Links for 3 December 2010

 Have a look at these recent posts on my new blog, www.bluebadgerbaby.wordpress.com.

Vintage Christmas Postage- Where to buy vintage stamps for your Christmas cards.

Christmas Craft Kits- Everything you need to keep your kids occupied during Winter break, pre-cut.
Pinhole Press Christmas Cards- Beautiful graphic photo cards
Super Mamika- The coolest photos anyone has taken of their grandmother...ever.

Minted Graduation Announcements

Minted designs some of the best looking graduation announcements around.  And they are also affordable. you will only pay around $2 a card if you order 50, and the price goes down as the quantity goes up.

See more announcements below.

Another Christmas Card

Blue Note Press' Very Merry Christmas cards. $15 for a set of 8.

Holiday Gift Ideas

I think these fabric calendars are wonderful. And I really like the idea that you can embroider around special days. And a cute calendar is the perfect gift, everybody needs a new calendar. It's not like you can use a 2009 calendar again.

Ige Design's Get Framed Calendar, $24. It is available in black or gold.

 

September House's DIY Calendar, $11.50.

Twig & Thistle Baby Shower

Are you looking for a baby shower theme that is stunning and original, but like me lack creative skills. Because if you are Twig & Thistle has one of the most adorable baby shower kits I have ever seen. For $23 you can purchase the PDF to print up the invitations, the cards for a quiz, thank you cards, and mailing labels for the Lil' Tweet themed shower. And if you are looking for a matching gift for the mom-to-be, or a really extravagant favors, there is a matching DIY pillow kit for $15 each . Everything is available in the traditional baby colours of pink, blue, yellow, and green. And you can even buy the little matching pencils for the quiz.

Nothing Elegant

Nothing Elegant over on Etsy has a million and one cute little things for your desk. And if you have a weakness for Japanese stickers look no further. Here are a few of my favorites.

Retro Style Mini Airmail Envelopes, $3.99.

City At Night Tape, $6.99.

Always Welcome Stickers, $2.99

Message In A Bottle Set, $12.99

School Bag PostIts $7.99

Father's Day Card

Here is another Father's Day card from AFavorite. This multilingual card in letterpressed in several different fonts, always a favorite design device of mine. I also love the coin envelope.$4.50.

Super Cool Graduation Announcements

Graduation announcements are usually unattractive at best. But count on Minted to come up with announcements that are as cool as your graduate. The announcements start at $184 for 100 cards.

More pictures below.

Almost Sunday Graphic Design

It is so hard to find affordable birth announcements that are nice. But that is what Almost Sunday has perfected. Forty custom printed birth announcements cost only $50. And they also offer a lovely birth print for $24.

Mateo Ilasco To Do List

This To Do Notepad by Mateo Ilasco features a tear off list section. Perfect for the busy mom on the go who has a thousand things to remember. $9.50

You Mean The World To Me

I'm hunting for the perfect Valentine's Day Card. I have found a ton of wonderful cards (most of them on Etsy)that just aren't quite right. This is the first of them. It is by SmockPaper. An image of the Earth is letterpressed on to bamboo paper multiple times along with the message, "You Mean the World to Me." $4

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Other Cards

ModernPop

Ryan Beshara emailed me about her great Etsy store, ModernPop. She has the some of the greatest birthday party invitations around. Ten personalized birthday party invitations are just $18, so you can actually afford the birthday party and a gift.

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Another Christmas Card

I received the coolest card yesterday.




Yep, that is a packet to make chili. How cool is that

Letterpress Calling Cards

These are the best calling cards for children that I have seen. They are deeply letterpressed into Crane paper (You know Crane, they make the paper for the money in your pocket.) The design by Fold Invites is so sophisticated you may just want to switch mom of for daughter of and use them for yourself. $250 for 100 over at Etsy.

Tooth Fairy Bag

Notion Farm has come up with an uber-cool tooth fairy set. The set comes with an official letterpress certificate from the Office of the Tooth Fairy and a reusable silkscreened bag. The certificate records the child's name, age, which tooth was lost and how it was lost, and how much the Tooth Fairy left the child.

Talk about bringing magic into a child's life. $16

Notion Farm just needs to offer refills for the certificates.

Another Handmade Christmas Card

I received another handmade Christmas card. This one has a pop up reindeer. I will have to start planning next years card soon to match the creativity of the cards I received this year. I feel rather untalented.

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The Christmas Cards

Here is the Christmas card that we made. They needed to be simple enough for my nine year old to do most of the work. I cut a store bought card in half and printed "happy holidays" in red ink. Then I handed them over to my youngest to apply snowflake stickers on.

I started out making five for a handmade card exchange, but we were having so much fun that we made them for everyone on our list. And every one is slightly different just like a real snowflake.
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Fin+Roe Christmas Cards

It's still not too late to order your holiday cards. Fin+Roe has photo cards for those who want something bold. And they cost just $1.59-$2.29 each.

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Catalina Estrada Christmas Cards

I'm loving these Christmas cards by artist Catalina Estrada. They are just so happy. Each card costs £2.

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Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String

Hello Handmade has come up with may be the quirkiest packaging of the holiday season. They screenprinted "To and From" and candy canes onto plain kraft paper bags and included red and white striped twine. The set includes 5 bags and 5 pieces of string. $8

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