October Afternoon Thrift Shop Collection

June 22, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

October Afternoon Thrift Shop Artist Trading Cards

Okay, I think I’ve found my new favorite scrapbooking collection. I’m an avid thrift store junkie, so, not surprisingly, it was love at first sight when I spotted October Afternoon’s Thrift Store collection. First, how cool are these business card sized, vintage-themed artist trading cards? I think they would make great gift embellishments, as well as being a neato addition to paper craft and scrapbook projects.

October Afternoon Thrift Shop Patterned Paper

And then there are the Thrift Shop patterned papers. They used a vintage sewing pattern as one of the patterns! Brilliant. Other patterned papers in the collection bring to mind vintage bed linens, damask curtains, tablecloths, and doilies, and the palette is filled with beautiful, muted reds, yellows, blues, and taupes. This collection is making me want to head out to Goodwill, like, right now.

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images from October Afternoon / Two Peas

So Sophie by Deena Rutter and Jen Allyson

May 17, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

I’m completely taken with the new So Sophie collection by Deena Rutter and Jen Allyson for My Mind’s Eye. The colors in this in depth collection cover the subdued spectrum, featuring lovely warm gray, teal, buttery yellow, and deep orchid, with a little bold red and chartreuse thrown in, too. And it’s not just the palette that’s wonderful — I’m loving the variety of gorgeous patterns. I picked out a few of my favorites to show you, but you can see many more over at My Mind’s Eye.

The So Sophie collection also features a number of very cool paper “accessories”, including awesome, vintage inspired tickets and bingo cards that can be used as accents and decorations for fun, retro parties, as well as in a variety of paper crafts and scrapbooking projects.

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images from My Mind’s Eye

2010 National Stationery Show

April 13, 2010 // kristen // 19 replies

It’s almost that time of the year again, time for the National Stationery Show, and I’m so excited because this year I finally get to attend the show! It looks like lots of great shops are making their debut this year, and many, many perennial favorites will be there, too. Just thinking about the number of booths that I want to visit is making my head spin … in a good way.

So, if you’ll be exhibiting, please email me, tweet or DM me on Twitter @papercrave, or leave your shop name and booth number in the comments on this post, and you’ll be helping me put together my “master list”, which I’ll be posting here at the beginning of May!

And, if you’re going to be exhibiting at the show and are looking for tips on preparation and setup, you’ll want to check out the great series that Sarah Marie put together in 2008. Lots of very helpful tips!

American Crafts Dear Lizzy Collection

February 23, 2010 // kristen // 3 replies

Cute little dresses, honeybees, musical notes, bunting, sweet cherries, and doily patterns — the Dear Lizzy collection by Elizabeth Kartchner for American Crafts has a little bit of everything fun and girly. The collection was inspired by “nature and simple childhood play”, and I’m loving the muted rainbow palette and the sweet patterned papers. When I spot a new to me scrapbook collection, I usually have a standout favorite pattern, but with this one I can’t decide because there are just so many cute ones! What’s your favorite?

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images from Two Peas in a Bucket

Cosmo Cricket Joyride & Material Girl Collections

February 16, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

I know that I’m always going to find vintage-inspired goodness in Cosmo Cricket’s scrapbooking lines, and their newest collections are no exception. Joyride (below) features a palette of muted teal, orchid, yellow, orange, and brown and includes a great collection of papers patterned with both geometric and illustrated designs. If you’re a scrapbooker who’s planning a summer camping trip, then you’ll want to give this one a look. And if you’re a paper crafter with a penchant for retro patterns, then you’ll want to check this one out, too.

I’m also enjoying the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl collection (below), which features a palette of chalkboard green, muted reds and teals, yellow, and chartreuse. The papers in the collection feature scissor and decorative edging-inspired patterns, and the humble tape measure makes an appearance in a rainbow of shades.