Posted in * Give Aways * on July 30, 2008 | 57 Comments »
Recently Urbanic was the lucky 1st prize winner of a contest we participated in at the national stationery show. We received a big box full of super amazing stationery from lines like, Binth, Two Trick Pony, Pancake and Franks, La Familia Green, Paper+Cup, Egg Press ( plus a bunch more) AND we will be receiving 2 copies of the new Handmade Hellos book as soon as it is released.
Handmade Hellos is a new book, that features a variety of projects from several of the best paper artists of today. It was put together by Eunice and Sabrina Moyle of Hello!Lucky.
In the midst of all the fun, I decided that I was going to pass some of these winnings on to you, so here it is… The First Official Parcel Post Giveaway Contest!
***The Prize is a box full of stationery from 14 different designers and 1 copy of the Handmade Hellos book ***
To Participate, All you need to do is post a comment -any comment- to this blog post ! ( it has to be this post.)
Guidelines: You have until August 21, 2008 to post a comment. The winner will be randomly chosen on August 22 and announced on Parcel Post – so check back here to see if you have won. Please note: “anonymous” comments will not be counted, so make sure you identify your post with a name.
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Come hang out with us this friday night at the BackYard Neighborhood Lounge!
Urbanic will be hosting a DIY “Greetings From Venice” postcard project.
We will supply everything you need. Just bring your creative ideas and a postage stamp!
* Bonous Features- the Aviator Nation runway show at Neighborhood, intelligent party beats by DJ TrickTurner and wine poured by Venice Beach Wines. *
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love love love finding pretty things for my office. Enhancing the look of my desk somehow makes me feel like my work is more productive. (It is completely a psychological thing) but I am sure that enjoying my surroundings makes the work more pleasant. Anyway, at urbanic we just got in an amazing collection of customizable paperweights, clipboards, and notepads.
Personal stationery too !
Totally a great “self gift”, but of course you could also make someone else’s day with these. : )
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The choices of graphic patterns to choose from go on and on and on………
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you seen the new Pottery Barn Catalogue? I have always liked PB in a “suburban” kind of way, and particularly enjoyed the snippits of misc. art and things they choose to put on the cork boards in the photos. This morning however, I found myself loving so many of the new things.
This edition by the way, is titled “fall forcast”. The fresh colors and graphic prints are eye candy and I especially loved the style tips scattered throughout the catalogue. Here is one of my faves… “Mixing neutral tones with white gives you the creative license to mix big patterns and soft textures
Go license !
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
She is amazing, creative and thoughtful.
I have been playing phone tag with her the last couple days so she’s on my mind.
I am so inspired by the recent CD cover project she worked on- so I had to share.
She made a bunch of mix CD’s and designed each one with a different collaged cover for some of her friends.
Knowing her, the music she chose for the insides will be just as great as the outsides -but nothing can beat the titles… “spell check the cat”, “the worlds best everything” and “glowing recommendations” are a few of my favorites.
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hooray For Pica Press!
We just got in a 4 album collection of custom works from Pica for urbanic. ( wedding, baby, personal stationery & holiday)
One of my huge favorites in this line are these custom mailing labels. ( pictured above) I love things this original and I haven’t seen anything like this yet … (with this element of cool).
How great is this colorful rolodex and the unique packaging idea on this wedding invitation! (below)
I wish I had tons more room to post pictures but you can see more of their work here…
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You have no idea.
For the longest time I have had the biggest beef with the USPS because the postage options are always such an eye sore. I had to resort to getting my own postage made (glam shot below) to give people the option of beautifying the outside of their envelopes- instead of being forced into the monopoly of quilts, flags, hearts and desert rodents.
The bottom line is that mail is fun and postage should be too! There is way too much great graphic design in this world to have such an essential part of every day life lacking so greatly – right?
Anyway, maybe I am the last one to know about this but -could it be true? A glimmer or hope in the system…
These are awesome! ( and a very nice acknowledgement of mid-century talent). Bravo post office.
PS. great inspirational quote:
” It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do.” -Charles Eames
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have been away for a few days in the pacific northwest visiting J’s family. It was so refreshing to be around nature. I realized how much I totally forget on an everyday basis- how great it is to be outside. We were staying on and island in the Puget Sound. Everything smelled good, it was quiet and we went to a small town “strawberry festival” (so cute- tractors, carnival rides, the whole bit ).
Anyway I got back it was exciting to see all the new that arrived at urbanic this week. My favorite by far are these art prints by hammerpress. Some things I get sick of, but these, I will never stop loving. They are ornately fancy with the spirit of nature. The numbers add a bit of modern….. perfect combo.
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Everyday I receive tons of mail meant for people who occupied this residence years ago. Mostly it’s junk mail, but every now and then I get a cool magazine or someones birthday cash. (just kidding). Anyway, today I got an awesome postcard letting someone know that there was a new store opening up in Studio City called Henry Road. The postcard was enticing so I checked it out online and discovered an absolute wonderland of design!
How cool are these fabric patterns? I mean really. This was no ordinary junk mail.
Although it wasn’t meant for me- I am sold anyway, and I now have it on my to-do list to find this place next time I am in the valley.
Hooray for random discoveries.
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Old School Stationery recently came out with this “camping circa 1960’s” letterpressed line of cards, journals and wall hangings. We ordered them for urbanic and I have to say ever since we got them in I have been feeling the urge to road trip and go camping ( which i never usually want to do ). I am not the best camper, but I am charmed by the idea of it. I love looking at pictures of my family when we were kids in the 70’s and treasure the photos of my sister and I with red bandannas and braids in our hair. I remember picking wild flowers, loving the campfires and eating carrot cake in the woods. Most classic are the pictures of my parents and all of their friends in bell bottoms with shrunken T-shirts, hanging out around our campsite with acoustic guitars – doing fun things like building us a swing in the trees out of logs and heavy twine.
I am captivated by these prints (and have never seen anything like them in stationery). The colors and composition are stunning. The subject of these “campers” are equally as refreshing as they are mysterious and I kind of feel like I am getting a glimpse into someone’s summer day in the 60’s .
Definitely worthy of being a wall hanging.
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Happy 4th of July !
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is Thursday morning July 3rd. I was just sitting down to write a post – when my husband and baby came home and walked in with a watermelon and a red balloon.
I think if everything else went wrong today, I would still have a smile on my face.
It feels good to recognize how priceless the most important things in life are.
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It came.
I got an email not too long ago from Alee and Press that we were the FIRST to be shipped their letterpress collection. I seriously almost tackled Sam our UPS guy when he walked in the door only to find out it was a false alarm- (wrong box). Someone actually told me that day they had never seen me so “deflated”. Anyway the big news is… that it arrived. As if this was not exciting enough to be the first to have this, take a look at how breath taking these designs are….
Completely original, cool and refined.
The blind letterpress of the woodgrain on these invitations are ridiculously amazing.
This is the type of thing that seriously makes me love what I do.
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