Check out this picnic-themed inspiration shoot featured on the Southern Weddings blog! We created all the paper products to go with the floral theme.
See all the photos here.
Photos by Larissa Cleveland.
Happy Father's Day!
It's Dad's day! Don't forget to tell him he's 
Equestrian Wedding
We were incredibly honored when photographer Larissa Cleveland and planner Shannon Leahy asked us to participate in an equestrian themed photo shoot at the stunning Arastradero Preserve in Palo Alto.
We created invitations, reply cards, place cards, programs, and pony ride tickets complete with horseshoe motifs, gingham patterns and classic fonts.
Vintage prize show ribbons added to the rustic theme.
Even the cake used horseshoes as decoration!
See more photos at Snippet & Ink (thanks Kathryn!), as well as a list of participating vendors.
Giveawy at Ruffled!
Check out our giveaway over at Ruffled! Just leave a comment here and you could win 100 digital save-the-dates. Yes, it's that easy! Good luck!
Stellar results with vintage tools
Our friends over at Dependable Letterpress recently created this amazing perpetual calendar as a promotional piece for their fantastic print shop. With clever sayings like "what goes around comes around" and "you can achieve stellar results with vintage tools" this piece shows off the beauty of letterpress while also keeping the days of the week straight until 2036! Want your own? A limited number are available on their etsy site here.
National Stationery Show: Best of the best, part 3
Rounding out our favorites from NSS is this cheeky lightbulb from Fugu Fugu Press. We were also smitten with the clever illustrations from The Great Lakes:
Last but not least, fun birthday wishes from Two Trick Pony:
If you missed our earlier round up of favorites, you can find them here and here.
National Stationery Show: Best of the best, part 2
Continuing with our favorite items from NSS, the above card from A. Favorite really appeals to our inner design geek, while this print (below) from Old School Stationers inspires us to turn off the computer and head straight for the kitchen!
Ink and Wit cards and tea towels feature Tara's adorable animal illustrations.
Along the same theme, we are coveting these animals from Enormous Champion something fierce!
National Stationery Show: Best of the best
Even though Rifle Paper Co is all over the blog-o-sphere, we couldn't resist posting about their debut at NSS. Adorable illustrations and hand lettering adorn cards, prints, stationery, and the super covet-able recipe box (above), complete with recipe cards, below (it will be available on their website soon).
We also loved the hilarious cards from our friends at Blue Barnhouse...
...and the beautiful fabric wraps (for wrapping gifts!) from Chewing the Cud.
Stay tuned for more of our favorites!
National Stationery Show: Our friends & neighbors
At this years National Stationery Show, we were honored and excited to participate in a booth community with three of our favorite designers - Egg Press, Hammerpress and EIEIO. Besides the camaraderie, treats and gossip, their work was incredibly inspiring! We especially loved the bus thank you card (above), gift wrap and calender (below) from Egg Press.
Fellow letterpress printers Hammerpress had some fantastic new journals, calenders and cards:
EIEIO had some great new wrapping paper, but unfortunately, we don't have any photos! Check it out here.
National Stationery Show!
We're back from New York! The National Stationery Show was a whirlwind of new and old friends, fellow designers, bloggers and buyers from our favorite stores around the country, not to mention some incredible paper products! There was so much inspiring work from new designers and those who have been in the business for years. For our own booth, we were thrilled to introduce our new designs from Julia Rothman (above), Esther Aarts and yours truly.
We re-purposed the pom poms from Eunice and Daniel's wedding - they were a big hit!
We also got a chance to preview the cover of our new book, Handmade Weddings, from Chronicle Books. The book comes out this fall, and is available for pre-order here.
We added some decor with pink peonies and vintage bottles from the Brooklyn Flea (and candy for buyers and booth-workers!).
Pingg!
Check us out on Pingg! We have a brand spankin' new collection of online kids' invitations and announcements that you can e-mail to friends & family using Pingg's super easy interface!
You can check out printed versions of our new custom birth announcements (no party invites yet - patience, friends!) on our website!
sneak peek: Julia Rothman!
Julia's back! We've been conspiring with her on a line of kids birthday cards, featuring gentle giants and magnificent mermaids!
Riveting robots!
and unearthly unicorns!
These will be available for sale on our website soon.
Visit us at the National Stationery Show, booth # 1536.
May 16th – 19th from 9-6
Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City
sneak peek: Esther Aarts!
Esther Aarts is an amazing Dutch illustrator who has done work for t-shirts, magazines, advertising and now...greeting cards! We recently collaborated with Esther on a couple cards for our Spring release and couldn't be happier with the results. For example, who doesn't love anthropomorphic beer steins cheers-ings themselves?! Or a cheerful Oompah band wishing you a happy birthday?!
See more of Esther's work here and here. These will be available for sale on our website soon.
Visit us at the National Stationery Show, booth # 1536.
May 16th – 19th from 9-6
Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City
sneak peek: New Monkeys!
We've been working round the clock to get ready for the National Stationery Show. We'll be releasing a bunch of new cards, as well as promoting our new book (more on that later)! As part of our new release, our old friend Sock Monkey Sam has been having some amazing adventures! See him navigate through the sky with a trusty mate (above), or leap buildings in a single bound (below)!
Rule benevolently over his loyal subjects....
...and perform amazing acts of sorcery!
These will be available for sale on our website soon.
Visit us at the National Stationery Show, booth # 1536.
May 16th - 19th from 9-6
Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City
Happy Mother's Day!
For all those mother's out there (and those celebrating for the very first time!) - Happy Mother's day!
Cookin' Mom (above) and Mama Giraffe (below) from our Mother's day collection are available on our website and in stationery stores worldwide.
pikku for Hello!Lucky baby
As part of our new baby collection, we're thrilled to announce our collaboration with Pikku! We're huge fans of Valerie's adorable gift wrap, pillows and calendars and are super excited about these birth announcements! See all the designs here.
oh, baby!
We do have BIG NEWS!! We've recently relaunched our baby collection and they are now available online - yippee! Each card is digitally printed on premium, FSC-certified 100% recycled cardstock. Click here to see them all!
Michele Papineau calligraphy
The stunning calligraphy gracing the cover of the current Martha Stewart Weddings was completed by Michele Papineau, one of our favorite calligraphers.
In addition to the favor crackers (above), Michele also wrote out the evenings menu on colorful chalkboards that were hung inside the tent.
To see more of Michele's beautiful work, please click here.
Eunice & Daniel's Wedding Stationery
Since we're stationers, paper played a big role in designing Eunice & Daniel's wedding. The first piece of inspiration was Rob Ryan, the whimsical London-based paper artist. Eunice illustrated this letterpress save-the-date poster featuring silhouettes of her and Daniel, and their two dogs Indie and Simon, along with a save-the-date for their London reception.
We used the silhouettes again to create a DIY cake topper, with the silhouettes laser cut out of balsa wood by our pals at Publique Living, and embellished with crepe paper flowers.
The wedding invitations were a variation Woodland Damask wedding invitation, created in collaboration with pattern designer Joel Dewberry inspired by his Deer Valley collection. The wedding invitations and save the dates were letterpress printed, while the details booklets and programs were digitally printed.
We used the pattern to create these program paddle fans, which doubled to keep guests cool during the ceremony...
...as well as these glassine confetti pouches, a tribute to the Beatle's All You Need is Love, Eunice & Daniel's exit song.
Check out more of the behind-the-scenes details on the Martha Stewart Weddings blog here.
Photos by Adi Nevo (stationery), Gia Canali and Sara Remington.
Swoon! Valentine's Day is here again!
And we've got some new Valentine's designs to boot!
No lion...Order by February 5th to ensure you get your cards before Valentine's. Free shipping on orders over $20! (Enter code LOVE2010).
Let the wooing and swooning begin!