Wrapper of the Week Bespoke Press

If I was going to dream up a perfect gift wrapping paper, what would my list look like?

Bespoke LetterPress

1. Environmentally responsible, recycled paper
2. Two sided for wrapping versatility
3. Heavy duty, so I can wrap packages that have to travel
4. Beautiful, rich colors
5. Accomplished graphic design

This producer of "couture stationery" in Australia hits all the marks. Their gift wrap is unbelievably beautiful, as well as everything I list above.  Here are some examples:

Doublesided black cockatoo/teal jungle design

You could get really creative with the double sided wrap if you start folding

I love the colors and scale of these designs

They have beautiful ribbon and gift tags too -- many currently on sale:

10 pack of multi occasion tags

Their story is pretty delicious too.

"Bespoke Letterpress is one of the world’s leading letterpress studios designing and printing fine letterpress and hot foil stationery.

Founded by Alischa Herrmann in 2007, what began as a small business based under an old timber house by the sea, Bespoke Letterpress has since grown into an international recognised and celebrated brand. 

We print the beautifully old fashioned way, using antique cast iron machines, printing on imported luxuriously thick paper mixed with patience, perfection and a whole lot of love."

They name their presses! Here's a picture of Edward.

 xxoo
N

Etsy Monday LiveinPaper - Excellent Gift Wrapping for Kids!

I was looking for bright, happy gift wrapping designs appropriate for kids. Live In Paper in Costa Rica had some really great designs, all printed on eco-friendly paper.

Here's what LiveinPaper says about their shop:

Live in Paper, is a small business design company based in Costa Rica and founded in 2015. The owner and designer at Live in Paper decided to create original and exclusive designs, using especially fine eco-friendly papers. People can enjoy different themes, be conscious about the environment and reuse our papers. We try that all the materials used are eco-friendly.

The inspiration for designing comes from everything, arts, music, nature, animals, people, countries, etc.

Now this is dinosaur wrapping paper! 

This makes me like vegetables better. Do you think it would work on a kid?

Hummingbirds and flowers, how summer like is that?

Wrapper of the Week Fishlips

It's starting to feel like summer. Hazy, hot days at the beach -- hopefully a beach not covered by tons of plastic as we saw on National Geographic's Instagram over the last week. Fishlips has pretty, eco-friendly beachy designs that you can get through her online shop or Etsy.

Bubbly

Fishlips!

Dirty Martini. Cute name.

Pretty hexagon pattern.

Summer gift wrapping ideas

Summer is ice cream, ripe fruit, long days. Kids out of school, beaches, and blue, blue skies.

Wrapping ideas that say summer to me:

I love the idea of wrapping with a jump rope!

berries.com

Berries.com

Etsy Monday Wrapping from RubiaCraft, Székesfehérvár, Hungary

I love how international Etsy is. Hungary, the United Kingdom, such lovely things from all over the place.  I was taken with the blues and greens of the wrapping paper from RubiaCraft, a paper design shop in Hungary:

3 sheets size A3

Another choice

and another.

Here is what the shop owner says:

"draw. cut. touch. repeat

 

My name is Kondor Valéria, freelance visual artist.
I m behind the shop RubiaCraft.

I am fascinated with
block prints
organic compositions
freedom within structure
the fact that lino cutting and paper craft creates the art&image by removing pieces
the repeat patterns where the elements seem the same but they are not
the mis-registered prints where the color layers float under-above the outline.

I love making boxes. I design all of them myself, so you will not find the same elsewhere.

I have been in art for over twenty years, mostly in painting. Meanwhile I spent ten years in the animation industry as production manager, then returned to full time art."