Paper Around The Web, January Edition

January 27, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Lots of paper pretties floating around the blog world during the past few weeks:

* Beautiful geometry-themed paper goods from Japan-based Postalco – via Oh Joy!, and bright, modern geometry-themed notebooks from Present & Correct – via Design*Sponge

* Very cool book mobiles from Shop House – via swissmiss

* Lace and Foxes letterpress Valentine’s Day card by Hello Handmade, with custom calligraphy by Betsy Dunlap – via How Design blog

* Clever Snail Lollipop Valentines that you can download for for free at Zakka Life – via Craft

* Stunning new wedding stationery from Pancake & Franks – via Design*Sponge

* Customized letterpress recipe cards by Petite Press (shown above) … too cute for words! They’ve already sold out, but you can contact Christy and she’ll let you know as soon as another batch is ready – via decor8

* Snazzy downloadable NaniBird paper toys (I love the rainbow one!) – via Folding Trees

* Cathe Holden spreads the love and encourages you to download and create

* Wonderful cut paper lamps by British designer Hannah Nunn – via Design*Sponge

image from Petite Press

New Sponsor : Parklife Press

January 26, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Please welcome Paper Crave’s newest sponsor, Parklife Press. Parklife Press is a letterpress studio based in North Carolina. Their specialties include custom letterpress wedding invitations, announcements, and business cards and stationery. Founded by Travis Friedrich, the studio’s style is fresh, modern, and sophisticated.

I just have to give a special mention to Quill, Parklife’s newest wedding invitation design. Quill focuses on the beauty of hand lettering, featuring gorgeous calligraphy by Monica Mirones. I love that this suite is completely about the lettering, which serves as both a means of communicating the information and as a work of art in its own right.

images from Parklife Press

Invited Ink Custom Letterpress

January 23, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Invited Ink specializes in custom letterpress invitations, wedding suites, and business cards, and their portfolio is pure eye candy! I love the use of the pig, fish, and carrot images on the entree choice card above. The attention paid to those small details takes their work to the next level.

Lots of eye candy below, and you can see even more of their custom work on the Invited Ink blog.

Invited Ink Letterpress

images from Invited Ink

Lab Partners & Hello Lucky Go Destination Wedding

January 19, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Lab Partners has again teamed up with Hello! Lucky to create wonderful, vintage inspired, letterpress destination wedding invitation suites. That was a lot of adjectives, but I think that these invitations deserve it. The wedding suite designs currently include New York, San Francisco, London, and Hawaii.

Now for the eye candy:

Hello! Lucky Lab Partners Destination Wedding

images from Hello! Lucky

Paper Relics Silhouette Greetings and Custom Cake Toppers

January 14, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

Silhouettes are one of the hot trends right now, and I’m really digging these smile-inducing silhouette greeting cards from Paper Relics. The “Here Comes the Bride” card is so clever and fun! They also create fantastic custom cake toppers (bottom left shown above) from vintage images and carry many other whimsical greeting cards and vintage inspired ephemera.

images from Paper Relics