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Monday, November 17th, 2008I haven’t written too too much about invitations for children’s events, but after getting a request from a friend to design an invite for her one-year-old’s birthday party, I have them on the brain. These are a few designs that inspire me - it’s hard not to love anything featuring smiling animals in party [...]
9SpotMonk.
Thursday, October 30th, 2008I’m lusting after the papers that New Jersey printshop 9SpotMonk uses for their line of notes and cards - all beautifully tactile reclaimed cotton, which allows for a really deep imprint. Here are some snippets from 9SpotMonk’s collection of readymade notes and cards as well as custom design work for weddings, announcements, and invitations.
Plus, [...]
Irresistibly absurd.
Monday, September 22nd, 2008It’s birthday season in my social circle and in the midst of all the attendant events, a friend introduced me to the Los Angeles stationer Fomato.
Unidentifiable bloblike creatures (that seem vaguely inspired by contemporary Japanese graphic design) prance through brightly-colored three-panel greeting cards, dispensing hilariously irrelevant how-tos and factoids - from how to be a [...]
Snow & Graham on the interwebs.
Friday, August 29th, 2008After a long wait, Snow & Graham’s website is at last live! Here’s a preview of their line of letterpress.
Also, there is a whole section on the site dedicated to sweet treats, for no reason other than that… they like them. I knew I was totally into them.
That’s all for today - happy [...]
Contours and washes.
Friday, June 13th, 2008I’m liking the clean pen-and-ink, watercolor wash feel of these hand-printed cards from Chicago-based The Great Lakes. The shop just went up! Take a look, and visit the blog for updates.
It’s getting warmer…
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008…slowly but surely, even here in the city of near-perpetually unfavorable weather. I’m anticipating the first leaves, flowers, and re-appearance of small mammals with these cards from Good on Paper and Tennis, Anyone?
An assortment of lovelies.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Some fresh new finds from etsy…
Clockwise from top left:
Hello Spring Stitched Note Card Set from Baba’s Second Design | Hello Spring Notecard Set from Baba’s Second Design | Personalized note cards with modern garden lined envelopes from ignafruit | Barcelona Chair Notebook from Anna Cote’s Modern Printed Matter | Miss You Dandelion Greeting Cards from [...]
An aquatic birthday.
Monday, March 10th, 2008In honor of my sister’s sweet 16th, I’ve designed the printable birthday card below, loosely inspired by her Pices sign.
Want to send this to a friend? You’ll need:
4-bar folded cards in Superfine White
4 bar envelopes (I like these, in Red)
my card-sized printable design
Or, if you’d prefer to print to a standard-sized sheet and cut [...]
Made By Girl.
Monday, December 24th, 2007I love these bright and bold cards from Jennifer Ramos’ Las Vegas-based Made By Girl. More than just pretty, they’re also printed on 100% recycled paper. Check our her blog here.
I especially like the one on the bottom. “To the king of the castle.” Ha! Sassy.
Via Black Eiffel.
A logical birthday.
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Pretty but still appropriate for your engineering friends. (Not sure what these are? Click here to find out.)
Click to enlarge, or see more views after the jump.
You’ll need:
4-bar folded cards in Superfine White
clear glitter
brown ribbon (I used an American Crafts pink/brown ribbon)
4-bar envelopes in Bluebell
my birthday card design
Simply print, embellish, and send!
A birthday lotus.
Friday, October 26th, 2007Voilà - a birthday card for you to download and print. The front features a sparkling lotus plant with a tiny party-hatted elephant hanging out atop the seed pod. Write your message, slide the card into the matching envelope, and drop in the mail. Click for full views of the card and [...]
Bumble Ink.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Why make things more complicated than they have to be? Sometimes you just want to send a heartfelt but no-frills message. Like “thank you so so so so so so so so so so so so much” (isn’t that better than some flowery Hallmark language?).
For that kind of sweet simplicity, check out Bumble [...]