Artist Karen O'Leary creates map papercuts; she's done New York and Paris so far, and is working on London. Each one takes months to complete. Simply amazing.
She also takes custom orders via her Etsy shop.
{image credits: Karen O'Leary, found via paper tastebuds and The Best Part}
As you've all noticed, the holiday stationery season is most definitely now in effect. And since there are so many great designs starting to come out, I'm breaking my holiday card coverage this year up into a few smaller posts over the next few weeks. So, first up, a perennial favorite Linda & Harriett with a festive holiday collection — featuring a friendly Moose!
Next up, Dutch Door Press, with letterpress cards inspired by the 12 days of Christmas and a few other themes of the holiday season:
These coffee cup holiday cards from Maida Vale are super cute:
I love the blind impression details in these letterpress holiday cards from 12fifteen:
In somewhat holiday-related news, I'll be working on the second and final 2010 calendar round-up over the weekend. And with all the calendars that have come out over the last couple of weeks, part 2 might end up being even bigger than part 1! Hopefully I've seen every calendar at this point, but just wanted to put out one last call for any designers who might not have submitted their calendars yet.
{images from their respective sources}
So this is the time of year that nearly every designer is busy cranking out their holiday collections – from holiday cards to gift wrap sets and gift tags – and this year I'm already seeing tons of amazing holiday stationery starting to make its way into the shops. So instead of saving it all for a big mondo round-up or two, I thought this year I might collect them into groups of three or four and share them gradually over the next few weeks. If you're browsing around, you'll be able to find them all under the holiday category from the sidebar. Sound like a plan?
First up, some fantastic letterpress ornaments from Moontree Press, which I've been dying to share here for weeks now:
Aren't these lovely? The ornaments currently come in four patterns, which you can find in the Moontree Press shop right here. More holiday goodies to come soon!
{image credits: Moontree Press}
Maggie Campbell is kind of my hero — she *just* had a baby (the ever-adorable Charlotte) and just three weeks later she’s launching her new line of absolutely beautiful letterpress wedding invitations.  Amazing!
The Campbell Raw Press wedding line includes three invitation suites named for some of Maggie’s favorite authors — Fitzgerald, Collins, and Strand — each of which can be customized with different color palettes and beautiful Japanese patterned screenprinted paper known as chiyogami:
{Fitzgerald}
{Collins}
{Strand}
Aren’t these gorgeous? Â So elegant and beautifully letterpress printed. Â Just in case you’d like to see one of these suites in person, Maggie has made samples available for purchase in her etsy shop. Â You can also read more about the Campbell Raw Press wedding invitation line (and check out a bunch of additional photos)Â on her website right here. Â Congratulations Maggie!
{image credits: Campbell Raw Press}
I just love these photos from two recent weddings. First, from Diana + Anthony's wedding via What Junebug Loves, and photographed by Sean Flanigan, the globe lights strung across the reception area create such a beautiful effect:
And from Jen + Nick's wedding photographed by the amazingly talented Robert Sukrachand via Once Wed, I love the idea of a floral wreath hung above the bride and groom during the ceremony — totally unexpected, and undeniably lovely:
Aren't those flowers fabulous? The arrangements were created by the fabulous Saipua. Amazing.
{photographs by Sean Flanigan and Robert Sukrachand}
