Most Egg-cellent Easter Cards

April 07, 2011 // kristen // 3 replies

Yeah, I went to the basket of silly Easter puns for the title of this post, and I had fun doing it, too. But seriously, there are some very sweet greetings out there for Easter and Spring, and I’m excited to share them with you!

Above, clockwise from top left: Easter Greetings letterpress card from Pup & Pony Press (love the bright colors!); Hoppy Easter from The Paper Peony; letterpress flower cards from Tokketok; Happy Easter letterpress card from Fine Day Press; Hoppy Easter card from Duet Letterpress; Spring Blossom Easter Egg cards from Happy Dappy Bits.

Cherry Blossoms card from Letterpress Light; Happy Easter from The Permanent Collection; E is for Easter from Heartfish Press; Easter Greetings from Starshaped Press; Easter Monkey card from Hello! Lucky.

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Jason Munn Gig Posters

April 07, 2011 // kristen // 0 replies

Incredible work, as always, from Jason Munn (The Small Stakes). All of these gig posters are completely awesome and so very visually clever, but the Ben Gibbard “camera” poster has got to be my favorite. What’s yours? – via French Paper

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Easter and Springtime Paper Crafts + Printables

April 06, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

Spring has sprung, and Easter’s on its way, along with a bunch of really cute paper crafts and printables that are perfect for the season. Here are just a few of the sweet ideas that I’ve spotted recently:

Above, clockwise from top left: paint chip egg garland tutorial from Modern Parents Messy Kids (via pin); Easter Bunny paper toy from Macula; Easter Owl goodie bags and bookmarks from My Owl Barn and Jinjerup; doily Easter baskets from Martha Stewart; printable Easter mobile by Shirley Ng-Benitez (lots of other cute printables are available at We Love to Illustrate, too!); printable Spring banner from At Second Street (via TipJunkie); printable Spring mini kit from Creative Mamma.

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Everything’s Alright Forever

April 06, 2011 // kristen // 1 replies

Such an uplifting message, and such a gorgeous new art print from enormouschampion. The limited edition Everything’s Alright Forever print features beautiful typography and gold foil stamping against a navy blue background, and it would make a great gift for someone whose spirit is in need of a little lifting.

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Introducing Invitation Tuesday

April 05, 2011 // kristen // 3 replies

I”ve been wanting to bring a little invitation love back over to Paper Crave since I started Invitation Crush last year, and what better way to do so than dedicating a special day to invitation features! Every Tuesday, I’ll be featuring yummy invitations here on Paper Crave, including individual invites, collections, and suites (submit your pretties to me right here), as well as roundups of the invites I’ve been crushing on over at Invitation Crush.

I’ve also been working like a busy little bee on the new Wedding Invitation Ideas lookbook, which will be launching soon. You can get the latest on the lookbook and what’s going on at Invitation Crush by signing up for my newsletter here, or by following Invitation Crush on Twitter and Facebook. I’m so excited about the new project; just wait until you see all of the beautiful invitations and save the dates.

And now, my first Invitation Tuesday roundup!

Row 1 : Emma + Olof’s unique green and black letterpress wedding invitations by Fredrik Andersson and Elegante Press

Row 2 : Ornate navy blue and white wedding invitations by Sarah Drake (left); beautiful black and white typography invitations by Johanna Hörrmann

Row 3 : The BRIDES Fine Wedding Papers Collection from BRIDES Magazine and Checkerboard

Row 4 : New destination Boston wedding invitations from Hello! Lucky and Lab Partners (left); Art Deco Bouquet letterpress fill-in bridal shower invitations from Ilee

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