Facebook Holiday Gifts

January 04, 2010 // kristen // 0 replies

I’m sure that I say this every year, but wow did the holidays speed on by! I hope that everyone had a good season, and if this is your first day back, as it is mine, I hope that it’s easy for you to get back into the swing of things.

Oh, to be one of Facebook’s top advertisers and to receive one of their absolutely incredible holiday gifts! These 19″ x 19″ square art posters are printed, embossed, and foiled to perfection down to the last little detail, and there are so many of said details that I could probably stare at this for hours just taking in all of Facebook designer Ben Barry’s signature illustrative and typographic details.

The shark detail is awesome:

The awesomeness continues in the packaging of the holiday gift, which features custom rubber stamping, packaging tape, and ridiculously cool silkscreened wood tokens that include a custom code that recipients can redeem for a charitable donation.

Check out many more images from Facebook’s 2009 holiday gift project, including preliminary sketches of the poster and details, over at For Print Only.

images from FPO

Holiday Break

December 22, 2009 // kristen // 7 replies

I’m wrapping up for the year today and wanted to wish all of you who celebrate a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I can’t express how much I appreciate that you take time out of your day to visit Paper Crave, and your emails, comments, and feedback have helped make this a great year. What can I say? You guys rock!

I’m looking forward to taking a little break to reflect and to re-energize, and I’ll also be working on some exciting projects that are in the works for 2010. I’ll see you back here in January, and here’s to a happy, healthy 2010!

Special Savings for Paper Crave Readers

December 22, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

Seattle Show Posters and Ana Aceves have generously offered special savings to Paper Crave readers!

Save 20% on any order over $10 at Seattle Show Posters using code papercrave. This offer is good through January 31, 2010.

Also, Ana Aceves has offered Paper Crave readers a 10% discount on her 2010 desk calendar, which I featured back in part 6 of my 2010 calendar roundup. Enter code ILOVEPAPERCRAVE to receive your discount. This offer is good until January 5, 2010.

Thank you to Ana Aceves and Seattle Show Posters!

Holiday Paper Crafts Roundup

December 21, 2009 // kristen // 5 replies

As all of the chaos surrounding the holidays begins to die down, I start thinking about little crafts that I can make during the last few days before Christmas. Ornaments are almost always on my list because they’re usually not as involved a craft, and if you can make several in a short period of time then they may even serve as additional embellishment for those last few gifts that you have to wrap. Here’s a little roundup of some of the ornament and small packaging crafts that have caught my eye this season, and I hope that you’ll find one or more that catch your eye, too.

Clockwise, from top left:

* Yasmine from A Print a Day shares adorable holiday themed printable patterned papers that you can use in many of the crafts in this roundup — matching gift tags and cute to do lists are available, too
* Learn how to make sweet gift containers from tp tubes and egg cartons. I love the painted wood grain!
* Lovely, modern paper teardrop ornaments from Patricia at A Little Hut. These are so simple to make, and such a great result!
* Jessica from How About Orange shows us how to make cool 3D paper ornaments using circles of paper
* Get the pattern for this gorgeous quilled snowflake, courtesy of Deb Mackes, over at the always inspiring All Things Paper
* Amazing that toilet paper tubes can become such pretty things. Check out the tutorial for these pretty tp tube flower ornaments from Scraplog

Clockwise, from top left:

* Learn how to make pretty paper cardinal ornaments with a template and tutorial from Cheeky Magpie
* German paper stars have always been one of my favorites, and you can learn how to make them in this tutorial from Abigail Mooney
* Make a beautiful, glittered winter garland with templates and instructions from A Field Journal – found via Whip Up
* Make Something Happy shares a neato idea for making paper stockings out of recycled grocery bags (thank you, Trader Joe’s!)
* Find out how to make pretty little tree ornaments using book pages over at How to … Do Something. Side note: I had no idea that Staying Alive was available as a book! Check out the tutorial to see what I’m talking about. – found via One Pretty Thing
* Learn how to create lovely German bell ornaments with this tutorial from Ann Martin at All Things Paper

images from their respective owners

Weekly Wrap #5 : Grey Likes Gift Wrap

December 18, 2009 // kristen // 3 replies

Thud. That was my jaw hitting the floor when I first saw these absolutely stunning gift wrap ideas from Summer of Grey Likes Weddings over at Style Me Pretty this week. I am so incredibly inspired by everything in these images, from the repurposed sweater used as gift wrap to the incorporation of pom pom fringe and the palette of whites, creams, and taupes. Just perfect.

images by Jenny Liu