It’s trunk show time! We’re holding special events with three of our stores next week, and we’d love for you to join us! Our invitation experts will be on hand to discuss your design ideas, and we’re offering  a special promotion to trunk show attendees: buy 75 or more invitations and get 25 free.  See below for the times and locations of each event, as well as details on how to RSVP! 

• The Papery: 1219 Locust Street, Midtown Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thursday, April 21 from 4:30 – 7:30pm. RSVP to cassey@paperyofphilly.com and see more event details on their Facebook event. 
• The Pleasure of Your Company: 10749 Falls Road, Suite 104 Lutherville, Maryland. Saturday, April 23 from 10am – 4pm.
• Just Paper & Tea: 3232 P Street NW, Washington DC. Sunday, April 24 from 12:00 – 4:00pm. RSVP by emailing justpaper1@aol.com, or by calling 202-333-9141.

Recently we sent Kyle, our lead client coordinator, and Mariel, our lead graphic designer, down to Virginia for a trunk show with our friends at The Dandelion Patch in Vienna, Virginia. Here’s a look at their beautiful shop before guests started arriving for the event!

While they were in town for the event, Kyle and Mariel stopped in to see some of our other Smock dealers — including The Dandelion Patch in Georgetown! We spotted a few cute Smock customizations in their window display.

During their stop in Georgetown, Kyle and Mariel also paid a visit to our friends at Hitched. Specializing in both gowns and stationery, Hitched had some darling displays featuring their favorite Smock and Bella Figura invitations. And how cute is that window installation!?

Our team also popped into Just Paper & Tea, another stationery shop in the Georgetown neighborhood.

During their trip, Kyle and Mariel made time to see Toni at The Write Image, too. Toni’s home studio boasts many albums, including every Smock album and several from Bella Figura!

Our team also got a peek inside the Preppy Pink Pony’s brand new location in Mclean! They’re still getting settled in, but here’s a look at their colorful new counter display.

Many thanks to our Smock dealers who made time to see our team!

We love these cool letterpress party invitations we recently printed, a sophisticated pairing of midnight and taupe. The front features a modern, minimalist design while the back boasts our roxen pattern – the invitations were then edge painting in metallic silver for the perfect finishing touch. Thank you to our friends at Just Paper & Tea in Washington, DC for bringing us this wonderful design!

Keeping on with our Smock Design Contest honorees, this next design is a custom Haddington letterpress wedding invitation sent to us by Just Paper & Tea in Washington, DC. It was printed in tangerine and a custom bright pink ink with bright pink edge painting and a matching liner in our payette pattern. We love this bold modern take on the classic wedding invitation using our Haddington calligraphy design in bright cheerful ink colors. Paired with edge painting and a patterned envelope liner, it’s a thoroughly modern interpretation of a timeless design.

Thanks so much to our friends at Just Paper & Tea for sending us this amazing creation!