Love is in the air.

Need to send a last minute Valentine to your sweetheart. Check out this collection on Kate Spade by various artists. Some are animated some are not....lovely.

Cards Ink

I just happen to find this great website Cards Ink. You as a designer, or anyone, can become a member, upload your designs and then it is open for voting. The most popular cards get printed, either letterpress of offset, and are available for purchase. How wonderful! It's like the Cafe Press and Spoonflower of cards.

I currently have a few cards up for voting so take a look and rate them! Ill let you know if and when they are available for purchase. I am just so giddy with the thought of my designs being letterpressed!

Vote here (just press on the star you think appropriate)
and for
Congratulations
Meant for Eachother
Head over Heels
Penguins are Forever
Forever yours!

Wonderful Valentine's Day cards

Have you ever heard of Jack Cards? If you haven't go check them out, they especially have wonderful Valentine's Day cards. How will I ever choose? Annnnnd they offer this great service where you enter in all your special dates and events and you can preorder cards automatically so Jack Cards will send it to you when you need it....sounds like a lifesaver.

Fun cards

Check out these fun cards and stationary by Pancake & franks (adorable name), a designer from Arizona now in San Francisco. I love the simple design of them, paired with great colors, and fun visuals/sayings. You can order them of the website here.

Gocco Inspiration

As I was messing around and learning how to use my new toy (a Gocco printer) I came across Wonting NYC and I am truly inspired. A NYC illustrator/graphic designer/product designer who loves her Gocco printer and makes great prints, cards, felt ornaments and more.

Each is printed something like 3 times and you can buy them in her Etsy shop! Whew I can't wait to get the ink I am waiting for to make my holiday cards. And she inspired me to get the fluorescent pink because I think that is absolutely divine. The card and print shown are my favorites...do you have any inspiring gocco prints you want to share?

JHill Design

Have you ever heard of JHill Design. A designer who loves to doodle (who doesn't) that bases a lot of drawings on travel and where she has not been...how interesting. She has a great collection of calendars, prints, cards and more. I am not only in love with the calendar above but also the animal prints I have shown below.

Seesaw Design

There is a great Phoenix-based design studio called Seesaw. I first saw there business card awhile ago in a smoothie shop and they were delightful...clean stock and light blue zig-zag stitched with a machine on one end. Letterpress and sewing! You can't go wrong. Every now and then I see them pop back up somewhere and felt the need to share their story and work.

I am in love with their new wall calendar and these adorable tangelo letterpressed cards. I think I need to get the calendar for my house!

I wonder what it would be like to work there. Being able to do graphic design and make cards all day, I think that would be perfect.

Print At Home Valentines!

We just uploaded a variety of diy Valentines to our Etsy Shop. We are slowly but surely developing our paper line and this is just the start. If you are looking for some last minute cards for the upcoming holiday check them out. Happy Valentine's Day!

Pretty Stationary!

I love cards, notes, journals and everything in the paper world. Here is a post showing a few of my favorite paper products. I'm sure there will be many posts about it in the future.


Elum
I’m sure you have seen their stuff here and there but I think it is absolutely beautiful. http://www.elumdesigns.com


Hammerpress
Hammerpress out of Kansas City has a great selection of unique stationary...my favorite above is perfect for everything. The letterpress and design studio not only creates stationary but also wedding invitations, posters, cd packaging, art prints and more. Sounds like a fun place to work! http://www.hammerpress.net/


Apiary Design
A studio in love with handwritten notes, color, and vintage damask-esque prints. A wonderful combination. http://www.apiarydesign.com