Sometimes, all you need is a shape. Or 2 dozens of the same shape in a single item.
Think & Ink Studio back in Richmond (BC, Canada) does just that, creating mostly paper items filled with cool geometric designs and smart color combos. Prints, notepads, cards… THAT MOUSEPAD. Wow, I want it. :D
Flowery art can either be kinda cheesy, or really cool. It’s really a fine line.
I think Anne Ten Donkelaar won this bet! Her pieces are 3D collages made from pressed flowers and cut out flower pictures. They float, which gives them an ethereal feel, making you wish you were really tiny and could walk around the flowery scenes.
Just awesome.
Via } Design*Sponge
Filed under Art, Gardening - Nature, Handmade, Paper
Like to doodle? Well, here’s Boarding School, a shop where you’ll find what you need.
Made from recycled or reclaimed wood, these sturdy books (also available as moleskine covers) are definitely an aesthetic statement, as well as a practical purchase! Have them size customized to your heart’s desires, too. :)
Plus, hellooooo perfect logo and branding.
Filed under Decor - Object, Handmade, Paper
Kara loves to paint. She puts her passion to great work and sells pretty much only gorgeous originals (!), and affordable too, in her shop Geometric Ink!
Watercolors are used in geometric or nature inspired lovely art, which makes them all pretty much irresistible.
I’ll take a dozen.
K, thanks.
;)
The letterpressed BE Series of posters by Honeycomb Print Shop are a little gem find! Be Real, Be Creative, Be Bop (lol!), Be the Change, Be Ready. Choose your favorite and hang it proud!
Or, have yours custom made so you can be the Be that you really want.
A few months ago I found out about the Wit & Whistle blog, and I’ve been following intensely since. The pics and images and subjects are always so beautifully chosen!
Turns out, the blog merges from a site, the Wit & Whistle Paper Goods shop! And OMG I want allllll the notebook jotters! Too cool for school, yo!
I don’t really like Halloween, this is why I’m fighting back with a “Holiday” post! Haha! :)
These wrapping papers from Toodles Noodles might be just the special thing you’re looking for to wrap your gifts pretty in now less than 2 months! Cool motifs are printed on kraft paper and is sold in sheets!
Lots of other paper goodies in the shop too (tags and cards and calendars and notepads and…!), worth a look! :)
Talk about patience! Nathalie Boutté (France) clearly loves her media, paper, for doing her art pieces out of tiny pieces of them.
Using all kinds of papers (journal, colorful or blank, transparent) she portraits subjects or shapes in a unique and oh-so-impressive way. Check it out! :)
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From Aztec style to botanical imagery, you’re notes will be safe with Arminho! Cool patterns and colors and prints for your precious doodlings and important to-do-lists.
Also, some cool canvas printed visual repertoires… Whale species, vintage cameras, seaweed varieties, framed with wood and hung with string: they will totally make a room!
Inkkit is a little shop, full of little items, but that makes you wanna buy a lot.
Most of the shop is filled with packaging supplies, from sequin ribbon to envelopes and stickers. And also cutesy items, like gold tip twig pencils (How CUTE.) and tiny painted rocks. Plus, pictures are gorgeous, I can’t even stop looking around!
Plan on restraining yourself, or be prepared to splurge! lol :)
Filed under Graphic Design, Handmade, Paper
Here we go: my soft spot for embroidery shows up again!
Izziyana Suhaimi does it all. She draws and paints aquarelle, and then she stitches on it all. What a beautiful combination of textuxes! I especially like the “collar” pieces in the Friends To Keep You Warm series! Just stunning!
} Via Design For Mankind
Filed under Art, Handmade, Paper, Stitching - Sewing
Almanac industries plays with leather and paper, screen-printing and letterpress and sewing… They make card cases, notebooks, letter notebooks, guestbooks, fabric cases, and wise words in lettering awesomeness.
Can’t wait to see what they come up with next! :)
Filed under Fashion - Accessories, Handmade, Paper
Oh, irreverend humour, how I love you! You put a kick in everyday life, and Hairbrained Schemes creates you so well!
Also, some sweet ones in their shop. But hey, I’m trying to grab your attention here! So these were my choices. Haha! ;)
Filed under Art, Graphic Design, Paper
Rustic postcard invitations, by Tupy Boutique.
Preppy chic invitations, by Julie Hanan Design.
Record with sleeve invitations, by Ello There.
Rusted and chic invitations, by Wide Eyes Design.
Heart stopper letterpressed invitations, by Word Letterpress.
Woodgrain invitations, by Cricket Printing.
Printable “How it began” invitations, by Something Blue.
Red side banner invitations, by Twigs Print Studio.
2012 is a wedding year for my family! In January, my brother got married. And later this year I have 2 others… Considering I had never went to a wedding in my family EVER (I don’t think my parent’s wedding, when I was 1yo, counts. lol), woah! Yes, this single gal can take it. lol!
I find wedding invitations (when done right, and with a little modern twist) to be a great graphic design treat for the eyes! A little bit like company stationaries, which I used to love doing as a graphic designer, in that other life o’ mine.
Anyway, here’s a few handmade invites I found that I really love! Maybe it’ll be useful for some of you lovebirds. :)
Filed under Graphic Design, Handmade, Paper
Washable Kraft paper everyday use objects? Yes ma’am!
Sidonie Yang explores this material like no other, and it totally works! Paired usually with felt, it’s texture clash heaven!
And so, prepare to sport a stylish paper bag ladies, cause these are just so cool looking! :)
Filed under Fashion - Accessories, Handmade, Paper
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