It feels great to surround us with beautiful office supplies. Take for example these pretty pencils. You can read on the red pencil “I Heart Mail” while the blue pencil says “Just a Little Note”. They inspire me to put down on paper what I wish to accomplish for 2010. Just the sight of them may be enough to release my creativity and trigger new brainstorming ideas.

+ Pretty Pencils at Postal Press $5 USD for 3

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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

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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 a signature line that can be personalized with illustrations, motifs, ribbons, and embellishments.

Their signature invitations are suitable for any stylish event with a chic vintage flair. I can imagine using them for a big-0 birthday or an anniversary. All their invitations are letterpress printed on 100% cotton, tree free paper with soy based inks.

Two of my favorite collections for something else than a wedding are:

+ The Good Old Days would be good for a special event designed around local food or taking place in the countryside – starts at $1875 USD
+ Flourish Fête would be perfect for a milestone anniversary – starts at $2175 for 75 invitation kits

An invitation kit is the invitation card with its envelop, the RSVP card with the response envelop plus an additional card.

MORE:
+ Chewing The Cud

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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

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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 and baubles. I like the 4 equally.

+ Red Mittens
+ Snow Dude

Holiday cards at Feterie cost $24 for a set of 8 or $4 if you only buy one card.

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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 that these two women were important creative forces for her.

Liz creates freshly modern and simple note cards.

I particularly like the letterpress paper doll note cards in in yellow and charcoal. It is feminine without being too girlie.

You can receive a note card in one of two ways:

• Grab it in person at Blue Sky Bakery located at 53 5th Avenue in Brooklyn on Monday, October 19th, 2009 between 10am to 1pm. Liz will welcome you. The bakery is between Bergen Street and St. Marks Place.
• Otherwise, send an email at lindaandharriett@gmail.com by Monday, October 19th, 2009 at noon EST with your name and shipping address.

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+ Linda & Harriett
+ paper doll note cards $14 USD for 6 cards with light gray envelops

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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 is the purpose of a new online shop founded by Ez Pudewa (creator and editor of leading design & style blog Creature Comforts) and Marichelle Burdman (creator and editor of Heart Handmade, the home of independent design). They described Nice Package as the creative approach to living. To do not miss to look at the photos of their products as they provide ideas on how to use them for your parties.

+ Baker’s Twine + Mini Clothespins $3.75 for pack of 10
+ Woodland Mushroom Gift Bag Kits $19 for 3
+ photos: Nice Package
+ via Modish

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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

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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 not only at home but also to personalize your space at the office. The challenge at work would be to convince your boss to authorize this extra expense. One thing for sure, it would be a great gift idea for a man in your life. From the photo, the wooden block looks realistic. Have you seen it? If so, is it fabulous?

MadeByGirl is a great place to find unique cards. Most of her cards are printed on 100% recycled, acid-free paper and come with an Earth friendly white envelope.

Next the cute birdhouse drawing makes me wish I was moving to a new house. These moving cards are a luxury but when you consider how much you already spent on your move, it would not be a noticeable part of your total expenses. Reserve those for when you will be moving to the house of your dream.

SOURCING:
+ Wooden Memo Block $35 USD at Charles & Marie
+ Sitting next to you Card $2.95 USD at MadeByGirl
+ Brown Birdhouse personalized moving cards $294 USD for 100 thermography cards at William Arthur

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ABCD Designs will celebrate next week its 2-year blog anniversary. For the occasion, they are offering you a present in a form of a giveaway. You have a chance to win a $500 worth of stationery on Pretty Lovely. You have until midnight on October 6th, 2009 to participate.

The winner will receive a Bespoke personal stationery design from ABC Dragoo, plus 100 thick, creamy and luxurious folded and channel scored custom designed cards with coordinating envelopes. The best part is that the winner can choose between holiday cards, personal stationery cards, or thank you notes.

As a blogger, I would choose the personal stationery cards. They will come handy when I need to send a handwritten note to a reader, a collaborator or a business relation.

Click here to see what to do to enter.

+ via ABCD Designs

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It is no secret that I love giraffe on stationery, plush animals and art prints. It is probably because I always dreamt of being tall. On my quest to find cutely modern giraffe invitations, it seams natural to stop at Minted.

Minted is an online store offering fresh, modern custom stationery and invitations. They opted for the talents of independent brands and designers to bring something new on the marketplace. Without knowing, two design studios are represented twice. I guest I really enjoy the style of pottsdesign and Sweet Tree Studio.

+ Baby Giraffe Baby Shower Invitations by Jennifer Postorino $60 for 25
+ Baby Silhouette Baby Shower Invitations by Emily of pottsdesign $67 for 25
+ Circus Children’s Birthday Party Invitations by Sweet Tree Studio $67 for 25

The next three inspired me for their versatility. Each drawing could lead to a fun party theme while keeping a surprise on how you interpret it until the guests show up. It is ideal if you haven’t decided on your decor when you need to order your invitations.

+ Cupcake Baby Shower Invitations by pottsdesign $67 for 25
+ Cheery Frock Baby Shower Invitations by Kelli Hall$67 for 25
+ Onesie Whimsy Baby Shower Invitations by Sweet Tree Studio $67 for 25

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Designer and mom Vana Chupp launched Le Papier Studio in 2008. Her art is influenced by the family life. She captured the innocence of childhood with a unique line of personalized silhouette stationery and artwork.

Her personalized silhouette party favor stickers are cute. With a choice of over 40 silhouette models, 10 colors and 14 fonts, the stickers can fit your kid party themes. For a little extra, she can custom made a silhouette based on a photo.

Not just Paper Goods

She recently added two personalized jewelry items to her collection.  Get these stainless steel cufflinks for the proud dad or the newlyweds. Vana personalizes the insert of the cufflinks. She also makes silhouette glass pendant necklaces.

SOURCING:
+ Silhouette Party Favor Stickers starts at $14 for 12
+ Stainless Steel Silhouette Cufflinks $48 USD

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