Upstate Fancy
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 style [...]
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 DESIGN
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 [...]
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 [...]
ANTHROPOMORPHISM never gets old with Eric Hou
Animals with human characteristics never get old for me, which is one reason why I love these greeting cards from Eric Hou. The colors he uses are striking and subdued which make for a very calming but fun image to look at again and again. I think the best cards are the ones you keep [...]
CAKE MAIL or why snail-mail is awesome
I would be so stoked to get this in my mail box. Oh that’s right this yummy piece of cake is the trump l’oeil of birthday greetings. Made from polymers, paint and cardboard this peice of cake can travel cross country in the mail. Well it does take a little more than .42 cents to [...]