The Patisserie Card Co.’s booth was so adorable and was designed with a traditional patisserie in mind. The work is so sweet and playful. A lot of it reminds me of icing on cookies and old fashioned cookie and candy packaging. Beautiful work.

The work of Mr. Boddington has a very old world style. Wax seals, hand calligraphy, presidential looking design are a part of the feel of the studio. Overall a very stately yet fun effect. The work shown in the booth was incredibly tactile with quirky typography from both typefaces and hand lettering. This booth was one of my favorites.

The work at Que Stien is so delicate with beautiful and intricate borders and detailed illustrations of botanicals. Great colors… it’s what I remember most about this booth. I also remember the fantastic quality and crispness of printing. Gorgeous stuff.

Tiffany of Good Indian Girls Do Design! was so incredibly sweet. (With a teriffic name for her company!) Her work is hand screenprinted and has a great graphic feel. She had displayed a line of notecards which use retro Indian superhero characters in great offbeat color combinations. Pictured above are her Bug notecards and her Colors of India cards both of which use fantastic patterns and punchy graphic elements. Fantastic work.

Abby Jean Press makes some absolutely beautiful wedding invitations and social stationery that employ great typography and elegant patterns and borders. Abby Jean was one of a few that I noticed who use engraving techniques in a very modern way. The traditional typography is freshened here by modern color combinations. Loved the delicate flourishes and borders. The quality of engraving was so perfect: smooth lines, fine details were exquisitely rendered.

I went to the National Stationery Show yesterday and met so many nice people. I found so many letterpress and stationery studios that were new to me so I collected business cards like a fiend in hopes of sharing them all with you. Emerging trends this year: engraving making a comeback, chocolate brown is still here to stay, black+white, calling cards, hand lettering and calligraphy, ornate patterns, blind debossing, botanicals. All week I will be posting about these studios as well as highlights from ICFF. Enjoy!

Shorthand Press believes that people should say more with less. A novel idea for a stationer. Their line of notecards and postcards feature simple typographical layouts and the related shorthand notation for each word. Very cute.

Heidi’s colorful gift wraps are just the ticket for the impending wedding season. Great patterns and colors to choose from and you can buy entire collections at a time that come with coordinating papers, ribbon and gift enclosures. In addition, letterpressed cards and paper journals are also offered. Beautiful stuff.

The work at Fuss is so not fussy. Very clean, no-nonsense design with absolutely beautiful motifs and patterns.

You’ve probably seen the stuff from Cavallini Papers before if you’ve even just stepped inside of a Kate’s Paperie. The official website for the stationer shows the full range of products and it’s nice to see all the offerings aside from the few things that show up at Kate’s. I especially love the Moleskine-esque notesbooks with elastic closures and the above correspondance cards with the vintage graphics and worn feel.

Totally sweet and proper retro style paired with gorgeous illustrations sets Cheree Berry apart. Cheree Berry used to work for Kate Spade before striking out on her own and there’s no denying her style is all hers. The color quality is amazing as is the level of detail in the illustrations she uses. Overall stunning, absolutely stunning work.

I noticed that Rare Device in Brooklyn carries Serrote notebooks and is the only store in the U.S. that does so. Each book is letterpressed, cover and inside pages and produced in limited editions in Portugal. See a previous post about Serrote here.