Francobolli

I'm spending days after days of what it feels as the all summer, sorting through vintage stamps for an order that I will announce soon. My collection of postage stamps extended incredibly, and I'm still amazed about what I can find everyday. The design is so intricate and delicate at the same time for such a small piece of paper. Within the boxes I also find some treasures: little packages of stamps tight together with thread from an avid collector. So beautiful I had to photograph some of my favorite!






Last photo credit to my daughter Nada`.

Leaf and Straw Books

It has been a few months since I started a collaboration with Rebecca of Moontree Letterpress on a set of three hand-bound books. Now I have some of the fist covers of the books printed and ready to bind. Since I have met her at the stationery show a few years ago, I was always inspired to find a way to collaborate together on some project. But It wasn't until I saw these ex-libris on her blog, that the right idea came to mind. I created the patterns with leaf and straw by only working with black and white on the screen, and it makes me so happy to see now the beautiful texture and colors of letterpress. Rebecca is printing soon the third cover of the books set and a calendar 2012 is also in the process, so more news to come. I'm so grateful to work with her on a collaboration that looked to be fun since the beginning! Thank you Rebecca for finding the words to describe how much we learn and get inspired behind our screens!

5 mm ribbons ~new colors~

Launching this weekend at the NYC Gift Fair are the new colors of the 5 millimeters ribbons, custom made in Italy in some of my favorite colors: Chartreuse, Pool and Melon. Good for endless packaging and gift wrapping, the ribbons comes in large spools of 400 meters, also in Red, Natural and Black. While my orders from Italy become larger and more consistent, I was be able to lower the cost of some of the ribbons, by saving on the cost of shipping from across the ocean. So this seems a good news! The 5 mm ribbons for now available at wholesale only, please check our catalogue if you are not visiting the fair or come to visit our studio and see other projects that we are working on this summer. A quick preview was just announced this morning. More news to come, I'm sure, as summer days go by so quickly......

Open publication - Free publishing - More catalogue

Peter Bagi photography

Arrived in my mail box a letter by Peter Bagi introducing his beautiful photography, lovely blog and shop. I choose some of my favorites images, but many more to see. I was also not surprise to read that he is working with Kinfolk Magazine, one of my latest fascination. Enjoy!

EmmaDime

While working on my usual orders, the upcoming gift fair and relax in summer slow days, I came across the blog of Emma Robertson and found so much inspiration. Love the use of hand-calligraphy for her own logo, as well as other designs. And as much as I love coffee, I asked Emma if I could share her project for Hoboken Coffee. How inspiring are also the images from Emma's visual research? I hope you will enjoy and here are more images of her designs.