Love and Design Easter Printables

April 02, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Love and Design has some too cute for words printables for Easter, including iron ons (shown above), gift boxes and bags, and a stationery and label set featuring adorable bunnies, chicks, and lambs. I get so many fun gift ideas just looking at all of these cuties.

More pretty printables from Love and Design:

images from Love and Design

How to Make Gift Bags from Envelopes

March 30, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

How About Orange has a great tutorial that shows you how to make cute little gift bags (aka Baglets) from regular envelopes. What a useful and fun idea for all different types of occasions! Fill them with Easter treats, and these would make wonderful little gifts for the upcoming holiday. And, if you’d like, you can also download labels to print onto the envelopes.

image from How About Orange

Lisa DeJohn for Godiva

March 17, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

What could be better than delicious chocolate in beautifully illustrated packages? The oh so pretty in pastel Godiva Easter packaging was illustrated by Lisa DeJohn and is now available for purchase on Godiva’s site (probably in Godiva shops, too).

More pretty packages:

images from Godiva

Lucia Soaps Packaging

March 17, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Lucia soaps were all over the design blogs last week, but I had to give them a mention here because I love the combination of the ultra modern labeling with the gorgeous patterned papers. One astute commenter over at design*sponge noted that the papers used in the packaging could be found at Paper Mojo and, indeed, many of the beautiful papers are from Wooster & Prince and Snow & Graham. What a smart idea for packaging! – spotted on design*sponge and The Dieline

images from design*sponge

Paper Around The Web, Friday Edition

March 06, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

So many paper cravings building up that I have to give some linky love:

* Did you see last week’s hand lettering guest blog over at design*sponge? Sarah Miller’s posts introduced me to many new (to me) and wonderfully talented artists, including Jessica Hische (above), through her week long series of posts.

* Limited edition owl, wren, and partridge gocco prints from UK based printmaker Dee Beale – via Bloesem

* How to move a press, Egyptian style, by Paper Stories at The Handmade Artist

* Lovely and inexpensive gift wrapping ideas (love the paint swatch idea!) from d.sharp at Apartment Therapy – found via marshmallow fever

* Clever packing tape transfers from Molly Likes to Draw – via Craft

* Printable mini file folders from Whisker Graphics – via How About Orange

* Beautiful handmade journals and kits by Erin Zamrzla – via Rag & Bone

Have a great weekend, everyone!

image from Jessica Hische via design*sponge