Quick Picks : 2.8.18

February 08, 2018 // kristen // 0 replies

These printable paintbrush valentines from The House That Lars Built are so sweet and clever!

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♥ Learn how to make your own hot foil stickers with Silhouette Sticker Paper in this diy video tutorial.

♥ Lovin’ the color palette and typography in the identity and collateral pieces for Oslo-based design agency, Jarre&Co.

♥ These Hugz cards are so much fun and, for each one sent, Hugz will provide a meal for someone in need through the NH Food Bank. Cool cards for a great cause!

♥ Looking for some last minute Valentine’s Day greetings or love-themed cards for anytime of the year? In the Daylight has some really sweet greetings in their valentine collection!

♥ I received an advance copy of Bloom from the best-selling Korean paper-cutting artist, Choi Hyang Mee, and the beautiful and intricate papercut patterns featured in the book are a must see for anyone who loves papercutting and paper art. The book will be released in late March 2018.

image from The House That Lars Built

Quick Picks : 2.1.18

February 01, 2018 // kristen // 0 replies

This ice cream truck valentine card kit from Elum is SO cute! There’s a cookie kit, too.

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♥ I love a good anti-valentine, and these from Oh Happy Day are pretty funny … or should I say punny?

♥ This stop motion ad for Epidemic Sound, featuring detailed paper sculptures by Todd Watts, is pretty darn cool.

♥ These DIY painted record album valentines are so cute.

♥ And these DIY paper lipstick valentines are so clever.

♥ Absolutely lovin’ this packaging and identity design for CACAO 70, a Canadian chocolate company.

image from Elum

Quick Picks : 1.25.18

January 25, 2018 // kristen // 2 replies

Gorgeous collateral design work by Hallmark artists, Sam Basset and John Dunne, for the 2017 Louie Awards

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♥ And more gorgeousness from paper artist, Bianca Chang, whose ultra modern, sculptural pieces are amazing. – via

♥ Chocolate + compliments? What a great combo!

♥ Omigosh, these intricately-crafted vintage cameras (made from paper, of course) by Lee Jihee are wowsa. Lovin’ all of the little details and vibrant colors.

♥ These printable valentine magic trick cards are so much fun!

image from Think.Make.Share.

Quick Picks : 1.18.18

January 18, 2018 // kristen // 0 replies

I have a bunch of new hand lettered heart cut files over on k.becca. These layered paper hearts that I made from the files can be used as Valentine’s Day cards or for lots of other paper crafts projects!

This Week’s Picks

♥ Speaking of cut files, I’m excited to share that I’m one of the designers on SoFontsy, a brand new site that specializes in commercial use fonts, SVGs, and other designs for crafters!

♥ My Instagram game is pretty much non-existent right now, but I hope to change that in the coming year, and this post from The Pigeon Letters about the new Instagram algorithm changes is very helpful.

♥ Looking for winter color palette inspiration? Check out these 15 downloadable color palettes for winter from Creative Market!

♥ Ooh, I’m looking forward to checking out Craft the Rainbow, the forthcoming book (April 2018 release) by Brittany Jepsen of The House That Lars Built. I love me a good rainbow, especially when it involves crafts!

♥ Hee! These diy penguin favor bags are adorable.

image from k.becca

Quick Picks : 1.11.18

January 11, 2018 // kristen // 0 replies

Contemporary, limited edition red envelopes by Kiin to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, The Year of the Dog.

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♥ I worked with Pretty Pink Posh to design several of the stamp sets and metal dies in their latest release. Lots of birthday and love-themed crafting goodies to be found in the new collection!

♥ These diy confetti postcards from The House That Lars Built are lots of fun!

♥ Eep, mini plaid thermos favors! This is such a clever idea.

♥ Learn the basics of block printing from Think.Make.Share. This takes me back to 6th grade art class, which was probably the last time that I carved a linoleum block – good times.

image from Kiin