The Petal Press: Guest Books

One of my favorite things is making the matching guest book or photo album/scrapbook from all the matching papers. We embed the invitation into the front cover. We don't just glue them onto the front cover, we actually cut into the cover board to embed the invite and form a frame around it.

I absolutely love a beach theme. I can almost feel the sun and smell the ocean when I am working on a starfish album or invitations!

Maps are so very popular right now. This particular map guest book was for a bride and groom. A small heart-shaped brad was placed into the map at every city in the United States they had visit together as a couple. We have also done world map books with the same heart "markers". The twill tape is wrapped around the album with a fastener and the couples names are printed on the actual twill tape. It is filled with blank handmade paper pages with the natural deckled edges and printed photos of the couple for guests to sign around.

Welcome to The Petal Press

I absolutely fell in love with handmade paper almost ten years ago when my oldest daughter became engaged and was looking for something "extra special" for her invitations and guest book. After researching the web thoroughly, I was totally hooked on the subtle, understated elegance of handmade papers. Soon I was designing invitations for family and friends and The Petal Press was born. Now ten years later I am still wild about handmade papers!

At The Petal Press we offer complete invitation services. We will designs your invitations to your specifications, create them, address them, and even mail them out if you would like!

We feature beautiful one-of-a-kind handmade papers gathered from around the globe. Our signature paper, the lokta paper, is handmade in a village near Kathmandou, Nepal. Bark from the wild lokta bushes is gathered, boiled, screened and formed into sheets of paper which are then dried in the sunshine. The lokta bush will then regenerate to be gathered again the next season. Not only is this paper eco friendly, but more importantly PEOPLE FRIENDLY as this papermaking process is the sole support of these villagers.

We offer all of your paper/printing needs. We design matching guest books, albums, place cards, menus, programs, thank yous ---- the works!!

If you are looking for a totally unique invitation and need some suggestions on what totally represents "YOU"...... or if you already have a fabulous idea but need help bringing it to a reality, we are ready to help! We love embellishing with dried flowers, charms, ribbons......whatever looks unique!

Okay, so I have to confess, I do have my favorites. My absolute LOVE is Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Quinceanera and Sweet 16 invites. (Although I do promise equally outstanding service to all invites!!) Teenagers are so much fun. It was while volunteering as an advisor for teenage girls that I began to have so much fun coming up with crafts and accessory items they would enjoy creating. It was easy to transfer this to Bat Mitzvah invitation designs. So far we have done layered invites with charms, handmade beaded silk flowers and of course tons of ribbon. We are currently working on really fun invitations that have beautiful cloisonne flower hairpins or button hairpins and clips on them (see photos!!) . These hairpins not only make the invite look fabulous, it also holds all of your enclosure cards in place on the back of your invitation. Plus...... your guests can simple remove the hairpin and they have a really fun hair accessory to remember your special day by! We are also working on a few other "detachable" surprises for other invites. They will be showing up shortly!! I work personally with each client so go ahead and contact me and see what we can come up with for you! :o)

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www.thepetalpress.com

Contact me at

kris@thepetalpress.com

or call me at 801-567-1770

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Guest Books