Lately, I’ve been feasting my eyes on a lot of wedding blogs that feature handmade invites and/or envelopes that use vintage U.S. stamps that still serve as valid postage. I have e-mailed a couple of people regarding where I might find some of these vintage delicacies, but to no avail. Apparently people don’t want to share the wealth. Which is fine. But… if any of you out there *do* want to share the wealth, please Please PLEASE leave me a friendly comment with any links/info as to where I might get my paws on some vintage stamps.
I and my vintage and repurposed paper addiction thank you.
In the meantime, here’s some of my inspiration as of late:
Wedding invitations and envelope packaging by 100 Layer Cake, via Oh So Beautiful Paper:
Calligraphy and envelope design by Betsy Dunlap, via Oh So Beautiful Paper:
And finally, one of my absolute favorite finds, Love, Jenna Calligraphy:
Fortunately, the U.S. Postal Service undertook a task of aesthetic brilliance recently in their adoption of the following (now available!) stamp design… which I am thrilled to be able to use for my sister’s wedding invitations:
