It is day 4 of our Big Summer Bridal Giveaway and we have one of our favorite Wedding Chicks vendors, Paper & Thread Studio!
Lori is not just any invitation designer, she adds that little something extra to each of her designs. A lot of her pieces have some type of sewn element to them to add that little something special. Each piece is handcrafted, but without the homemade look and couture price tag. That is why we love her.
Paper & Thread Studio will be giving away 100 custom save the dates to one incredibly lucky couple.
How to win!
Visit Paper & Thread Studio or Lori’s blog to see all of her crafty work. Come back to The Wedding Chicks and share with us what you would love to see Lori design for you by leaving a comment. Enter as often as you like. Winners will be announced next week and all contests from the Big Summer Bridal Giveaway will close this Sunday, August 1, 2010!
Our save the date vision!
parchment paper, feathers, simple typed lettering, film photos of us wearing masks and funny clothes, drawings of forest creatures. wedding colors are burgundy/antique white/brown/gold so maybe incorporate those colors. how does that sound?
These invitations/save the dates are all beautiful!!! I love the western themed ones!
something to do with stars since that’s my theme. and my colors are gold & blue.
This is such a great idea! We are taking engagement photos soon, so I would love to incorporate them into a save the date. Something simple and classic.
i would love to see her design invites for our casual bbq reception at home following our destination wedding
I love the stitch work on all of these! I would really like something with a vintage-rustic feel, soft colors of peach, pink, cream, and perhaps some kraft paper.
I loooove the textured paper. Much like the custom save the dates she features on her blog I would love something which is personalized with a vintage feel for a laid back destination wedding!
I love the posters that she made for the nautical “wedding” (blog post dated 5/19/10). I’d love some custom one for the escort card table and candy bar. So cute!
I would love to get some program fans made. I love the detailing in all of her designs.
Our wedding theme and colors are honey and lavender, so I would like to incorporate this into our Save the Dates. But I would like the main image to be the monogram of two Js (our first names both start with J) transforming into a heart. :)
All of the designs at Paper & Thread are gorgeous. I love the added element too, which are all super cool. Especially the fabric adorns I saw on baby shower invitations from March, on Lori’s blog.
I have no doubt she would exceed our stationary expectations! If we had the privelage of working with her, I’d ask for something simple using our colors of pink and green, and an added touch of garden or butterfly whimsy.
I love the Aloha luggage tag Stds and I would love to do something similar for my Costa Rican wedding but with a more vintage feel.
I love the save the date on Lori’s blog with the fun font and picture of the couple. Our families and most of our guests live in other states, and we aren’t able to see them very often, so we would love to share a picture from our engagement session.
We would also love to incorporate navy and pink with a southern flair. We are getting married at a restored southern plantation in North Carolina!
I have bought 100 vintage hankies to use as my save the dates… but I need a fun and creative way to display them! (Including printing on them and tying them to a card, etc.) I’d love to work with Lori to create a perfect save the date!
My wedding motif are barely there pink, seafoam green, and light grey, and i’m getting married on winter of 2011 in Lake Tahoe…in a Cabin…So I would love to see Lori design something with those colors with a cool wintery feel.
WOW! What a great giveaway! I would love Lori to design the tree horoscope accordian program for my wedding next year.
I love the handmade look! Our wedding will be rustic, elegant, and (hopefully!) a lot of fun. I would love save-the-dates that convey all of that so our guests get a great first impression! (Oh, and the colors seagreen and gold, so it would be lovely to have those colors!)
With so many beautiful designs to choose from, it’s so hard to say which of Lori’s designs is my favorite. I absolutely LOVE the growing tree theme baby shower invite. It’s soooooo cute!
These are so quaint and precious! I love them all, especially the black and white with the flower design in the upper corner. Just too lovely! These giveaways are sensational!
Everything she makes is absolutely beautiful! I would love to see her give a try at favors. Another thing that I’ve heard about (and is adorable), is a way to have couples who attend the wedding write letters for the couple to open every year (one letter per couple, and they write to different years). I would love to see what kind of creative idea she creates around this!
Yay! Loving all the comments and ideas. Keep them coming.
Abbie, email me because we have a way to print on fabric now and the hankies sounds so fun.
Oh my! After checking her blog, I love these invitations!
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I love the stitch work on all of these! I would really like something with a vintage-rustic feel, soft colors of peach, pink, cream, and perhaps some kraft paper.
I absolutely love, love her work. She is talented and very crafty. I would love to have her do my invites, programs and place cards. Our theme is two doves as the engagement ring mu fiancée gave me was his great great grandmothers and it has two doves engraved on the outside. I found this amazing vintage rod iron art pice with two doves and some foliage that I would have her use as the logo of sorts to print on the invites, the front of the programs and on the place cards. It would be great if she could use paper made with seeds as we love to recycle and would really love to have our guest plant their paper goods and watch them bloom.
I love these designs!!!! I would love to have something created that combines the pocketfold like the elegant hawaiian theme with more natural elements like the recycled paper.
omg!!! i looove those john deer thank you cards!! so cute!
we are having a biker wedding, so i would love to see something with some vintage motorcycles, maybe a little metal, & ribbon, not to tough, not too fluffy, but still classy
I would love something with a forest or outdoor theme… Our wedding is not until next year so we haven’t nailed down the details but it will definetly have an out door theme.
I love the simple scroll invitations. I also like the photo save the dates! My wedding is going to be romantic and vintage, with very soft creamy colors in 3/11. I am unfortunately not creative AT ALL, so I think the help of Lori would be fabulous!!
I love your work. I would love to see a starfish theme beach wedding idea. I am getting married March 5 and am looking for programs.
I would love to have a vintage carnival themed std with actual cloth bunting. light pastel colors and big typography and beautiful cloth fabric. <3
I would love something reflecting our theme: ethereal a la Midsummer Night’s Dream in plum and chartreuse. We may be incorporating aspen or birch bark in to the decor.
I would love it if Lori designed my table numbers! I’m doing so much of my wedding details myself and it would be a real treat to have a pro do something like that. Also, since I’m only having 5-6 tables, it wouldn’t be as much work as a whole bunch of invitations for her! :)
oooh!!! i love the anthropology curtain inspired invites! the little grometts are so different!
one of ryan and i’s favorite movie is charlie and the chocolate factory. since we’re having a destination wedding in mexico, it would be a great joy for our few guests to receive a golden ticket to our wedding.
Love her work now since I have been introduced to her.Our wedding is a summer outdoor vintage,rustic,ecletic theme down by the River.I would love for her to design me STD’s that reflect my personality and the look i’m going for.
oh wow!!!! those chip board business cards are to die for!!! how great would those be as our photosharing cards/photobooth invites for our wedding!!!?? you are too cool for school, love you, now following & retweeting you!!
I would love for her to design my wedding programs!
i love the camping photoshoot!!! you’ve got me thinking of changing our theme… :)
you had me at blazing saddles! lol i really love the mixed media vibe of your work, handmade with love, but sooo pro!
I LOVE the save-the-date tags as well her invitations. I would love something in emerald green.
I love the custom save the dates made for the couple where the groom preferred modern as oppose to the bride who liked vintage. Some how Lori managed to integrate the two opposing taste perfectly! So cute.
Oh my goodness! I have been following Paper & Thread’s blog since late 2008! Lori’s designs are amazing – I am so excited that you’re featuring her as one of your giveaways! I really love the recent luggage tag save the dates – they are awesome. Can’t wait to see the next new save the date designs that she announces.
Thanks for the chance to win this!!
Another idea is a “thank you for being my bridesmaid” cards for my bridesmaids. Love love her stuff!
Wow, I had no idea that someone so creative and affordable was in my area! I would love to have Lori create something with a cute tree, since we will be getting married underneath one. Thanks for the contest!
I’d love something simple and elegant, but unique. My wedding colours are black, gold, and cream. Classy, with a touch of drama!
After looking at Lori’s site and blog I must say I am in love with her work! If I were lucky enough to win I would like something vintage looking with love birds.
I am in love with the Anthro inspired wedding invite suite! Ohhhh it’s just gorgeous. Would love to have these for my June 2011 wedding : )
All of her stuff is very sweet! I especially like the custom save the dates from her blog that she did with the couples picture on it. So cute!
I would love for Lori to design a dreamy, garden-y, lighthouse invitation for my Spring wedding next May!
My fiance and I got engaged on a park bench. I would love a save the date incorporating that theme! Everything she makes is really beautiful
I love the vintage-looking fonts and especially the cards with stitching. I would love save the dates like this!
I’m looking for something chic, yet creative… with bright pops of color in teals, blues and greens. Maybe a peacock feather!
oh my goodness the luggage tag save the dates would be so perfect for our semi-destination wedding in charlottesville! even the script is perfect for what i’m envisioning! thanks for the opportunity to win these awesome save the dates:)
I would love it if lori could make me a custom poster for my guests to sign!! I’m a quilter and we are having an outdoor garden wedding with roses and handmade quilts laid out everywhere! The theme is vintage flowers….thanks so much!
I would love to have Paper and Thread design out save the dates! The colors are pale blush, butter-cream, and gold, and we are going for an elegant/vintage/rustic feel.
They are all so unique. We’re looking for something that is unique to us. I’m from NY and he’s from CA. We live in San Francisco and are getting married in wine county. Ideally it’d be great to incorporate everything. Maybe after I find fabulous stationary everything else will fall into place : )
I like anything with pink!
Love your blog : ) I truly enjoy the updated save the date lugguage tags…weare gettingmarried on the Bay and I think are the perfect rustic/charming fit!
Her style is so beautiful! Our vision is simple lettering and pictures of us holding paper signs. If it has stitching on the paper, all the better!
I’m picturing something bright, fun & whimsical for our save the dates! =)
My fiancé and I are getting married in a theater–it’s one of the great movie palaces built in the 1930s! I would love to have Lori design something like the front of the theater with the wedding information on the marquee!
I love her designs so much! Handmade is the best way to go. The invitations on the main page with the black flower outline are my favorite of all!
I would have her to create me Vintage campground themed STD’S
Love the “nautical wedding” and the “vineyard day of stationary” from the Paper &Thread blog. Seriously loving these items!!!!
Oh, I also love the save the date bookmark, what an amazing idea!
I would so love to have Lori help us create creative save the date cards! We are getting married at a vineyard and the indoor event space is a former private aircraft hangar. We want a save the date that is special and us, and that reflects the unique characteristics of our former-airfield-turned-vineyard! From her blog, it looks like Lori is more than up for the challenge! Thanks so much!
We are looking for something sweet and simple for an intimate wedding in Chiacgo. We are open on colors/designs and would love to have something special created!
I also love all the stitching details. So unique.
Love the bookmark Save the Dates! Would be perfect!
I have so many ideas for my save the date but I’d LOVE to win this and design it with a pro!!!
I would love to have some thank you cards made from Paper and Thread, something really nice and elegant which I know she could do because her work is all so beautiful.
Also wouldn’t mind some save the dates which happens to be the prize. I have this travel theme idea because we both love to travel so I would love to have save the date luggage tags or an airline ticket custom made with our date and our wedding destination. :)
I’d love something art deco and textural. I’d love something bold and memorable.
We met working at The Apple Store so it would be absolutely fabulous to somehow tie that into our save the dates. We’re such geeks! I love it…
I would love a save the date postcard that featured one of our engagement photos on the front along with some retro-looking text. Details about the wedding and our wedding website can written on the back of the card in the where the message normally goes.
I love the book theme baby shower invites and the horoscope programs!
The save the dates from Lori’s blong on April 24th are amazing! I also love the “Blazing Saddles” screening invite from this post! We’re having a rustic/southern wedding so they would be perfect as save the dates!
I would love to have Paper and Thread design out save the dates!
We are having an it’s all in the details/simple but elegant wedding. I just love the save the date luggage tags but only in save the dates.
i absolutely adore lori’s work – she designed some ‘will you be my bridesmaid’ cards, and they are darling!
everything she creates is so thoughtful and beautiful. my wedding colors will be a mossy green and a smoky lavender, and i am hoping to incorporate that into my save the dates – would love to work with lori again!
The felt flower baby announcement is precious! You can’t get much cuter than a baby announcement but I think the felt flower would look great on a save the date as well!
I love the sample Jaqueline Ashley business cards. They are whimsical and casual yet formal and classy!
Paper and Thread Studio sounds like a great company. I love how she keeps her design personal to the client but also adds her personal touch. I enjoy the fact that she truely loves what she does.
I’m in love with tags! Her stuff is beautiful of course, but the tag save the date is simply wonderful!
The accordion style programs are cute too!
I’d like to see a creative design for menu card…
I would love to see Lori design my wedding invitation around a Mexican-influenced jewel tone mosaic design. This is a representation of who we are – a culturally rooted yet spunky and modern couple wanting a fun party! I can’t really picture what that looks like, but I’m sure Lori is already envisioning it!
I love the muslin belly bands!
Holy Moly these are great invitations!!! Very creative. I love it :)
I’d love something in the shape of a flower that could even be sent as a stand alone postcard with some delicate prints or lace.
I love all the stitchwork on these! I would absolutely love to win a set of save the dates with a vintage, rustic look
I am into vintage and would love a vintage look save the date that is simple and clean with a beautiful ribbon on it. AS for invitation something that would incorporate my outdoor garden wedding, nothing to floral-ly cause me fiance would kill me. Just elegant clean!
I love all the Save the Dates! They are all so unique! That’s what we are looking for while planning our wedding! Unique, rustic, elegant!
The more I read of Lori’s blog the more I want to work with her! I would love to have her design a simple vintage inspired save the date for my Costa Rican wedding!
I would love to see Lori design a save the date tag with string for my wedding with a vintage design and fonts that has my wedding motifs (barely there pink, seafoam green, and light grey). It’ll be so simple yet elegant.
I would love STDs that incorporate our e-pics. I also love a good monogram, so I would incorporate that somehow too :)
I also love the feel of the invite for the camping theme wedding. I like that Lori’s work has a handmade look. I would love to have those type of details at my wedding but being in my second year of law school does not leave enough time for all of the DIY touches that I would like.
The menu and s’more package are also a nice touch!
Holy moley, what a giveaway! Something whimsical with gold and lilac and a rich plum ! My wedding is very romantic and fairy tale inspired so invitations to match?! I’m in love!
I love the tags pictured above. Very similar to what I plan to do for my programs.
I would love to have Paper and Thread design out save the dates! The colors are pale blush, butter-cream, and gold, and we are going for an elegant/vintage/rustic feel!
I just love the handmade look! I would be delighted to have Paper and Thread design out save the dates! The colors are pale blush, butter-cream, and gold, and we are going for an elegant/vintage/rustic feel.
Our vision for the wedding is all about our home, San Diego. We wuld love to incorporate our romantic and modern vibe with our amazing colors, grey, green, blue, and black
I would love to have something done in plum and chartreuse to go along with our ethereal Midsummer Nights Dream wedding.
Something a little different. Modern and elegant yet simple in font. BUT it would have to include my dog Pluto some how. I know how I would do it, I wonder how she would?…
Love the use of ribbon, and string. I would want something simple with ribbon and lace for destination wedding!
I would love her fan programs for my ceremony!
I just love the vintage look invitations. Sooo cute.
It would be fun to incorporate one of the photographs for our 50′s styled engagement shoot for our save the dates!
Oooo! Pick me Pick me!
I would love to have her design out simple and casual wedding invites. We want unique, casual, and modern with a bit of edge. Love the style!
i looOooOoOOoOoove these! what a great giveaway!
These are gorgeous designs! We’re interested in making a Save the Date using a photo of ourselves sitting next to each other in nursery school (we didn’t realize we were in the same class until about 20 years later!). Another idea we’ve had is to incorporate vintage maps of our front wedding reception location (on the coast) into the design of our invitations.
It would be awesome to incorporate one of the photographs for our 50’s styled engagement shoot for our save the dates!
I would love Lori to design our destination wedding invites her work is amazing.
Lori’s work is amazing! I love the picture above the incorporates the vintage bride sign download with stitching on top! I was already in love with the signs (I’ve downloaded both bride and groom previously) but that just gives them that special touch that makes them even more appealing! <3
I would love a vintage glamor inspired save the date. Sexy but whimsical, luxurious but not stuffy!
I’d love some vintage invites!
Wow, her work is stunning. I LOVE her Save the Dates from 4/24, with the picture. They’re beautiful.
I am partial to the textured paper. It’d work well with our destination wedding – vintage travely type feel.
Her whimsy/vintage style Save the Dates are beautiful!
Love her work – I think the ones with the picture are my fave.
I’d love some vintage inspired save the dates with navy blue and yellow. Something playing with the idea of when life gives you lemons you make lemonade. I would love to see some stitching and perhaps a photo of the couple incorporated.
I absolutely adore the luggage tags (too bad I’m not having a destination wedding). For my own save the dates, I’d love to incorporate a calendar, the color purple, Lori’s wonderful stitchwork, (and maybe an engagement photo if taken on time :)
In love with the tags!
We’d love to have some whimsy/vintage save the dates!
I would love for her to make anniversary party invites for me and my hubby!
I love all the creativity! Esp. the chipboard business cards, even though I’m supposed to be looking for wedding invites.
I love the flower envelope liners that are used with the wedding invitations!
and the beautiful pink belly band!
Seriously everything, love the program fans
I tried to DIY my invitations and STD’s but unfortunately they didn’t turn out as gorgeous as these :( but I’d love to have matching wish tags + programs with my navy and periwinkle blue lovebirds theme.
i love the vintage fabric inspired design!!
i would be overjoyed if i won this! we need all the help we can get for our wedding!!
I would love to see Lori design a custom vintage fabric design using the colors white and lavender. We are getting married at San Ysidro Ranch which is known for the beautiful lavender fields, and I think having the fabric on the cards will give it that soft touch! Thanks! :)
I would just love to have Paper and Thread design out save the dates! The colors are pale blush, butter-cream, and gold, and we are going for an elegant/vintage/rustic feel.
I would love to have Paper and Thread design out save the dates! The colors are pale blush, butter-cream, and gold, and we are going for an elegant/vintage/rustic vibe.
I love the Paper and Thread save the dates!
These save the dates from paper and Thread would be PERFECT!!
Wow, I was so impressed at how creative everything was- such a personal touch. I would love table numbers for our reception. I love the “romantic meets modern” style. Incorporating the colors eggplant or wine would be perfect for us!
My FI and I have been together for nearly a decade. Needless to say, I have been planning for a while & want every little detail to be perfect! We are getting married at the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the South. So, I want to do something VERY elegant & antique, with lace and pearls. I am even thinking of sending them in a unique way. Perhaps in a minni wooden crate (which would be a neat contrast with the lace), or in a tiny jewlery/music box, which are very “old south.” I want the save the dates to be a reflection of the event! Somthing very fairy tale.
Paper & Thread designs are amazing! I would love to have them do my save the dates!
Paper & Thread designs are amazing! I would love to have them do my save the dates! Fingers crossed!
I’d love Lori to design a wine cork-themed save the date for my wedding!
I would love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
love the style of paper and thread! would love to have a save the date postcard with a vintage feel that also had a picture of me and my fiance!
I’m picturing something bright, fun & whimsical for our save the dates!!!!
Paper & Thread would do a FABULOUS job making our whimsy save the dates!
i’d LOVE paper and thread save the dates. and, it’d be an excuse to get my custom invitation suite from them :)
We’d love to have her design some beach-inspired invitations for a destination wedding!
I would love to win this contest! I need help with my invites and this would just be GREAT
I would love for Paper and Thread to create whimsy, yet elegant invitations for our Mexico destination wedding! I also love some of the custom thank you cards that she has on her blog. This would be the perfect way to get our guests in the mood for our wedding!!
I would just love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
It would be so great to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
I’d love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
I love all of her work, but I could really use the favor tags for my wine glass favors
I really like the Anthropologie Inspired Wedding Invitation Suite with a little tweeking to make it “MINE”!
Wow! These are amazing! I would love something like the stitched forest wedding invitation especially because my wedding will be in the mountains! Perfect!
Beautiful and creative work. wonderful use of textiles, paper and notions. I also love that other people are as obsessed with details and love the perfection of craft process as much as I do! I feel like she may be my long lost twin….
of course, that being said, I would love to make my own! (That is also the control freak in me) Thanks for the ideas…. my bernina and grommet puncher are calling!
I would love to have vintage themed custom save the dates designed by Lori!
Sea glass colors for a destination beach wedding in Mexico. Sandy sunny romance. Something that screams party!
These save the dates are great! I’d love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
Paper & Thread save the dates are amazing! I’d love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
I’d love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey! They would be just perfect.
I would love for them to help me execute my dream design
help me with my design!!!
I would love a design incorporating vintage, purple, and gray.
These save the dates are so great! I’d love to have custom save the dates in pale blush, butter-cream, and grey!
I’m picturing something bright, fun & whimsical for our save the dates! Our main colors are yellow, turquoise, & ivory…
It seriously would be such a blessing to have Paper & Thread Studio design our save the dates…
It would be fabulous to have Paper and Thread Studio be a part of making our vintage/whimsy wedding come to life!
All of Paper and Thread’s designs are amazing and it’s apparent that each is custom made around the clients personalities!
Oh I love the personalized stationary. I just loved writing my Great Aunt Bryd because she had beautiful personal stationary that I just loved getting in the mail. I saved ever letter because it was always so pretty.
I think Lori’s designs are gorgeous. The colors of my wedding are Eggplant and Ivory. I would love to have a Save the Date that encompasses those colors that have a vintage, classic, chic feel with some adornments. The originality Lori brings to her invitations will surely add uniqueness to me and Tommie’s wedding we are looking for.
please let me win I’d looovveee to have her help with this element of my planning!