april 2026
Finally, APRIL
April has arrived, and I am not taking it for granted for a single second. Spring in the northeast is everything -- the color coming back, the flowers, that particular quality of light that makes you remember why you live here. After a long winter, it genuinely never gets old. The month ahead is full of things I'm looking forward to: family birthdays, the Emerge Event Collective dinner at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia, my first wedding of the year on the 24th, and a trip to New York at the end of the month. The studio is equally alive right now -- I'm working with some wonderful clients at all different stages of their planning, and I have some ideas quietly taking shape for the Curated Collection that I'm excited to share when the time comes. April feels like a good one.
featured post
Postage sounds like the easy part of mailing your wedding invitations. It rarely is. This month's post covers what your suite actually needs before it goes in the mail -
from non-machinable surcharges to wax seals, ribbons, vintage stamps, and what to ask for at the post office.
Pro Tip…
When it comes to wedding invitation postage, take a sample to the post office first.
Take a fully assembled, sealed sample invitation to the post office before you purchase postage in bulk. One complete envelope, ready to mail, exactly as you intend to send it. A larger post office will give you the most accurate guidance.
SCHEDULE
April Checklist
Custom Invitations: Start the process now if you are getting married in October or November.
Semi-Custom Invitations: Order now if you are getting married in July or August.
Order Day-of Stationery: For May or June weddings, it is important to order programs, menus, place cards, and any other details now.
Pro Tip…
When you drop off your wedding invitations, ask for hand-canceling -
and if they say no, find a post office that will.
When you drop off your invitations, ask specifically if that location hand-cancels. If they say no, find one that does. It doesn't guarantee a perfect journey, but it eliminates at least one machine process along the way.
my current favorites
Less "currently listening" and more "currently waiting." Noah Kahan's next album is due on April 24th and I have been anticipating it with an embarrassing amount of enthusiasm. In the meantime, the back catalog is getting a thorough revisit.
Listening
Still completely hooked - and honestly considering going back to rewatch Season 1 before I get any further in. This show is genuinely intense in a way that doesn't let you go. My heart pounds through entire episodes. If you haven't started it yet, clear your schedule first.
Watching
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Backman has a gift for writing about ordinary people with extraordinary tenderness, and this one is no exception. It's the kind of book that slows you down in the best way -- the sort of reading that makes you want to stay in your chair a little longer. Or, even better, outside in a hammock on some of these warmer spring days!
reading
I have fallen down a small batch cupcake rabbit hole and I have no plans to climb out. The current solution to the six-cupcake recipe meeting swimsuit season: mini cupcakes, straight to the freezer, one a day. It is working. Mostly.
cooking
Here's to April - the hope of it, the color of it, and the feeling that everything is just about to bloom. To the couples celebrating this spring, the events taking shape, and the stationery that sets it all in motion. Finally.
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