Laura and I are humbled by the response to our paperswell magazine.
We thank those who have supported us during our debut and we wish to thank our patronesses like ASID interior designer Denise Costerus who is carrying paperswell in her Cottage Home Design store in Parker, Colorado.
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I was thrilled to learn last year that my new calligraphy style called "Stella" would be made into a stationery font for the fabulous letterpress and paper goods company Smock.
Type foundry P22 created "Stella" from my hand lettering. The process of creating a font is fascinating and requires the calligrapher to create an alphabet from 26 panagrams and also to create a series of ligatures, swashes, symbols, flourishes and cartouches.
"Stella", who joins my "Bescal" stationery font, will be introduced at the National Stationery Show next week and will be available for custom wedding invitations and stationery printing at Smockpaper.com and at Smock retailers across the globe.
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I am not particularly sentimental about my belongings, but like most people, I have a favorite article of clothing with which I refuse to part.
It is this conversation-starter of a skirt made by Claude Brown that I have owned for 15 years. What I love about it is its humor, art and sassiness and, when I wear it, people can call me a horse's ass and I do not take offense.
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We had a fabulous time at the Makerie art retreat in Boulder, Colorado. Founder and organizer Ali DeJohn receives effusive praise from us. It is the simple details that make something special and Ali thought of everything.
From the most delightful lunch boxes with decorative details; the Firefly handmade market; the scrumptious meals at the Dining Hall to the lodging in quaint cottages at the Colorado Chautauqua and the wonderful painting, letterpress and food styling and photography classes we attended, The Makerie is an inspirational haven for artists of all stripes.
Thanks to teachers Flora Bowley, Aran Goyoaga and Allison Bozeman for a memorable and educational experience.
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I was jubilant to hear from designer Jamie Arvelo Grab of Jamie Lynn, Inc. whose jaw-dropping fanciful, hand-drawn, hand-painted illustrations turned into letterpress perfection I absolutely adore.
She asked designsgirl to hand letter the wedding envelopes and provide calligraphic treatments for her client Becky's wedding invitation.
Here is a sample of Jamie's sublime work and the calligraphy I did for the couple's envelopes.
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Dave Conrey- artist, art director and curator- of freshrag, the cool "where art and design meet paper" blog, found paperswell at magcloud.com and bought an issue.
We love Dave. He has an excellent command of the written word; a keen eye for the phenomenally peripheral world of art in all of the areas that send us aflutter- home decor, cut paper, indie magazines, posters, collage, random pulp and letterpress; and he has good taste in magazines.
He said kind things about paperswell's design and photography and conducted an interview with Laura and me about our first foray into online publishing... which you can see here.
MagCloud is having a 25% spring sale through May 13 on all of its publications so order your issue of paperswell to take advantage.
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Talented Denver interior designer Denise Costerus, ASID, recently started her new design firm Costerus Design in a beautiful new space and asked designsgirl to create a logo for her business.
Here is the hand drawn logotype Denise selected.
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Jessica Sick, Digital Marketing Director of Crane & Co., created this Pinterest board for a recent designsgirl profile on the Crane & Co. blog. To see the Post Script feature, visit crane.com.
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My mom, friend Kathryn, and I are excited to be attending The Makerie retreat in April in Boulder, Colorado.
This 2-day art getaway offers the most fabulous class selections from the most fabulous artists- a pretty packaging class and letterpress studio tour by Allison Bozeman of Bird Dog Press; a painting class by Fiora Bowley; a crochet class by Jenny Doh; a food styling and photography class by Aran Goyoaga and others.
Held at the Boulder's historical Chatauqua Lodge in the foothills of the Flat Iron Mountains, the retreat sounds like a super way to learn and make art in a beautiful setting right in my backyard.
image by The Makerie
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This marvelous sketch exemplifies the new technology used by the most famous of painters and artists.
Bruno Frisoni, Roger Vivier's artistic director, drew these fierce stilettos on his ipad using the Brushes application.
image from the December 2011 WSJ magazine
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Sometimes you encounter an artist who elates your spirit with her immense talent.
Such is the case of wallpaper designer Katie Deedy of Brooklyn, New York whose storytelling designs from her company "Grow House Grow" are irrepressibly fantastical and uniquely original.
photo of "Grow House Grow" wallpaper by designsgirl
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Author of "Decorate: 1000 Design Ideas for Every Room in Your House" and creator of the popular design blog "Decor8", Holly Becker, is currently hosting an online class called "Blogging Your Way" and it is an insightful and instructive guide to developing a new, or polishing an existing, blog.
One of the homework assignments is to create mood boards without the use of digital technology so it was like being a kid rummaging through mom's jewelry box and sewing kits to find treasures.
photo by designsgirl
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