Thank yous
Letterform.
Monday, January 5th, 2009Happy 2009! I am back and blogging after a long New Year’s weekend full of snowboarding (I am pleased to report I am still in one piece), cooking, and prancing around in long underwear. Let’s kick off the year with a look at Chicago-based Letterform‘s line of punny letterpress cards that belie their love of [...]
Fugu Fugu Press.
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008I happened upon a charming holiday card featuring a pair of happy chestnuts today as I was stocking up on supplies from my favorite shop and to my dismay, I didn’t have my notebook on hand (a frequent occurrence and very serious personal flaw, I know), so I quickly, mentally scribbled down the name of [...]
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, [...]
Up and comers.
Monday, September 1st, 2008More from Minted, which I posted about recently. In addition to offering their regular selection of social stationery, they run periodic Design Challenges, in which they pose a, well, design challenge inspired by real people and accept entries from anyone up to the creative task. Winning designs are printed by Minted and put up for [...]
Mariella Designs.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Take a peek at these! Amy Branch over at Mariella Designs sent me these beautifully detailed, nature-inspired samples this week (much to my own personal, as well as blognerd, delight). Each card is printed with soy-based inks on recycled, luxuriously textured heavy-weight felt paper. Check out Mariella Designs’ website for the wide range of greeting [...]
Millions and millions.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008I’m a big fan of Egg Press‘ designs, and I especially like this thank you card. The repetition of “millions” of letterpressed golden pebbles gives it a really lovely texture.
Zeichen Press.
Friday, April 25th, 2008Fran Shea emailed me about her and business partner Jen’s line of greeting cards, coasters, and “can cards” over at the Minneapolis-based Zeichen Press, and I’m loving the quirky and matter-of-fact messages. Come on, “I’m glad you’re having a baby and I’m not”? (I think we can all secretly relate.) Zeichen Press’ products are letterpress [...]
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 [...]
Letteria.
Monday, February 18th, 2008Loving these rich neutral- and jewel-toned prints from Letteria, a small letterpress studio located near Zurich. For more, check out Letteria’s site and etsy shop.
An avian roundup.
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Bird motifs appear frequently in illustrations and stationery designs that I’m seeing lately. According to the University of Michigan Dictionary of Symbolism, birds usually have positive symbolic meaning, often representing “the human desire to escape gravity [or] the disembodied human soul, free of its physical constrictions”. As I’m pretty partial to them, here is a [...]
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 Ink, [...]
Thank-you notes.
Monday, September 24th, 2007Well, I made out like a bandit this year. Cookbooks, ceramic pigs, Wacom tablets (yes!), plastic swords that make pre-recorded swish-clang noises when you swing them – you name it, I got it. As a civilized young lady, of course, this means I have many thank-you notes to write. I devoted some time this afternoon [...]