2012 Calendar Designs, Part 1

October 19, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Well, my fellow paper lovers, it’s that time of year again: calendar season! As my filled-to-the-brim calendar bookmarks folder will attest, I’m completely blown away by all of the gorgeous designs in store for the coming year. So, without further ado, let’s get started on the 2012 calendar design goodness. Psst, there’s a second round up coming on the heels of this one, so stay tuned for more!

Oddball Press has some of the most fun letterpress calendar designs around, and the latest in their Natural Disaster calendar series is entitled “Meteor Strike”. Everything but the kitchen sink is being thrown at those Meteor Dinosaurs, but old-timey fireman dude, I don’t know how effective your hose is going to be.

Eep! Darling Clementine’s illustrated 2012 calendar, filled with sweet woodland creatures, is, well, absolutely darling.

Typophiles and font lovers, check out Two Trick Pony’s awesome 2012 “Year of Type” calendar. Each month features a typestyle from one of twelve classifications, and the calendar is screenprinted in red and white ink onto chipboard. What a great color combo!

Pistachio Press’ 2012 “Cross Stitch” letterpress calendar, featuring designs by Aesthetic Outburst, is perfect for the needlework or pattern lover in your life. And each month can be trimmed to create a 4×6 inch print, so it’s a calendar and a year of pretty, pretty art prints, too.

Such sweet illustrations in Stephanie Fizer’s “Animal Portraits” mini calendar, printed on super sturdy 110lb. satin finish paper stock. Clip off the dates after the month is over to create cute, little art prints.

The 2012 Aqua letterpress calendar by Yasuko Nakamura and Ken Schrag features twelve lovely illustrations of our favorite sea creatures, and the date portion of each month is perforated for easy removal, after which you can either frame the prints or use them as postcards.

Naomi Shiek’s hand drawn and hand cut 2012 papercut calendar is absolutely stunning. The calendar features three separate, papercut layers, with four months to each layer.

I always look forward to Linda & Harriett’s lovely, patterned letterpress calendars, and this year’s is a stunner. Such wonderful colors and design!

Typography + wood veneer = the wonderful 2012 “A Year in Caps” calendar by Heather Lins. It’s so much fun to see how Heather has interpreted each month in type.

Alex Wijnen’s evocative “Fishing in Oregon” illustration serves as the centerpiece of this year’s 2012 wall calendar.

images from their respective owners

Stationery Show 2011 Sneak Peek : 1canoe2

May 17, 2011 // kristen // 3 replies

Alrighty, this is my last sneak peek of the stationery show season this year, and it’s a fun one. 1canoe2 (booth #1055) has a bunch of fantastic new paper goodies making their debut at the show this year, and this is actually 1canoe2’s first year exhibiting at the show, too. Ooh, pretty 2012 calendar and letterpress peeks:

images from 1canoe2

Stationery Show 2011 Sneak Peek : Up Up Creative

May 13, 2011 // kristen // 2 replies

Hubba, hubba! That’s a mighty fine new wrapping paper collection from Up Up Creative (booth #2067), another awesome shop making its debut at the Stationery Show this year. Ooh, I just love it when independent shops design gift wrap, don’t you? These lovelies will be available in the Up Up Creative shop by this weekend, and an oh so pretty 2012 calendar, also making its debut at the show, is soon to follow:

images from Up Up Creative

Curiosity’s Calendar of the Month Club

February 01, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Combine the practicality of a monthly calendar with brilliant illustration and clever 3d paper toy concepts, and you have a Calendar of the Month Club that will have you at the edge of your seat at the end of each month as you wait to see what fantastically fun calendar you’ll be downloading next.

Curiosity, a Portland-based creative marketing agency, is behind this super cool concept, and each month they’ll be releasing a new 3d paper toy calendar for you to enjoy. Download the calendars over at Curiosity’s site, or sign up to have a new calendar emailed to you every month. January’s calendar was a loveable Yeti with a feline friend, and February’s calendar features Jean, the Weather Queen, an ever so cautious groundhog.

images from Curiosity

2011 Calendar Designs, Part 8

November 29, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

It’s always a little bit tough getting back into the swing of things after a long holiday weekend, but talking about super cool calendars definitely makes things easier. This is it, my final 2011 calendar design roundup, and what a collection of beauties we’ve had this year, don’t you think? Because there are still so many great designs that I want to feature, today’s roundup is going to be a little on the super-size side, but there’s lots of pretty so I hope you won’t mind. And, if you’re looking for even more awesome calendars, check out every calendar that I’ve featured this calendar season.

Lilacmoon Studio combines polaroids and doodles to create the fun and unique Poladoodles calendar. The calendar features six pages of poladoodles (two months per page), and a dotted line on the back allows you to create Polaroid Spectra-sized art prints that you can use to decorate with when you’re finished with the calendar.

Foodies will love this Seasonal Produce desk calendar from Pie Bird Press, which is filled with bold illustrations of yummy fruits and veggies in vivid hues. Available at Felt & Wire.

Aunt June has a printable calendar that will appeal to bookworms everywhere. The Overdue Book Calendar helps you keep track of the date and the days that your library books are due. Very helpful for avoiding those pesky late book fees!

The 2011 Petite Wall Calendar (3.5″ wide x 7.25″ tall) from Inklosures features a different fun and fantastic retro style illustration every month.

The Nimbus Factory has two outstanding illustrated calendars, including the seasonal “Year Round” calendar:

And the “Happy Ocean” Mini Calendar, which is filled with sweet sea life illustrations:

Lovely and colorful illustrations embellish each month of Two Pooch Paperie’s 2011 mini calendar, which comes with a little easel for display:

The eco-friendly 2011 Floral Eco Calendar from Botanical Paperworks features twelve fresh floral illustrations printed double-sided on 6 sheets of plantable seed paper, so you and plant your calendar in the ground and watch it grow when you’re finished using it to keep track of 2011.

Modern circles in a spectrum of color feature in the beautiful 2011 letterpress calendar from Paper Boat Studios. Each page is perforated at the top for easy tear off, too!

A family of foxes and their mountain home inspired this hand illustrated, three color letterpress calendar from Sycamore Street Press.

Inspired by wycinanki (vee-chee-non-kee), the Polish version of paper-cut folk art, this lovely letterpress calendar from Pressbound blends folk art motifs with illustrations of Russian nesting dolls (matryoshka).

The wonderfully whimsical 2011 Dancing Cat Calendar features twelve cat prints that can be saved when you’re finished with the calendar and framed as wall art.

Benign Objects’ 2011 wall calendar was inspired by vintage wood type and letterpress and features bold, saturated color and nostalgic typography digitally printed onto heavy, textured paper.

Joie Studio’s 2011 letterpress desk calendar is printed on eco-friendly bamboo paper and features a different exotic illustration or pattern every month.

Silhouette Blue’s 2011 wall calendar features seasonally-inspired, silhouette style illustrations in a different color of the rainbow for each month of the year.

The 2011 Wood Type Perpetual Calendar from Constellation & Co. features plenty of space for you to write notes about special dates that happen from year to year and original vintage wood type letterpress printed in a rainbow of colors. Letterpress printed in collaboration with Myrtle Alley Press with vintage wood type from the collection of Stern & Faye, Printers.

Paisley Tree Press’ 2011 letterpress desk calendar features illustrations and dates printed in three ink colors for each month. Wowsa!

Plenty of sweet, whimsical illustrations to keep you enthralled all year long in Sadly Harmless’ 2011 Adventures Calendar, their 4th annual illustrated calendar.

Redline Design’s 2011 keepsake calendar includes 13 images of beautiful photographs printed on mini Moo cards and attached to a calendar printed by Jumping Jack Designs.