Quick Picks : 5.17.18

Free Printable Color Quote Wall Art from The House That Lars Built #wallart

Celebrate your love of color with this free printable rainbow wall art from The House That Lars Built!

This Week’s Picks

♥ Lovin’ the fantastic color and texture in these gorgeous illustrations by William Santiago.

♥ These diy painted flower planner clips from Handmade Charlotte are so darn cute.

♥ Great concept and design for city-themed chocolate packaging that matches the featured ingredient in each flavor.

♥ Get some helpful tips for picking the perfect birthday card. Especially helpful if you have BCIS (Birthday Card Indecision Syndrome).

♥ The National Stationery Show begins this Sunday! I won’t be there in person, but I’ll definitely be stalking the #nss2018 tag on Instagram. Already lots of great stuff going on there!

image from The House That Lars Built

Punny Food Cards from Ilootpaperie

Punny Die Cut Food Cards from Ilootpaperie #stationerylove #greetingcards

These delicious die cut, food-themed greeting cards from Ilootpaperie are right up my alley. I mean, they involve three of my favorite things : food, die cutting, and puns. How could I not love ’em?

You’ll find everything from nachos to to pizza, pie, steak, and cake among this line of tasty greetings, along with sentiments for birthdays, messages of congratulations, and more. Plus, foil stamped frosting! And I probably shouldn’t be writing this post while I’m hungry because, after looking at these cards, my stomach is growling. Guess I’m gonna have to go eat after this!

Ilootpaperie will be in Booth #1552 at the upcoming National Stationery Show, so if you’ll be there be sure to check out their awesome cards, pins, patches, keychains, and more!

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Punny Die Cut Food Cards from Ilootpaperie #stationerylove #greetingcards

Punny Die Cut Food Cards from Ilootpaperie #stationerylove #greetingcards

Punny Die Cut Food Cards from Ilootpaperie #stationerylove #greetingcards

Punny Die Cut Food Cards from Ilootpaperie #stationerylove #greetingcards

Punny Die Cut Food Cards from Ilootpaperie #stationerylove #greetingcards

images from Ilootpaperie

NSS 2013 Preview : Meant To Be Sent + Legion Paper

In lieu of a Weekly Wrap this week, I have one more National Stationery Show preview for you before the big event. I hope that it’s a fantastic show for everyone who’s attending!

Meant To Be Sent (booth #2162) is back for their second show with oodles of eye catching color and shiny gold foil accents:

NSS 2013 Preview : Meant To Be Sent

And Legion Paper (booth #3074), along with project organizer Flywheel Press (booth #2067), present the third annual Stationery Show promotional project, BINGO FOR TWO! These promos are always lots of fun, and this year’s project features 22 designers, all NSS exhibitors, who have each created their own unique bingo tokens using a variety of printing techniques, including letterpress, digital, foil, and offset:

NSS 2013 Preview : Legion Paper Promo

images from Meant to Be Sent & Legion Paper

NSS 2013 Preview : Plane Paper + Iron Curtain Press

How about a couple of National Stationery Show sneak peeks to start off the week?

Plane Paper (booth #1674) is bringing lots of color to the show this year with a range of lovely laser cut paper creations featuring their new Sorbet duplex paper. Tri*pop hidden message cards and bottle tags are among the fun new laser cut products that will be making their debut at the show!

Laser Cut Card | Plane Paper

Laser Cut Tri Fold Cards, Bottle Tags, Stationery | Plane Paper

And speaking of debuts, Los Angeles-based Iron Curtain Press (booth #1679) will be making their NSS debut this year with around 60 brand new letterpress cards featuring whimsical, hand drawn lettering and illustration or sleek, hand set type. Sweet!

Whimsical Letterpress Cards | Iron Curtain Press

images from Plane Paper & Iron Curtain Press

NSS 2013 Preview : Hammerpress + Happy Cactus

It’s just about National Stationery Show time again! This year I’ll be there in spirit but, in reality, I’ll be up to my ears in moving boxes in preparation for an out-of-state move the following week (more on that later). However, even though I won’t be walking the aisles of this year’s show, I’m still as excited as ever to share a few peeks at some of the new paper goodies that will be on display!

Hammerpress (booth #1763) will be showcasing some amazing new items, including patterned gift wrap and a hand drawn badge series, both of which are beckoning, “Kristen, buy us as soon as you can” :

NSS 2013 Preview | Hammerpress

Happy Cactus (booth #2240) is launching a collection of eye-catching gold and silver foil stamped cards, as well as notepads, place cards, and oodles of hand drawn greeting card designs that feature great patterns and bright, festive color palettes:

NSS 2013 Preview | Happy Cactus

images from Hammerpress & Happy Cactus