Stationery Show Sneak Peek : Let {Her} Press

May 14, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

My final stationery show sneak peek comes from two of the fabulous shops exhibiting under the oh so clever moniker, Let {her} Press (Booth #1555-1557). First up is Paper Stories, whose new line includes both flat printed and letterpress printed collections. The Cityscape collection is a flat printed menagerie of colorful representations of famous cityscapes from around the world, and their new letterpress collections include clever origami and playful “shadows” greeting cards. Check it out:

Let {her} Press boothmate, Robin Beth, will be debuting a number of lovely, letterpressed Mitzvah and wedding invitations designs featuring everything from fun, sketched fonts to sophisticated florals. Here’s a little peek at what’s new from Robin Beth at the stationery show:

images from Paper Stories and Robin Beth

Stationery Show Sneak Peek : Wiley Valentine

May 13, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

I’m going to jump right back into the stationery show previews today, because I’m just so excited about all of this eye candy! Wiley Valentine (Booth #2257-2259) has a number of lovelies making their debut at the stationery show, including letterpress cards featuring oh so gorgeous hand calligraphy (above). Plus, awesome 2011 calendars!

And they’re also launching their brand new digital line, Studio by Wiley Valentine, printed on recycled FSC certified paper with 100% cotton tree free envelopes. The line includes wedding invitations, holiday cards, baby announcements, and all of these fantastic social stationery designs:

images from Wiley Valentine

Trendspotting : Navy Blue + Pink

May 11, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

Navy blue has been one of my color obsessions for the past year or so, and I was (and still am — just look at the color palette on this site) a big fan of the navy blue + hot pink/fuchsia color trend that’s been going on in cards and invitations, but I think that I may have spotted an upcoming color trend that has me just as, if not more, excited: navy blue + pink!

Here are a just a few of the navy blue + pink pretties that I’ve been spotting around the papersphere, and I do hope that I’ll be spotting many more in the upcoming months, because I love this color combo.

From top to bottom:
* Lovely navy and salmon screen printed thank you cards from Rifle Paper
* A stunning, die-cut wedding invitation suite created by MaeMae Paperie for a must see Style Me Pretty shoot
* Little Miss Engaged letterpress couture ready-to-print cards from Mr. Boddington’s Studio
* Ellis Wedding Invitations by BT Elements for Minted

images from their respective owners

Zed & Bee Invitation Boutique

May 06, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

I’m always jazzed to be introduced to new stationery and invitation boutiques, and I was absolutely delighted when sisters Zoe Ritch and Billie Shennen contacted me to let me know about their completely swoonworthy new collaboration, Zed & Bee.

Based in Leichhardt, a western suburb of Sydney, Australia, Zed & Bee specializes in exquisite invitations and announcements for weddings and social occasions, and sisters Zoe & Billie will soon be launching their 2010 stationery collection, as well. Until then, I’m drooling over their bespoke lovelies, which include a wedding suite featuring a jawdropping Jewish paper cut by Made by Julene (top), a black on black creation featuring a black wax sealed envelope that I can’t stop staring at (above), and candy colored save the dates and wedding invitations with gorgeous patterns.

Tempting eye candy in many different flavors from Zed & Bee:

I absolutely adore the commemorative tea towel featured in Isabella’s Kitchen Tea announcements:

images from Zed & Bee

Barocca Monograms and Nelly Frames from Tart Workshop / Crystal Kluge

April 27, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

It always makes my day to hear about new fonts and goodies from Crystal Kluge of Tart Workshop. I was certainly stoked this time around when she let me know that she has not one, but two, fantastic new additions to her ever growing menagerie of beautiful fonts, which includes Nelly Script, Nelly Script Flourish, Carrotflower, and more. I think I know of two fonts that you’ll be seeing soon in the Fontly Five!

Swoon … Barocca Monograms is a real stunner, isn’t it? The flourished calligraphy letters would look exquisite on wedding invitations and personalized stationery.

And there’s a new addition to the Nelly family! Nelly Frames is the perfect compliment to all of those typographic lovelies that you’ve created with Nelly Script and Nelly Script Flourish, and the frames can stand on their own or with additional fonts, as well, for a variety of creative projects. Interlocking corners, sides, and centers combine to create a practically endless number of different looks.

images from Crystal Kluge / Tart Workshop