January 14th, 2012
Just in from local designers Enormous Champion, these letterpressed notecards include the appropriately enormous whale collection, two animal collections and a knot collection. Who doesn’t love a narwhal?
Enormous Champion: whale notecards
Enormous Champion: narwhal notecards
Enormous Champion: animal notecards
December 24th, 2011
Paper lunch bag with a snowman silhouette carefully cut out holds all the fixings for winter smores. Fill the bottom of the snowman with graham crackers and marshmellows. Put the chocolate bars on top to fill in the black top hat.
An inexpensive colander lined with a flour sack towel is filled with the ingredients for strawberry scones. Write on a wooden spoon to use it for a gift tag.
An oversize tissue paper pom makes a big statement on top of a simply wrapped box.
We wish you all a very wonderful Christmas!
December 23rd, 2011
Make opening gift cards more fun. Use a small candy tin and redecorate the cover with fabric, paper and glittery letters. A glass jar holds a coffee filter filled with coffee beans and a gift card to a coffeeshop. Use additional filters to make flowers to decorate the lid. An embroidery hoop covered on both sides with a sewing pattern provides a nice flat package for a fabric or craft store gift card.
Fun colored knee socks can be folded around a jar and filled with candy (and the matching sock of course). A simple metal container is filled with smaller socks filled with treats and tied off with a set of flower hair pins. Several stretchy bracelets in fun colors decorate the container and help hold up the 2 birthday candles that call out the age of the birthday girl.
Buy a single solid color of gift wrap and use it in a variety of ways. Go after it with a Sharpie and make it whatever theme you like. Tie a beautiful ribbon and sprig of pine on the package for a sophisticated holiday present. Or raid your local hardware store for paint swatches. Use a hole punch to cut out colorful shapes and glue them onto your package.
December 22nd, 2011
Now it’s time to focus on the wrapping. The next few posts will feature some inventive wrapping ideas from last year that were so good they warrant another look…
A repurposed jar with chalkboard paint applied to the lid holds a bunch of treats for furry friends. Top it off with a dog collar for a ribbon.
A new paint can covered in pretty paper holds a bunch of yummy treats. Use a magnet to attach the recipe or a gift tag to the package.
A recipe box painted with chalkboard paint makes a great reusable container for giving baked goodies. Cookies packaged in a ramekin with a decorative paper band.
December 21st, 2011
Back by extremely popular demand, and just in time to be a perfect last minute gift idea, are these Pantone Postcards. For the Pantone privy person, this rainbow collection can’t fail to bring a smile. Which one’s your favorite? A nice accompaniment might be the Pantone journal.
December 20th, 2011
Dave’s staff pick goes back to the Campbell Raw Press handbound albums. Locally made, they are a true treasure and make for a stunning photo album or scrapbook.
December 19th, 2011
We are IN LOVE with these boxed notecards, which come in six different motifs, from Thornwillow. Each pack comes sweetly wrapped in a band matching the envelope liner and includes a letterpressed booklet of verse as a surprise bonus!
December 18th, 2011
A perennial favorite in our store are the Acme pens and matching business card holders. These pens are rollerballs that write unfailingly well and have an appealing mass, bright colors, patterns from well-respected artists and designers (mini-bios included!) and come in a case that compliments these superior gifts. New and noteworthy are the “stiletto pens”, super-cute slim designs, Acme quality but light enough for the purse.
Acme pens
December 17th, 2011
Our ongoing search for smart (fashion-wise and function-wise) business card holders has led us to these just in from Pierre Belvedere. Sure they look good, come in several colors, and the white stitching’s a nice touch, but the hinged flaps clinch the deal.
December 16th, 2011
Ella’s Staff Pick: these die cut wintry-themed cards from Waste Not Paper. At 20 to a pack, you can create your own winter wonderland or personalized cards or help the kids with a creative decorating, tree ornamentation project. Now get started!
