Happy holidays
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 [...]
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.
O, snow.
Friday, December 5th, 2008Ok I had a last little taste of sunshine and beaches over Thanksgiving, but now that I’m back home, I pretty much have winter to look forward to (and I’ve armed myself with a big coat accordingly). However, it’s not all doom and gloom – you know I love the design work that proliferates at [...]
The bright side(s).
Monday, November 24th, 2008It was absolutely freezing in Boston this weekend… the kind of weather that makes me wonder why I live here – below-freezing temps, blustery winds, early sundown – the works. Cruel, cruel, times! I foolishly attempted to take a stroll to meet some friends on Saturday afternoon, and let’s just say they finally found me [...]
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 [...]
Pink and gold.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Silver and gold? No, it’s all about pink and gold, as in these fairy-tale holiday-scapes from the most recent issue of Blueprint. For dressed-up get-togethers at any time of year, I often like to hang strings of white lights behind sheer curtains to get a pretty, diffused-light effect – but I also really like this [...]
Holiday greeting card roundup.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007There are so many great holiday cards to choose from (can you tell that I have this on the brain?), running the gamut from cute and cheerful to luxe and elegant. Here are some of the best I’ve gleaned… so far. From Tess Darrow’s Portland-based Egg Press. These bright and bold graphics (see the Hanukkah [...]
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.
Printable holiday cards.
Monday, November 19th, 2007I’m still wondering what happened to the summer, but with Thanksgiving almost upon us, it’s obviously time to start thinking about the holidays. In that spirit, here are two printable holiday/Christmas cards. More forthcoming (time allowing). First up is this card with a streetlamp-in-snow motif. For this one, you’ll need: 4-bar folded cards in Superfine [...]
Pigs, pigs, pigs.
Monday, November 5th, 2007Letterpressed oinkers from Linda & Harriet. Check our their store and blog for more.
Paper stockings!
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007I know it’s not Christmas season yet, but it’s frigid in Boston so my thoughts naturally tend towards tinsel, twinkling lights, and… packaging gifts, one of my favorite rituals. One approach I like is to tuck several small gifts in a stocking, so I was excited to find these beautiful paper stockings by Alex Wijnen’s [...]