Thanks to all of you who participated in our 2010 holiday giveaway. As always, I love reading your comments! We put random.org to work and the selected winners are…
winner #1 Paloma who actually wants socks
winner #2 Ana who likes beauty gifts
winner #3 Grace who wants apothecary jars
winner #4 Rachel who’d like to give a trip to Italy
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Congrats ladies! contact me, if I don’t get you first to coordinate getting you your prize!
xo
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{recycled map award ribbon from here}
I’m about to go on a little blog break to celebrate Christmas with my family and wanted to send out a special “thanks” to all of you who read Parcel Post. For those of you who are local, thank you for your support shopping at Urbanic. Seeing your faces in the store, and reading your comments on the blog, truly make having this business a fun experience. Joshua and I wish you and your loved ones much goodness this holiday season in whichever holiday you may be celebrating.
Cheers to a bright 2011!
xo
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{gorgeous image credits go to Janice Valise and french by design }
We finally got our holiday cards sent out this year! They were a true labor of love. Not just from us to the recipient, but from my good friend Emily to me. She completely helped me out this year since my hands were so full with the store and the baby. She designed it, directed production and helped us assemble. On top of this my mom spent endless hours helping me tie and tag! In the end they came out perfect. The goal was to send something that captured the warmth and the comfort of the season. The photos below were shot by my super talented sister Ana. As I’m typing all of this I’m realizing how much this whole thing was actually a gift given to me from these three important women in my life.
My dad arrived last night, and it completely feels like the holidays now! We’re all sitting around with our morning coffee, and I thought I would post some of these warm holiday pics, from some of the goods we have in shop right now from Mara Mi. Fitting, considering today is the first day of winter! xo *A
It’s that time of year again for our annual Holiday Giveaway! I’m super thankful for all of you readers so I picked out these faves below from around the shop. As always, I wish every one of you could win, but alas there will be 4 lucky ones. TO WIN: all you need to do is leave a comment to this post stating something you’d like to give this season and/or something you’d like to get. (feel free to provide links if you have) BTW. I had fun answering this same question right here. The winners will be randomly selected and announced here on parcel post on December 30th so check back here to see if you’ve won!
Prize No.1 Cuddle Cider from Chewing the Cud. (this little sachet makes 3 gallons of warm goodness)
Prize No.2 the ‘Calm’ candle from Lollia (fragance of honey, sweet Hyacinth, earthen rooted Vetivir and Iris)
Prize No.3 The Paper Clip noteset from Kate Spade (12 flat cards stamped with a golden paperclip and red lined envelopes)
Prize No.4 2011 Snow & Graham Calendar (blogged about here)
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{sorry folks U.S entries only}
All of you who read this blog know that I’m a fan of Jonathan Adler for many reasons, … these little porcelain coaster sets are even more proof of this! They arrived in Urbanic yesterday and the oooh-ing and ahh-ing that took place when we opened the box was a bit off the charts.
Post your holiday cards this year with these darling little vintage postage packs from the postage service. (by the way, in case you can’t find these little cuties, they’re up by the front register in a tiny silver bowl)
Two of my weaknesses in life are unique stationery items from Japan and sparkly things in general. That being said this array of rubber stamps and pushpins that just arrived at Urbanic has my heart skipping beats.
{photos from Japanese Market}
New in the shop, is this red, white and blue bakers twine. Perfect for tying up your parcels with an airmail touch!
{from Divine Twine}
To all of you who came out to our Holiday Event this year, thanks so much for making it sensational! For those of you who couldn’t make it, here’s a recap of the night shot by the amazing Bonnie Tsang. We decorated the outside with paper chains and mini garlands and had our friends at Bash,Please add their magic touch in making things beautiful. Our absolute fave Frosted Cupcakery delivered a fresh batch of eggnog, gingerbread, and chocolate peppermint mini cupcakes as well as there ever famous “high tops”. Ebony Snow Chafey from Snow and Graham made a special trip in from Chicago and supplied all of our guests with an abundance of adorable strips cut from S&G wrapping papers and hosted a paper chain workshop. For those lucky enough to hang out with her at the table inside, she proved her paper expertise teaching folks how to make Swedish star paper ornaments. The night was completely enchanted and just cold enough to make sipping the Mariebelle hot chocolate a necessity as much as a luxury!
P.S. Ebony’s recap here
New at Urbanic are these barn swallow ornaments by Hammerpress. They’re Printed on recycled chipboard and so perfect for holiday decorating.
Look closely. These note sets are actually blind letterpress custom stationery. Love the simplicity, Love the font options, Love the price point (20 sets for $50!) Just got them in from Simplesong. SUCH a great gift idea. Just email us the names you want and your font choice and we’ll get them printed + shipped ASAP!
We have extended our store hours
an hour later for the month of December!
Monday – Saturday : 10am – 8pm
Sunday : 10am – 7pm
* we will be closing early on
Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve
Tomorrow Sunday 12/5 is our kids paper chain workshop as well as the Abbot Kinney Holiday Walk. A full day of fun! P.S we’re open an hour later every night through December. M-Sat ’till 8 and Sun ’till 7.
I was up late last night trying to catch up on some work and I stumbled upon these little origami “Christmas Creatures”. Watch out for these guys. They’re a posse of 5!
{found here}
