New Sponsor : Paper Mode

October 02, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

I’m happy to welcome one of Paper Crave’s newest sponsors, Paper Mode, a shop which specializes in gorgeous paper jewelry and hand embroidered moleskine notebooks. The Paris, France based shop features necklaces (shown above), rings, earrings, hair accessories, and more created with unique paper bead accents and moleskine notebooks with wonderful geometric embroidery.

image from Paper Mode

Sarah Bridgland

October 01, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Paper artist Sarah Bridgland’s Flickr caught my attention the other day, and I’ve been swooning over her awesome paper collage work for the past few days. How totally fantastic is that wreath?! I just love her use of vintage ephemera to build the pieces, and all of the tiny details mean that you can look at a piece a dozen times and see something new each time. See Sarah’s full Flickr stream here — it includes in-process images and images from her studio, too — and view her portfolio here.

A little more eye candy:

images from Sarah Bridgland

Pearl & Marmalade

October 01, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

How have I not featured the Pearl & Marmalade line before now? Bad, Kristen! Their gorgeous letterpress cards and prints feature pretty illustrations with a touch of whimsy, and I’m loving all of the items that I’ve chosen to feature today because the beautiful, muted colors just scream autumn … to me, at least.

You can see all of the paper lovelies that Pearl & Marmalade has for sale at their Etsy shop, and here’s a little more eye candy to get you warmed up:

images from Pearl & Marmalade

Masha D’Yans

September 30, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

I am completely taken with the work of Masha D’Yans, who has a line of occasional greeting cards featuring her wonderfully evocative and intricate watercolor paintings. Masha draws inspiration for her colorful, whimsical painting style from nature, fashion design, calligraphy, Japanese art, and fairy tales from her native country, Russia. Every card is a little work of art and really gets my imagination going.

Though Masha doesn’t have a shop on her site, her cards can be found in upscale stores such as Barneys NY, Louis Boston, and Neiman Marcus. You can also find select designs online at Jack Cards and GreetQ.

More greeting card pretties:

Masha D'Yans Greeting Cards

images from Masha D’Yans

Free Printables for Childhood Cancer Awareness

September 30, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

My friend Erin recently asked me to work with her on a joint printables project for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and I was more than happy to lend a hand. Visit Erin’s site to find out more and to download coloring sheets, one of which is shown above, as well as a tic tac toe game, and these sweet mazes:

images from Erin Vale