Crafts/DIY: Gift Toppers

My sister made some gift toppers for Christmas, and they are adorable. Here are a few of them.

She only used the following materials:
* kraft paper stock
* red paper stock
* vellum
* single-hole paper fastener
* rhinestone fastener
* scalloped circle puncher if you're lazy to cut :)

Crafts/DIY: Holiday Photo

Fonts used: Pea Luzel, BonvenoCF Light

Freebie: Santa's Letter and Gift

Mommies and daddies -- here is a Santa letterhead for the holidays. Download it for free here (link will not download automatically). Print it using a letter sized paper. To make it special, use linen or card stock.

I used yesterday's font freebie from Lost Type Co-Op.

Here's a matching gift tag too!

Freebie: Lavanderia Font Love

This is Lavanderia -- an open type font that was designed by James T. Edmondson. You can find it at Lost Type Co-op.

Shopping: Bazaar Finds

When we visited my sister's stall at the Acropolis bazaar, I found some inexpensive graphic design books. They were displayed with authentic Cath Kidston and Orla Kiely items that were also for sale.

Here are the books I got:

They were such good bargains! I got both for P500 -- that's around $6 per book.

Here are snapshots of the pages of the 'Print & Pattern' book -- patterns from Cath Kidston, Jill Bliss and Orla Kiely! So, so inspiring.

Here are some pages from the smaller book called Patterns. Lovely too, right? I can't stop looking at them.