Weekly Wrap #128 : Woodsy

Weekly Wrap

Forest Gift Wrap

Between here and Invitation Crush, this has turned into a rather woodsy week for me, and what better way to wrap up a week filled with woodland and outdoors-inspired paper goodies than with this fantastic forest gift wrap by Howlett Design. A package wrapped with this evocative paper and a wide emerald, forest, or teal green satin ribbon would be perfection!

image from Howlett Design

Quick Picks Thursday : 8.23.12

Plantable Letterpress Tags

Plantable Wishes for Disney’s “The Odd Life of Timothy Green”
by Porridge Papers

This Week’s Picks

Nice Advice, a fun collection of cards with feel good mottos by Rock Scissor Paper.

♥ An interview with paper artist, Owen Gildersleeve (amazing work!), over on Strictly Paper.

Giver’s Log has so many fun and unusual ideas for mailing items that are 13 ounces or less.

♥ Loving the new zodiac stamps from Canada Post! – via Send More Mail

♥ Super cute (and free!) back to school printables from Creature Comforts.

image from Porridge Papers

‘Say What YOU Want’ Cards by Imogen Owen

Imogen Owen Cards

I am completely enamored with UK-based illustrator, Imogen Owen’s, first range of greeting cards. Each letterpress printed card in the ‘say what YOU want’ collection features one of Imogen’s wonderfully cute characters with an empty thought or speech bubble for you to customize with your own message or greeting, which makes these cards versatile as well as fun.

Check out Imogen’s website for more information about her and her work, and head over to her Etsy shop to pick up some of these sweet cards.

Illustrated Cards by Imogen Owen

images from Imogen Owen

National Parks Explorers Guide

National Parks Explorers Guide

National parks enthusiasts, nature lovers, and explorers of the great outdoors, I think that you’re going to love this awesome National Parks Explorers Guide by the clever and creative peeps at Ello There. The canvas printed guide (20″ x 24″) is an illustrated map of all of the national parks in the United States, with an alphabetical list of each park printed beneath and numbered tree graphics that show you where each park is located. The map comes with a sheet of colorful tree stickers that you add to the map as a visual check mark to show that you’ve visited a park. So cool!

National Parks Checklist Map

And you can also purchase a coordinating Explorer’s Patch to go with your super cool map. Matching patches = totally awesome! I don’t know where my love of patches comes from – maybe my years as a Brownie, or perhaps from the scene in one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies, Troop Beverly Hills (featuring a very permed and red-haired Shelley Long), where the Wilderness Girls design their own patches to match their Beverly Hills-centric skills – but I really do have a soft spot for neato patches.

Explorer's Patch

images from Ello There