Felted snowman from "nysa." 
Two headed dear from Jane Wynn. 
Red felted ball from "etiecke." 
Golden snowflake from "MonkeysInk." 
Felt tree from "dianedundee." 
Paper Bird from Paper Lady Invites. 
Dear Crossing! From Zebula Designs.I feel as though I'm missing something. Probably because now that I have that written down the list looks a bit short. However, I must say that those four things didn't have to be as hard as I made them, but now that they're done I'm glad I did because the end results are...well, you'll see.
Anyway, I'm glad it's all over so that now Christmas can start!
I'm so excited! I just found this today, and luckily today is the deadline, so I can participate! I get to make Christmas tree ornaments and send out 8-10 to people assigned to me, and then I receive 8-10 in the mail from different people. How exciting is that! I'll be sure to post pics of my ornaments and all that I receive.
I was at the D.I. a few weeks ago (the main thrift store here in Utah), looking for something else, of course, but came across a great find at the bargain price of $2.00 total. These four little bowls make me so happy! I know, three pictures of four bowls is a little excessive, but I can't help myself. I LOVE them! I've decided to keep the goodies for my inspiration wall/note board in them. They now live lined up along the wall in the middle of my desk. The perfect color and the perfect size. Quite useful and visually pleasing at the same time. They look great stacked inside each other too. Sigh. Why do I find such small and simple things so wonderful?
The text reads:Six surfaces form the solid shape; faces the same size, 12 edges the same length. The colors call, asking to be grouped. I twist and I turn, hearing the familiar friction of plastic on plastic as each small square moves to become one with the other 8 of its color, creating solid faces. Once such a mystery, now so simple to solve.
You guessed it. You have to line up the little pieces, add spacing between words, and leading between lines. Takes some time, but gives you some appreciation for what people used to do back in the day. When there's a letter that's worn down, you have to replace it. If you run out of e's, you have to run it on the press twice, once for the first half, and once for the second. The particular typeface I chose, Twentieth Century, has a lot of smashed type, so I spent a lot of time replacing the little letters with tweezers. And I mean little. The first part is 6 point, and the bottom two lines are 8 point. If you want to see how small that is, type something in 6 point, print it out, and imagine cutting out each individual letter and that letter sitting on a piece of lead that's .918" tall. Tiny.
I love the coordinating style and colors of the two posters, with the images representing the letters and the repetition of the images representing the numbers. Each is available in a variety of other color combinations as well. Creative Neesh doesn't state how the posters are printed, but I like them all the same!
The second poster quite charming with different shades of brown and different sizes for the letters, and a crisp aqua color added in with the clean illustrations, which seems to be an Isak signature color, giving a pop.
Be sure to check out the other cool stuff on their website! Lots of great finds.
Today we have another letterpress poster found on Etsy. You can find it in the shop Handmade Impressions. I think the different sizes and typefaces work great together. Can i just say I LOVE wood type? So beautiful. I'm planning on using some in my next assignment for my letterpress class. I'll post it when it's done.
Today's poster I find quite interesting in any different ways. Not only does it look really good and different, but it's creative and has a lot of thought behind it. First, it makes use of a different printing method called a photogram. Each letter is formed by objects that not only form the shape of the letter, but also begin with the letter they represent. For example, the "S" is formed with staples in the shape of an "S." I love finding things around me that can look like letters when you are looking for them. Here's an example of something I've done:
If you keep your eyes open, all sorts of great shapes and images appear right in front of you, in places you'd never expect!
I stumbled upon this poster on oddhero the other day. It's the font "Tower" by Mario Feliciano, a Portuguese type designer. Yes, once again we have orange. I think the font is nice, and I really like the layout of the alphabet. If any of you have $400 to buy this, have at it! It's an edition of only 100 (which means they're only printing 100 of them, for those that aren't familiar with the term). I also like the Aachen Bold poster on the same site. The giant E with all the little letters of the alphabet fitting inside. I really like the composition.
Here's another poster I really like. The style is quite different than the previous two, but I like it all the same. It was designed by Mike Davis of Burlesque Design. The illustration style reminds me of the Mr. Men and Little Miss books written and illustrated by Roger Hargreaves. I love them.
This poster is letterpressed, which is another one of my recent obsessions. I love the added element of texture the letterpress adds. Sycamore Street Press offers this wonderfully simple poster in another color combination, but I'm partial to the orange. I love the simple yet playful rendering of the animals.
I love the colors (although it comes in two other color schemes I love as well), and the red created by the overprinting of the orange and pink. Isn't it great? I'm planning on redoing a little girl's bedroom pretty soon here, and I'm thinking of using the orange, pink, red, and yellow color palette. Very bright and happy, just like her.
