Vortex

The new year is month away, love this letterpress calendar by INK+WIT.

Aimée Wilder

Brooklyn textile designer Aimée Wilder has some amazing new patterns in her 2012 wallpaper collection.  You can purchase her wallpaper and fabric here.

Anxious

Very anxious about projects, events, and the start of fall.  The image above is a sneak peek of the lovely hand-lettering for the Wintry Market 2012 poster (Nov 3rd / 4th in Boise, ID), which is being created by my friends Aubry & John Briggs.  Wintry is just 5 weeks away, so I am busy planning...and making wares to sell... yes, I am doing both this year!

Bright!

Loving bright color schemes right now, don't you love these graphic stripes and angles!

Spektrum Eins - by Matthias Heiderich

Blog Love.

El Jardin Rojo (The Red Garden) | Rosa Navas of Spain is trained in fashion and graphic design. Her blog features Design, Decor, and Travel.  She also has a shop filled with her own illustrations on various products. Image via El Jardin Rojo

Design Attractor | Jan Skácelík is a graphic designer, photographer, music composer from the Czech Republic. He has an amazing eye for Scandinavian design and is the owner of ReStyleshop on Etsy, which is filled with vintage style graphic prints. Image via Flickr.

The Brick House | I started following Morgan Satterfield on Tumblr year ago, because I loved her sense of style.  Now that I have been reading her blog, I am fascinated by her home renovation project, animals, and her hilarious sense of humor.  Image via The Brick House.

Love this...Some Prints

Love these prints by Graphic Nothing. Such a great display of patterns and colors. Click on the images above to be directed to each pattern.

You can also download some of the prints for free.

Beer Graphics!

I know its barely noon... but I'm a beer lover, and I like to see when new graphics are developed for marketing.

Red Brick Brewing by 22squared | Uinta Tilted Smile by Leia Bell (Crooked Line Series) | 3 Floyds Moloko Milk Stout by Zimmer Design (featured on Martha Stewart)

50 AND 50

Just discovered this Collection where Fifty Designers were asked to create an illustration of their state's motto. The illustration above is for Idaho...created by Eric Smith who is a freelance designer and illustrator. Eric also curated the Live Now Project, a book that features artists work from all around the world.

Girl in Gear Studio... Giveaway!

I met the lovely Stacie with Girl in Gear Studio at the annual Hip Holiday Craft Market in downtown Nampa and I was so excited to see her fabulous handmade paper products.

Today's giveaway is for a 2011 sustainable desk calendar by Girl in Gear Studio, just in time for the new year!! This calendar is printed on seed-embedded paper, comes with a display frame for hanging, and is packaged in a kraft envelope with gift tag. This calendar could be a perfect gift for yourself or someone you admire!

Frame dimensions: 8-1/2" x 11" (19.7 cm x 21.6 cm)
Calendar dimensions: 6-1/2" x 9" (14 cm x 19 cm)

Here’s how you enter:
(leave a separate comment for each item, include your email address with at least one comment)

• Please visit Girl in Gear Studio list some of your favorite item(s).
• Become a fan of Girl in Gear Studio on Facebook
• Follow Girl in Gear Studio on Twitter, @girlingear
  
• Follow "inspired designer" via Google Friend Connect.
• Follow me on Twitter, @mkristin
  
• Tweet about the giveaway, including a link to the post.
• Re-blog this giveaway to your readers.

All entries must be submitted by Saturday January 8th before 5pm MST. One winner will be chosen at random and notified on Monday January 10th. This Giveaway is extended to those in the US and Canada only.

GOOD LUCK , and THANK YOU FOR READING!

Giveaway Winner!

The winner for the ishootnouns giveaway is.... Ann!

Ann, please E-mail Me so I can forward your info along to get started on your free customized family tree print.

Thank you to Gretchin at ishootnouns for providing this wonderful giveaway!

Kamal...

What beautiful letter press cards, coasters, and printed wrapping paper Kamal has. I love her use of pattern and color in the different prints. Kamal uses an eco-friendly process of hand-mixed inks on 100% cotton or kraft paper. To read more about Kamal and her process visit here.