A Sneaky Sneak Peek : A. Favorite

Hello, paper lovers! I didn’t want to leave you completely hanging while I’m off exploring the stationery show, so I saved an extra sneaky sneak peek from a. favorite, whose clever, vintage-inspired letterpress greetings are always among my favorites … no pun intended. Rubber duckies, carnival fun, and neato typography — what’s not to love?

A. Favorite Letterpress Duckies Card
A. Favorite Carnival Letterpress Card
A. Favorite Shooting Ducks Letterpress
A. Favorite Holy Matrimony Letterpress

P.S. I’ll catch you back here on Thursday to share my stationery show adventures, eye candy included!

images from a. favorite

Stationery Show Sneak Peek : Let {Her} Press

My final stationery show sneak peek comes from two of the fabulous shops exhibiting under the oh so clever moniker, Let {her} Press (Booth #1555-1557). First up is Paper Stories, whose new line includes both flat printed and letterpress printed collections. The Cityscape collection is a flat printed menagerie of colorful representations of famous cityscapes from around the world, and their new letterpress collections include clever origami and playful “shadows” greeting cards. Check it out:

Paper Stories
Paper Stories
Paper Stories

Let {her} Press boothmate, Robin Beth, will be debuting a number of lovely, letterpressed Mitzvah and wedding invitations designs featuring everything from fun, sketched fonts to sophisticated florals. Here’s a little peek at what’s new from Robin Beth at the stationery show:

Robin Beth
Robin Beth
Robin Beth
Robin Beth

images from Paper Stories and Robin Beth

Stationery Show Sneak Peek : Albertine Press

Albertine Press Letterpress Library

Thanks to Shelley from Albertine Press (Booth #2142) for giving me a peek at their big new stationery show release, the Letterpress Library. An entire library filled with letterpress? This is an idea that I can certainly get behind! Each volume of the Letterpress Library houses its own set of decorative note cards, and I love the packaging, which is made to look like beautiful, letterpressed book covers, and the Albertine Press logo at the bottom of the spine is a perfect touch. Don’t they look wonderful placed all in a row? Albertine Press will be sharing a booth with Carta Inc., whose lovely cards and ribbons I’m anxiously waiting to see in person, as well. Plus, their stationery show favors are vintage stamps! Hello, vintage stamp love.

images from Albertine Press

Stationery Show Sneak Peek : INK + WIT

I’m in full on squee mode over these sneak peeks from INK + WIT (Booth #2149). Lovely new letterpress greetings? Check (hee, “get wellie” — love that). New gift wrap sheets? Awesome! Super cool rubber stamps? Seriously neato. And tea towels? Squee! Not many things rival my love of paper, but I have a somewhat more than mild obsession with pretty tea towels, and I must have the fox towel for my collection. The elephant towel is pretty darn fantastic, too.

INK + WIT Tea Towels
INK + WIT Tea Towels
INK + WIT Tea Towels
INK + WIT Tea Towels

images from INK + WIT

My 2010 National Stationery Booth List

National Stationery Show

Okay, guys, I think I’ve pretty much finalized my National Stationery Show booth list. I’ve checked it twice, à la Santa Claus, but I know that I may still have missed something, so just let me know if you catch any errors!

My list this year is 121 booths large, and instead of going alphabetically like I’ve done in past years, I’ve laid this year’s list out by booth number. I figure that this will work out better, organizationally, if you find yourself in a booth “neighborhood” and want to see who’s there. Also, for simplicity’s sake, I’ve only listed a single booth number per exhibitor. This should give you a good start at those businesses which have multiple booths. I made this year’s list a printable PDF, so you can easily print it out and take it with you to the show. That’s what I’ll be doing!

Download “The Paper Crave ‘I’m Sure I’ll See More Must Visit Booths While I’m There, But This is My Starter’ Booth List” right here.

Stay tuned for more fantastic sneak peeks tomorrow!

Update: So, I knew this was going to happen, but I’m already up to about half a dozen or so “write ins” on my list. Carina from Crow & Canary also put together a fantastic list of her pre-show picks, and that added several more to my list. How did I miss some of these great places?!