Valentines from ReadyMade Magazine

Looking through Issue 39, February 2009 issue of ReadyMade and they offer on page 58, four exclusive valentine designs to clip out or download.  They come from designers from all over and offer some interesting sentiments, perhaps not so conventional?  The publication says you can find the designs online at readymade.com/valentines but as of today I don’t think their website is updated yet!  (For shame!)

The whale design is by Nicole Michels and Erin Mulcahy from birdandbanner.com – I checked out their website and learned that they make custom wedding invitations and similar type correspondence items – so cool!  I love their vintage looking designs and went on over to their Etsy shop eyeing the vintage hankie and conversation cards. Although I noticed they spelled letterpress “stationary” instead of “stationery” – yes, I’m anal like that.

The astronaut design is from Tamara Shopsin and I checked out her website to find a list of eclectic items.  There are notecards such as the pining Porcupine who says “I wish I didn’t like balloons so much” but the other beauty is the bacon scarf.  Yup!

The monster over the house on the white card is by Robert Hanson at robertsamuelhanson.com where you can see more of his design work.  Very clean and industrial looking, I like it for the simplicity and catchy phrases sometimes.

The final card is the yellow card with misregistration of text “I loved you” – pretty funny.  It was designed by Joel Holland at jmhillustration.com where you can find his portfolio of work.  He has lots of lovely illustrations with the thick line, sort of 50s style for me but with a twist in the snarky headlines, quotes and words.

You should definitely check out the great designs out there to use for your correspondences!

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