New Giveaway! Smock Paper

The only thing better than ending the week with a stationery giveaway is starting the week with a giveaway!  This week's giveaway is sponsored by one of my favorite letterpress studios, Smock Paper.  In addition to a fabulous line of eco-friendly letterpress wedding invitations, Smock Paper has a wonderful line of social stationery, which is the focus of this week's giveaway:

Veranda suite

Pavillion suite
 
Liony-with-calligraphy  

Okay, so here are the rules:  Head on over to the Smock Paper website and browse through the social collection.  The contest includes the boxed sets of note cards, thank you cards, and fill-in party invitations.  Pick out your favorite design (just one design please, not one from each category), then pop back on over here and leave a
comment with telling us which one you picked.  The winner will win three boxed sets of their choice!

You'll have until midnight (EST) on Thursday, April 16th to enter the giveaway, and I'll announce the winner here on Friday.  Bonne chance!

{images via Smock Paper – thanks Cyd!}

Letterpress Studio – Sensura Studio

I’ve had the letterpress portfolio from Sensura Studio bookmarked for a while, and I keep coming back to Sensura’s fun and innovative design sensibility.  Some of my favorites are the invitations and social stationery:


{invitations to a 90th birthday}


{tickets to a gathering at an art gallery}


{invitations to a Halloween party}


{I love, love the flower pattern repeated throughout this invitation suite}


{a snippet from one of Sensura’s wedding invitations}

You can check out the rest of Sensura Studio’s letterpress portfolio on their flickr page right here, as well as on their main website right here.

{images via Sensura Studio}

Press & Post

The lovely Sarah of Parrott Design Studio is combining two of my favorite things – letterpress stationery and vintage stamps – into a monthly subscription called Press and Post!  Press & Post
participants will receive one limited edition letterpress card, at
least two, often more, vintage postage stamps, & one kraft envelope
– a pretty little package ready to drop in the mail.

Check out Sarah's blog for more details (that's a sneak peek at this month's card above), and her shop to sign up for a subscription.  I can't wait to sign up!

Monday morning updates!

Hey everyone… I know I've been a bit MIA the past few days.  I promise that I'll be back to my normal schedule as soon as things calm down a bit in a few days. But in the meantime, I wanted to share a few updates from some of my favorite shops!

First up… the lovely Satsuma Press is having a holiday giveaway with the purchase of a 2009 letterpress calendar! This easily one of my favorite calendars of 2009, so the holiday giveaway is really just a fabulous bonus for those of you who haven't scooped one up yet.


{photos via Satsuma Press}

Here are the details: Purchase a 2009 Satsuma Press Calendar between Friday, Dec 12th and Friday, December 19th and be entered in a {random} drawing to win one calendar (to keep or give as a gift), one set of Satsuma Press letterpress stationery, and a special non-letterpress gift from Lynn!  To enter the giveaway contest after purchase, leave a comment on the Satsuma Press blog right here – and make sure you leave Lynn with a way to contact you!

Next up… a Delphine Press holiday sale!  Delphine Press is running a store-wide sale through December 31 – just enter Holiday15 for $15 off any orders of $50 or Holiday35 for $35 off any orders of $100 or more. I'm loving these recycled cotton totes myself:

DelphineBags

{image via Delphine Press}

And finally… Hello Handmade Paperie!  Shanna and Betsy updated the shop this morning — and although they've closed up sale of their paper goods through the holidays, they've added these lovely ornament and New Year's bunting downloads:

BELLS_IN_TREE

Hello-handmade-bunting-bird

{photos via Hello Handmade Paperie}

Aren't these lovely? I can't wait to see what Shanna and Betsy come up with in 2009!