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Behind the Scenes: Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co.

It’s my last post of the week and I’ve been saving snapshots from one of my favorite Instagram feeds. Not very often a designer comes along who changes everything! Their aesthetic and point of view is so fresh and effortless that it’s truly trend setting. If you’re a regular blog reader the artist below, she needs no introduction… — Shauna of Forage Haberdashery

behind the scenes anna bond

behind the scenes anna bond

Yep! You guessed it, the works in progress above belong to Ann Bond of Rifle Paper Co. I’ll never forget the first time I saw her work and fell.in.love. Following her Instagram feed takes you on her travels to cities like London and Paris as she gathers inspiration. She also shares her late nights painting, constant press checks and peeks into her Winter Park, Florida storefront.

Some of my favorite things by Anna in the Rifle Paper Co shop:
gold foil pocket notebooks
personalized calling cards
2013 cities calendar

Photo Credits: Anna Bond {via Instagram @annariflebond}

P.S. I hope sharing a little behind the scenes from a few of my favorite designers has you inspired to learn more about the people and processes behind some of your favorite paper goods. Thanks again to Nole for inviting me to guest blog all week – I had a blast!  xoxo, Shauna of Forage Haberdashery (see what I’m up to via Instagram @hidinginhere)

Pretty Paper in the Office: Multi-taskers

Office organization is definitely easier said than done. I have all the accessories to keep my space neat and tidy, but it’s not to say that I always use them. (Otherwise known as “misplacing” things among the mess.) For this month’s Pretty Paper post, I thought I’d give you a selection of some of the best multi-taskers. There’s a place for everything to keep everything in place. Now you won’t be the only one with your hands full around the office.  – Julie

Pretty Paper in the Office - Multi-taskers

No. 1 Wood Whale from The Utility Collective; No. 2 Vintage cork and chrome pen caddy from Nellie Fellow; No. 3 Dachshund Letter Holder from Anthropologie; No.4 Ash and Porcelain desk catch-all from Fashioned by; No. 5 Desk caddy from See Jane Work; No. 6 2013 Neiman Marcus paperweight calendar from Horchow

{images via their respective sources}

{happy weekend!}

Happy Friday everyone!  It’s been a little over a week with our newest foster kitten and thankfully she’s already feeling much better.  She’s so ridiculously cute and playful, but like most cats spends most of her day sleeping on the couch.  Oh, to be a house cat…  She’ll be available for adoption soon, so if anyone in the DC/VA/MD area is interested in adopting an incredibly sweet 6-month old kitten, please get in touch!  But in the meantime…

Photo Credit: Fall Through Space

…a few links for your weekend:

This week on Oh So Beautiful Paper:

On a slightly different note, I’m looking to add a couple of people to the Oh So Beautiful Paper team!  First up, an Ad Program Manager – if you have experience in online advertising and sales, I’d love to hear from you!  You can check out the full job listing and requirements here.

That’s it for me this week!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday! xoxo

New Giveaway! A Year of Stationery from Smudge Ink!

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As you might have guessed from my hints on Friday and earlier this morning, I’m super excited about today’s giveaway!  Smudge Ink is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a whole year’s worth of beautiful letterpress and offset printed stationery!  Can you imagine anything more perfect?

Smudge Ink is known for bold and vibrant letterpress printed greeting cards and custom wedding invitations (I’m proud to have them as a member of the Designer Rolodex) – along with calendars, gift wrap, and offset printed greeting cards.  I loved the sneak peek at some of their new paper goodies in the colorful Smudge Ink booth at this year’s National Stationery Show.

The winner will receive a package from Smudge Ink that includes letterpress and offset printed birthday cards, thank you cards, cards for the various holidays, boxed note cards – even two calendars!  The greeting cards are letterpress printed at the Smudge Ink studios, a renovated textile factory located in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, and all boxed notes and calendars are offset printed in Maine.

So here’s how to enter:  Visit and “Like” Smudge Ink on Facebook – then come back here and leave a comment with your favorite holiday of the year!  You’ll have until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, June 7 to enter the giveaway.  One winner will be selected randomly and notified via email.  Bonne chance!

Photo Credits: Smudge Ink

*This giveaway is sponsored by Smudge Ink.  Official sweepstakes rules here.

National Stationery Show 2012, Part 12

Aaaaand… with a dozen posts full of paper awesomeness, we’ve reached the final recap of exhibitor booths from this year’s National Stationery Show!  I’m ready for a super long nap as we head into the weekend, but first let’s take a look at some of the final stationery eye candy from the show!  First up, the Smock and Bella Figura booth.  I was super excited to check out the new gift wrap patterns and notebook collection, not to mention some of the new foil printed greeting card and wedding invitation designs!

 

 

 

Smock + Bella Figura

Every year, the Crane & Co. booth looks like a Fifth Avenue storefront – complete with gorgeous window displays inspired by Bergdorf Goodman and other classic department stores!  I always spend a few minutes gazing at the beautiful collection in each display…

 

 

 

 

I’m so happy to see Crane & Co. embracing its extensive history with Americana-inspired stationery collections – they’ve been around since 1801 and have printed stationery for several presidents and even foreign kings and queens!  At the same time, they’re incorporating modern design with bright new color options for the classic Crane & Co. hand bordered correspondence cards.  And is there anything more classic and elegant than white engraved text on red paper?  Beautiful!

Crane & Co.

I’m a big fan of the rustic vibe over at Old School Stationers.  I always love their colorful letterpress art prints, greeting cards, and calendars featuring their signature hand-drawn illustrations!

 

 

Old School Stationers

Nashville-based Erin from Arboreal also has somewhat of a rustic vibe going on, but with a stationery collection largely inspired by Erin’s travels to Italy.  The line includes gift wrap sheets, gift tags, and beautiful boxed note card sets.

 

 

Arboreal

The talented sisters of Spark Letterpress made a return to the Stationery Show with a huge booth full of gorgeous invitations, fun party bunting, and beautiful foil printed certificates and greeting cards.  I’m a longtime fan of the Spark wedding invitation collection, but I’m so happy to see them branching out with more Bar and Bat Mitzvah invitations and other party invitation designs!

 

 

 

 

Spark Letterpress

L2 Design Collective never fails to make me smile with their colorful screen printed cards and journals.  I’m seriously loving all the new holiday and Halloween card designs, and the bagel and cream cheese card below still makes me laugh!

 

 

 

 

L2 Design Collective

Envelopments recently collaborated with Kristy Rice of Momental Designs on an exclusive new wedding collection, called Trellis.  Kristy was on hand at the Envelopments booth to talk about the new designs in person.  Kristy creates the most amazing one of a kind hand painted wedding invitations  – and the Trellis collection captures her unique style in such a beautiful way.

 

 

 

 

Envelopments

That’s it folks!  I hope you enjoyed the recaps from this year’s National Stationery Show!  If you missed any of the last eleven posts or want to check out the booths from last year, you can see all of my stationery show coverage from the last four years right here!

Photo Credits: Stephen Michael Garey and Nole Garey for Oh So Beautiful Paper