Paper Source Perfection!

A few photo's of yummy goodies from our recent Paper Source order... all ready for creating with!

Yuzen Red Pool Plum Blossoms on Chocolate Japanese Decorative Paper. (This smell's fantastic!)

Eyelets, Snaps & #10 Flat Card all in Chocolate. Setter and Translucent Laser Vellum Sheets.

Envelope Templates & Envelope Liner Templates, Lick & Stick Glue & 5 3/4" Teflon Folder (never leaves a shiny mark, like a traditional bone folder can)

The Paper Source Shape & Colour Guide 2008!

Katazome Lavender White Flowers/Vines Japanese Decorative Paper. (This smell's fantastic!)

Eyelets, Snaps, A7 Envelopes & #10 Flat Card all in Beet. A7 Flat Cards & A7 Box Mailer in Luxe Cream. 1 1/2" Double-Faced Satin Ribbon in Black.

Leaf 2.5 Round Labels.

(The colour is a little out on some of the photo's...all the Paper Source goodies look far more delicious than we have managed to show here!)

We will post our creations as soon as they are finished!

Printing with a Letterpress

I have been meaning to write a post on Letterpressing for a while now.

This is something I have always wanted to learn.

I remember using a letterpress years ago at school to print some posters up (I think it was an Adana) and fell in love there and then! I am hoping to get myself a press... as soon as possible!

I have found a few sites that are really interesting, especially if you are beginner... like me!

They are:

www.handandeye.co.uk
www.britishletterpress.co.uk/machines/adana
www.snapandtumble.com
www.dolcepress.com




I adore this image from Flickr, I think its very provocative! Dosen't it make you just want to get printing... right now!

... and I just love the work of Sesame Letterpress check out their Flickr Photostream for more!



Envelope design by Sesame Letterpress

Gocco Sentiments!

Found these lovely cards on Etsy Shop Jess Gonacha.



Have you ever wanted to tell someone how special they are in the form of a card but couldn't find the right sentiment? Well Jessica has found the answer!

This set of 4 notecards has 4 different sentiments in the set:

"everything will be alright"
"you are my sunshine"
"you are so loved"
"we are all made of stars"

... these sweet little cards are sure to brighten the day of whoever receives them:)

Image from Etsy Shop Jess Gonacha

Ribbons Galore

Ribbons Galore is a site I heart today... especially their blue/brown dots ladybird (10mm or 3/8"wide) ribbon.



How cute!

Image from Ribbons Galore

Colour Guide

This is a close up of the current Paper Source Shape and Colour Guide. The colours are just wonderful and are designed to compliment each other beautifully.



Chocolate & Pool are my favourite colour combination... at the moment!



(Pool is actually a little greener than it looks in this photo)

Mr P... the purple envelope!

You just have to visit these great new accountants called Mazuma who have created an innovative pack designed to take the headache out of finances for small and medium-sized businesses.

Mr P (created by Mazuma) is "the purple envelope" You use it monthly to hold all of your accounts documents, sales invoices, receipts, bank statements etc. You then seal it and post it back to Mazuma who will then do all of your bookkeeping, payroll and VAT and then produce you a set of monthly management accounts and send them back to you. You then start the process all over again by filling a new purple envelope for the next month!

We just love Mr P!... what a sophisticated way to keep your accounts in order! Well done Mazuma for making bookkeeping fun... and a little less daunting!

A little sticky reminder!

This is the first draft copy of our new stickers that you will soon see on some of your orders. We will be sticking them onto our Jiffy Green envelopes and will make another version up to go onto our new Compost-a-Bubble bubble wrap... so you don't forget to be "purply" green!

What do you think then?



... it will be printed on a Leaf 2.5" round label from Paper Source, and is nice and simple.

There are a few adjustments to be made though before we print the final ones!... for starter's the opacity and font colours are not quite right. (The font we have used is Abadi MT Condensed Light... if you are interested!)

Paper Source Stockists!

We're so excited here at Purple Greetings Cards... as we are now Paper Source stockist's! Paper Source is a premiere seller of fine, handmade papers from around the world. Based in America they have several stores and can also be found online. Their trademark is "Do something creative every day"... a great reminder to keep creating!



We are great fans of Paper Source and their spectacular selection is sold in a wide range of forms - large sheets, pre-cut and packaged letter sized sheets, envelopes and accessories, their palette is uniquely Paper Source - with colours developed by and exclusively manufactured for them.



Have a look at this fun Paper Source ColourScope and let their colours tell you more about yourself!



Our current order is making it's way from America to us right now... with our favourite Japanese handmade silkscreened papers included in the order we are counting the days down until it arrives! You may have already noticed the beautiful paper appearing in your orders as we hand line our baby beet envelopes (another fantastic Paper Source product) with it and make our stickers our of it!



We will update our website with our new range as soon as it arrives and as we order regulary from Paper Source... please let us know if there are any special Paper Source products that you have fallen in love with and would like us order for you!

Images from Flickr

Hot Tips and Trends

I have been admiring the work of Chartula Studio for a quite a while now... their delightful bespoke wedding stationery is just divine! I adore their laser cut invitations...



and their Hot Tips and Trends are very helpful too!

Image from Chartula Studio

A Year of Flowers

I found this lovely blog today called A Cup Of Jo You just have to read her "A Year of Flowers" post!

52 little envelopes, were given to someone very special for her birthday by an extremely romantic husband...each with a handwritten love note and cash inside to buy fresh flowers every week for a year.

Make sure you check out the photos of the beautiful flowers she has bought so far!



How delightful is that!...

Image from A Cup of Jo

Handdrawn Peacock Print

I adore this Gocco'ed Peacock Print from Etsy shop SnowDropSense. It's a handdrawn image printed with a Gocco. I can't stop looking at it, the detail is amazing. I just had to show you it. (I've always loved peacocks ever since I was little!)



Oh...and if you haven't visited Etsy yet....hurry up! You don't know what your missing out on!

Image from SnowDropSense

02/07/08 - Keen to be "purply" green!

We are very keen to become more eco-friendly at Purple Greetings Cards... so instead of just automatically re-ordering our usual bubble wrap, we decided to take the time to see if there was any compostable bubble wrap available to pack our orders in.

We came across Compost-a-Bubble ("Compost-a-ble"...get it?) bubble wrap from
PH Flexible Packaging Ltd



So... from the end of next week we will start using the Compost-a-Bubble, bubble wrap at Purple Greetings Cards, you will notice the difference as it is matt white rather than clear... we will even put a sticker on it to remind you it's Compost-a-Bubble!

... and we have also just started to use Jiffy Green envelopes to pack your orders in as well!

Roger la Borde Stockists

We are now Roger la Borde stockists! and our new stock should be here within the week.

We have some lovely cards ordered and a range of notepads with beautiful designs which when folded become their own envelope...very eco-friendly!



Roger la Borde © 2008. All rights to Roger la Borde designs are reserved by Roger la Borde and/or the author of the design.

Behind Closed Doors childrens birthday cards now in stock.

New in today! The full range of the new Lift-The-Flap cards from James Ellis Stevens.

Just great for all those birthdays coming up.....don't you just want to peep inside the tiny doors and windows!