Links to Love 20/02/14

Photo by Love From Ginger

• Normans Printery on etsy has some fantastic gift wrapping paper. Our favourites are this galaxy wrapping paper and star of David
• This video of Glen Weisgernerg demonstrates his roundhand lettering skills
• Calligrapher Molly Jaques makes a short video to promote her calligraphy class
• How about a matchbox birthday card
• We use pantone colours on a daily basis so this pantone matching skintones is very fun
• We think this is a great wedding gift or just a gift for a loved one. Personalised oak chopping/ cheese board
• Beautiful congratulations card at hello lucky
• Etsy shop tag team tompkins that sells beautiful letter-pressed cards
• Sweet card for the bride and groom by little low on etsy

Cards we love for Valentine's Day

• I love you to the moon and back, at not on the high street
• If your other half is a dog lover then this faithfully yours at urban outfitters is super sweet. Also great is, God only know what I'd be without you
• Personalise your Valentine's card at scribbler. Here's our favourite
• For the food lover, I love you more than grilled cheese, on etsy
• Or how about an egreetings card from egreetings.com
• We love this rainbow coloured set of origami valentine hearts on etsy
• If you want to do one better than a card, how about a Valentine's video? Pick a style and upload pictures of yourself and your partner at Animoto
• For a luxury card we love this elegant and adorable card from Smythson
• Or if you're anti Valentine's Day, you might like this Valentine's bacon link

 

 Some bunny loves you - Paperchase

Je t'aime - Paperchase

Links to Love 06/02/14

Photo by Kim Veldhuidzen at Bellagalla

Wedding special

• Rock N Roll Bride blogs on how to choose your honeymoon
• Boho Weddings has a step by step guide and a 12 month planner to help you organise your wedding
• Here are 7 modern tiaras put together by Brooklyn Bride
• If you need some tips on how to word your wedding invitations, here's an invitation etiquette guide by Lauren Conrad
• You're engaged, now what? 10 things to know when you get engaged at style me pretty
• 5 wedding colour palettes to look out for this year
• Top 5 do's and don't for your super cool Jewish wedding
• 3 inspiring outfits for your spring bridesmaids at Vintage Styler
• What do you think of these custom fingerprint and signature wedding rings?
• 7 least favourite and the 7 most popular cocktail hour hors d'ouvres for your wedding

Hand drawn baby names

Illustrated baby names is a new service we're providing at GG Print. These beautiful illustrations can be drawn in any style, with a theme of your choice, framed or unframed. A great gift with a real personal touch to welcome a new born or to brighten up a toddler's room. I just gave one to my 3 month old nephew Joshua in the style of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit. Get in touch if you want to commission yours.  

Where to register your wedding list

A lot of our brides and grooms ask us for suggestions on where to arrange their gift registry so we have put together a list of some different ideas. We know that when you're planning a wedding you have a million things to do so we hope that this helps cross one thing off that list.

• The Wedding Shop, partnered with Selfridges, enjoys an extensive selection of different brands and products
• Specialising in wine, Goedhuis & Co or Haynes, Hanson & Clark are an alternative option for the wine connoisseur
• For luxury tableware, there's Thomas Goode
• For modern, high standard tableware and kitchenware why not try David Mellor
• The impressive Prezola provides a list of products from over 100 of the UK's favourite High Street and online retailers
• Wedding Presents Direct is another popular choice for our clients  
• The Conran Shop offers the traditional gift list with an individual gift card; contributions from guests will be combined for the happy couple to select items of their choice 
• Heywood Hill is the perfect option to fill the bookshelves of a new marital home. The team will create a unique list of stunning editions suited to the couple's tastes and interests.     
• If you're after some rarities and eccentricities, visit Off the List, an online antique emporium which offers unusual gifts
• For something a bit different, why not spoil the happy couple on their honeymoon. Wanderable offers this service whereby guests can treat the bride and groom to specific items ranging from meals and hotels to tours and experiences 
• Not forgetting the popular options: John Lewis and Harrods

GG Print favourites:

Tableware at Thomas Goode

Spinx bookends from Off the list

Pride silver plate cutlery at David Mellor

Marryoke Memorabilia

Marryoke (marry-oh-key) is the latest in wedding trend keepsakes that we love at GG Print. It's a bit of fun that the whole wedding party can partake in where a video montage is filmed of everyone singing along to the bride and groom's song of choice creating the perfect pop video.

Marryokes.com was set up three years ago by Billie and Katie May after having shot a video for friends which received 50,000 hits. They soon realized that they were on to something when they made a similar video for music producer Paul Higgins and his wife Clodagh McGeary, and with the help of an appearance by One Direction, it got more than 2 million hits.

Sharing photos and videos online is so much easier now than it ever has been that this marryoke trend just makes social sharing sense! For full story, visit The Daily Mail.

The 3D selfie for your wedding cake

3D printing is a technology we're hearing more and more about recently and these newlyweds have now incorporated it into their wedding. Emily and Carl Osgathorp, from Oxford, topped their wedding cake with mini printed statues of themselves. The couple stood on a rotating turntable to scan their body into a computer and the image was then passed onto a 3D printer, which two hours later produced the mini statues. Will looking for cake toppers be a thing of the past one day? To read the full story visit The Daily Mail.