Our vintage return address stamps are 10% off today through Thanksgiving!
Call, email or pop into the shop to choose from 14 personal designs.
*This is a great gift idea for all you early birds out there...

There are so many changes going on around mac & murphy and we apologize for our lack of blog updates. We are currently in the midst of a total redesign of our website (with the wonderful team of Ink Meets Paper) , shooting all content for the store (with the amazing Charlotte Elizabeth Photography) and creating a blog resource directly link to our web content. Seeing as we are pencil & paper kind of gals, this has been no easy task and has kept our brains someone occupied. Couple that with a complete and total data loss and recent rebuild of our sales software and that makes for two very busy girls.

Today however, our little shop scored a major win.

Its been 3yrs in the making but we are finally carrying one of Liz Mac's favorite lines :

- Carrot & Stick Press -

This is the perfect go to notecard for just about any occasion and we are thrilled to be able to offer them to you today in our Charleston, SC shop and some day soon, our checkout shop on the fabulous world wide web.

We'll keep you posted on the progress - we promise. xoxo

I Love You, Bikes

It was so fun seeing our friends from Yellow Owl Workshop featured in the latest J.Crew catalog with this fantastically unique correspondence set. We ordered these for the shop a few weeks ago and have been singing their praises since their arrival. Included is 12 notes sheets, 12 patterned envelopes and a pencil inscribed with Je t'aime, velos.

Keep it local peeps and pick yours up in the shop today. See you soon!

one of our favorites

while catching up on our 100layercake.com reading, we stumbled across this beautifully shot vendor spotlight featuring one of our favorite designers whose line we are endlessly honored to carry in the shop. please take a moment to meet Cheree Berry and if you are anything like us and just have to check out her work, pop into the shop to see her latest stationery and wedding designs. you will thank yourself. http://www.100layercake.com/blog/2010/01/11/vendor-spotlight-cheree-berry-paper/

{photographed by Edyta Szyszlo}

just in time...

just in time for Easter this handmade little created hopped into mac & murphy. made with love by the lovely Jean Johnson of Bobbin Designs, in collaboration with fabric designs by Charleston local, Clewis Reid, these cards are truly little works of art and the perfect keepsake for spring.

Oh, hi there!

My goodness it's been a long time. We are oh so sorry to have neglected you all these months but we're back now and we promise to be much better friends. In fact, we plan on becoming a new, shinier version of ourselves in the near future so be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, we're happy to be here and will be back later today with a post featuring our favorite cards for this upcoming crappy (we mean sappy) holiday.

here's a snap shot of what we've been up to this winter while not in the store.

we call this picture "puffer vest glory"

2011 Calendar Round Up

our 2011 calendars have arrived!!

its round 2 for Linda & Harriett's letterpress tear-away postcard. this bad boy is a limited item and it will sell out fast so don't delay. seriously.

SusyJack* has been a favorite of ours (and yours) ever since we introduced her work to charleston back in early 2009 and right now we are LOVE LOVE LOVING what she has done to the next edition of her fabulous calendar. its a little larger all around which only gives you more to love.

Snow & Graham has created this beautiful desktop calendar for years and they are perfect for small spaces. we carry them in two sizes: small and, oh my, that really is quite small. both are adorable.

last but not least is our most favorite pocket datebook. it is PERFECT for any handbag. we have at least 6 amazing colors including gold, silver, teal, hot pink, chartruse and burnt orange. what will your 2011 color be?

Tax Free Wedding Weekend!!

Something borrowed, something blue, something tax free,
...oh wait...that's not how it goes, but that's how we're

doing it this weekend at mac & murphy.

all custom wedding invitations are tax free this weekend
friday, august 6 - saturday, august 7

*must arrange for design consult prior to friday august 6*
call 843.576.4394 to schedule your appointment

42 Pressed is offered exclusively in south carolina at mac & murphy

wouldn't you rather be looking at one of
these for the next 176 days?

30% off all 2010 calendars

sale includes our deluxe wall calendar by susyjack*, desktop by

Snow & Graham and pocket calendars by Graphic Image

One very expensive bottle of champagne later....

only to mac & murphy would a non-real date ending in an awkward hug be the makings of a great love story, but to us, and for erin jones & steve higgins, it is!

after 2 years of dating and standing in line for more than 2 hours for a hot dog (where steve had the good sense not to propose), steve dropped a sparkler into a bottle of very expensive champagne and rather than history being made, their future was set.

erin & steve will wed in charleston in april of next year and we'll be there to help every step of the way because they will Be Our First!

congrats erin & steve - we look forward to working with the two of you!

mac & murphy want you to Be Our First!

we're just so excited to be entering the world of happily ever after that we've decided to start giving things away! its crazy, i know.

our friends over at The Wedding Row have done such a great job promoting our Be Our First contest that we'll just let them explain it to you } http://theweddingrow.com/?p=1624

(i know we asked to hear all the mushy gushy makings of a good love story but try to control yourselves just a lil' bit and not be too cheesy will you please??)

xoxo Good luck!! xoxo

Liz & Ami

happily ever after!

mac & murphy has entered the world of happily ever after!

now carrying exclusive save-the-dates, shower invitations, wedding invitations and thank-you notes, we are your wedding destination for all things paper. chic, classic and modern, we have selected lines that we know you will love.

we're excited to work with you to create the perfect expression of your wedding style. To make sure we can give you our full attention (and have time to chill the bubbly) appointments are recommended.

Hello Spring!

we've been awaiting the launch of spring

to introduce some of our fabulous new lines -

come check 'em out!

introducting invitations by Lemon Tree Paper

introducting stationery by Give Studio

new accesory designs by SusyJack* and Snow & Graham

As seen this morning on paper crave (a source of daily inspiration for us) - it may look impossible but trust that you can recreate this look at home. And it just so happens that we've got the polka-dot paper to make it happen. tres belle

New "unsappy, uncrappy" Greetings from Old Tom Foolery

We've happy to introduce the new line of "unsappy, uncrappy" greeting cards from our friends over at Old Tom Foolery. We swear these folks can do no wrong. Here's a sampling for your chuckling pleasure...

Activity/Coloring Books for the Children of Charleston @ mac & murphy

we just added the cutest "paper accessory" at mac & murphy. check out these fantastic activity-coloring books complete with a pack of crayons.

With activities like a maze through Pirate Blackbeard's beard - collecting gold coins and treasures along the way - or coloring pictures of girls dancin' "The Charleston", history has never been so much fun for the little ones.

*Perfect for decorating the "children's table" at a Charleston Wedding or for birthday goodie bags!

You've Got No Good Reason...

to stare at an ugly datebook for the rest of 2010.

Graphic Image 2010 Pocket Datebooks and Mini Address Books
now available at mac & murphy

SusyJack* 2010 Wall Calendar @ mac & murphy

Feeling the need to again blog about the BEAUTIFUL 2010 Wall Calendar by SusyJack*. We love everything Susy touches but when I pass by this calendar on our own wall at the store I just have to stop and stare for a moment....

Hello My Sweet

we are so happy to introduce our very talented neighbors Sideshow Press into the mac & murphy mix with these "you're sweeter than sweet tea" letterpressed notecards. The moment we laid eyes on them we just had to ask the girls to let us carry them. Better come get yours quick or Liz and I may just take 'em all home with us!

Quarterly Baby Updates by elum

these Quarterly BABY UPDATE by elum are the perfect baby shower gift or unique baby announcement. not only are they beautiful, they are very very witty:

- baby is currently saying"................................................" a lot.

- we're not sure, but we think it means.......................................

- Bringing along....................lets up stay in public places longer.

each boxed set of 10 comes with corresponding cream envelope.

4 x 9.25 {large enough to hold 4x6 photo}

3,6,9,12 month updates sold separately

keep friends and family updated on baby's shenanigans all year long!