Wait! It IS delightful.
I woke up CERTAIN that we'd have at least a two-hour delay, but we got even better than a two-hour delay. We got an early release followed by a two-hour delay on Wednesday. Life is grand. I finished addressing gobs of wedding invitations for my sister in law, and I'm pretty pleased with them. She is going to be a beautiful bride, so I felt like the pressure was on to really make them look good. In the process of revising my own writing style to match the style of her invitations, I came across some beautiful writers on the ol' interwebs. I've realized just how mediocre my handwriting is. I've also realized just how talented others are. Sooo talented. Shoot, they have to be to A) charge what they charge for addressing envelopes and B) to turn these out with enough regularity to stay in business! Really though, I'm going to be working on my penmanship. Stat.
As I've come across beautiful writing, I've also come across the best possible match for beautiful penmanship... letterpress... mmmmmmmm... letterpress. Dreamy. Here's a primo example of a match made in heaven. I think if I lived in Syracuse, NY, I'd probably want to volunteer to work for Bella Figura just so I could spend time surrounding myself with their gorgeous, gorgeous miniature works of art.
I'm also in love with Betsy White's work. Stunning. And as much as I love picking out stamps at the PO, why didn't I ever think about how important they are to the overall look of an invitation? I'm hanging my head in shame. Look how well these Presidential Library stamps fit with these invitations. So stinking dignified!
I feel as if I need to go clean my pen nibs now...
