Letterpress Prints from Pistachio Press + Mummysam

January 26, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

I love to see creative collaborations, and I was excited to hear from Rachael of Pistachio Press about her recent collaboration with English illustrator, Samantha Cotterill (aka mummysam). The result is two super cool letterpress art prints, Portraits and Time to Go for Tea, and you can purchase them at both mummysam’s and Pistachio Press’ shops. The prints are a limited edition of just 100 each, so be sure to check them out before they’re gone!

Pistachio Press and Mummysam Letterpress Prints

images from Pistachio Press / mummysam

Valentine’s Day Card Roundup, Part 3

January 25, 2010 // kristen // 6 replies

It’s a grey and rainy Monday here in Boston, but thankfully I have all of these fantastic Valentine’s Day cards to put a little sunshine in my day. I hope that they’ll make you smile, too.

Wonderful hand lettering and illustration in Rifle Paper’s Valentine’s Day cards:

Owly Shadow Puppets’ awesome laser cut valentines offer irreverent sentiments for the holiday — they made me laugh out loud:

Super cute illustrations and lovely hand lettering from illustrator Kelly Place:

I always look forward to seeing Hello! Lucky’s Valentine’s Day greeting cards:

Letterpress surfer valentines by Byvik Ink:

Super kawaii birch wood Valentine’s Day cards from Night Owl Paper Goods (love them all, but I’m especially fond of the froggies – so cute!)

UPDATE – To thank everyone for the love, Night Owl Paper Goods has offered Paper Crave readers a 10% discount on all orders containing at least one LOVE card, placed before the end of January! Simply select your LOVE card(s), pick out any other goodies you’d like, and enter the coupon code “papercrave”. Thanks, Night Owl!

Classic red and gold hand engraved Valentine’s Day cards at Crane’s:

Bright and beautiful letterpress valentines from Wiley Valentine:

Wolfie Sentiments letterpress cards by Pearl & Marmalade:

images from their respective owners

Louella Press Voodoo Doll Kit

January 25, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

I know that I already mentioned Louella Press’ super cool Valentine’s Day cards in one of my roundups, but I just had to tell you about their letterpress Voodoo Doll Kit! Valentine’s Day isn’t a holiday filled with chocolates, pink and red hearts, and lovey dovey sentiments for everyone. And, if you find yourself approaching this holiday with, well, less than positive emotions, then this kit is the perfect way to work through them. The kit even comes with pins for poking!

images from Louella Press

Weekly Wrap #8 : Coin Appeal

January 22, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

Another Friday is here and I, for one, am very much looking forward to the weekend. If you’ve sent me an email recently, please allow for a little (okay, a lot) of extra response time, as we’re headed into the final stretch before the launch of Nonpareil, and I’ve been completely immersed in that project lately. Maddy and I are so excited for everyone to see the first issue, which will be coming out very soon!

I’m all about simple but beautiful gift wrapping lately, and this week’s Weekly Wrap is a reflection of this. I spotted this lovely idea over at the always inspirational Cafe Cartolina blog and was led to discover another wonderfully inspirational blog, Esprit Bohème, as a result. The combination of simple, white tissue paper with a more industrial twine and a centime coin detail is so very pretty, don’t you think?

Happy weekend, everyone, and look for more Valentine’s Day card roundups coming your way next week!

images from Esprit Bohème

Valentine’s Day Card Roundup, Part 2

January 21, 2010 // kristen // 2 replies

Time for part 2 of my roundup of sweet Valentine’s Day cards, and I’ll say again that I’m so jazzed about all of the great cards that are available this year! If you haven’t checked it out yet, have a look at part 1 of my round up for more pretties.

I’m loving the hand lettering and illustration in these Tokens of Love letterpress mini cards by Spring Olive:

This letterpress card by Pup & Pony may not specifically be a Valentine’s Day card, but it makes me smile, and I think it would be the perfect card for the “spud” in your life:

These Valentine’s Day greetings from Nisee Made are oh so sweet:

I love the use of black and cherry red ink on kraft stock in Louella Press’ Valentine’s Day collection:

Super adorable letterpress Valentine’s Day cards from Fugu Fugu Press:

Personalized Hearts and Love Minis from Sweetbeaker — so pretty:

Olliegraphic personalized Valentine’s Day cards at Sarah + Abraham:

Lovely Valentine’s Day letterpress cards from Sweet Harvey:

Letterpress typographic love from Kirtland House, and can I just say that I love that the ink color is called Bubblicious (available in charcoal, too):

images from their respective owners