20,000 pages from 67 books- all folded by hand by Kyla McCallum.

Guy Laramee book landscapes. Pretty amazing, right?

3,000 teabags spotted on The Fox is Black.

Paper sculptures in an abbey church by Peter Gentenaar

{spotted on design for mankind}

Geografia has some pretty amazing products over on Fab today. I love everything about the work they do… Craftiness, printing, science and geography all rolled into one.

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I bookmarked a post from Eating is Art a few weeks ago and feel I must share a small bit of it with you.

“To cultivate more optimism in my life, I try to do very small things that can reap huge rewards. A few times throughout the day I’ll stop what I’m doing and sit silently. It’s like a small check-in with how I’m feeling, where I am, and what my thoughts are thinking. I notice and then proceed. If I was thinking something really negative, I may laugh out loud at myself to break the hold negative thinking can have. Or I might say the word “hope” or “intention” in my mind to break the downward spiral. Then, I let it go. This is hard, so it helps me to visualize the negative thought literally being enveloped by a balloon or a bubble and floating away. Sometimes I even imagine myself waving at it. Buh-bye!”

I’m trying to practice this daily. Her post was really inspiring. Read it here.

{Isn’t that glass great?!}

Too beautiful not to repost from Strictly Paper today. Have a lovely day, whatever you do. I’ll be dining on fries and a milkshake, maybe curling up with Downton Abbey.

It’s finally here. My new identity. What do you think?

Designing for yourself when you’re a designer has to be one of the worst processes. Every time you feel like you might have it, you change it. This is why I don’t do much design for Paper Schmaper. I don’t have a real logo, and never really had a uniformed look. Well, a giant thank you goes out to Andrew Dellamano for his help turning my “thoughts” into a functioning site. This entire site is his doing. (he’s available for freelance, so contact him if you’d like something new!)

So long blogger, hello wordpress. So far, I really like wordpress and think I’ll be updating the portfolio section more. Speaking of the portfolio, there are a few new pieces to check out. Not that many since Paper Schmaper was on hold during the majority of 2011, but it’s going to be a good 2012 for us.

I want to hear your thoughts. Be honest. Tell me if I have a typo, tell me what you think of my work. The links on the right were just imported over. I’ll update them soon. Promise!

New business cards are next. The plates are made, the paper is cut, it’s just a matter of time.

{By the way, if you subscribe to my feed. Did it switch for you? Are you getting this?}

Rabbit Rabbit!

Check out Pattern Matters for the month in movement.

Yesterday, I spent the day with my family. Helping move, feed horses at the ranch, playing with my baby niece and some new barn kittens. It was some well needed therapy. I plan to uphold my resolutions and be back here more often this week!

{photos by me – posted to twitter}

excuse the lack of posts. i’ll return soon.

{via pinterest}

{just got this gorgeous addition for my pressroom from studio on fire.}

{this is a bit old, but hey, I haven’t blogged in a while}

For my birthday last month, a super fantastic friend gave me this print. Not only is it perfectly apropos to my life, the story behind it is so very interesting. Check it out:

{I can’t thank you enough Miss Jude}