Last week I finally made it to the Balloni store here in Cologne for the first time. As the name suggests they carry tons of balloons and other party decorations. But as I discovered they also have a huge selection of beautiful wrapping papers, walls covered with ribbons in every color and design you can imagine, as well as tables filled with wonderful paper goods.
I bought a sheet of this beautiful red Hiawatha paper that you can see in the second photo (btw a new addition to the good life series from NineteenSeventyThree, which I blogged about previously) and am thinking about using it to make a large photoalbum. The wooden toy crocodile also caught my eye. It’s handmade by a local designer and I’ll have to try and find out the name again.
BALLONI Ehrenfeldgürtel 88-94 50823 Köln On the Map
Paperworld is a huge fair for paper, stationery, crafts and office supplies in Frankfurt – and a must-see for any paperlover. I feel like I’m still recovering from all the wonderful impressions…
My personal highlights: Beautiful journals and new paper designs by Jackie for Bindewerk, finally a catalogue from Carta Pura (Munich) so I can order via E-Mail and a secret tip from Brevi Manu on where we’ll soon be able to find their amazing journals, tapes and notepads in Cologne!
I’ll keep you posted!
This is one of the lovely papers I found this year, designed by NineteenSeventyThree and printed on really nice & heavy recycled brown paper, which makes it fantastic for bookbinding. It is part of a series called the good life.
NineteenSeventyThree is a british design company started in 2003 by James & Emma Emmerson and named after the year they were born. They collaborate with some amazing artists like Pintuck and Sukie – you might already have seen one of the papers Sukie designed in this post here.
Tomorrow I will send a little Owl Post on its way, to someone secret.
Secret because I don’t know who will receive it myself. But I hope it arrives well and maybe I will tell you a bit more later…
I made the tag from an old kraft envelope using a punch. The tiny envelopes I found on our last holidays in Lisboa.
If you like owls, I think you will also like the Brown Owls blog.
Last weekend I made some cute little paper bags using my newest paper find. Sandra of herzensart was so kind to share a little tutorial on how to make these little handmade paper bags on her blog.
Just a first try at making what I’d call a “paperama”. Wish I could add some nice music (without getting in copyright-trouble). Any suggestions? Will also need to try a better program for video-editing.
Today while searching for book end papers I discovered an amazing and inspiring paper collection “Sammlung Bartsch” on the german national library website. It includes lithographic prints, book end papers as well as paste papers (not sure how to translate Tunk- und Kleisterpapiere) from all over the world:
Book End Paper / Vorsatzpapier – D. Voigt & Co., Kopenhagen, 1906
