Vale Design Notepads

October 23, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

Add some style, and a little humor, to your daily and weekly task lists with these new Freakin’ To Do and Pain in the Groceries notepads at Vale Design Paper Goods. Grab some of the oh so pretty notepads for yourself, and get a few extra for office gift exchanges and to use as stocking stuffers!

images from Vale Design Paper Goods

Ruffian Paper Doll

October 23, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Eloise Corr Danch, whose work I’ve admired since I first laid eyes on it earlier this year, recently gave me a head’s up about her latest historical costume paper sculpture, and it’s incredible. The sculpture is a collaboration between Eloise and New York designers, Ruffian, whose book, Ruffian: Inside Out, was used to create the 19th century silhouette. A-mazing!

Ruffian Paper Doll was created to be a part of the opening gala for the Museum of Arts and Sciences’ exhibition, Slash: Paper Under the Knife. If you’re in New York City, you can stop by from now until April 4, 2010 to check it out, and find out more about this sculpture and Eloise Corr Danch’s work here.

image from Eloise Corr Danch

2010 Calendar Roundup, Part 2

October 22, 2009 // kristen // 6 replies

My list of awesome 2010 calendars just keeps growing, and today it’s time for part two (part one is here). Keep them coming!

A rainbow of colorful, modern botanical silhouettes awaits in SusyJack*’s 2010 wall (below: top) and desktop (below: bottom) calendars:

Saddle Stitch Studio’s colorful calendar is full of fun shapes and modern patterns, and once each month has passed, you can cut out the design to create an A2 sized flat card which can be framed or sent to a friend. So clever!

Pretty blues and illustration inspired by Royal Copenhagen dishes, Scandinavian folk art, and the intricate tile work of San Diego’s Balboa Park have come together for this swoon worthy, poster sized letterpress wall calendar by Sycamore Street Press:

Sycamore Street Letterpress 2010 Calendar

A lovely palette and pretty, modern pattern and illustration decorate sweetbeets’ 2010 printable calendar:

Organic and geometric shapes in a palette of yellows, oranges, and blues (sweet!) embellish the limited edition 2010 letterpress calendar from Seesaw Designs:

Wall calendars from Melissa Design (Van Hoose) are a color lover’s dream come true, and a number of options are available. Choose a pastel themed calendar for a more subtle look, or go bold with almost literally every color of the rainbow!

Nisee Made’s 2010 wall calendar features a little elephant in picnic paradise. Such sweet illustration work, and a sweet pink and brown palette to match:

I can’t get enough of Elsie Flannigan’s super cute illustrations, and the Elsiecake 2010 wall calendar includes a different one every month:

Jessica Gonacha’s “Make Your Year Abundant” (below: top) and pattern (below: bottom) calendars are filled with her fun, vibrantly colored illustrations and patterns:

Find crafty inspiration while you’re looking at the fantastic photos featured in Whip Up’s 2010 calendar. Contributors include Maya Made and Soto Softies:

Little Brown Pen spoofs the “Keep Calm and Carry On” phenomenon with two printable calendars that are sure to make you smile:

And Snow & Graham have three calendars this year: a lovely flat printed wall calendar (below: top), a desk calendar (below: middle), and a mini desk calendar (below: bottom). You can pick them up at Luxe Paperie:

Part three of the calendar roundup next week!

images from their respective owners

Jessica Claire’s Vintage Book Invitations

October 21, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

I was perusing recently relaunched blog, The Sweetest Occasion, written by Cyd Converse and filled to the brim with wonderfully inspirational party and wedding-centric eye candy, when I was stopped in my tracks. You see, I’d spotted the post on Jessica Claire’s wedding invitations, and I couldn’t go on until I’d explored every pixel of one of the most amazing invitation suites that I think I’ve ever seen. Squee, copper paper and wax seals! Double squee, hollowed out vintage books that hold the invitations! Every invitation is unique and fits perfectly into the vintage 1920’s, lock, and key theme of the wedding (see more images here):

images from Jessica Claire

Letterpresslove.com

October 20, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Spark Stationery’s new website, letterpresslove.com, has the designer in me doing backflips of delight. These are metaphorical backflips, of course, since I don’t want to think about what would happen to my creaky body if I tried to do an actual backflip, but the site design is so awesome that I’m tempted! And Spark has equally awesome letterpressed print collateral to compliment the new website:

Okay, so I’ve obviously gotten caught up in the web and print designer kind of stuff, but Spark has a great blog where they showcase their latest invitations and other work, including the gorgeous letterpress lovebird invitations below, aka the Lucinda invitation set, one of 20 design suites in their new Wedding Love Album. Teal and brown, woodgrain patterns, super cute birds, wonderful modern design … love it!

A big congratulations to Spark Stationery on the new site!

images from Spark Stationery