At Home with Kim Vallee

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | November 13, 2009

Retro style Christmas Cards

The bauble shapes and colors caught my attention. This card featured a hand drawn illustration by artist Brandi Powell that is hand printed on an antique press. Also check the Season greetings set by Sweet Harvey Letterpress on etsy. + Merry Christmas letterpress greeting cards $24 USD for pack of 6

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | November 11, 2009

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Wedding Invitations with Modern Elegance

I enjoy the new breed of wedding invitations that emerged over the last decade. They are less generic. Brides and grooms now have the chance to tailor their invites to their wedding celebrations. One wedding invitation studio that I like is Chewing The Cud. Based in San Francisco, they offered a fully custom made service and [...]

GIFT IDEAS, Gift WRAP | November 6, 2009

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Holiday Gift Tags by Pretty Smitten | etsy watch

These personalized gift tags would be perfect for your holiday baked goodies. I particularly like the snowflake. Pretty Smitten sells them on etsy. You choose the icon, the color and the font. + Pretty Smitten Holiday – Rectangular Gift/Favor Tags with Personalized Winter Motifs $9 for 12 tags

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | November 6, 2009

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Mod Holidays Cards by Feterie

It is that type of the year again: I love Christmas cards. To help you make your choice, I will feature my favorite cards for the next 4 weeks. After the Holiday cards for a cause, I went for mod and snowy. + The Mod Holiday series proposes 4 illustrations: a tree, a gift, a wreath [...]

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | October 17, 2009

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Linda & Harriett Note Cards Giveaway

Here is your chance to get a note card in exchange of sending the card to someone. This free gesture is to honor the memory of Linda, the mother of the owner of Linda & Harriett. In fact, Liz named her stationery studio after the names of her mother and of her grand-mother to acknowledge [...]

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | October 15, 2009

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Nice Package is Open for Business

On my agenda today is shopping for ink stamps and rice paper at my local stores. I need that for my husband’s birthday party. I bought 100 tiny clothespins, 250 French fries bags, food boxes and natural paper sandwich bags in bulk yesterday at Distribution Alimentaire Aubut. Find everything on the same roof saves us time. This [...]

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | October 9, 2009

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Treat Tags by Dingbat Press | etsy watch

A letterpress treat tag send the message that you doubly care. Added details on these rectangular tags include an eyelet and 1/2″ rounded corners at the top. + Cupcake Tag with eyelet by Dingbat Press $5 USD for set of 3 + via Poppytalk Handmade

ENTERTAINING, PAPER goods | October 5, 2009

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Wooden Memo Block and Happy Cards

Unique cards and memo blocks add style to our life. They are little pleasures that make us feel good. For that reason, I always try to find new sources that deliver something unique. The first item is a block made of 1200 sticky notes that look like a slab of wood. I imagine this memo block [...]