Tokketok Happy Notes + Celebration Cards

March 05, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

It was swoon at first sight when I spotted these ovely new paper goodies by Tokketok. The bright, gold foil stamped happy notes and sweet, perforated celebration cards will add a fun note to anyone’s day, and any of the new goodies would make great gifts for paper-loving friends and family.

– spotted at Oh Joy!

images from Tokketok

Easter Cards + Invites by Quill & Fox

March 05, 2012 // kristen // 2 replies

It seems like Valentine’s Day was just here, but Easter is right around the corner, and these Easter-iffic greeting cards and egg hunt invites by Quill & Fox make me want to break out the hard-boiled eggs and start dying and painting. The springtime-colored illustrations and hand lettering featured in these paper pretties are lots of fun!

images from Quill & Fox

Weekly Wrap #109 : Wrapping Paper Deconstructed

March 02, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

I’m coming at gift wrap from a bit of a different direction today with this clever craft idea by Cathe Holden for Country Living. She takes pretty wrapping paper and transforms it into decorative tape that you can use to embellish everything from scrapbook pages and handmade cards to invitations. And you can even take the idea full circle and use the pretty strips of gift wrap to add a little pizzazz to wrapped packages.

Get started on making your very own spools of decorative tape with the step-by-step tutorial over at Country Living.

image from Country Living

Quick Picks Thursday : 3.1.12

March 01, 2012 // kristen // 0 replies

From the awesome new limited edition postcard set by Esther Aarts
– via Hello! Lucky

This Week’s Picks

♥ Check out the cool new number stamps over at Present & Correct.

♥ Loving these die cut business cards by Soulseven. – via Discover Paper

♥ I always sucked at Zelda, but this print by Cory Loven makes me want to download a Nintendo emulator and play. – via French Paper

♥ Attention, letterpress-loving typography geeks: Elum’s looking for interns in the San Deigo area!

♥ Hmm, might have to head out to Anthropologie to check out these terrarium postcards by Quill & Fox.

♥ A gorgeous identity and stationery system by Eric Kass for photographer Mary Da Ros. – via design work life

♥ A very cool keepsake invitation for the Dallas Society of Visual Communications.

♥ Learn how to make super cute bunny and chick Easter cards over at Paper Source.

image from Esther Aarts

Silent Film-Inspired Cards

February 29, 2012 // kristen // 4 replies

There’s something about a silent film that’s so very stylish, particularly the dialogue frames, which stand on their own as graphic elements within the film. The letterpress aces at Starshaped Press are silent film buffs, and their latest collection of letterpress cards, “Silents Are Golden”, pays homage to the beloved genre.

Starshaped tracked down the antique metal typefaces used for film intertitles and created subtly ornate-framed sentiments that look like they just stepped out of a Lillian Gish film. The antique type and ornaments are printed on steel gray paper with silver ink (a nod to the silver screen?), and a light, varnish-like tint makes each frame pop.

Check out the cards in the collection:

images from Starshaped Press