I LOVE Paper!

Posted by Amanda on October 5th, 2009

I have been spending a lot of time looking for interesting papers to use on new invitation designs. It started when I was designing my friend Laurie’s invitation. She gave me the challenge of designing with the theme to trees but not in the literal sense. She didn’t want a tree on the invites so I went looking for some options.

I thought tree rings or wood grain would be a way to add the tree theme without being too literal. I wanted to use these as accents on the invitation. So i did the usual and hit Google looking for anything that might work. I started looking for wood grain invitations and I found this one over at Oh So Beautiful Paper.

Beautiful Wood Grain Invitations

They were DIY project designed by the bride-to-be who initially posted them over at her blog. She also made many other wonderfull paper products for the wedding. Be sure to check them out.

It was this piece that started me in the direction for the wood grain invitation. I loved the Gmund Wood Grain embossed paper. So I checked out the color options on the Gmund site and ordered samples to see what the paper was like in person. I have to say that it is even better in person than it was on screen. I ordered a sample of each of the tree wood grain options available as well as some other fun papers that I’m already thinking up ways to use in other projects.

Paper sample pack from Gmund

I totally love the white wood grain and think it would be a subtle accent to a beautiful invitation. However, for the invitation I’m working on for my friend I plan to use the medium brown wood grain for accent pieces. Stay tuned for pictures once I have the invitations fully assembled.

This hunt for wood grain paper has only fueled my passion for paper. I love finding unique papers so that each invitation I design has a unique element to it. I could spend hours just searching for the beautiful papers but alas I do have to get some real work done.

I have a bunch of additional papers to showcase here as well. In addition to the wood grain invitation, I’m also working on an Asian inspried wedding invitation with printed Japanese paper as accents. So beautiful! Did I mention that I love working with interesting papers. They make designing much more interesting than using only standard cardstock.

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