daisy jane utility calendar

I always like having a calendar like this floating about. Spiral bound so you can flip it and fold for easy handling, Daisy Jane has come up with this utilitarian and eco-friendly, (and still pretty) 2009 calendar. Just arrived in her etsy shop, daisyjanie.etsy.com.

A Modern Winter Village & New Calendar

I came across these sweet wooden houses in the gocco pool last night, and found out while investigating a little further they were not only made by one of our favorite designer duo's, Something's Hiding in Here, but the houses are also "their" modern take on the winter village. Sweet! (Oh and you have to see them dance - I howled). Click here to see them dance and here to buy.



And if you can't get enough of them yet, they've also made a very unique 2009 calendar which we're also adoring. The letterpressed calendar cards and wood stand are packaged in a muslin bag. Click here to go to their shop.

2009 calendars

This calendar by Maria Vettese of port2port press is her third and final letterpressed printed calendar. She's combined original photographs from 2008 along with vintage illustrations to create something new for each month of 2009. A really nice combination.

port2port press

oh, and a couple more...

Is it me, or is it because I'm doing posts on calendars, that I keep seeing more and more? And all of them equally lovely. This latest set includes the designer behind We Love Crafts Magazine, Mikimono. It's a limited edition, sweetly illustrated calendar. And below, Seattle's Herman Yu (who always has a beauty) which Herman Miller has been using as a corporate gift (now in it's 7th year). The calendar and some of his cards are available through her site.

a couple more calendars...

Gocco'd calendars in a cute cotton sac by Sarah Parrott



Oddball Press

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Screenprinted on board calendars from The Regional Assembly of Text (email if not available online - as they are very new).





Wall calendar from Yellow Monday


A printable pdf calendar (instant gratification)! By Narchi


Music Box Calendar from Girl Metro


Shinzi Katoh Calendar from Yvestown Shop




Print and assemble calendar by A Little Hut



Fancy lady calendar from Paper Relics

Whip Up 2009 Calendar

It was good to hear from an old blog friend this week, Kath from Whip Up who sent me an email to let me know about Whip Up's 2009 calendar, featuring 13 artists, indie designers and crafters whose work has appeared on their site.

The calendar is available from print on demand, an Australian artist website, redbubble. She says they make very good quality products and that the quality of this calendar is fantastic (it is a spiral bound wall calendar with a hanger). Shipping is very reasonable and they ship all over the world . Click here to read more and here to buy.

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Kitchen wall calendar by Laurie Coyle Designs




Wall Calendar by Susy Jack



Letterpress calendar by Green Chair Press

sweet little birthday calendar

I thought this was so sweet when I saw it. Local Vancouverite, Jeanette of The Beautiful Project has made this birthday calendar, inspired by the dutch calendars she'd see while visiting relatives there. The calendar isn't specifically a 2009 calendar....it's even better, since it lasts for years. Keep it in a spot where visitors will see when at your home with a pen handy so that they can add their own birthday! This calendar keeps for years and years and is complete with the Dutch spelling of the months and original illustrations on every page. Each 8-page calendar is priced at $20, printed on heavy 120 lb cover stock, and coil-bound. I also love the folk-inspired design.

thebeautifulproject.etsy.com

new shop/collaboration

Hello Handmade is a new collaboration launching today between two artists, Shanna Murray and Betsy Dunlap. Pairing Shanna's amazing illustrations with Betsy's unusual calligraphy, the two have created to start off, an out of the ordinary screen printed calendar and a cozy (12x12) hoiday print which will be available Monday. Later in the week they will be adding holiday cards and quaint gift tags. Definitely worth bookmarking. Click here to check if the shop is open yet.

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Two more calendars to add to our 2009 Calendar round-up. Both, again, beautiful letterpressed and unique. Anemone Letterpress out of Pasadena has created a Moroccan-tile inspired one and Delphine Press out of Rancho Santa Fe, CA have two to choose from, one with an easel, the other with ribbon.

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Titled Pattern + Texture, this 2009 calendar from Satsuma Press was inspired by designer LynnRussel's love of Japanese textiles and vintage fabrics. Every page of this 2009 calendar is run, by hand through the press between 2 and 5 times each. They are currently taking pre-orders. Email Lynn for more details at lynn[at]satsumapress[dot]com.

the art of the display + calendars: sycamore street press

Today's Art of the Display comes from one of my favorite letterpresses, Sycamore Street Press. That first shot of the left hand side of the bed really peaks an interest into seeing the rest, and then we loved her (Eva's) yellow curtains that warm up the kitchen.

Update: And I just found out about their new letterpressed calendars. Aren't they awesome? Completely hand-drawn and hand lettered imagery with 50% of all profits going to benefit AHOPE, an orphanage for HIV + children in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia. Here's a link to the shop




Unrelated: Stay tuned later today as we pick the winner of the Blue Poppy Jewelry giveaway!

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A couple more calendars trickling in, and lucky for us they are both so awesome. Marisa from Creative Thursday (above) is offering a limited edition of offset printed calendars; edition of 220. And Beau Ideal's (below) calendar features hand drawn type of cultural and iconic celebrities in their birthday month, all hand screen printed.

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More calendars on the radar this week. Starting with (from the top) these wooden ones (made by hand from sustainably harvested birch, walnut and douglas fir) from Night Owl Paper Goods; a recycled but elegant "old school" typography-style from Bubbo (which can also be personalized with Natasha's beautiful hand-writing); and a notebook (bound with ribbon) that opens to be used as a wall calendar from Australia's With Wallpaper.

2009 calendars

More calendars coming in this week. This time we have one letterpressed from Pistachio Press and Ink & Wit, a screen gocco-printed calendar from Modern Printed Matter, a wall calendar from Pixel Impress and a wall or desk calendar from Mothball Charlie

2009 calendars

A few more 2009 calendars are popping up here and there and we will keep posting these beauties as they come in to add to our list. From the top: Camilla Engman, The Paper Thieves and Field Notes Brand (which will be up on their site today). Below: Michelle Brusegaard and The Paper Thieves.