2011 Holiday Card Designs, Part 2

November 23, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

I’m probably having more fun than I should gathering up all of these awesome holiday cards to share with you. So many great designs! Hmm, I wonder if everyone on my Christmas card list would mind if I sent them each five cards?

Looking for more craveable holiday cards? Check out part one, and for all of you who love letterpress, you might want to head over and have a peek at all of the features in the “A Letterpress Christmas” series, too. After you have a gander at the paper goodies in this post, of course!

1. Sir Rudolph Christmas cards by Quill and Fox 2,3 Peace Dove and Noel by Fine Day Press 4. Hand Drawn Christmas Tree by Sweet William 5. Bohemian Patterned Tree cards by Love Citron 6. Tree Decorating silhouette cards (customizable) by Le Papier Studio 7. Decidedly Different Christmas cards by Doodlelove

8. Neon Holiday Cards by Three Little Words 9,10,11 holiday greeting cards by Hello Tenfold 12. teal and red holiday cards by Studio Wicked 13. Retro Ornaments + Mini Cooper cards by Vitamini 14,15 Brian the Festive Tit and Let It Snow by We Are Yoke 16. Christmas Owls (stickers, too!) by The Fox & The Teacup 17-20 watercolor holiday cards by Social Proper

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A Letterpress Christmas 2011 : Roundup, Part 2

November 22, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

1. Yeti holiday card (hee!) by Blackbird Letterpress 2, 3, 4 letterpress holiday cards by Hour of Nine 5, 6 Decorative Ornament and Peace, Love & Joy cards by We Heart Paper 7. red and silver letterpress Christmas cards by Bespoke Press (also available in turquoise and orange)

8. silver and gold patterned holiday letterpress cards by Wild Ink Press 9. Snowflakes in the Night by Farmee 10,11 Turtle Doves and Oh Tannenbaum by Dutch Door Press 12. I Believe! by Wiley Valentine 13. Zilker Tree (Austin, TX) by Presse Dufour 14. Cardinals letterpress holiday cards by Flora & Fauna Press 15, 16 Christmas Paper Doll and Vintage Santa by Printerette

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2012 Calendar Designs, Part 9

November 22, 2011 // kristen // 2 replies

It’s part n-i-n-e of my 2012 calendar design roundup, and today’s collection includes some fantastic illustration and pattern, as well as lovely letterpressing and clever display options. And if you’re just tuning in and are looking for many, many more super cool calendars, be sure to check out all of my 2012 calendar design roundups, too.

Inkello’s letterpress matchbook calendars, available in cherry red, ice blue, and midnight black, are absolutely gorgeous – an oh so very stylish choice for stocking stuffers and hostess/teacher/co-worker gifts.

June Craft’s mini print calendar features twelve wonderful, folk art-style illustrations, and you can tear off the perforated date portion of each month to create a little print that’s ready to frame and hang.

It’s a calendar! It’s coasters! It’s both! Meadowlark Creative’s New Belgium Brewing-themed letterpress coaster calendar is a great gift idea for the letterpress lover and/or beer fan in your life.

The Curious Doodles screen printed Botanical Papercut Calendar pays homage to all of the beautiful flora that Laura from Curious Doodles saw while backpacking through Southeast Asia this past year. Each calendar page is a postcard, too!

JHill Design’s 2012 Places I Have Never Been wall calendar is a collection of 12 bold and beautiful patterns based on Jennifer Hill’s imaginary vacations. This year’s destinations include Vancouver (British Columbia), Nashville (Tennessee), Wellington (New Zealand), and Addis Ababa (Ethiopa). Bonus : receive a free 2012 Places I Have Never Been desk calendar download with every wall calendar purchase.

Nina Glaser of Ash & Anchor was inspired by her love of gig posters to create this ethereal, artistic 2012 art print calendar, available from Society6.

Paper Boat Studio’s 2012 letterpress calendar was inspired by a 1960s spirograph set (yay, spirograph!) and features some seriously cool, hand-drawn geometric images.

Sweet Daddy Design’s “For the Love of Letterpress” wall calendar features an array of printmaking tools of the letterpress trade. Clever!

Birds, bunnies, and lyrics by Bob Marley, Neil Young, and Van Halen?! A great combination of cute and cool comes together in The Wild Unknown’s 2012 wall calendar.

“Keep it simple” is the motto behind the Shapes vs. Shapes minimalist calendar by MerciBlehBleh, which features ultra bold colors and simple, geometric shapes.

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A Letterpress Christmas : Echo Letterpress

November 21, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

Echo Letterpress has a pretty darn fantastic collection of letterpress holiday cards this year, and the range of available styles is great. You’ll find more classic, nostalgic designs, like the Retro Station Wagon Christmas Tree card above, as well as some cards that are a little cheeky and lots of fun. Here’s a peek at some of the cards from the collection, and you can check out the entire collection over at Echo Letterpress’ shop.

images from Echo Letterpress

Tangram Printable Party by Melangerie

November 21, 2011 // kristen // 2 replies

This amazing printable party kit by Melangerie Inc. is just the thing for those of you looking for a non-traditional way to decorate for upcoming holiday parties and get togethers. Elana from Melangerie was inspired by tangram puzzles to create these chic, modern party printables, and she collaborated with Jen Huang Photography and Nine Cakes (who designed incredible tangram-style cakes) to create this beautiful inspirational shoot that showcases all of the party goodies.

The party kit is available in several colorways, which were designed to coordinate with paper and materials from Paper Source; the Poppy, Papaya, and Strawberry colorway is shown here, and the kit includes editable, tangram puzzle-style invitations, editable signage, table tents for food signs + place cards, cake toppers, food flags, paper trivets, favor packaging + gift tags, tangram stencils to make mobiles/table runners/garlands, patterned tangram printable papers, and solid tangram colors in case you don’t have access to Paper Source for supplies.

Check out many more photos from this super cool display right here, and head on over to Melangerie’s shop to pick up the party kit.

photos by Jen Huang Photography