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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, 2008In one of the more creative approaches to publicity I’ve seen, writer Sloane Crosley (author of the recently released I Was Told There’d Be Cake, a series of essays recounting her comically awkward experiences as a young woman in Manhattan) constructed three large dioramas illustrating selected chapters from her new book. I have [...]
What?
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 [...]
A last-minute holiday card.
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Scrambling? Here’s one more printable holiday card design for you.
For your convenience, my printable designs will now available in both .png (sized to the card dimensions) and .pdf format (in standard 8.5″ x 11″ letter-sized sheets, so you can print on a sheet of cardstock and cut out the card).
If you can easily set [...]
Gift-wrapping is fun again.
Monday, November 26th, 2007For me, half the fun of having or giving a pile of presents is seeing how prettily they are wrapped. I’m not ashamed to admit that I always peel off the tape carefully so that I can preserve the wrapping - pretty paper is always a good thing to have!
I mentioned a few weeks [...]
Printable holiday cards redux.
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!
By special request from Stef, here is a holiday-nonspecific version of the bird holiday card I posted earlier this week. Click here to download the design, and see my previous post for more info on what you’ll need to make this.