Wilkintie

March 09, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Rabbit by Klaus Haapaniemi

I first spotted Wilkintie last week through a feature on Etsy, and I was instantly taken with their wonderfully whimsical letterpress prints.

Rolling Contrivance by Merijn Hos

Circus by Chamo

Wilkintie is a project by Melbourne, Australia based Carly Hargreaves and Niels Oeltjen and is a collaboration between the couple and amazing artists that they discover in their day-to-day lives. Prints featured at Wilkintie are inspired by pictures and stories from childhood and feature the works of super talented illustrators like Klaus Haapaniemi, Chamo, and Merijn Hos. A new print is released monthly, so keep your eye out for more lovely creations.

images from Wilkintie

Forest Themed Letterpress Prints

March 06, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Illustrators Labpartners (detail above), Julia Rothman, and Kate Sutton have created wonderful forest themed scenes for a letterpress art print collection from Hello! Lucky. The collection also includes an illustration from Hello! Lucky, making four forest themed lovelies in all. The prints are available for pre-order and will start shipping on March 31.

More details from the collection:

images from Hello! Lucky

El Al Airlines Deck of Playing Cards

March 05, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

I spotted this beautifully designed deck of playing cards for Israeli airline, El Al, over at Grain Edit the other week and was immediately taken by them. The joker is my favorite, but they’re all swoon worthy, don’t you think?

images from Grain Edit

Leah Duncan Prints

February 27, 2009 // kristen // 3 replies

I’m completely taken with the work of Austin, Texas based artist, Leah Duncan. Her illustrations and pattern work are just beautiful — light, organic, with a touch of whimsy. And I totally want the owl!

Check out the limited edition prints available at Leah’s Etsy shop, and see more of her illustration and pattern work here.

Leah also creates custom invitations and stationery at Lulu Paper, so be sure to head over there for much gorgeous eye candy.

images from Leah Duncan

Yael Fran

February 23, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

I was all ready to feature Yael Fran’s adorable stickers and printables today, and then I saw (via Pikaland) that Yael has just introduced several new digital prints. So, I just have to mention these cuties, too!

Yael creates a little bit of everything, including handmade jewelry that incorporates illustration, printable embroidery patterns, and several paper craft printables, including this “color me” stamps sheet: