Stocking Stuffers

Rosebud Design Studio's Daily Fortune Matchbooks are perfect for holiday stocking stuffers. We have 5 varieties: Original, Love, Money, Marriage and Baby. Each matchbook is filled with 24 original fortune cookie-style fortunes, which you can tear off on a daily basis, or whenever you feel the need. Find them all on our Etsy store.

Product of the week - Holiday Notes to Self and Others

Since the holidays are upon us, I thought I would start shamelessly promoting Rosebud Design Studio Holiday offerings. This card from the Holiday Notes to Self and Others Postcard Book is really popular. It seems most people I know have someone they can send it to. You can view the full set of postcards here on the Rosebud website, or you can purchase them here, on the Rosebud Etsy Store.

New Cards!

I'm happy to annouce a new line of cards. These portrait cards are a combined effort of Rosebud Design Studio and artist and illustrator CJ Metzger. CJ created the original portraits of the Valentine, Halloween, Holiday and Birthday girls, and Rosebud designed the vintge inspired frames that surround them. You can view them on our website here. Or you can find them at our Etsy store.
The cards can be purchased as singles or as a set of four.

Holiday Gift Bazaar

Hello everyone! I wanted to let you all know about a really cool holiday gift bazaar that Rosebud Design Studio is taking part in this November 17th in Santa Monica. It's called "Crazy Cool Super Ridiculous" and it is featuring a handful of talented local vendors like Melissa Moss, Luxe Link, and yours truly. Come out and get started on your holiday shopping - check out the website for more information.

Designing Letters Calligraphy

Today I'm featuring DeAnn Singh of Designing Letters. She's an amazingly talented calligrapher. The above photos are of some pieces she created for National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets. DeAnn also does calligraphy for weddings, and gives lessons. You can view her website and contact info here.

Rosebud's New Etsy Store

Hello, everyone! I'm very excited to announce the launch of the Rosebud Design Studio Etsy store. You can check it out by clicking here. The store will offer a hand-picked selection from the Rosebud product catalog, based on the season, the weather, my mood for the week, etc. Mostly, it will be based on the season. I hope you'll visit the store and do some holiday shopping!

Paris

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I've had a good excuse: I've been in Paris for a short vacation and to see the Paris gift show: Maison et Objet. It was a fantastic trip. Click here to see some photos from the whirlwind tour.

I'm going to try and post my favorites from the Maison et Object....just as soon as I can locate my paperwork on that...

Also, as an item of interest, here is a link to the awesome bicycles that we used to get around while in Paris.

Store of the week: Paper Doll

The featured store of the week is Paper Doll, located in Chicago, IL. They girls at Paper Doll have been buying from Rosebud Design Studio consistently since I started. Although I have never been to their store (and never even been to Chicago), if you are in the area, you should check it out. They stock tons of great lines, fun gift items, and have a cute little store mascot, Maude, the pug. Thanks for being great customers!

Bliss Print from Yellena

I just recently received the above print that I ordered from Yellena's etsy shop. I really love her drawings. The colors are bright and fun, and the artwork is almost like advanced doodling (I mean that as a good thing).

I'm starting to collect affordable art pieces. So far, I have a gooco print from Sugarloop, a silkscreened poster from L2, some letterpressed pieces from Manifesto, an art print from Old School Stationers, and some other random stuff of my own creation.

Product of the Week: Snowflake Cards

These cards are one of my favorites. They are foil stamped in pearl foil onto super thick white paper stock.

For the design, I played around with flourishes to create original snowflake designs. I like cutting up decorative fonts and arranging them symmetrically to create more complicated flourishes, and ultimately patterns. I know, pretty dorky. I could spend hours doing this.

Below are some of the snowflakes I created before making my final choice.

Rosebud on Delightful Blogs

I've added Rosebud Design Studio's blog to the Delightful Blog listing. This website is a fun little database of blogs in areas such as fashion, design, food, shopping and travel. It's got a clean and cute layout (love the birdie) so that everything is easy to find. You can check out Rosebud's listing here.

Doggie in the Window

Happy August!

Featured Store: Sugar Paper

I would like to start regularly highlighting stores that are carrying Rosebud Design Studio products. For my first feature, I would like to highlight one of the first stores that took me on - Sugar Paper.

Sugar paper has two locations: Century City, CA and Brentwood, CA. Both shops are adorable, modern, and have a great selection of paper goods and stationery gift items. The Century City location is next door to Clementine Cafe which is a great place to stop for lunch, while the Brentwood store is located in the Brentwood Country Mart which has tons of shops, plus the fabulous City Bakery.

So stop by and ask for some Rosebud product (hehe)!

Sugar Paper also has a web shop in case you aren't in the Los Angeles area.

New Invitations!

Ok, so here are the long promised Versailles inspired wedding invitations. They are printed with four colors and stamped in gold foil. The envelopes are lined with three different marble papers: hot pink, light pink and a deep green/blue with gold flecks.

It's been a while....

Sorry I've been out of touch! Things have been so busy at Rosebud that I haven't had a second for blogging. And now, I'm on the East Coast for a little family vacation. I'll be back on Wednesday with some more fun posts, including the product of the week, featured shop, and some gorgeous new wedding invitations that are all tricked out Marie Antoinette style.

In the meantime, Congrats to Sarah for winning the Lost contest. She guessed correctly the characters from left to right (Danielle, Mikhail, The Black Smoke Monster, and Naomi). I hope you like your Rosebud prize, Sarah, and thanks for playing!

Thanks, Country Living!

Country Living is Featuring Rosebud Design Studio on their home page. Click here to check it out. Thank you!!

Product of the Week - Pirate Cards

This week's Rosebud Design Studio featured products are the Pirate Cards. I really like historical maps (I had been calling them "vintage" maps, but the nice librarian at the UCLA maps library informed me that they are "historical"). I started researching these maps for an invitation I designed for a destination wedding in Hawaii. There are lots of great sites on the web where you can get inspiration (check out my previous post on the topic for some more info).

Also, I really like pirates. And pirate-speak. Did you know that there is a National Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th)? I had a lot of fun writing the copy for these cards, researching all the pirate-y words I wanted to use and putting them together....

These particular cards are printed on recycled paper (we are making an earth-friendly effort here at Rosebud HQ), and are for sending birthday greetings, congratulations, and thank yous.

Lost without Lost - Rosebud Mini Contest

A few anonymous commenters have been requesting my YouTube link since I posted by brother's under Post Show Wrap Up. I do not have a YouTube Link (fortunately). I do have the above picture, which is the most embarrassing photo of me (left) I could find that I would still post on this blog.

This photo was taken at the Lost season finale. We all dressed up as different characters from the show. So, I'm going to sponsor a little contest. I will give a Rosebud Design Studio product prize to the person that can correctly guess all four characters shown above. Here are the rules:
1. To win, you must be the FIRST (and only the first) to comment with all four correct answers from left to right.
2. If you are an "anonymous" poster, I won't know who you are, so please leave your name in the post.
3. No friends or family of mine can play.
4. Gift will be determined by me, but it will be a selection of Rosebud product worth about $20.00 - $30.00
5. NO LAUGHING (seriously, people....like you've never dressed up as a Lost character before? Come on....)

Cool Artist: CJ Metzger

Today I had the good fortune to meet C.J. Metzger and go to her studio in Glendale, CA. Her work is amazing, and you can check it out on her website (she says she's going to have a new website lauching this summer with a web store). Her studio is also fantastic, and much of her artwork is hanging up on the walls. I snapped these photos while I was there today. Some of the work is done with her sister, who is also an artist.

C.J. and I are hoping to work together on some cards for Rosebud Design Studio, so I'll keep everyone posted on that.

Vintage Fruit Label Cards

I thought it might be interesting to post a product of the week and give you some insight into the design process/inspiration behind them. So, I'm starting with some of the new products, the Vintage Fruit Label Cards.

Here at Rosebud Design Studio, we (by which I mean "I") have a bit of a problem (read: obsession) with vintage graphics, packaging, etc. You might even have noticed – I wouldn't blame you if you did.

These cards are based on turn of the century fruit and vegetable labels. I found a bunch of excellent reference on the Internet, which you can see below. However, I always like to create something different for Rosebud. In this case, I wanted to add some occasional cards to the line, so I selected fruits I thought I could write "happy birthday", "congrats", "I'm sorry", and anniversary copy for.

Where was this when I was in High School?

Once when I went to the West Hollywood Halloween Parade, I saw a group of people in Marie Antoinette style outfits made entirely of bubble wrap. But this duct tape prom looks cool too.
Do you think they'd let me submit if I promised to give the scholarship money to a high school student? The above photo is one of my favorites from the Stuck on Prom website. But there are many, many more...

Production Time

Since the Stationery Show is over, now I'm deep into production for all the new Rosebud Design Studio items that people ordered. I'll be at it for a while, but orders should start shipping out end of June. Expect an updated list of stores on the Rosebud site soon.

Sign up for our newsletter (located on the Rosebud home page) if you would like to stay informed.

Above is a photo of the Circus Baby Announcements drying on make-shift clothes lines in my apartment. Usually, I send everything out to be printed, but these were hand silkscreened by myself and my lovely assistant Kaz. It was backbreaking labor. The clothes lines started to sag because of the weight of the paper, and you literally had to crawl underneath them all to attach more for drying purposes. What we do for paper products and design.

Polite Cards

While at the Stationery Show, I visited Polite Cards' booth. These cards by David Shrigley are my favorites. For now, I'm going with "don't know."

Happy June

Summer's coming...

Post Show Wrap Up

Well, it's all over. I can hardly believe it. Here are some highlights from the Stationery Show. The above photos are from the Rosebud Booth. Thank you to all our new and returning customers (store list updates on the Rosebud site to come) that came by and placed orders. Also, a big hello to Lindsey and Brady from Hammerpress, who were the best neighboors an exhibitor could ask for. We had tons of fun this year, thanks in no small part to Kaz, who endured endless rides on NJ Transit, very early mornings, and my questionable sanity. Also, I couldn't have put the booth together without tips from the construction department - you know who you are. Additionally, thanks to Marmo and The Box for transportation, food, housing and general support with minimal harassment. Lastly, thank you to the Matador for the Yankee tickets.

Below are more photos of the booth, including one in the process of being dismantled. Also featured are myself, Kaz and our Uglydoll friend, and my brother John, who despite valiant efforts could not teach me to throw a frisbee properly.

And...one more thank you to Grace from Design*Sponge for featuring the Daily Fortunes on her blog.

On with the Show!

The Stationery Show, that is. Come see Rosebud Design Studio at the Javits Center in NYC from May 20 - 23. We'll be in booth #1763, and we'll have CUPCAKES. Real ones. To eat. Yessiree. Don't forget your coupon (for paper products, the cupcakes are free).

Conference Finals

A little faith, people. After all, we have:
Get your PDF poster here.

Rosebud Weddings Launch

I've lauched Rosebud Weddings earlier today. This website is going to showcase all Rosebud's invitation offerings, from custom designed invites, to our BRAND SPANKING NEW line of ready-made options. This has been in the works for a long time, so I'm excited to finally get it out there. The ready-made options will also be displayed at the National Stationery Show in booth 1763 (May 20-23), with the rest of Rosebud's new line. Special thanks to Kaz for helping me with the photoshoot, and for coming out to New York with me for the second year in a row!

Stationery Show Time

Well, the Stationery Show is finally upon us. This year, Rosebud Design Studio will be exhibiting in booth #1763. We've got tons of new stuff, so if you're going to be there, stop on by. I've also created this handy-dandy coupon for all orders placed at the show. Click here to download yours.

It's May

I'm a little late on posting this, but here is Toby's May glamour shot.

The Magical Donut

Please go here.

Let's Go Buffalo!

In honor of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I've created a poster in honor of my favorite goalie for my favorite team, the Buffalo Sabres. Click here to download a free PDF. the size of the poster is 11 x 17, but if you bring it to a place like Kinko's, they should be able to enlarge it. So, if you're lucky enough to be going to a game and need a poster, feel free to use this one. Keep checking back, as I will probably make more....in the works are a "Captain Clutch" for everyone's favorite captain, Chris Drury and "Cookie Monster" for our sneaky center, Daniel Briere. Feel free to post suggestions in the comments section.

Rosebud on Trunkt

Just a quick note to say that I signed Rosebud up for a listing on the Trunkt lookbook. You can view the listing here with an extensive list of where to buy Rosebud Products.

Bluebird Studios - Calligraphy

Hello again - it's been a while since my last post. I thought I'd open things up again with a nice wedding related theme. Rebecca from Bluebird Studios as revamped her website. Rebecca has been lettering professionally since 1998. Her calligraphy style is unique and fresh. I highly recommend checking out her website for samples of her work if you are in the market for some calligraphy for your wedding invitations (or for any other event). Bluebird Studios has also been featured on Daily Candy.

Happy April!

Nothin' says spring like a sleepy dog with a jaunty ribbon around his neck.

Sony Bouncing Balls

This campaign has been around for a while, but if you haven't seen it, I recommned checking it out here. It's part of Sony's Colour Like No Other campaign. Also fun is the behind the scenes, which describes exactly how thousands of rubber bouncy balls were unleashed on San Francisco.

Rosebud Survey

I created a very short survey for Rosebud Design Studio. I'm trying to gather opinions on the line, with the Stationery Show upcomming in May. If you've got a second (really, it doesn't take that long to fill out), please click here for the survey. I'm going to choose a winner randomly from the respondants. The winner will receive a goodie box full of Rosebud product!

See Jane Work Store

I subscribe to the See Jane Work newsletter, and I received this notice that they are opening a Flagship store in Thousand Oaks, CA! The address (for those of you in the area) is 2993 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. See Jane Work sells my Collected Keepsake and Correspondence books.

Something fun for today

This is Mr. Pinky. He's a pig. I sewed him for my husband for Valentine's Day. As you can see, sewing is not my strong suit. Or, at least not sewing small pigs. Anyway, I've made my peace with his many imperfections, and now I think he's awesome. So I photoshopped him into a nice beach scene from Santa Monica, 'cuz he's a west side swine. OINK!

Rosebud Studio Tour

I'm taking a break from builing out a website to give a Rosebud studio tour! I know....so exciting. Right now, Rosebud Design Studio is a desk (two desks actually, but this one looks more interesting) in my apartment. This is where I sit most of the day, designing, emailing, wasting time...so here are the finer points of my desk:
1. My Epson Stylus Photo 2200. Words can't describe how I feel about this machine. It's frickin' awesome. Of course, it is occupying about half the real estate of my desk, and is decorated with a plastic lizard and some other wildlife.
2. Pantone formula guide, solid uncoated. 'Nuf said.
3. My cell phone. Yes, it's pink. And yes, it has a Harry Potter ring tone. You wanna make something of it?
4. My to-do list. It's become more of a to-do binder. A mini binder from Russel + Hazel (because I do buy other people's stationery too).
5. Musical bunny, also pink.
6. Completely disorderly pencil holders. See inset photo below.
7. Piu Piu birdie paper clip holder thingie.
8. Laser Printer (because I can't address metallic envelopes on my ink jet).
9. Lacie back up hard drive....just in case...
10. Toby mouse pad.
11. My G5. I think the "G" stands for "glorious" because I hear angels singing whenever I look at it. Not really. Well, sometimes.
12. Hidden scanner that likes to crash my computer. I keep it unplugged until I need it. Vindictive little bastard.
13. Stylish vertical blinds!
Above are the disorderly and disorganized pencil holders. Items of note: various colored thin sharpies, a calculator, a pirate pencil, and a hidden troll (background). The troll was a gift from my old design firm. We worked on a project for trolls, and we each had one on our desks for "inspiration". Right now this troll is sporting some colorful hibiscus flowers in his hair.

It's March!

Happy March! Here is a smiling Toby to ring in the new month. I'm hoping to get some good posts in within the next couple of days....I've needed a bit of a break to handle a particularly time intensive project. So, in between rocking back and forth under my desk and working, I haven't dedicated much time to blogging.

The Patina Bride

Rosebud Design Studio is going to be taking part in a fancy-schmancy bridal event at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The event is being hosted by Patina Catering and it will be held at the concert hall this Sunday, February 25th from 11am - 3pm.
You will be able to meet with professionals in invitations, entertainment, photography, fashion, florals, cake, and event design. There will also be food and drinks.

To RSVP for this event:
Tickets are $35.00 each** ~ Complimentary Parking
(213) 972-7565 or eventrsvp@patinagroup.com
**Cost of ticket will be applied to any events booked with the Patina Restaurant Group.

Daily Candy highlighted the event in their weekend guide here.

Rosebud Design Studio on Design*Sponge

Rosebud Design Studio was included in Design*Sponge's Letterpress Guide, which debuted today. Many thanks to Grace, both for including me and for putting together such a great resouce. You can check out the guide here.

Historical Maps

I've always been into old maps, I think they're cool. A while back I had to do a wedding invitation using some historical maps (I used to call them vintage maps, but the helpful librarian at the UCLA Maps Library told me to say "historical" instead). You can get some really great quality images online from the Navy (copyright free too!). The Library of Congress also has some really great maps in their American Memory Project collection.

Rosebud + Lisa Congdon + ReForm School = YES!!!

ReForm School hosted an exhibit of Lisa Congdon's work on Saturday. It was really fantastic, and if you're in the Los Angeles area, I highly recommend hustling on over there and checking it out while everything is still up. In the above photo you can see not only Lisa's painting on the left, but some of Rosebud's Valentine cards in the case on the right. The Valentine Hearts and Vintage Valentines are featured in the case, and looks mighty fun with all that other pink stuff. Lisa was nice enough to let me use this photo of hers so I could show it off. You can check out more of Lisa's work from the show here.
Photo by: Lisa Congdon

Swarovksi & Tord Boontje!!

I wish I could see this in person. Check out the website here. In the pictures section, you can see a bunch of amazing images. I think Boontje might be the KING of awesome swirly madness. I love it!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. I hope cupid is good to you all...there are a few Valentine extras on the Rosebud website, under freebies. You can download new wallpaper, AIM icons, and gift tags for your Valentine.

More Nature!

So I've started this collection of nature photos that I've taken. I don't have a flicker account, so now they're just sitting on my computer while I decide what to do with them. I thought I would post some here, just because. This one was taken at the Jersey Shore. I swear I didn't use Photoshop to get that pink color.