NSS Perspectives, Part 1

Another National Stationery Show has come and gone, with so many paper lovelies launched and on display that I can barely keep myself contained. This year, thanks to Twitter and the many paper loving Twitterers, I almost felt as if I were at the show. I was so grateful for the almost instantly uploaded pictures and tweets live from the show floor, and I felt everyone’s excitement for the experience.

This series of posts is my attempt to link to many of the bloggers who have provided us with so much gorgeous eye candy over the past week. Oh, and there are also lots of great images from the show over on Flickr, so be sure to check those out, too!

I know that I can’t possibly get every blog post that was made, so if you’ve been blogging the NSS and don’t see yourself listed in these posts, please feel free to either contact me or comment and drop your link.

And now, without further ado, here we go!

National Stationery Show Design Sponge
images from design*sponge

Design*Sponge always has an amazing round up from the show, and this year was no exception. Grace covered so many shops and has a motherlode of wonderful images.

Posts:

NSS 2009 : Best in Show (kamal)
NSS 2009 : Old School Stationers and Sycamore Street Press
NSS 2009 : 5 More Favorites
NSS 2009 : Enormous Champion and Burlington Guide
NSS 2009 : Twig & Fig and Fugu Fugu
NSS 2009 : 8 More for the Day
NSS 2009 : Hello Lucky, Yellow Owl, Eieio
NSS 2009 : Ilee, Albertine, Pie Bird, Linea Carta
NSS 2009 : Dutch Door, Maginating, and More…
NSS 2009 : Last Three Posts (1 of 3)
NSS 2009 : Last Three Posts (2 of 3)
NSS 2009 : The Final Post (3 of 3)


Eco Friendly National Stationery Show
images from Treehugger

Treehugger gives us a slide show of 16 featured eco friendly paper shops from the stationery show this year. There’s plenty of eye candy, including selections from Vert by Yoko Chapman (top), Screech Owl Design, and Fugu Fugu Press (bottom).


Bluepoolroad National Stationery Show

Bluepoolroad National Stationery Show
images from bluepoolroad blog

Peggy Wong from bluepoolroad offers her take on the stationery show, including lots of pretty visual collages of her favorite exhibitors, including (shown above) pikku, chewing the cud, and flybird press.

Erin Vale Paper Crafts and Printables

Erin Vale Paper Crafts

If you like paper craft projects, printables, and pretty packaging, then you simply must check out graphic designer (and fellow crayon fan) Erin Vale’s blog, which is packed with tutorials, freebies, and eye candy. Download and enjoy Mother’s Day and spring themed coloring pages, make pretty seed packets as gifts or favors, and check out this tutorial for turning stamps into custom vector images. Thank you, Erin, for being so generous!

Seed packet eye candy:

Erin Vale Seed Packets

Erin Vale Seed Packets

images from Erin Vale

Anvil Paperie Recession Proof Gift Set

Anvil Paper Recession Proof Set

It’s financially challenging out there these days, but we still enjoy giving gifts. These clever and beautifully designed Recession Proof Gift Sets by Anvil Modern Paperie will allow you to give a gift that money can’t buy — one of your love, effort, and time.

Anvil Paper Recession Proof Set

The set includes 5 different coupons that can be redeemed for things such as control of the TV, a homemade meal, and a car wash. These would make fabulous gifts from dad or tweens/teenagers to mom for Mother’s Day, don’t you think?

images from Anvil Modern Paperie