Print & Pattern

Print & Pattern has an amazing Flickr account. There are pages and pages of patterns. It's a great resource for inspiration. Patterns are placed into categories on the left side of the page. My favorite is the Paperchase section. I've always been a huge fan of Paperchase products.

Ubiki

If you’re looking for some simple modern art, visit Ubiki. There is a monthly drawing where you can win a FREE print.

You can purchase prints from Ubiki at Etsy and at ImageKind. ImageKind is a community for creating, buying and selling art.

Also check out Cuteable.com and PadStyle.com these are two sites associated with Ubiki.

Winner is....

At Home with kim vallee

Kim, please email me your shipping address. Thank you for participating in the first giveaway! Hope everyone continues to enjoy the site.

Amy Butler

Amy Butler's sense of style is nothing but amazing. Her site is so creatively designed and filled with wonderful products. I'm in love with her stationery and journals, but I must get one of those purses!!! I'm definitely due for a new fun bag.

The lines are being produced in limited quantities and may go quickly, so shop now!

Letterpress Invitations from One Blossom

The style of One Blossom is very modern and elegant. One Blossom focuses on the simple lines of nature to create these beautiful letterpress wedding invitations. They also carry birth announcements, party invitations, notecards and personal stationery.

Nantaka Joy

I'm not sure I ever fell in love with stationery so quickly. At first glance I Loved these pieces. Joy from Oh Joy! debuted her stationery line at the national stationery show. It's gorgeous. Thanks to Design*Sponge for posting great pictures of the collection. Can't wait til nantaka joy goes on sale! I need to have it....

First Giveaway!

To enter the giveaway visit www.papershopink.com to view the Mudlark selection. Post a comment including which Mudlark set you would like to win! Contest ends May 29th. Good luck and stay tuned for more giveaways.

Katie Muth

If you're not familiar with Katie Muth make sure to check out her prints here. Katie is a printmaker who produces gorgeous cards and calendars. When I received a sample in the mail a while back I was extremely impressed. Love your work Katie!

Changing The World

Changing the world one purchase at a time. At Nest, designers are trying to do that. Every purchase you make improves the lives of women worldwide. Nest supports women artists and artisans in the developing world by helping them create sustainable entrepreneurial businesses. There are many types of crafts sold at Nest. It's an inspirational site.

Papique

The thing I love most about Papique is its simplicity. You can find a card or stationery set for every occasion. The design is simple and feels classy. Sometimes as a designer you spend so much time looking at designs and artwork that it's nice to see such simple solution.

Dear Monday

It's Monday! Really it's Friday but I found a cool shop today called Dear Monday. They have really simple colorful designs. Each card is embellished by hand. You can find any type of card at Dear Monday. Happy Shopping, and Happy Friday!

Graduation Invites

Today a co-worker asked me to make some graduation invitations for her daughter. I of course said No Problem! So, I quickly whipped up these two designs. She already had left over envelopes from another party so the size was already determined. She loved them, but couldn't decide on which one to choose. I voted for the first one. What's your vote?

Custom Birthday Invites

I love designing custom invites. Here are some recent invites I did. I can't take credit for the beautiful kids or the photography, that all comes from Janice.

She definitely has some great photography skills. These invites are currently available at my Etsy shop. They can be customized with different photos and different text. Paper Shop ink. will be adding many more custom invites to the site.

philoSohie's

Joanna Alberti was recently featured on CNN's "Young People Who Rock" Blog
She created a unique stationery and clothing company called philoSpohie's


Joanna created a stationery line based on the philosophies of a character named Sophie. It's pretty interesting to read how she started her company. You can read Joanna's Biography and shop her store here

Party Invite

Today I needed to come up with an invite for a Bachelorette party I am helping to give soon. I like to get things done ahead of time. The party is not til July. The only invites I could find were generic looking and all pink. Of course I thought the best solution would be to design my own. This is what I came up with but I still have to do the inside layout.

1201AM / Paper goods + design

This morning I came across 1201AM Paperie . Love the little bird.
Here is a little about the shop.

"1201am is a design brand and product line by graphic designer, Laurie Forehand. Laurie provides contemporary creative solutions for textiles, fashion, housewares, stationery, printed matter, and digital media. ID, branding/logos, grafik design, print ephemera, interactive experiences, web + multimedia. " Check it out!

Hostess with the Mostess™

One of my favorite blogs is dedicating a week to Stationery. Hostess with the Mostess will be featuring Fabulous Stationery all week. Check back often and you could be the winner of some cool giveaways!

Delphine Press

Congratulations to Delphine Press!

Erika from Delphine just sent out an email stating that the Letterpress Woodland series of notecards has been selected for presentation in the National Stationery Show's esteemed New Product Display AND is a finalist for the Best New Product competition.

Furochic Gift Wrap

Furochic Gift Wrap from Jenny Wren Paperie

Paper Shop ink. is a distributor of Jenny Wren Paperie. Her designs are beautiful. I personally used her christmas collections this year.

If you would like to purchase the Furochic Gift Wrap you can visit Jenny Wren for more info. You can purchase by sending us an email at orders@papershopink.com . Each gift wrap set is $15.95.

Here is some additonal info.

Furochic Gift Wrap offers a smart and stylish alternative to paper. Based on Furoshiki, a square cloth traditionally used in Japan to wrap shopping purchases and embellish important gifts, Furochic is made of 100% cotton and measures 27" X 27". Furochic comes with a full yard of tying ribbon, a matching card and illustrated instructions for wrapping techniques. Furochic has a life long after the present has been opened and can be turned into a no-sew handbag, pillow covering, scarf, patchwork quilt or used to re-wrap another gift.

Thomas Paul

Design*Sponge posted these bookmarks by Thomas Paul the other day. The designs are beautiful. Thomas Paul has a great paper collection but check out his other work too!

National Stationery Show

The National Stationery Show is coming up. It looks like it's going to be great this year.

Placemats

I have a weird relationship with placemats. I always have to have them but then I end up hating them. They always get dirty and I'm constantly washing them to make them look perfect again.

We don't even have any kids!! I can only imagine what placemats look like after a child has just had dinner.

I think what I need is disposable placemats.








These disposable paper placemats from Bobs Your Uncle are not only useful, but hilarious. Each design features in the center a comical recipe written by four-year-olds…Dinosaur Soup, Little Green Thing Pizza, Thirty Minute Popcorn. They are sure to delight kids and adults of all ages. Set of 48, 11x17” placemats (8 each of 6 designs), $20 at Cocoa Crayon

Tobi Wood

Don't forget to check out our featured designs for sale at Paper Shop ink. Tobi Wood Designs are so colorful. They are perfect for spring and summer! You can find notecards, magnets & journals.

Binth

Binth.com is probably one of my favorite online stationery stores. Their designs are stunning and so unique. I was just looking around and going to update my personal stock of cards. I have a lot of weddings and showers coming up this summer. It’s always great to give a card different from every other. They have an awesome baby book too. I look at it every time I visit the site.