Oh So Beautiful Paper

I think these book covers (the stitching also functions as a bookmark!) are just so amazing…

Designed by JR Harris – check out the rest of her portfolio (and super-cute website) right here.

{image credits: JR Harris, via The Dieline}

Okay, so technically this is only a conceptual student project, but someone needs to manufacture this game, for real - and like asap.  The game is called Love Fonts Memo, and here's the description from designer Sara Strand:

Love Fonts Memo is a classic memory game where it’s all about finding a matching pair of cards. At the end the player with most card pairs wins. The cards represents love stories about different kind of type faces. Love Fonts Memo is perfect whether you are a professional or a rookie.

So. Awesome.  Found via The Dieline.

{image credits: Sara Strand via The Dieline}
 

You may have noticed that I've had a small obsession with hand lettering lately, so of course I was instantly smitten with the hand lettering and illustration portfolio of Joel Holland when I saw it on SeeSaw yesterday.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Love, love, love.  There's tons of fabulous work — from book covers to magazine illustrations to hand lettering for advertisements — so you'll definitely want to check out more of Joel's work both on his personal portfolio and over on Dutch Uncle. 

{image credits: Joel Holland}

Good morning everyone!  Can you believe it's already the last day of August?  But even as summer is ending, there are a few new ventures just getting started.  First, Alyson's Postal Press is finally live!  The shop is stocked full of wonderful note cards, journals and other letterpress goodies:

You'll definitely want to head on over to Postal Press and take a look around.  Alyson also offers custom design for personalized stationery and wedding invitations.  You can also follow the Postal Press blog here.

Next up, Rebecca from Oh So RB just launched Clover & Bee, a wedding website dedicated entirely to Midwest weddings.  If you're a bride planning a wedding anywhere from North Dakota to Kansas to Michigan to Ohio — Clover & Bee is the perfect resource for you:

In addition to a "Best of the Midwest" guide launching in September, Clover & Bee has a daily blog with vendor interviews, inspiration, and real Midwest weddings.  

Congratulations to both Alyson and Rebecca!

{image credits: Postal Press and Clover & Bee}