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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Happy 2010 everyone! In Boston, the new year brought a pile of snow with it, so I’ve kind of been in hibernation mode - wearing thick socks and trying to stay warm. In that vein, I’m especially appreciating this handmade, hand-sewn book by Brooklyn-based Jackie Bos, I Heart the Arctic, inspired by Inuit [...]
I’m famous!
Saturday, August 1st, 2009Sweet! My printable notecard design is featured on the fantastic blog iDiY.
iDiY catalogues all kinds of great design goodies for special events - think invitations, labels, favor packages, etc… and many are free for download. Here are a couple of my favorites - vintage-style labels from Amy at Eat.Drink.Chic…
…and cheerful striped box [...]
O dear.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009I’m a sucker for these woolly animal friends from Amy Stewart’s Chicago-based five trees, with their sweet faces and old-fashioned names. Below are Euclid, Barnaby, Sullivan, and Bernardo.
Pretty packages.
Monday, December 15th, 2008My mom always foists the job of wrapping gifts onto me, but it’s one chore I never mind - and how could I, when there are items like these to work with?
Shown above are an assortment of handmade graphic wrapping papers from Rifferaff (fantastic blog here on the crafting biz); candy cane wrapping paper from [...]
Pretty much irresistible.
Monday, December 8th, 2008Evan and Nichole Robertson’s Little Brown Pen offers downloadable stationery and gift templates for sale on their etsy shop, to which you “just. add. paper.” Just added are templates for their holiday-themed items to give and keep. Watch their sweet video for a demonstration.
Too… cute. Cannot. Handle.
Via poppytalk.
Sitting pretty.
Monday, August 4th, 2008Even more sweet songbirds, this time in three dimensions. Those handy with a needle and thread will find plenty to keep them occupied at Spool, including a pattern for this mobile. I like the real branches - a naturalistic touch.
All the pretty colors.
Friday, August 1st, 2008There’s something so cheerful about ribbon in all its forms, whether it be satiny or rough and rustic. Right now I like these Italian cotton ribbons in Boston-based Angela Liguori’s etsy shop, imported straight from Rome… especially the soft-looking loose weave ones (that weave is called Passamano, apparently - I learn something new every [...]
The warm and fuzzies.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008For anyone with a bent for crochet and kawaii, take a peek at Tiny Yarn Animals by Tamie Snow, to be published in early August. I got a sneak peek at the book this week - 21 round-bodied and beady-eyed critters assembled with (what I am told are) basic stitches cavort through the pages [...]
Diorama diaries - and a book giveaway!
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008What?
Friday, January 25th, 2008Well, hello, what have we here? Four downloadable, printable, do-it-yourself paper bird toys from illustrator Josh McKible. I wouldn’t mind perching one of these on my desk, and McKible’s approach to putting these out there resonates with me for some reason…
For more on McKible (also known as mckibillo), check out his visually striking, [...]
Check one.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Here it is - a printable valentine with a young-at-heart message but a grown-up look, available in pink and red. Send it or slip it into someone’s desk just for fun - or to press the issue with the most evasive of suitors.
To print this to a #10-sized card, you’ll need:
#10 flat cards in [...]
Printable personal stationery.
Monday, January 7th, 2008I put these together in several colors to give as gifts this season (all professionally packaged in labeled clear sleeves - can you believe it?), and now that they’ve mostly been distributed, I can share them here with you. The front is blank with a double-stripe border (for your thank-you notes, friendly notes, love [...]
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