Leave your mark – paper pleasantries + more
This Valentine’s Day I took a cue from the French to tell my lady friends I love them. Je t’aime (I love you) pencils found at Anthropologie inspired the personalized card and keepsake Valentine and Rifle Paper Co stickers sealed them with a kiss.
Je t’aime pencils by Earmark Social Goods
Any paper obsessed person like myself enjoys occasions in which greeting cards are appreciated. I’d say more than any other holiday Valentine’s Day is about putting your feelings to the test with pen & paper. Valentine’s can cure shyness, spread love, and cement emotions more commonly represented with actions rather than with words. Below are some of my favs on the market this year. If only my budget would allow for me to buy them all, in the meantime thankfully Kate Spade has got an alternative…check out these fabulous and free Email greetings made by her team and friends.
1. egg press, 2. wiley valentine, 3. paper plates press etsy.com spotted via paper crave, 4. upup’s shop etsy.com, 5. smock paper, 6. neat things etsy.com, 7. chewing the cud etsy.com
See last years favorites here
Because love shouldn’t be showcased only one day out of the year… throw a dinner party and hand calligraph the menu with care, send love notes as invitations or for any old reason and stamp your way to someone’s heart, his and her scents bring harmony and peace of mind, catch the love bug and indulge, splurge on under garments fit for a queen and capture the feel good moments of wearing them on film, make a memorable monogram, and lastly, smell the roses everywhere you go.
1. hand calligraphed menu, cwarrendesign.com, 2. handmade valentine stamps, set of 6 $3, PS It’s in the Details 3. His and Her candles, $28 each, illume, 4. Love stamps spotted on love jenna 5. Personal photo shoot, haute boudoir photography spotted on snippet & ink, 6. Chocolate stitch hand sewn notes, set 0f 6 $18, Sugarcube Press, 7. Love bug Truffles, 4.86 oz. for $25, Moonstruck Chocolatier, spotted on realsimple.com, 8. My Pink Rose Ring, $10, shopruche.com 9. Phillip Lim lingerie, $75 each, net-a-porter.com 10. photo, spotted on The Posh Blog
Send out some sass this Valentine’s Day…
1. & 4. Single Awareness Day & Kiss Me Already You Know You Want to, $2.50 each, nouveau designs etsy.com 2. Will You be My Valentine, FYI I’m Easy, $4.50, Old Tom Foolery, 3. sad girl with balloons by Red cap & ‘valentine’s should be cancelled pop quiz by Regional, available at Urbanic Paper Boutique spotted via Parcel Post 5. Love bites, created by Amanda Larsen Design, custom printed 15 for $45, minted.com
