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NEW Home? Perfect adornments!

Just in- great new hand crafted adornments for the new (and not so new!) home... Daily Quotes: A fresh bunch just arrived- an ON PAPER fave- these inspired quotes are a perpetual best seller! .75 each- printed on handmade paper... buy one or special order 365 in a box- one inspired thought per day!These are what we feature on our "Quote of the Week" posts and we never tire of all the amazing words...

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National Stationery Show

Sunday/Day one of the National Stationery Show: My most important buying trip of the year has begun and Day 1 did not disappoint! I attended a talk by Millie Martini Bratten, Editor in Chief of BRIDES magazine on the current buying trends of today's bride - really inspiring and came away with lots of ideas to bring back to On Paper. Yours truly with Millie Bratten- Editor in Chief of BRIDES Purchas...

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Royal Wedding Window Displays

Just realized we never posted pix of our Royal Wedding Windows... Michelle made a royally fab gown made of wedding invitations. The backdrop is a wall hanging - printed canvas with ornamental letter crest insignias, (for sale of course, $300). Wouldn't this be perfect to adorn your palace walls!? The Union Jack wall hanging sports the perfect colours for everything British, including our Keep Calm...

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Invitation Design and Printing Tips

Planning to design and print your own invitations? Here are some great file set up tips from one of our commercial printers... CLICK HERE for more tipsand let's not forget our #1 invitation design tip:The size of the envelope determines the size and design of your invitation... be sure to use a standard size envelope (A7: 5 1/4 x 7 1/4) is our most popular)

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Chilly Day @ Igloo Letterpress Warms Hearts

A rather belated post...On a cold mid January day the On Paper team celebrated the holidays and headed north to Igloo Letterpress in Worthington. Our letterpress party was headed up by non other than Ms. Allison Chapman- proprietor and press professor. We actually planned ahead and decided to create a poster- a collaborative creation based on words of inspiration for the new year surrounded by...

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