the suburban pen pal

April 26, 2010

Would You Like to Buy a Vowel?

Finally! I think I’ve waited long enough for my packages to reach their destinations. Here’s my little project for this year’s paper swap with a school theme:

Ta da! I made a  letter set highlighting vowels for all of my lovely swap partners. I thought a little outside the box on the theme and I’m happy with how it turned out! Each set comes with 4 sheets (2 designs of each) and 4 envelopes. I wanted to make a set for everyone who participated, but I just didn’t have the time! All the envelopes are hand-stamped by yours truly:

It was quite an undertaking. This is only half the stack:

I used my VERY modest design skills to make the stationery. 26 letters=2 sheets 6” x 7”:

If you look closely, you’ll notice that the lines are actually made up of the letters themselves. Those are some tiny a’s!

I also hand stamped the packaging (made out of a grocery bag). One of my fav parts of the project! :)

I even stamped the addresses!

It was so fun! Thank you to everyone who participated. My packages are starting to trickle in and so far I’m very impressed with what I’ve gotten. Great job guys! :)

April 8, 2010

T-Table

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Remember the Red String Secret letter set I blogged about from Wonderland Room? The designer is a Korean company called T-Table and they have an entire line of beautiful cards and mobiles.


I had a bit of a hard time tracking all of these down. Luckily, Australia is an awesome country and there’s an online shop called Pigeonhole that carries most of the line. The Merry-Go-Round card is from Upon a Fold, another amazing Australian shop I encourage you to check out. The prism card is from Lemon Tree77 and the Red String Letter Secret Letter set is from Wonderland Room.

The first five images are by DMotion. The rest of the images are by their respective owners.

March 24, 2010

Monthly Etsy Inspiration

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Color!

From the top:

Spring card by Essimar

Red/Blue Pencil note set by Zoe Tropa

Juicy note card by Juniperberry

Feminists series oversized post cards by Anagram Press

March 12, 2010

Wonderland Room and Uguisu

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I want everything from these two shops.

Wonderland Room:

Uguisu:

All images by their respective owners.

March 5, 2010

School Inspired

I’m feeling very inspired by school ever since I announced the paper swap. Here are a few things that I’m loving:

From the top:

Old School Tools print by Jesse Hora Dot Com

Library Birthday card by Papermash

Geometry Set Jotter notebook by Present and Correct

Primary School Thank You cards by Cutie Pie Company

Cafeteria Tray print by Mrs.Loaf

I Hate Cursive button by Zomb

March 1, 2010

Paper Swap 2010

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I’m very happy to announce the third annual paper swap hosted by yours truly!:) I’m doing things a little bit differently this year so please read carefully:

Spread the word! Here are a few buttons for your blog or website and feel free to take the directions and resize them as you need it. Please link back to this post, thanks!

February 24, 2010

Spring!

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Technically it’s not spring until March 21. But who cares! I love all these bright colors:

From the Top:

Thank you card by Juniper Berry

Hello card by Wendushka

Butterfly card by Something I Made

Girly Muscle Cars cards by Day Dreamers

All images by their respective owners.

February 3, 2010

Folksy Finds

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Am I the last person to hear about Folksy? Apparently, it’s another Etsy/Dawanda website for the UK with some beautiful things on it!

Heart papercut by Sylvie Howitt Papercuts, If Life Deals You Lemons papercut by Made by Jolene

Love is All You Need print by Bonbi Forest, Butterfly cards by Ruby Wren Designs

Retro Technology cards by Pookie Su, Just Add Cake card by Dig The Earth

All images by their respective owners.

January 26, 2010

Valentine’s Day Cards

My favorite holiday is approaching! I’ve been seeing some beautiful things drifting around the web. Here are some of my favorites:

I absolutely ADORE Rifle paper! And I’m not alone, via Paper Crave

Something beautiful followed by something snarky. You know just what I like Spark!

Oh man, I wish I could do calligraphy. Leafie Calligraphy

This is more like my handwriting. Only neater. Ice Cream Social Paper

A new fav Bread of Many

I saw these silhouette valentines from Owly Shadow Puppets on the same Paper Crave post and I can’t decide if I love the valentine or the envelope more!

A gorgeous little card within a card! I’m such a sucker. Missive via Oh So Beautiful Paper

It seems everyone is loving the card within a card this year! The inside card is blank for you to write your own message. Sweet Baker

January 19, 2010

Things That Make Me Happy

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Love these Victorian invitations by Angela Liguori

My Lord greeting card by Graphic Dirt

I got these EXACT cards for Christmas from my sister! How weird is that?

Personalized Geography lesson letter set by Cutie Pie Company

Don’t you just hate it when you find great holiday cards AFTER the holidays? There’s always next year!

Folksy deer holiday cards by Cutie Pie Company

Invitations by Bread of Many

Paper keys note set by Bread of Many

Rad card by Design des Troy

via Modish: the blog

Merry Christmas card set by Design des Troy

A seriously bad ass calendar by Dirty Bandits

Via Design Work Life

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