Quick Picks : 7.10.14

July 10, 2014 // kristen // 1 replies

Cheers Toast Party Coasters (clever!) | Plumbum Letterpress

This Week’s Picks

♥ Brides and grooms, check out Bella Figura’s 2014 Do Good Contest and enter to win $1500 that you can use towards your save the dates, wedding invitations, stationery, or whatever paper goods your hearts desire!

♥ A wonderful, hand lettered watercolor print by Marie-Michelle Dupuis. – via

♥ Seriously cute packaging by Astro Studios for the Equil Smartpen (great concept, too!).

♥ Eep! A free printable paper island by Crowded Teeth for Mr. Printables. So cute and fun!

♥ Yummy ice cream party printables by Kirsten Bingham for You Are My Fave. – via

image from Plumbum Letterpress

Hand Lettered Love #34

July 09, 2014 // kristen // 0 replies

one Sean McCabe two Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky three Chris Piascik four Mary Kate McDevitt (via) five Marko Purac (via) six Alexandra Snowdon

images from their respective sources

Modern Quote Posters by Design Different

July 08, 2014 // kristen // 2 replies

I’m really digging the clean type and smart, illustrative representations of the quotes featured in these posters from Design Different, and the minimal yet bold black, white, and red color palette would look great on the walls of a modern office or home.

If you’re interested in sharing these thought-provoking quotes via snail mail, Design Different also offers a selection of the quotes in greeting card form, and you can check those out right here.

images from Design Different

Trendspotting : Painterly Abstracts

July 07, 2014 // kristen // 0 replies

There is so much color in the world of stationery these days, and I, for one, am lovin’ it! One of my favorite ways that designers have been incorporating color into their creations is in the form of painterly abstract patterns and backgrounds, which have been showing up on everything from greeting cards to art prints to phone cases.

I really like the abstract trend because it brings in color in a way that’s much more organic than a more straightforward stripe of polka dot pattern (though I’m a big fan of those, too), and it creates a messy, modern look that pairs very well with some of the other big stationery trends, like foil stamping / embossing and hand lettering.

Here are some of my favorite recent examples of this bold trend: