Kusudama Fever

May 04, 2009 // kristen // 7 replies

I first found out about kusudama from a lovely tutorial by Folding Trees, and lately I’m seeing these beautiful origami flowers in many places. I’m just loving the growing trend of using paper flowers for decoration!

#1 & #2 are gorgeous kusudama from Flickr user Malia (her “Origami” gallery is a must see), which inspired #3 Rag & Bone to create a garden of kusudama made from book pages. Check out the lovely new Rag & Bone postcard, inspired by their eco friendly kusudama.

#4 & #5 Spotted over at the wonderful wedding blog, The Inspired Bride, sweet kusudama decorations — cupcake toppers and a kusudama garland — from Millalove on Etsy.

images from their respective owners

New Robin Beth Letterpress

May 04, 2009 // kristen // 2 replies

So many new and oh so pretty letterpress paper goodies from Robin Beth. The new designs include lovely patterned note cards, wedding invitations, mini journals, and letterpress prints.

And, if you’re going to the National Stationery Show, please be sure to check out Robin Beth, who will be exhibiting as a member of A Fresh Bunch!

Patterned letterpress notes (love the blue and gray on white!):

Letterpress wedding invitations:

Mini journals:

Letterpress prints:

images from Robin Beth

Red Cap Journals and Mother’s Day Cards

May 01, 2009 // kristen // 0 replies

The weather was beautiful here last weekend, and I took the opportunity to head out to Rugg Road Paper Co. (sadly, they don’t seem to have a website), one of my favorite paper shops in Boston. I love it when I get the chance to do some “hands on” paper shopping, and on this trip I spotted these awesome journals from Red Cap Cards:

When I returned from my paper shopping excursion, I visited the Red Cap website and found their lovely selection of Mother’s Day cards:

Have a great weekend, everyone, and here’s hoping that you have nice weather in your area this weekend so you, too, can do some paper shopping and discover wonderful new things!

images from Red Cap Cards

Fugu Fugu Mother’s and Father’s Day Cards

April 30, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Fugu Fugu is rockin’ the cute with letterpress cards for Mother’s and Father’s day. The cards feature everything from happy flowers to adorable illustrations of mommy and daddy animals with their babies. Check out the cuteness:

images from Fugu Fugu Press

Spawn Studio Mother’s Day Cards

April 30, 2009 // kristen // 1 replies

Spawn Studio offers quite an original approach to Mother’s Day Cards. With sentiments like, “In the animal kingdom, some mothers EAT their babies. Thanks for not eating me…” and “Thanks for SQUEEZING me out Mom…”, these Mother’s Day cards are perfect for moms with an edgy sense of humor.

More Spawn Studio Mother’s Day cards:

images from Spawn Studio