Papergrain Stationery Boutique

July 09, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

I recently found out about a new to me stationery shop called Papergrain Stationery Boutique. The online shop is located in the UK, and its mission is to be a showcase for many of the most stylish personal stationery being created today. Papergrain’s emphasis is on indie brands that can’t be found on the mass market, and I definitely love the sounds of that!

Browsing through their pages of oh so lovely stationery, notebooks, and greeting cards, it was definitely hard to pick favorites, but a few lines jumped out at me, including the Darling Clementine cards shown above. I just love those retro-inspired animal/circus illustrations!

Two of my other favorites are the beautiful laser cut cards by Rob Ryan (top, below) and the pretty, whimsical illustrated cards by artist Nila Aye (bottom, below). You can see all of the cards that they offer over at Papergrain’s website, and they deliver to many countries worldwide, including the US:

images from Papergrain

Monsieur Boudin Cards by Lab Partners

July 08, 2009 // kristen // 4 replies

I’ve been a huge fangirl of Lab Partners since I first saw their awesome retro modern illustrations, and I had to try and (unsuccessfully) hold back squeals of delight when I saw their new line of cards for Lagom. The series features a wonderfully stylish dachshund called Monsieur Boudin on his Parisian adventures. The only downside for those of us not in the UK or Europe is that Lagom does not ship to us. Quite the bummer, but I’m holding out hope that Monsieur Boudin will eventually be available in some form to all of us. Until then, here’s a taste of Monsieur Boudin:

images from Lab Partners

The Happy Envelope

June 30, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

I’m just loving everything that I’ve seen from The Happy Envelope. Sarah Pattison, the designer behind the fab line, started her career in advertising and design, where she obtained all of the building blocks that she would need to build a stationery company. After designing a few wedding invitations for friends as side work, she knew she had found her passion, and The Happy Envelope was born!

The Happy Envelope’s offerings now include a must see portfolio of four gorgeous wedding invitation collections, custom stationery and invitation design, and a new line of thermography printed boxed and single cards, which Sarah describes as having a “great raised, bumpy texture”. I’m loving the sounds of that! Find a retailer here, and check out their collection of wedding invitation designs, available through Minted.

A little more eye candy from The Happy Envelope:

images from The Happy Envelope

Kamal Letterpress Coasters and Cards

June 29, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

I was first introduced to the work of Kamal when I spotted Design*Sponge’s “Best in Show” post during the National Stationery Show. Since then, Kamal has launched an entire line of beautiful letterpress coasters and cards featuring stylized nature and botanical inspired illustrations and patterns. I love their use of color and metallic accents and can’t get enough of this collection, which you can now purchase on their site. Yay!
All of Kamal’s goods are created with hand mixed ink and printed onto eco-friendly 100% cotton paper or 100% kraft chipboard with 100% post-consumer kraft envelopes.

A bit of eye candy from Kamal’s collection (see the whole line here):

images from Kamal

Port2port Press’ 3rd Anniversary

June 23, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Port2port Letterpress

Port2port Press turns three years old this month, and I’m absolutely loving this month’s celebration-themed cards, which feature super cool illustrations by Christopher David Ryan. Current members and new members who sign up in June will receive these cards, along with a “3” letterpress print in silver or copper, designed by Oh Joy!, as well as a matching click pen. Plus, if you sign up for The Card Society during June, you will receive a 15% discount. Pretty sweet deal! – spotted on Oh Joy!

Psst! While you’re over at the Port2port Press website, check out the anniversary balloon image. Is that another fabulous security envelope creation?

images from Oh Joy! / Port2port Press