here come the holidays!

Okay, so the first post about a paper store - delayed.  However, here are some cute holiday finds for you to ooh and aah over! 

For anyone who doesn't know, letterpress makes me drool like few other things can.  So, it's only natural that I'm a big, big fan of the letterpress calendar by Jack and Lulu. 

It's VERY cute - especially because, hey, it has a STAND.  January's anchor is a favorite image, and I love the little skull and crossbones for October!  I could see this on my desk.

For another calendar option, check out minted.  They do photo calendars, custom calendars, cards, stationery - all kinds of neat stuff.  They should probably go in our sidebar, actually.  I like this card - a tree made of words.

As a paper-loving bibliophile, I'm all about booky gifts.  A couple of my favorites so far (aside from gift cards to bookstores) are the pointing bookmark and the Postcards from Penguin.  The first is this cool bookmark that elastics around half your book and has a little hand that points to exactly where you left off, like so:

 You can always count on the MoMA store to have neat stuff like that.

Postcards from Penguin is described on the Penguin Books website as follows:

"A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, here are over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box.

"In 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to London. His disappointment at the poor range of paperbacks on offer led him to found Penguin Books. The quality paperback had arrived.  Declaring that 'good design is no more expensive than bad', Lane was adamant that his Penguin paperbacks should cost no more than a packet of cigarettes, but that they should always look distinctive. 

Postcards from Penguin

"Ever since then, from their original - now world-famous - look featuring three bold horizontal stripes, through many different stylish, inventive and iconic cover designs, Penguin's paperback jackets have been a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture. And whether they're for classics, crime, reference or prize-winning novels, they still follow Allen Lane's original design mantra. Sometimes, you definitely should judge a book by its cover."

So, some good places to start when thinking of the paper-lover in your life or, if you ARE a paper lover, thinking of yourself.  (We all need to think of ourselves more, don't you think?)

 I will try to get out to a local paperie to start the journey this weekend but, failing that, I'll post photos of some of the favorite papers currently in my possession.

Cheers, and happy holiday planning!   ~leila bee ^_^