From the Shop Friday : Minted Birth Announcements

August 20, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

Between yesterday’s post on those fantastic baby congratulations cards by The Social Type and the addition of several pretty birth announcements from Minted to the Paper Crave shop, it’s turned out to be a quite fitting end of the week because I became an aunt again yesterday! Congratulations to my sister and her husband, who became the parents of Isabella Marie yesterday at 7:32am. She’s a little beauty!

As mentioned, I added several birth announcements from Minted to the shop this week, and Minted is currently having a pretty great sale on kids birthday invitations, baby shower invitations, and birth announcements. Save 15% on your order through the end of August with the code SUMMER15.

Above, clockwise, from top left: Tallulah Birth Announcements by Guess What?, Mod Quilt Birth Announcements by Potts Design, Naomi Birth Announcements by Alex Elko Design, and Spring Luxe Birth Announcements by Letters by Lauren.

P.S. I’ve added a couple of new doodads to the site this week. Every post now has a Facebook Like Button and a Tweet button (have a look below to see), so it’s easier to share the paper goodies that catch your eye.

images from Minted

Letterpress Baby Congratulations Cards

August 19, 2010 // kristen // 3 replies

I have to say that The Social Type’s letterpress baby congratulations cards are probably the most swoonworthy baby congrats cards that I’ve ever seen. The combination of letterpress and foil stamping (silver foil for boys and gold foil for girls) is absolute perfection, and I’m completely taken with the lovely typography and star and stripe details. Plus? The “Official Cutie Headquarters Seal” — hello, awesome!

Letterpress Baby Congratulations Cards by The Social Type

images from The Social Type

YASLY Letterpress Virtues of Man Prints & Leather Engraving

August 19, 2010 // kristen // 1 replies

I’m amazed by these Virtues of Man letterpress prints from YASLY, a Florida based design collective “comprised of fellow musicians, leather craftsman, letterpress artisans, house wives and carpenters”. The imagery in these prints is so powerful and brings to mind Freemason imagery and da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

Letterpress Virtues of Man Print by YASLY

White

Pewter

Black

And I’m in complete awe over YASLY’s laser engraved leather pieces. Wow. They’re both sold out, but I just had to include them here.

images from YASLY; photography by Jon Paul Douglas

My Mind’s Eye Blackbird Collection

August 18, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

For a while there, I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to find any really cool Halloween scrapbook paper collections, but I guess I started to look a bit early (I’m really trying to get an early start on Halloween crafts this year) because now I’m finding awesome Halloween paper all over the place! My latest discovery is My Mind’s Eye’s Blackbird collection, which features super cute characters and patterns and a great color palette. I know that it’s probably the simplest pattern in the collection, but my favorite has to be Dots. I love the slightly weathered look and how the colors work together in this one.

Dots

Argyle

Costumes

Halloween Words

Pumpkins

Spiders

Crows

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images from Two Peas in a Bucket

Shadow Box Papercuts by Peter Slight

August 18, 2010 // kristen // 6 replies

I can’t stop looking at these paper cut shadow boxes by UK artist Peter Slight. They’re so much fun that I can’t help but feel happier when I look at them and imagine myself frolicking amongst the fun characters in his creations. So inspiring! Check out the rest of his portfolio, which includes small shadow boxes, large shadow boxes, illustrations, and models. – via Drawn

images from Peter Slight