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Maricor Maricar

By Sam on August 4, 2011 in found + loved

I’ve seen this work trickling on Pinterest, but coming across a full, detailed blog post on Plenty of Colour dedicated to Maricor Maricar had me in awe. And this awe continued when I ventured onto their official site. Their stitched and embroidered typographic work is stunning and anything but average. I love the use of colour and high degree of experimentation. Now I’m itching to get out my embroidery floss and ribbon and attempt something typographic with these materials for my next project. Especially since I’ve been considering it for some time now…

{images from Plenty of Colour and Maricor Maricar}

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Postcard of the Month Club

By Sam on July 26, 2011 in found + loved, gifts + favours

Adam J. Kurtz, a talented artist/designer I follow frequently, has a great ongoing project in action called the Postcard of the Month Club. It’s been running all year, but it’s not too late to jump on board. It includes twelve postcard prints delivered over the course of 2011, plus a welcome kit to catch you up when you first join!

Membership for 2011 is only $22 (USA), and the welcome package features one of each postcard from January 2011 until time you sign up, 2 pins, 2 pencils, and a personalized welcome letter. Monthly postcard mailings will follow until January 2012. Hooray! Sign me up!

Frame them to use as prints or mail them out with heart-warming messages to your friends. Either way, it’s an awesome gift.

Click here to purchase the postcard club membership or visit Adam’s online shop for super-serious print products and other trinkets. That not enough? Check out his wicked portfolio.

{images from Adam J. Kurtz}

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Six Word Story Every Day

By Sam on July 14, 2011 in found + loved

I get a big kick out of these type experiments.

{images from Van Horgen + Anne Ulku on Flickr}

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Happy Listening: Parentheses

By Sam on April 4, 2011 in happy listening

This catchy little diddy comparing embracing bodies to a popular pair of punctuation marks will probably make you smile. I can’t see how it wouldn’t. Enjoy!

Parentheses - The Blow

For more from The Blow, check out their MySpace page.

{image from Ida-Sofia Molin a.k.a loveletterpapercuts on Flickr}

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Bold Brunch

By Sam on March 9, 2011 in real events

I had to share this bold, yet simply modern, graphic approach that In The Now Events took when putting together this beautiful brunch for the Serra Plaza Venue opening party. Also involved in the planning was Good Gracious Events and the photographs were shot by Ashleigh Taylor Photography. It’s a graphic designer’s dream. ….really! You can’t get more straightforward than this. Love it!

{found via Grey Likes Weddings; photos from Grey Likes Weddings and In The Now Weddings + Events}

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Friday Wrap: Stamped Type on Fabric

By Sam on January 14, 2011 in diy, happy wrapping

Happy Friday! Oh, what a busy week I’ve had. But I couldn’t leave you hanging without another Friday Wrap. Next week’s will surely be a special custom one from yours truly, but today I present another fun (yet possibly slightly messy) tutorial from Poppytalk.

Right now fabric wraps seem to be super popular, not only because they’re soft and unique, but because you can reuse the fabric after the gift has been unwrapped. How handy! So head over to the Poppytalk blog if you’re keen to make you’re own custom-stamped wrapping fabric. Have a great weekend everyone! …and try not to make too much of a mess.

{photos from Poppytalk with contributer post by Arounna of Bookhou}

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2011

By Sam on December 29, 2010 in found + loved

As featured last year, I bring you another postcard by Adam J. Kurtz with an inspiring message for 2011.

{image from Adam J. Kurtz on Flickr; also visit his portfolio site for more work here}

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With Love type series

By Sam on December 20, 2010 in found + loved, gifts + favours

The With Love type series is a gift range which is based around the form of the ampersand created by Scott Marc Berry. The designs incorporate the ampersand into sayings or phrases that can represent particular annual occasions. The range is extended across cards and gift bags.

{photos and text from Scott Marc Berry}

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…who you really are

By Sam on August 19, 2010 in happy reading

{note from Mariya Miteva (Ornamelle) on Flickr}

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ABC Paper Cups

By Cheryl on April 10, 2010 in flowers + decor

These disposable paper cups from I Am Design in Korea are versatile and extremely cute. Each cup has a unique colour and pattern, and can be used for all sorts of possibilities and events. The studio even made a video to show examples of its uses, that will hopefully inspire some party-planners. It would go very well with a game night, don’t you think?