Letterpress Hello Notes

April 28, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Well, hi there, lovely hello notes. These letterpress printed note cards from Bespoke Press would make a wonderful addition to any correspondence stash, and they’d be just the thing to give as a gift to a friend who loves pretty paper goods. The notes feature scalloped corners and a hand-lettered “hello” in vintage red and cornflower blue, and they come with handmade vintage map envelopes – sourced from Australia, the UK, and France – with sweet scalloped flaps. So pretty!

images from Bespoke Press

A Fantastic Egg2Cake Giveaway from Felt & Wire

April 27, 2011 // kristen // 41 replies

I’m so excited to launch this giveaway from the Felt & Wire shop, and just in time for Mother’s Day gifting! Felt & Wire is one of Paper Crave’s fabulous advertisers, and their shop is filled to the brim with wonderful paper goodies, including Egg2Cake’s smartly snarky and absolutely hilarious line of greeting cards, journals, and notepads.

One lucky Paper Crave reader will win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Felt & Wire shop PLUS an awesome trio of goodies from Felt & Wire’s Egg2Cake collection of Momglish paper goods : a Momglish Pocket Dictionary, a Mamentos After Delivery Journal, and a set of You Wish pregnancy drink coasters. New moms or mothers-to-be are sure to get a kick out of this funny bundle, and any mom will get a lot of laughs out of the entire Momglish lineup.

Yeah, this giveaway is totally fantastic, right? So, how to enter? Simply leave a comment on this post with your favorite item from the Momglish collection (you can browse the entire collection right here), and you’ll be entered to win!

This giveaway will run through Sunday, May 1, 2011 at midnight eastern, and I’ll announce the winner on Monday. One entry per person, and Felt & Wire will ship internationally, so you can enter no matter where you are in the world!

images from Felt & Wire

Printable Mother’s Day Set from JHill Design

April 27, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Unfortunately, I think that most of us said or did some regrettable things to our mothers when we were younger. I’d like to think that I wasn’t too bad, but I did have a bit of a rebellious phase in my teenage years, and I’m sure that I was not as nice as I could’ve been to my mom during those times. I’m feeling guilty just thinking about it. Sorry, mom!

Jennifer Hill became a mom to cute little Charley three months ago (congratulations, Jennifer!), and during the past three months she’s found out just how HARD it is to be a mom (middle of the night baby screams, anyone?). As a result of this realization, she was inspired to create this Mother’s Day card/apology so all of us can assuage at least a little of our “mom guilt”. The set, which includes both a printable card and an e-card for any procrastinators out there, is available for free to anyone who joins the JHill mailing list, or for just $2.00 if you purchase from the shop.

image from JHill Design

Em’s Pretty Pink First Birthday Invitations

April 26, 2011 // kristen // 2 replies

Well, hello there, gorgeous first birthday invitations! This incredibly sweet and clever letterpress birthday suite was created by the talented duo at Duet Letterpress for their sweet little Em’s first birthday, and the suite includes a letterpress printed invitation card, a super cute photo of the birthday girl, and a letterpress printed keepsake certificate that lists Em’s “first” dates and details : the first time she giggled, the first time she crawled, her first food, first steps, and lots more about this cute little lady. The certificate also features letterpressed versions of her first hand and foot prints at their actual size – awesomeness!

And more great news : the certificates will be available soon in the Duet Letterpress shop, so if you have a little one in your life with a first birthday on the horizon, you can make your own custom certificate for their numero uno birthday!

More beautiful eye candy from this sweet pink suite:

images from Duet Letterpress

Invitation Tuesday : Invitation Crush Roundup #1

April 26, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

Shown above, clockwise from top left:Unique Wine Stain + Cork Save the Dates by Three Little Words; whimstical wedding invitations by The Woodberry Press; clever Composition Notebook Wedding Invitations by Letter Box Ink; gorgeous Indian-Inspired Wedding Invitations by Lion in the Sun; sweet Pink + Gray Woodgrain Wedding Invites by Cricket Printing

We’re in the fourth week of “Invitation Tuesday” here at Paper Crave (yay!). I’ve really enjoyed featuring a couple of invites over here each week, and I hope that you’re getting inspiration from the invitation eye candy, too!

Every few weeks, I’ll be bringing a bit of Invitation Crush over here in the form of a quick roundup so you can have a look at a few of the great invitations, announcements, and save the dates that I’ve been featuring over there. Today is the first roundup, and it allows me to see that I seem to be on “woodgrain” and “clever” kicks lately. It’s funny how we can get into patterns (or visual obsessions, as the case may be) without even realizing!

images from their respective owners