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Paper Crave : Kollabora “Meet The Maker” Feature

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Paper Crave : Kollabora "Meet The Maker" Feature

Have you checked out Kollabora? It’s a fantastic site for craft lovers of all types, and I’m super jazzed to be featured in their “Meet The Maker” series. If you’d like to know what movie can always cheer me out of a bad mood, what I love most about working with paper, one fact about me that’s embarrassingly awesome, and lots more, head on over and check out the interview!

Paper Crave is on Facebook!

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Paper Crave Facebook

I’m happy to announce that Paper Crave finally has a Facebook page! Yeah, I’ve always been a bit behind the times when it comes to social media, but after thinking about it for a loooong while I decided that it was finally time to take the plunge. I’m planning on rolling out some Facebook-only features very soon and am really looking forward to connecting with all of you paper-loving gals and guys over on FB. Give me a “like”, won’t you?

More Awesome Business Cards

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I was very excited last week when I received my new letterpress business cards. I’ve been wanting letterpress cards for a long time, and I’m completely jazzed about these beauties, printed by elum. I’m so happy with how they came out!

Paper Crave Letterpress Business Cards
Paper Crave Letterpress Business Cards

This also gives me the perfect opportunity to do a little roundup of some of the completely swoonworthy business cards that have caught my eye recently. I never tire of looking at pretty business cards!

Check out these business cards for Cinch Creative — owls and woodgrain on the same business card? Hello, love! – via Card Observer

Cinch Creative Letterpress Business Cards

More gorgeous letterpressed woodgrain in Verve Studio’s business cards — six passes through the press for these! The cards were designed by Leslie Vega and printed by Studio on Fire.

Verve Studio Letterpress Business Cards

Really digging these clever cards, cut to look like tags, in a rainbow of candy colors by Erin Vale.

Erin Vale Business Cards

Absolutely gorgeous business cards for photographer Lisa Rigby, designed by Funnel : Eric Kass. The cards feature engraved printed accents that make for a wonderful, textural element.

Lisa Rigby Business Cards

Beautiful red and white letterpress cards by Ribbons of Red. Printed by Angel Bomb Design. – via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Ribbons of Red Business Cards

I’d seriously love to get my hands on these letterpress business cards, designed for Touchpoint by Merge Studio and printed by Studio on Fire. Duplex paper, foil stamping, laser cutting, lovely letterpress — these cards certainly have a wow factor or ten.

Touchpoint Letterpress Business Cards

Completely droolworthy letterpress business cards for photographer Kate Murphy, designed by Jessica Hische. Hello, lovely hand lettering and vivid yellow! – via Design Work Life

Kate Murphy Letterpress Business Cards

Love the deep impression on these red and white letterpress business cards for John Henry, designed by John Henry Donovan and printed by Blush Publishing.

John Henry Letterpress Business Cards

These letterpress business cards for Cricket Design Works pack a punch of color from custom duplexed papers in the French Paper Poptone collection. Metallic silver ink adds a bit of razzle dazzle to these super cool cards, printed by Studio on Fire.

Cricket Design Works Letterpress Business Cards

images from their respective owners

The “Paper Crave” Collection at Felt & Wire

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Paper Crave Collection Felt & Wire

A couple of months back, my friends over at Felt & Wire asked me to curate a collection of my favorite paper goodies from their shop. Can you say Kristen in a paper candy store? My collection, entitled “Red, White, and Blue”, just went live in the Felt & Wire shop! As you can tell by the collection’s name, it features items that incorporate red, white, and/or blue. I’m serious about possibly stalking you if you create a beautiful white on white piece. And navy, well if you’ve read this site for any amount of time then you know how I feel about navy.

image source: Felt & Wire Shop

The Paper Crave Newsletters

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I am so jazzed to be able to announce the launch of something that I’ve been thinking about for a while now. Allow me to introduce the Paper Crave Newsletters!

The first newsletter is for all of the paper lovers out there, which includes most, if not all, of you who are regular Paper Crave readers. Every month, you’ll receive an eye-candy filled menagerie of everything a paper lover covets. See a summary of what you may have missed on Paper Crave recently, and feast your eyes on bonus paper goodies, as well as sales, specials, giveaways, and new product launches from your favorite paper shops. I love the idea of having a place where I can not only give you a look at what’s been going on on the site, but also a place where I can share goodies and information that are beyond what I’ve been talking about here. Sign up for the Paper Crave Goodies List now!

I’m just as excited about the second newsletter, the Biz List. I’ve been working on the web as a designer, programmer, search engine marketing figure-r outer, and online business owner for about a decade now (man, that makes me feel old). During that time, I’ve picked up heaps of information about what it means to run a business on the web and, during the past almost four years of running Paper Crave, what it means, specifically, to run a paper goods business online. This newsletter is my place to open up a dialogue with you, the stationers, invitation designers, and other paper goods creators. Find out more and sign up for the Biz List (scroll down to the second entry form area for Biz List details).

I’ve also spruced up my contact page, including more details and guidelines about what I like to see in paper goods submissions.

And, if you have a shop/website and have an upcoming product launch, sale, discount, or special that you’d like for me to share in an upcoming Paper Goodies newsletter, please email me at biznewsletter@papercrave.com with details and dates. The first newsletter should be going out around mid-July, so anything that’s going on from mid-July to mid-August is something I want to hear about!