Echoes.

Little by little I’m falling in love with so much that Minneapolis has to offer.
The levels of creativity you can find in quiet corners astounds me.
And never so much as during this wedding planning excursions.

I’ve already become a huge fan of smaller businesses and homemade options via Etsy, but finding out how many of these people are from a state that may one day be my home just makes me all giggly inside.

For instance, did you know that Minneapolis is home to the cake artist that designed my favorite wedding cake – the infamous Mario cake?

LINK

See?  What’s not to love?

Recently I’ve been shopping for an invitation printer.  This should be fairly easy.  I’ve designed the invites with a great friend’s help in Adobe awesomeness and I really don’t have to do the random page flipping in book after book of overpriced paper.  So that’s a bonus.
However, I do have to decide on the base paper and ink for the overpriced bits of paper that no one seems to want to price for me in recyclables (please ignore the bitterness), so that’s been a bit of a pain in the wallet.

And while it may remain a pain in the wallet, I’ve fallen head over heels in love with a letterpress site in… where else?  Minneapolis!

Look at this gorgeous design of theirs!  LINK

That beats embossing all to heck, wouldn’t you say?  Now I wonder if they can do the announcements for every other major event in my life – just to keep me happy?
(Please don’t let them be too expensive, please don’t let them be too expensive.)

Ah, paper love.  Who knew?
Makes me wish I could gather up a little of their overspill of creativity.