Easter is around the corner, so I thought I’d round up a few cute cards for the holiday. I love any excuse to send a card with a cute rabbit on it, and this year it looks like designers have given bunny fans plenty of options. I hope you’ll find something in here that’s perfect…
This weekend when everyone else was watching the Super Bowl, I decided to indulge in some old romantic comedy favorites (one of which is tomorrow’s Living In subject) and work on a roundup of Valentine’s Day cards. Though I did take a break to watch Beyoncé, I spent close to six hours scouring the internet…
Inspired by Max’s Living In pick for today, I decided to go on the hunt for beautiful diaries and planners. Paper planners are starting to become more of my jam lately, as they’re more difficult to ignore than a tab on my browser I can easily close. I’ve been using a hot pink Rollbahn notebook…
Max’s washi tape picture frame project has had me hunting down cute tapes online for months now. Our office walls are awfully white, so I’ve been dreaming up fun ways to replicate the patterns he used in larger-scale ways. During my searching, I landed on INKKIT’s Etsy page. The shop is chock-full of sparkly, glittery,…
One of the few resolutions I try to make (and keep) at the beginning of every year is to be more organized. I usually start off strong with cleaning and organizing goals, then quickly slip into chaos. So this year, I’m going to put some tools to use, including an actual print calendar. I’ve been…
I have such a weakness for beads. I collect them in our office like a total weirdo and hope that one day they’ll reveal their greater purpose. Until then, I keep scouring the web for fun DIY ideas that use them as the primary material. These pretty beaded gift tags are a collaboration between Patricia…
I love the concept of Paperless Post — the convenience of Evite with a vastly improved card selection. For their latest collection, Paperless Post partnered with graphic designer and illustrator Erin Jang. (Many of her designs are also available in paper versions.) Formerly an art director at Martha Stewart Living and Esquire, Erin has a…
I always get excited for a Shanna Murray shop update. Her work makes me smile, and when gold glitter is involved? I mean, come on. I can’t say no to those tiny glittery bows. I already ordered a set of her new holiday cards, but there’s so much more to choose from in her new…
I love customized stamps. They are not only cute and fun to use, but they also encourage real paper mail, which is so special to receive this time of year. One thing that can make paper mail easier to send (especially if you have a lot of cards to mail) is having an address stamp…
The holidays are right around the corner, and while I dread the idea of crowded stores and holiday shopping, I always look forward to holiday wrapping. The outside of packages is always the most exciting part for me, and with an abundance of great options on the market right now, it makes sitting down to…
I’m always excited to see what Lynn at Satsuma Press is making. Her sweet and delicate letterpress is an exercise in elegant restraint. I love letterpress best when it’s used sparingly, and her latest designs do just that. Her new 2013 calendar (a seven-color beauty) and card series are dainty and have little foxes, trees…
At this year’s National Stationery Show I fell pretty hard for Linda & Harriett’s neon quilt calendar. It was functional, pretty, neon and massively overscale in terms of a typical calendar. Right now I’m drawn to anything that large because it feels so dramatic and different. So I was thrilled to hear that Liz at…
Anything that reminds me of Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia is a good thing. Cheryl and Griff’s bakery feels like a warm & welcoming family kitchen in a city that has always felt like a second home to me. So when I saw that artist and SCAD alum Emily Isabella dedicated two…
Karolin Schnoor has a real knack for designing things that elicit “ooh”s and “ahh”s from me. From her gift wrap and floral prints to animal cards and metallic notebooks and cards, she always nails it. Her metallic cards from the National Stationery Show were one of my personal favorites, so I was thrilled to see…
I’m an admitted card-a-holic. I collect them like no one’s business, and occasionally it comes in handy when someone needs a card quickly. I think I have just about every possible event covered in my big box of stationery. But I now have a new favorite that desperately needs to join my collection: Michoucas Design…
I’m a sucker for cute paper products, plain and simple. Last week, Max and I went into the city to photograph Hesta Prynn for At Home With and ended up trekking around town looking for patterned paper we could use in projects. After coming home with our arms full of wallpaper and wrapping paper, I realized…
Amy and I admired Becca Stadtlander’s illustrated cards at the National Stationery Show, and I was happy to see them for sale at Etsy this week. Becca has such a sweet illustrative style, and I love the way she plays with tiny flecks of color that add just the slightest hint of detail. She’s got…
I’ve been thinking about written letters a lot lately and how much I love them as an excuse to use stamps. I’m a bit of a stamp hoarder (thankfully I can hide them at my office now), so I thought it would be fun to round up my favorite hand-carved examples on Etsy. There are…
If I could sum up my life’s color palette over the past year, it would be pink + coral + gold = happy Grace. From last year’s D*S book to our new office tables and front door, these same colors keep popping up over and over again. So when I saw these gilded insect cards…
Good morning guys! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend and were able to rest up and recover. I’m still adjusting to the heat here (time to break out the AC units), so until I can cool down my apartment, I thought I’d share some final photos from last week’s national stationery show….
