Quick Picks Thursday : 3.22.12

March 22, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

“Swiss Army Knife” Paper Sculpture by Benja Harney for GQ Style

This Week’s Picks

♥ The latest issue of Sweet Paul Magazine is out!

♥ That’s Impressive (it is), a project by Kerr Vernon and Glasgow Press. – via design work life

♥ The “Make Your Own Jumping Jack Lady” paper doll by Karolin Schnorr is pretty darn neat.

♥ Attention : Minneapolis based graphic designers – MaeMae Paperie is hiring!

♥ Fantastic “papercut” illustrations by Eiko Ojala. – via Strictly Paper

♥ Very clever fortune scratch-off stationery by Millie Rossman.

♥ Gouache painting tips from Amanda at Wit & Whistle.

♥ “Flight Sequence”, a beautiful motion study print by Snowblinded.

♥ Loving these stamp illustrations by Sandra Isaksson. – via pin

image from Benja Harney

New Letterpress Prints by Tag Team Tompkins

March 21, 2012 // kristen // 2 replies

It’s a happy day, indeed, because one of my favorite creative duos, Tag Team Tompkins, has six brand new letterpress prints! Their unique blend of papercutting, hand-lettering/calligraphy, and letterpress makes me a happy little paper fanatic, and the quotes that they incorporate into their work – these from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Eduardo Galeano, and a Spanish proverb – are so rich and uplifting.

The new collection includes four 5×7 and two 8×10 prints, letterpressed onto luxe Crane Lettra stock by Bob Atkins of Skylab Letterpress.

8×10 size prints:

images from Tag Team Tompkins

Milkmaid Press Wedding Invitations

March 20, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

Milkmaid Press just launched a brand new online shop, and you can bet that I’ve been over there checking out all of the beautiful invitations, announcements, and cards. Their lovely wedding invitation collection has set my heart aflutter with designs that range from rich and illustrative to understated and modern, with a little bit of everything in between.

Check out some of the lovely designs that you’ll find in the shop (see the entire collection here):

images from Milkmaid Press

Parallel Print Shop Thank You Cards

March 19, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

I am totally digging these patterned letterpress thank you cards by Parallel Print Shop. The “Mod Mix” set includes three different mid-century mod designs – Peaks, Clouds, and Waves – printed with leaf green, fall orange, pool blue, and cool gray inks. The small scale patterns within each pattern are great – love the texture that they add to the designs. Cards are printed on 130 lb. 80% post consumer waste (PCW) paper with 100% PCW envelopes.

images from Parallel Print Shop

Lettersketch Sketchbooks

March 19, 2012 // kristen // 1 replies

Hello, gorgeous sketchbooks! If you like to doodle and draw, and you love a great blind impression (like I do) then you absolutely must check out these pretty, pretty sketchbooks by Lettersketch. Each individual sketchbook features a different, organic patterned design deeply pressed into cotton cover stock, and you can sketch to your heart’s content on the 24 sheets of graphite-loving vellum stock inside each book. The sketchbooks come with a super cool carpenter’s pencil, and hand stamped cotton pouches provide the perfect packaging. – via FPO

images from Lettersketch