PUT A GARDEN in the mail

These are so cool! Inspired by pop-up books and papercutting these postcards turn into a real garden. Of course you do have to water it and make sure it has plenty of sunlight. Aimée from A Studio for Design created three versions of these little postcardens that are ready for you to send out into [...]


CHESHIRE CAT paper craft

Just in time for the new Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland, Comes this awesome paper craft. This awesome peice of fan art is ready  for you to print out, cut out and piece together. Looks like a fun project for kids and adults. You can download the pdf here.


CARDS YOU CAN cuddle up to

At first the little nautical gift tags from African Grey caught my eye. Then I dug a little deeper and I was hooked. Just look at the the cute little bunnies, seals, and puppies. I love how the illustration style is so crisp without screaming vector graphics. This is now one of my go to [...]


A YEAR OF silly holidays

I’m a sucker for weird holidays, both real and imaginary. I imagine that dirtybandits does as well. Their screen printed calendar is available in 3 different paper types and will keep your schedule full of unusual events. I definitely didn’t know that March was Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month. I love the illustration [...]


DON'T FORGET to check out our gift guide & contest

Hanukkah is here and Christmas is just around the corner. I hope you have had some time to check out our Handmade Holiday Gift Guide for 2009. So many great picks and amazing artists. We have picked some of our favorites that you can actually enter to win this year. You know so you can get [...]


SCREECH OWL DESIGNto check out our gift guide & contest

It was a very busy weekend in New York. I managed to find some time to visit the Bust Crafttacular on Sunday as a shopper instead of a vendor this year. There were so many great vendors there and one of my favorites was Screech Owl Design. They have a wide variety of prints, cards [...]


CHRISTMAS CARD round-up

WIth the holidays fast approaching it’s just about time to send out some cheer to friends and family. Have you picked out your christmas cards yet? I hope one of the cards below is what you have been waiting for…

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Merry Christmas Reindeer from Sockneck – Jingle Bells Batman Smells from Port [...]


THIS BOOK belongs to

I loved going to the library when I was younger. I was always bad at returning books on time though. I often had to ride my bike to the library with my pockets full of pennies to pay the late fines. Now I find myself buying books to create my own personal library instead of [...]


THE REVERSE baby book

Well… sort of. I got a little misty eyed thinking about all the wonderful things my relatives would write in these “Between Me and You” journals. I love the idea of sharing memories across generations and being able to look back at these books for years to come and think about how things used to [...]


STOCKING STUFFERS: night owl paper goods notebooks

This year we decided to get our holiday cards from night owl paper goods. I was on their site today picking out a few of my favorite designs and I saw these cute little notepads. There are so many cute designs to choose from, and the little reporter style books are only $8. These are [...]