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I love featuring things from the studio!  This time it’s the enchanting Sea Oats Wedding Invitation.  Gaze upon it and think of the sound of the water on the sand, feel the salty breeze, smell that fresh ocean air. You can picture it, can’t you?  That’s exactly what an invitation should do for your guests.  It sets the stage for every aspect of the event.

I love the sea oat and succulent boutonniere and love that photo of the happy couple.  The other elements are all available on etsy to fill out the theme. You can check them out if you’re visiting our shop over there.  The Sea Oats clutch would be an outstanding bridesmaid gift. It’s pretty, functional, and totally in theme.  The wedding sign invites guests to kick off their shoes and feel the sand on their toes–a fun way to welcome them.  But my very, very, very favorite is the Sea Oats necklace made in silver from a vintage French wax stamp from RQP Studio in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Sea oats surrounded by French words. A beautiful image.  A reminder of the day.  And the translation?

“This is my destiny.”

More nods to the distinctive Sea Oats, as well as sources for all these images can be found on our Pinterest Board.

Well, things have been brilliantly busy around the Paperwhites offices!  Mastering our new (amazing and awesome!) printer, getting things together for some wonderful brides, thinking ahead to what comes next…the usual whirlwind that we wouldn’t trade for anything!  We’ve got some real life brides coming up that we’ll be featuring.  And we got a lovely shout out on Style Me Pretty for a wedding in New Zealand that we did paper for (loving how our Dahlia invite works here!).  So many great things!

And we’ve been thinking about weddings to come.  This color combo came to mind when thinking about September in that stretch of Indian Summer.  It’s that time when the world is giving us just a bit more sun and warmth to go with the final bursts of color from flowers.  It’s that time when the sky is an impossible shade of blue and the leaves are starting to think about changing color.  Clearly not Autumn, but almost.  That’s the perfect time to put together those same colors in your wedding.

Cobalt blue looks great on almost everyone, whether on a bridesmaid’s dress or as a touch in a groomsman’s pocket.  The vibrant orange in the flowers is picked up in the other accessories–the tie, the necklace, those fantastic shoes.  The rich blue glassware always looks amazing on a white tablecloth, but when you add in the tangerine elements in the flowers, you get a look that is unexpected and pretty and in keeping with the time of year.

Can’t you just picture it? Maybe with our Ava Invitation with Cobalt ink?  Check out the sources for these great ideas, as well as some other great Cobalt Blue and Orange ideas on our Pinterest Board!