Aren’t these girlie dog card set by Rifle Paper Co. so adorable?! Love the fashionable girlie dogs :)
(I am secretly waiting for dachshund series to come… :))
Came across this cute “Love (New York City)” card this morning and had to share :) By Kathryn Whyte. I love her style! Very simple and cute. Her hand-lettering is great, too.
and how cute are these baby cards?! Love <3
Very inspiring for my next card line, too… :) Happy Friday! xo Hijiri
and speaking of Christmas tree… this Merry Christmas Tree // Blank Holiday Greeting Card by Cool Jane caught my eye. Isn’t it lovely? Simple and meaningful, I thought it was cute.
There are mini Christmas tree gift tags, too! :)
On the “handmade” note, check out this 101 Reasons to Buy Handmade by poppytalk. Please support handmade this holiday season!! :)
Since my last inspiration post, I had to try lot of different things, lot of them didn’t work well because I usually work with 110lb+ papers and they do not like to be folded… (maybe once, but no more than twice)
oh, and I had 2 ideas going on, one was the pop up cards and one was the paper flowers out of recycled papers. Well, I couldn’t decide in one direction so I tried both ideas! Here, I will share some images from the “making of” and then, later this morning, I will have the final product post so stay tuned…
After trying and failing, I decided to just use the thin papers so they fold nicely. I wanted to make an original pattern by printing with wood type… and picked a word “HELLO” — greeting word!
Wood type set on Vandercook press:
First run:
and then, I went through the paper one more time in different direction to make some overlapping and pattern…
OK, now the folding part…
Cutting and shaping…
so it makes flower like this. I love the pattern!
Keep creating the same flowers…
Now, start placing each flower onto the card…
Total of 9 flower papers…. Do you know what it’s going to be?! To be continued… :)
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Here are “in the making of” my second idea — paper flowers! I have so many misprints that I really wanted to recycle somehow and this was a perfect opportunity. Here is a Live What You Love misprint…
On the back of the print, I drew 3 6-petal-flowers.
Cut them out… (and erase the pencil mark on the back)
and start forming each layer… lots of folding over petals and gluing them together…
I took my Iris letterpress misprints and tried it, too… this time, one flower layer from one whole print…
and oh my god, I LOVE these flowers! The final post will follow…!!
I have recently printed “HI!” cards for my shop customers :) Wood type all set on the Vandercook press here.
Hi, weekend! I’ve been waiting for you :) Have a great weekend, everyone!! xo Hijiri
I wanted to share these cute Paris cards from Darling Clementine Paper Empire while I catch up with my emails and work… aren’t they so cute?! I like each illustration and the typography, makes me so happy :)
I will be back with some pictures from my trip… :)
*all the images are from Lab Partners Flickr page
(yes, Monsieur Boudin reminds me of my little Maia)
Their new hydrangea series are just so lovely. This hydrangea thank you card is letterpressed on cotton papers.
and this jotter is made with eco-friendly sustainably harvested birch and recycled papers.
I also loooove this feather series. Melts my heart! Their famous wood cards are just so great and this postcard is no exception.
and the letterpressed feather cards. I love that “i love you” part is more like hand-written looking! So cute.
Happy Earth Day, everyone!
My friend Yuki sent this card from San Francisco and I thought it was great a plant-able letterpress card from Round Robin Press.
It’s letterpressed on handmade paper with wildflower seeds and you just plant this card, water it regularly and…. the flowers grow! How cute! I don’t want to plant this beautiful letterpress card, and her sweet message inside the card, but I think I’ll try and see.
I did flower seed idea on my save-the-date card for my wedding, but this would be a cute card for a special occasion, too. More cards and information on their website here.
Thank you, Yuki!
The heart is in the semi-transparant paper so you can see through love the idea so much!
There are a lot more cute cards like this sweet birthday card and thank you cards!
Thursday morning eye candy. Have a great day, everyone!!