these absolutely gorgeous save the dates using our "Art Nouveau" save the date stamp. We can't wait to see what she does for her invitation!

{Photography by Alison Hickman, www.imagebyalison.com}