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Pretty, Pretty Paper

07.20.16

“Blessed are those who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”
-Author Unknown

Today I will be discussing all things … drumroll please … paper!

Okay – not exactly the most exciting thing you’ve ever read about, right? I mean, are wedding save the dates, invitations, menus, and programs really even that important? The answer is YES! Save the dates and invitations set the tone for a wedding and give your guests a glimpse into how formal your wedding will be. I have a feeling that the more you start looking into how detailed and beautiful paper can be, you will grow to love it just as much as I have.

All of the paper details I will be highlighting in this post were designed and created by Kara Anne with Kara Anne Paper. Kara Anne is a fellow Auburn Tiger, and has impeccable taste and talent with making paper pretty. She did all she could to make sure I loved every design I used and worked hard to tweak each detail until it was perfect!

Check out her website here -> http://karaannepaper.com/

Wedding Monogram: One of the first, and one of my favorite things I was able to create with Kara Anne was our wedding monogram. Personalized monograms are a great little extra detail that can be used to personalize many things needed for a wedding, like: the invitations, koozies, cups, napkins, welcome bags, cake, or even on a large oversized mirror. Our monogram featured the first initial of both of our names interlocked, and I asked Kara to create and edit many different wreath options (which she willingly did) until I felt that one looked just right. I loved the feminine, organic look of the monogram.

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Wedding Invitations: Part of the beauty of Kara Anne’s work is that she uses her own personal calligraphy for her designs. I was able to carry her calligraphy throughout most aspects of our wedding paper, including the envelope addressing (which I loved). I decided to go with white, scalloped paper with the calligraphy printed with gold foil. I then wrapped each suite with pink ribbon (that Kara Anne took care of ordering as part of my invitation package) and pulled it all together with our wedding monogram. I felt that this suite represented the overall look that I wanted for our wedding – do you agree?

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Programs: I actually had little to do with our wedding programs (other than the wording), but absolutely LOVED them. They highlight just another one of Kara Anne’s talents, painting with watercolor! She surprised me by creating the beautiful watercolor florals on the cover of the program, and I tied the program pages into a booklet using white ribbon.

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The Dinner Menu: As silly as this may sound, our dinner menu was actually probably my favorite paper detail of the whole wedding. After browsing Style Me Pretty and Pinterest for different menu ideas, I asked Kara to create a menu with calligraphy on gold scalloped paper (matching the shape of our invitation), but also requested the writing be tilted to the side. These were placed, along with name tags in gold calligraphy, at each place setting.

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Kara Anne also created some other paper details that were used as decor and will be posted soon. Now, am I crazy, or is paper a little more beautiful than you remember it being before reading this post?

That’s what I thought.

Location: Chandelier Grove
Event Coordination: Pomp & Circumstance
Photography: Mustard Seed Photography
All things paper: Kara Anne Paper
Kara Anne Paper: Gallery Feature
Featured on: Style Me Pretty
In print: The Knot Magazine, Texas – Fall/Winter 2016

There will only be a couple more posts highlighting my favorite design elements and vendors from our wedding, so stay tuned to see whats next!

xoxo,
Katherine