Friday Fact
via Jenna Sue Design
Friday Fact No. 9: I am feeling super overwhelmed. Let’s hope Jenna Sue is right.
Tag: etsy
April 20, 2012
Friday Fact
Friday Fact No. 8: ThePaperGnome Prints are ON SALE NOW!!! on Etsy. Feel free to Pin, Tweet, Facebook, what have you, and spread the word!
April 18, 2012
Blame it on The Weather
via Louise Verity
via Gareth Coxon
I had plans to photograph some new items for the ThePaperGnome Etsy shop today, but when I woke up it was gray skies and rain puddles all around. Not optimal conditions for photographing, so I will have to put that off until the weather cooperates with me. In lieu of my scheduled post, here are some rain-related prints from Etsy.
April 16, 2012
Monday Link Love
Hello, Monday! I finally had a nice weekend. Seems like it’s been a while since I did. I found a campaign dresser on craigslist and spent most of the weekend scrubbing the hardware back to it’s original sparkling brass glory. I’m planning on painting it (but I haven’t decided what color yet) but I will post pictures of the transformation on here. I’m taking my rental car back today, and my dad found me another car to buy with the insurance money that’s actually a newer model than my old one, so I guess some positive things came out of the accident. So all in all, I’m in a great mood to kick off this week. For today’s links, I found this super cuter vintage trailer cut paper greeting card by Holler and Whistle. I love the color they used and the little bunting at the top.
and this adorable flying pig cut paper card by Starfly Creations.
and this cut paper dog portrait by Don Zalewski of the Etsy shop laznod.
This is kind of a quick post because I have a lot of stuff to get done before work today, but I hope you liked what I shared and I’ll see you next post.
April 11, 2012
pretty as a picture
I am absolutely smitten with this letterpress calendar of vintage handkerchiefs by Nicole Lissenden of Mink Letterpress in Asheville, NC. What a lovely idea, and it is executed so well. Everything has finally started to settle back down for me. The insurance companies worked out their issues and I got a rental car today and my car was towed off into the sunset to undergo appraisal. I’m not sore anymore from being in the accident, and my pirate-like Bells Palsy has gone almost completely away. I was pretty down in the dumps for a while there, but things are starting to look up.
April 5, 2012
ghost world
Today is a pretty slow day at work, so I’ve been perusing Etsy for new obsessions, and I found one. Catherine Palmeno of the Etsy shop cpalmeno sells prints of her papercraft illustrations, and her style is fabulous. I did a design project on John Waters in college, and I am a big fan of all things Divine. The top illustration is of the two main characters from the graphic novel and movie, Ghost World, which I have not read, but have had in my Amazon wishlist for quite some time now. Anybody else a fan?
March 30, 2012
Friday Fact
via: Pinterest
Fact No. 5: My favorite color is yellow. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the source for this, because the link on Pinterest goes to a 404 on Etsy. Anyone know who made this lovely office letterpress? It’s so cheery. It would look great in my studio!
March 21, 2012
off limits
You guys know I love it when things are made from paper, but I actually don’t like when things are made from book paper. It seems… disrespectful almost. I love to read and I love books and I just couldn’t bring myself to cut one up, even a book I disliked. I can’t imagine what the author would think to see their words dissected and transformed into “art”. I don’t mean to belittle the work featured above. It’s a snake necklace by PaperStatement that was featured on the Etsy homepage. I just feel that this is an interesting jewelry piece that would be just as interesting, if not more, if it was made out of maybe colored paper, and not an unnamed book. Anybody else with me? or am I being too sensitive about the printed word?
March 16, 2012
Friday Fact
Fact No. 3: I have a maple syrup phobia. It’s an irrational discomfort at the thought, the smell, and particularly the feel of maple syrup. Makes me queasy just thinking about it. I cannot stand to touch anything sticky in general, but maple syrup is the worst. That being said, I fundamentally disagree with this line from Twin Peaks, as illustrated by Agnes Barton-Sabo of the etsy shop Betty Turbo. Her shop is great, full of these lovely typographic prints and fun pop culture illustrations.
In other news, I’ve been dragging behind this week. Work has me swamped and I still haven’t finished the papercraft cats or photographing my graduation announcements properly. Hopefully this weekend will be refreshing and give me some time to play catch up so next week can be full of original content. Until then, thanks for stopping by.
