Category Archives: 2013 Valentine’s Guide

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: DIYs

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Valentine's DIYs / featured on discoverpaper.com

Figure 1: Tree heart installation by Oh Happy Day / Figure 2: Watercolor Valentine’s by A Pair of Pairs / Figure 3: Cupcake goodies by Martha Stewart / Figure 4: Origami Valentine’s cards by SAS Does / Figure 5: Heart jar by Stars and Sunshine / Figure 6: Valentine’s Day in a box by You Are My Fave / Figure 7: You rock, Valentine! by Wiley Valentine for Honest / Figure 8: Valentine’s tags by Lemon Squeezy / Figure 9: Paper topiary heart by The House That Lars Built / Figure 10: Glitter heart art by Ellinee / Figure 11: Watercolor Valentine set by Warm Hot Chocolate

We’re wrapping up our Valentine’s Guide with oodles of lovely Valentine’s DIYs, perfect for any of you looking for quick and easy last-minute ideas. We’re smitten with all of these ideas, especially the Valentine’s Day in a box by You Are My Fave that’s overflowing with charming party/gift ideas.

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: Pink & Brown (Gifts)

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Figure 1: Make you feel my love by writtenforyou / Figure 2: Daisybird screenprint by Roddy & Ginger / Figure 3: Disassembled bicycle heart print by Ello There / Figure 4: Mixing bowls recipe cards by 1canoe2 / Figure 5: Hand-cut you’re pretty amazing by bird mafia / Figure 6: Pink and mocha moths watercolor print by Amber Alexander / Figure 7: School of hearts print by Khristian A. Howell / Figure 8: Peony by Imeondesign / Figure 9: Personalized bookplates by Feterie / Figure 10: Origami bracelet by Manufactapaper / Figure 11: You, me, forever by Satchel & Sage

Our final color-themed roundup of Valentine’s gifts is one that was inspired by one of our favorite bloggers Nicole Balch of Making it Lovely, who owned a lovely stationery shop called Pink Loves Brown.

Our favorite from this bunch? The indescribably beautiful watercolor print of pink and mocha moths by Amber Alexander. All of her work leaves us in awe.

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: Black & White Beauties (Gifts)

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Figure 1: Geometric decoration by The Languid Lion / Figure 2: Origami bracelet by Paper Imaginations / Figure 3: Chock full of ideas journal by isavirtue / Figure 4: Knuckle tattoo sets by Susy Jack / Figure 5: Paper flower headband by Anissalee / Figure 6: Paper bead necklace by Hippie Kingdom / Figure 7: Gentlemen’s card deck from Uncommon Goods / Figure 8: Paper wall birds by Simply Nesting / Figure 9: Love begins with a smile by All Cut Up by DG

A little bit of achromatic Valentine’s gift ideas for you guys. These kind of put us in the mood to watch Beetlejuice — perfect for viewing on Valentine’s Day, yeah? Our favorite from this set: The Languid Lion’s origami decoration. In a word it’s spectacular.

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: Love Birds and Love Bugs (Cards)

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Figure 1: Lovebirds by Mozaiq / Figure 2: Hand-embroidered by Sleeping Fox Stitchery / Figure 3: Owl love by Sass & Peril / Figure 4: Love birds by Happy Cactus Designs / Figure 5: Birds in nest by DeLuce Design / Figure 6: Folk birds by Paper Parasol Press / Figure 7: Bee my Valentine by Bel’s Art / Figure 8: Spider & fly by Inklosures / Figure 9: You’re my love bug by Wit & Whistle / Figure 10: Ladybugs by Fat Bunny Press / Figure 11: Beetles by Hartland Brooklyn Card Co. / Figure 12: You make my heart flutter by Dee & Lala

Let us tell you about the birds and the bees and the spiders and the flies — wait, that isn’t how the song goes. Continuing our “love, naturally” card theme, here are beasts of the air and land. Some folks consider insects beasts, right?

Our favorites from this roundup? Sleeping Fox Stichery’s hand-embroidered love birds and and Inklosure’s cute and clever spider and fly card.

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: Art from Decorque (Gifts)

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Figure 1: Pink paradise / Figure 2: Imagination in time / Figure 3: Skin-print & roses / Figure 4: Flowers and butterflies / Figure 5: Butterfly tree

Flowers are always a great gift to give for any occasion, especially Valentine’s Day, but they won’t last forever. Something that will stand the test of time is art, and here’s a few floral art prints we’re enamored of by our friends at Decorque (who shared papercut mobiles with us last month), a family business from Oxfordshire, UK, who also specialize in working with cork — check out their beautiful line of coasters.

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: Love, Naturally (Cards)

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naturally beautiful valentine's cards / featured on discoverpaper.com

Figure 1: XOXO by Fluid Ink Letterpress / Figure 2: Grows better with love by Golden Pines Paper Shop / Figure 3: Heart tree by Melanie Kimmett / Figure 4: For my love by Wiley Valentine / Figure 5: Our love is like flowers by Starshaped Press / Figure 6: Happy V-Day by Greenwich Letterpress / Figure 7: Floral heart by Lizzy Stewart for Red Cap Cards / Figure 8: Love vine by Shortstack / Figure 9: You are so loved by The Wheatfield / Figure 10: Ever thine by Wiley Valentine

Here’s a roundup of cards with a theme that’s quite near and dear to my heart: nature. For all of my fellow flora-philes out there, this one’s for you! My favorite from this brilliant bunch? Wiley Valentine’s “ever mine, ever thine” card. What a beauty.

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2013 Valentine’s Guide: Minty Fresh (Gifts)

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Figure 1: Statement necklace by Paper Statement / Figure 2: 3D wall butterflies by Hip & Clavicle / Figure 3: Origami crane mobile by Spare Bedroom Studio / Figure 4: Custom letterpress stationery set by Cheer Up Press / Figure 5: Origami lamp shade by Fiber Lab / Figure 6: Notebook by Piping Hot Papers / Figure 7: Single stem flower by Simply Green Designs / Figure 8: Heart earrings by Taylor’s Eclectic / Figure 9: Drops scratchpad by Smock / Figure 10: Love crest by Momo for Minted / Figure 11: Letterpress coasters by Red Bird Ink

Veering off the traditional Valentine’s color scheme, here is a (minty) fresh spin on what your significant other might love for Valentine’s Day. Want to know our favorite from this mix? It’s the origami lamp shade by Fiber Lab, a shop by Justina Yang whom we had the pleasure of interviewing in October of last year.

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