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Friday’s Favorite Five

I’m so, so excited. There are too many things happening today, I can’t barely contain it! One of my excitement is that I’ve just finished and sent our 2010 calendar design files to the printer. I know I’m SUPER late… *dooh* but I guess it’s better late than never. And then, it’s Friday, hurrah! Here are five of my favorites this week:

. Three Potato Four. This is such a charming little shop that has tons of cute vintage stuffs. I love that refurbished typing machine above and this set of keys.

. 41 Creative Alphabets. Typography nerds beware. Here are tons of creativeness for your eye’s delight.

. Beyond the Big Day at D*S. It’s a new column over at Design*Sponge that talks about wedding inspired decoration and entertaining ideas. This first post by Once Wed’s Emily is just too beautiful. Those colors are just pure joy!

. Japanese Matryoshka Sticker Calendar. I saw this the other day at Paper Source and thought that it’s such an adorable idea :)

. Styleture. New blog love! Just found Styleture via Twitter and been stalking the blog ever since. If you’re an architecture or interior design fan, you’ll love this blog :)

Have a joyful weekend, you!

L Letterpress Giveaway.

Remember my post about the L Letterpress machine from Lifestylecraft? The iDiy blog is giving away one Letterpress L machine to one lucky winner. Boy oh boy! Talk about a cool giveaway!

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Leanne Marshall.

I rarely ever post anything about fashion, but I love this one so much I can’t help it. I think Leanne Marshall is the next best thing in fashion. Oh well, I might not be a fashion expert but she just simply amazed me. Her designs are simple, structural, contemporary and most of the time feminine. She mentioned at her blog that she is mostly inspired by architectures and natures. Pleats, ruffles, flowy lines, beautifuuul colors… my oh my!

I was rooting for her since day one of her appearance on Project Runway and nowadays I’m a stalker of her blog. She recently posted a wedding dress on her Etsy that I adore.

And here’s a few of her recent collection

And to reminisce a bit, here’s her winning collection on Project Runway:

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Lucky Cat Candy

What a cute and smart packaging design! The illustrated cellophane candy packet with two gumball shaped candies looks like a Maneki Neko. How adorable!

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Lubalin Now.

As a typography nerd, I really wish I can come to this exhibition! Lubalin Now is an exhibition on view in Cooper Union’s new gallery, which includes recent posters, publications, and motion graphics by internationally recognized graphic designers that spotlight an emerging trend toward expressive lettering and typography. Herb Lubalin is truly a legendary designer and typographer that I adore ever since I got to know him from design classes. Marian Bantjes (my other type hero) and Jessica Hische’s works are also exhibited.

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Friday’s Favorite Five

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Whoahh… it’s been a busy week for me. I’m not particularly glad that it’s the weekend already because I’m so much in a working mode *huh*. Anyways, here are five of my favorite finds this Friday. Have a great weekend, y’all!

. Mini Creamers. Seriously, how adorable are these little guys! I’m not just thinking creamers. I’m thinking it’s also perfect for little flowers. Via Divine Caroline.

. Das Jahr Poster by Marlene Reidel. I’ve been painting so much this week and that’s why I can TRULY appreciate the artist behind this AH-mazing poster! Beautiful details! Makes me happy just looking at it through my screen :)

. Sticky Advice Tape. Types on a tape! :) Via Divine Caroline.

. Bread Shoes. Not sure what I feel about this *lol* It’s pretty amusing!

. Gocco feature on SSC. This reminds me that I really need to get my little machine out from under my couch. I have a gem under my couch and I haven’t been using it!

Thumb War

Oh, how I love Etsy browsing! This is such a cool book titled Thumb War by John Hersey. The book is hand-bound and letterpress printed in two colors using a Vandercook 4 at San Francisco Center for the Book. The covers are laser-cut into finish grade plywood, with a small number of them laser-cut into chipboard.

Book design has always been one of my passion in design. I’ve been browsing a lot about printmaking methods and i think this book is so awesome!

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Alphabirds.

So wonderfully creative. This was done on gouache by Andrea Kalfas. I’ve been wanting to try gouache for a while!

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Our Very First Etsy Item

Behold! The very first item for our Etsy store! FREE shipping within the US! It comes with Stardream Metallic envelope in Silver and packaged in a cotton muslin drawstring bag.

It’s been a long time coming and we finally have our Etsy store up. It’s not a grand opening yet since we don’t have much in the store at the moment, but it’s coming and we’re almost there! :) So, so excited!