Mimosa Letterpress Cards

March 31, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Check out these adorable animal letterpress cards from Mimosa. So sweet, and I LOVE how the squirrels have been worked into the frame of the owl card! These cuties are definitely candidates for framing as wall art, and as a set they would make a great gift for a paper-loving friend.

images from Mimosa

Weekly Wrap #65 : Chip Bag Wrap

March 25, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

Transform your empty potato chip bags into snazzy silver and white gift wrap! Simply cut the bag along its seam, turn it inside out to reveal the silver or white lining, give it a little wash and dry, and wrap to your heart’s delight. No one will ever guess the secret of your wrapping paper … until they unwrap the gift and spot the Utz or Ruffles logo, and after that your chip bag gift wrap will be legend and stories will be told about how clever you are on every “gift wrap” holiday thereafter!

image from Martha Stewart

Letterpress Bookplates from Let’s Be Friends

March 24, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

The peeps at Let’s Be Friends are proposing that we bring back the practice of writing our names in our books like we did when we were kids, and they’re offering this fun, modern set of letterpress bookplates in their shop to get us started! The two-color bookplates are available in sets of a single design or as a variety pack, and I think that they’d make fantastic gifts for bookish friends, too.

images from Let’s Be Friends

Japan Aid Limited Edition Print

March 23, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Giftware design company, GAMA-GO, and letterpress stationer, Hello! Lucky, have come together to support the ongoing relief efforts in Japan, and their collaboration has produced this wonderful, limited edition Japand-aid print, available through the GAMA-GO website or, if you’re in the San Francisco area, at Hello! Lucky’s SoMa shop (977 Howard Street).

The prints are $50 each, and 100% of the purchase price will go directly to help the people of Japan via the Japanese Red Cross. Prints are available for purchase as of this afternoon at 1pm PST, and you can head over to GAMA-GO to purchase yours and help out a very worthwhile cause.

image from GAMA-GO / Hello! Lucky

Super Cool Birthday Cards

March 23, 2011 // kristen // 3 replies

My bookmarks folder has been filling up with lots of super cool and clever birthday card designs, and I thought it was about time to share a bunch. I really need to do this more often because there are so many great birthday cards out there!

Above, clockwise from top left: Floral Burst from Rifle Paper; Happy Birthday letterpress card from Nate Duval; Razz Birthday from Pup and Pony; Magical Birthday from The Social Type; Letterpress Birthday Card from Sycamore Street Press; Jetty from Smock; Party Like It’s 1999 from Ink and Iron.