Author Archives: Melissa

Our Cure for Quarantine Boredom – Free Craft for Kids & Adults!

With all of the fear, uncertainty, and doubt going around right now, we’d like to bring you a little hope, a packet of sunshine, and a lot of fun with this free craft for kids (and adults)! First off, a little bit about our business continuity during this time. Paper Truly is operated from our Continue Reading…

Stephanie & David’s Tropical Bamboo Scroll Wedding Invitation

Destination weddings are a perfect opportunity to really go all out with the invitation. Stephanie and David’s Puerto Rican wedding at Vieques Island was perfect for something jaw dropping to excite guests about traveling to join them on their big day. Their vision was tropical but simple and exquisite, with the focus on a bamboo Continue Reading…

Solving The Mystery – Designing for Decoder Cards

Red, Green, Blue. Colors of the light spectrum. When you mix them they make white light. They create the page white behind the text you’re reading right now! If you add a drop of water to your screen you’ll see them crystal clear. But, what if you look through RGB to see printed colors, which are Continue Reading…

A Celebration of Stranger Things

In the fall of 2018, Jon and I had an incredible opportunity to be a part of one of our favorite shows: Paper Truly was IN Stranger Things! Yeah, the two nerds who run this stationery company got to play Russian scientists in Season 3 of the hit Netflix series. I’ll get to a couple of behind-the-scenes Continue Reading…

How to Use Invitation Envelopes

We’ve been in the invitation business for almost a decade now, and it’s interesting to notice different trends over the years. Now more than ever, couples are going for less traditional invitation suites that serve their taste and their budget equally. This is great! We love nontraditional approaches, especially the really creative ones! However, we’ve Continue Reading…

Jolly Holiday!

The Paper Truly family shares fall birthdays, so we always plan a themed party. For our daughter’s 4th and our son’s 1st, we took her favorite Disney character and created these practically perfect Mary Poppins birthday invitations! Mary Poppins is a story about the importance of family, so my invitation concept drew from the end Continue Reading…

Hayami – Tato Origami Invitation

Hayami (“rare beauty”) is sure to dazzle guests! Invitation’s reverse is art-deco reminiscent, foil stamped with initials, and lies beautifully inside an origami inner envelope. A wonderfully modern touch. Reply card and invitation are double thick, backed in the same paper as the origami envelope. Pearlescent papers pictured have a subtle opulent sparkle, and are Continue Reading…

Trópico- Tropical Leaf Invitation

Trópico is an island-lover’s dream! The beautiful design of the monstera leaf printed on a textured paper wraps this elegant suite in a lush green inner envelope. Inside, the design features handsome watercolor foliage illustrations on linen-textured cards with details in an elegant frame. Delivered to guests in a linen-textured envelope with a printed bamboo-style Continue Reading…

Vintage Funeral Card Invitation

Set a gleefully ghoulish tone with this vintage funeral card invitation  – perfect for Halloween, murder mystery parties, or any spooky event! This layered booklet serves as a save the date or full invitation with vintage-inspired touches that give your guests a spine-tingling sensation. This suite is a macabre delight for the darkly humorous!   Continue Reading…

Romance Managed

We solemnly swear, “I do!” This extraordinarily unique wedding invitation will inspire and amaze your guests! Fantastic corridors illustrate the Bride and Groom’s footsteps, sneaking from room to room as they prepare for their big day. Event details lie within a secret folded chamber that features a *magical* walking footprints effect! Measures approx 8.6″ x Continue Reading…