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National Stationery Show 2011 – Part 11

Today we’re knocking out the last of the coverage from the 2011 National Stationery Show with two final posts.  First up for today, Gilah Press + Design – these folks are based out of Baltimore (making us practically neighbors), but it’s always a treat to see their exquisite letterpress cards and paper goods at the Stationery Show.  This year I’m loving the pops of neon, quirky illustrated city cards, and letterpress overprinting.

Love these hashtag cards!

Gilah Press + Design

Amber from a.favorite design has a snarky sense of humor and isn’t afraid to show it in her cards.  Her collection of quirky cards are equal parts vintage-inspired letterpress and bold, colorful graphics.  So fun!

a.favorite design

Fugu Fugu Press is another longtime favorite – these adorable illustrated cards always bring a smile to my face.  Here are a few of my favorites from the newest additions to their collection.

Fugu Fugu Press

Another consistent favorite from the show – Greenwich Letterpress, with a bunch of new cards and a nice combination of traditional greeting cards and some quirky (and funny) designs.

Greenwich Letterpress

I was super excited to see color make a big return to the show this year, and nowhere was that more apparent than over at the Pie Bird Press booth.  Hannah’s booth was full of her unique letterpress cards, calendars, and notebooks, along with fun textiles like tea towels and tote bags.

Pie Bird Press

Another studio making their trade show debut at this year’s Stationery Show – Massachusetts-based Headcase Press.  You can check out their full collection right here, but here are a few of my favorites from the show:

Headcase Press

After taking a break last year, I was thrilled to see La Familia Green return to this year’s Stationery Show.  Mollie creates all of her cards from shapes of hand cut paper or using her own illustrations, and the La Familia Green collection is always one of the most unique and creative in the entire show.

La Familia Green

Lots of pretty paper eye candy over at the Paper Boat Studios booth, including greeting cards, artwork, games, wedding invitations, calendars, and actual paper boats!

Paper Boat Studios

We’ll wrap this post up with a new-to-me exhibitor – DeLuce Design.  I was immediately smitten with this collection of incredibly sweet letterpress cards with lots of cute illustrations and pretty hand lettering and calligraphy.

DeLuce Design

Check back in a bit for my final post from this year’s National Stationery Show!

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper

National Stationery Show 2011 – Part 10

It’s time for another installment of our National Stationery Show coverage!  First up for today, Kathryn from Blackbird Letterpress, with more of her beautiful die cut greeting cards – including a new bee design for this year and a “missing u” note card that would be perfect for anyone with a far-away loved one.

Blackbird Letterpress

Allison from Igloo Letterpress is always coming up with new and creative applications for her designs – from pull out letterpress greeting cards to fun die cut cards.   This year Allison debuted a set of notebooks inspired by brownstone architecture – line up each design for your own little neighborhood!

Igloo Letterpress

So many pretty things over at the Wiley Valentine booth!  From new greeting card designs to wedding invitation albums and baby stationery, these ladies have been keeping busy!

Wiley Valentine

Tina from Joie Studio made her Stationery Show debut this year, with a booth full of letterpress greeting cards, wedding invitations, and pinwheel party accessories.  I’m loving the fruit note cards below – so cute!

Joie Studio

Brad from Maginating always has the best collection of greeting cards – the bacon and egg card below is still one of my all-time favorites, but I’m loving the new perfect match and cheer up cards, too.

Maginating

The ladies from Sugarcube Press had an adorable and ruffle-filled booth with tons of pretty stationery – calendars, greeting cards, coasters, bookplates, oh my!

Sugarcube Press

Color made a return to the Stationery Show in a big way this year and was very much in effect at the Smudge Ink booth, with bold patterned gift wrap and calendars, brightly colored note cards, and imprintable party invitations.

Smudge Ink

Speaking of color – the ladies of Two Trick Pony are known for their colorful screen printed note cards, wedding invitations, and calendars.  I love the deep, saturated color of screen printing!

Two Trick Pony

Of course, no trip to the Stationery Show would be complete without a trip to the Old Tom Foolery booth.  Lauren and Joel are guaranteed to put a smile on your face with these hilarious cards.

Old Tom Foolery

Only a couple more posts from the National Stationery Show to go!  I’ll be back tomorrow with more coverage from the show.

Photo Credits: Brian Tropiano Photography for Oh So Beautiful Paper; please ask permission before reposting.

*Wiley Valentine is a spon­sor of Oh So Beau­ti­ful Paper.  For more on my edi­to­r­ial poli­cies, please click here.

National Stationery Show 2011 – Part 9

Today we’re all about weddings – or at least wedding invitations – from the National Stationery Show.  Several designers had booths either wholly or largely devoted to wedding invitations and albums, and of course I was like a kid in a candy store gawking at such lovely wedding stationery.  After making her NSS debut last year, Meredith from Regas was back with a booth dedicated entirely to her new wedding invitation album.  I’m loving all of the little design details throughout the collection, from literary-inspired details to crisp blind emboss patterns and bright pops of color.

Love those pops of (almost-neon) peach!

The suite above was inspired by Victorian-era literature – so library chic!

Regas

The ladies over at The Lettered Olive also had a brand new and absolutely stunning wedding invitation album, with their signature blend of classic southern style and charm.

In addition to a gorgeous wedding album, they also had one of the coziest booths at the show… well, it was really more like a tent – look at that roof!

And please forgive my terrible photo, but I just can’t get over how cool this is – the entire wedding album comes on an iPad along with samples of the actual invitations contained in the album.  The ladies gave me a demonstration at the booth and it’s clear they’ve put a lot of thought, time, and effort into creating an album app that is both easy to navigate and contains a ton of beautiful invitation eye candy.  Well done ladies!

The Lettered Olive

Avis from Avie Designs also premiered a brand new wedding invitation album, along with holiday cards, calendars, party accessories, and imprintable invitations perfect for a low key or last minute party.  My favorite invitation is the papel picado-inspired design based on the invitation from Avis’s own wedding a couple of years ago.

Avie Designs

The team over at Twig + Fig are the masters of unique wedding and party invitations, including some awesome Bar and Bat Mitzvah invitations, incorporating non-traditional materials – from acrylic invitations to cork with gold foil.  So cool!

A license plate Save the Date!

Beautiful calligraphy from Betsy Dunlap

Twig + Fig

Amber from Flywheel Press had a beautiful booth – all chalkboard paint and hand drawn chalk decorations!  Seriously pretty – and full of lots of pretty paper, from wedding invitations to note cards.

Love the split fountain wedding invitations!

Flywheel Press

Jodi from Paisley Tree Press had a booth full of letterpress goodies – from note cards to calendars to coasters, but of course I was particularly smitten with the wedding invitations.  Red accents with a blind impression and letterpress calligraphy?  Yes, please!

Paisley Tree Press

Katrina from Paper Mill Designs sent over a sneak peek of the greeting cards making their debut at the show, but she also exhibited some fun and modern wedding invitations in her booth!

Paper Mill Designs

Of course you’ll remember the gorgeous new Dauphine Press wedding invitation album from the sneak peek last week – it was so great to see the full collection in person at the show!

Dauphine Press

The Gwyneth Paige Couture Letterpress booth was also full of pretty wedding invitations, along with a brand new Bar/Bat Mitzvah album!

 

 

Gwyneth Paige Couture Letterpress

 

Finally (at least for today), Robin from Meant to be Sent, with a collection of patterned and travel-inspired invitations and imprintables!

Meant to Be Sent

I’ll be back with more coverage from the National Stationery Show tomorrow!

Photo Credits: Flywheel Press, Paisley Tree Press, Paper Mill Designs, Dauphine Press, Gwyneth Paige, and Meant to be Sent by Brian Tropiano Photography for Oh So Beautiful Paper, all others by me.  Please ask permission prior to re-posting.

{happy weekend!}

Hi everyone!  I’m a bit late with my weekend links today, so hopefully you’re already well on your way to getting the weekend off to a good start.  I may pop in with a post or two over the weekend with more coverage from the National Stationery Show, but coverage will definitely continue with a few more posts next week.  But in the meantime…

…a few links for your weekend!

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper – National Stationery Show edition!

  • Part 1: Printerette Press, McBitterson’s, Katharine Watson, Fisk & Fern, Fig. 2 Design Studio, Fawnsberg, and Dempsey Press
  • Part 2: Mr. Boddington’s Studio, Arboreal, Banquet Atelier and Workshop, Two Guitars, The Nic Studio, and Urubbu
  • Part 3: Figs + Ginger, Laurel Denise, Rifle Paper Co., and Linda & Harriett
  • Part 4: Dingbat Press, Smock and Bella Figura, and the Ladies of Letterpress (as pictured above)
  • Part 5: Hello!Lucky, Pistachio Press, Chewing the Cud, Sapling Press, Night Owl Paper Goods, Egg Press, and Fine Day Press
  • Part 6: Pantry Press, Dear Hancock, Hammerpress, Leah Duncan, Sweet Bella, and Walk Up Press
  • Part 7: Bison Bookbinding and Letterpress, Gold Teeth Brooklyn, Lucky Bird, SusyJack*, Ink + Wit, Wild Ink Press, The Great Lakes, One Canoe Two, and Sesame Letterpress
  • Lauren and Dave’s red and white letterpress wedding invitations
  • The new Dauphine Press wedding invitation collection!

That’s it for now – I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday (if not sooner)! xoxo

Photo Credit: The Ladies of Letterpress booth at the National Stationery Show, by Brian Tropiano Photography for Oh So Beautiful Paper

National Stationery Show 2011 – Part 6

I’m back with more goodies from the 2011 National Stationery Show!  Are you all enjoying the recaps from this year’s show as much as I’m enjoying putting them together?  I hope so, because there’s still a lot more to come!  Toronto-based Pantry Press made a return to the Stationery Show after a 7-year absence, and I was thrilled to see their beautiful letterpress work up close.

Loving this collaboration of letterpress imprintable invitations and note cards featuring Lena Corwin’s artwork

Pantry Press

Dear Hancock displayed the most adorable collection of illustrated note cards and art prints – from sweet Father’s Day cards to thank you cards to an adorable papel picado love note card that was my particular favorite.

Dear Hancock

Hammerpress is another perennial show favorite; I always love the layered colors and delicate letterpress texture in their card and calendar designs.  I’m super excited to see the tear-away wall calendars making a return this year along with lots of other new designs!

Hammerpress

Artist Leah Duncan wasn’t technically at the Stationery Show – but I couldn’t resist including her in these round ups.  Leah exhibited at an art licensing show called Surtex, where she displayed her illustrated patterns and collaborative projects.

How awesome are the Keds with Leah’s illustrations?!  I want a pair!

Another cute project – fabric business card holders

Leah Duncan

The Sweet Bella booth was chock full of awesome office stationery, from notebooks to washi tape, along with bright note cards and travel-inspired post cards.

Love message bottles!

The fabric calendar actually unravels – so cool!

Sweet Bella

For those of you with a slightly more sarcastic sense of humor, you’ll adore the cards from Walk Up Press.  I’m also loving the customizable letterpress prints and less snarky love note cards.

How cute are those letterpress lunch bags?!  And I’m loving the personalized letterpress prints as a wedding or engagement keepsake, or even as an alternative guest book.

Walk Up Press

Check back tomorrow for more from the 2011 National Stationery Show!

Photo Credits: Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper