Blind Embossed Cards by Pinball Publishing

June 04, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Rachel from Benign Objects, whose lovely self-mailers I featured earlier this week, gave me a heads up about these gorgeous blind embossed cards (thanks, Rachel!), made for Duchess Clothier by Pinball Publishing, whose blog, CoinOp, is truly a feast for the eyes. But those cards — the detail, the texture — well, I may actually have to describe it as delectable. I only wish that I could reach through the screen and have the tactile experience that one can only get in person with letterpressed and embossed cards. Just thinking about it makes me swoon.

images from Pinball Publishing / CoinOp

Paper Pops

May 19, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Have you seen the latest market at Poppytalk Handmade? Paper Pops launched on May 10 and is all about the paper, featuring many paper goods that are being shown right this minute at the National Stationery Show. The market features so many Paper Crave favorites, and even a few that are new to me, so if you’re a paper lovin’ fool like me, Paper Pops is a must see.

images from Poppytalk

Fold Out Paper Rings

May 14, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

These paper rings are amazing, aren’t they? Part of a collection of fold out paper jewelry, each of the twelve ring designs represents a birth month flower. The designs are laser cut and engraved from textured white paper, and they were created in an “All Year Rings” sheet or individually as “Birthday Ring” greeting cards. The project was a collaboration between Tithi Kutchamuch and Nutre Arayavanish under the name of TT:NT. – found via d. sharp

images from Tithi Kutchamuch

More Security Envelope Creativity

May 13, 2009 // kristen // 4 replies

A couple of weeks ago, I featured a completely clever little house made by Rebecca of This Chicken using the recycled interiors of security envelopes. I just discovered, thanks to Felt and Wire, that you can also use the patterned innards of the humble security envelope to make very pretty wrappers for soap:

How cool is this?!

Felt and Wire also introduced me to the work of artist Nancy Shapiro, who uses recycled security envelopes, as well as the reply cards that fall out of magazines, to create these incredible collages:

I’m now looking at security envelopes in a completely new light and won’t be so quick to toss them in the the recycling bin.

images from Felt and Wire / Nancy Shapiro

John Vanderslice Gigposter

May 12, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

If you’re a print designer, or if you just go gaga over the process behind the production of all things print, then you absolutely must see the new blog, FPO (For Print Only), by the creative duo who were behind inspirational graphic design site, Speak Up. Though Speak Up is no longer active — its contents now serve as an archive — FPO has already become a go to blog for print design inspiration.

One of the recent posts over at FPO really caught my eye. Designer and printer, Bennett Holzworth, brilliantly used grease proof doilies — yes, the kind that you found in the cake decorating aisle at most craft stores — as a major element in the creation of this unique gigposter for John Vanderslice.