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cameron's university of texas at austin graduation announcements

Lauren Covington announcement custom graduation kraft neenah paper school stardream texas

My little brother Cameron graduated from the University of Texas at Austin last weekend. He didn't want to pay and arm and a leg for formal announcements, so I was thrilled when he came to me for a custom, affordable solution. I used traditional wording, type and layout for the invitation but used the #10 size card to make it a little more interesting. I had these laser-printed on Crest solar white paper and backed by Stardream copper paper that comes pretty darn close to UT's signature burnt orange. For the mailing, I dug through my vintage stamp collection and pulled anything...

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cory & hibben's gold confetti coaster save the dates

Lauren Covington charm & fig charm and fig confetti foil foil print glitter gold gold foil gray grey letterpress save the date wedding wedding paper

These coaster save the dates were nice and thick, with a clean design and neutral colors to match their wedding invitations. Metallic confetti paired with bold type and pretty script gave this Save the Date just the right balance of elegance and festivity. For custom save the dates, contact Charm & Fig.

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showing gratitude with wedding day thank you cards

Lauren Covington custom gold thank you wedding wedding paper

A little peek at just a few of the thank you notes requested by a bride and groom. They asked for more than two dozen note cards so they could thank their friends, their family, and the hardworking vendors on their wedding day.

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kelly's golden bachelorette party invitation

Lauren Covington bachelorette bachelorette party bachelorette party invite charm and fig custom envelope liner gold green party pineapple pink stardream wedding paper

Kelly's bachelorette party was being celebrated at Lake Charles's newest casino, The Golden Nugget. Since the ladies would be lounging at one of the Golden Nugget's swanky poolside cabanas, we decided to forgo any Vegas elements and ran with a "glamorous tropics" theme. And of a course, a big, pretty gold envelope to make the first impression! For custom shower or bachelorette invitations, contact Charm & Fig.

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april is national letter writing month! this is how we do it...

Lauren Covington charm and fig snail mail stationery vintage statmps write_on campaign writing letters

Getting real mail is my favorite. I had about a dozen pen pals growing up... from cousins who lived far away and my best friends who lives across town. Free time at summer camp was spent writing letters to family, and even the President of the United States. Getting mail from the White House was always awesome. I still remember the blind embossed return address on the White House envelope and receiving cute the photographs of the First Pets. RIP Socks. RIP Buddy. When I heard about the write_on campaign, an effort to preserve the art of letter writing by getting participants to write...

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