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layered laser cut invite.

I was wowed by these invitations from the first sight. It’s an invitation to an annual event for interior designers and architects by The Design Institute of Australia, designed by Büro North. Because this year is Top 6×6 with six designers presenting six projects, the designers decided to emphasized on the concept of “six” and created six layered image different in color and composition, each laser-cut to create depth. The designers hand-assembled and laset-cut these by themselves. Amazing, yes?

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darling clementine.

A new-found favorite stationary store from Norway! Darling Clementine’s illustration style is truly darling indeed. I want everything on their Etsy store!

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1 Comment August 31, 2010

burger zines.

My oh my. How can I not love this? It’s burger zines. The genius designer behind it is Stephanie Anderson. One bacon and egg burger for me, please.

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3 Comments April 21, 2010

the red balloon.

This is the kind of Save The Date design that makes you just absolutely want to save the date. Simple and creative. A result of brilliant idea that was excellently designed and very well executed. Definitely one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. The revealed production cost was not ridiculously expensive either. Designed by L’Office Optimiste, via FPO.

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uguisu

Absolutely love this Japanese paper goods store I recently just discovered, Uguisu. They sell the recently-big-hit Japanese masking tape, but other than that there’s so much other things that are pretty and gorgeous in a subtle and simple way. One of my favorite is the oh-so- lovely alphabet stamp.

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8 Comments February 22, 2010

betsy the paper doll

Here comes another vintage treasures. When I discovered this Betsy McCall paper doll site, I was immediately feeling nostalgic. Although I didn’t grow up with Betsy specifically, I did grow up with lots and lots of paper dolls. I probably bought them almost everyday at the street stand in front of my school. Gee, how long ago was that? So nostalgic! *squeals*

Being a bit environmental friendly, I put together my Betsy paper dolls on Photoshop with the handy Magnetic lasso tool. Of course it’s more fun to print it and cut it, but oh well… :)

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2 Comments February 19, 2010

candy card

After the heart button string-tie envelope DIY yesterday, it’s time to reveal the inside of the envelope that I sent to my swap buddies at Weddingbee and Crow & Canary.

Err… this time I really have to credit the inspiration to Martha. I couldn’t find a wider solid pink grosgrain ribbon on Michaels the other day (can you believe that?!), so I just used a less wide ribbon I had on hand. I hope it resembles a candy enough :)

1 Comment February 11, 2010

diy heart button string-tie envelope

This year, I’m participating in two Valentine’s card swaps: one held by Crow and Canary, and the other one by Weddingbee. I have to tell you that I’m a huge fan of the snail mail. I think it’s just so fun to receive them and to send them as well. That brings us to a last minute DIY I want to share to you!

I use these heart button string-tie envelopes to send my Valentine’s cards for the swap. Although, errr… you might have seen something similar on Martha. Seriously, I found out AFTER I planned doing this DIY. Oh well, that’s okay. Mine is using a slightly different method and this tutorial doesn’t include sewing.

MATERIAL

. envelope (anything you wish to use. i got mine at envelopemall.com)

. foam mounting tabs (i got mine at office max)

. heart cut-outs (approximately 3/4″ in width, or you can use a craft punch)

. 12″ – 15″ of string or twine (i got my baker’s twine on etsy)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut the mounting tab into a square, to fit the size of your heart cutouts.

2. Attach one side of the mounting tab to one of the heart cut-out, and the other side to the envelope, upside down below the enclosure.

3. Cut another mounting tab into a square and stick it to another heart. This time, attach one end of the string onto the mounting tab before adhering it to the envelope.

4. Now, stick it above the enclosure and press down a little bit to make sure it’s fully adhered.

5. You’re now ready to string-tie your envelope and send someone a love note!

This envelope would works best if it’s hand-delivered. I honestly don’t recommend using it for mailing stuffs, but if you’re a daredevil like me, you’d probably try it out just to see if it would reach your recipient as neat as when you sent them. Hopefully it wouldn’t be screwed during the mailing *fingers crossed*. We shall hear from my card swap buddies, then! :)

9 Comments February 10, 2010

Papermash

Let’s start the week with something lovely. I stumbled upon this UK store called Papermash last week via Jolie Jolie. I thought they have such a lovely collection of stuffs!

And this free printable for download makes me swoon… Super, super sweet.

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I’ll get back to you later today with the winners of our desk calendar giveaway! :)

3 Comments February 8, 2010

Robert Ryan Paper Cutting

I’ve been admiring the art of paper cutting lately. I’m beginning the week with this inspiring and awesome paper cutting artist from London, Robert Ryan. His typographic style is very unique. I love how he works with paper cutting art and also moves to lots of different directions (like screen printing) with it. His portfolio website is currently under construction but he has a blog and an etsy shop.