product of the day | paperweight

A paperweight can be fun and beautiful! I love these little pieces of art posing as paperweights. They are adorable and best of all they make great gifts. Available at the Museum of Modern Art’s online store and you can see other styles of the paperweights on the designer’s website. Maira Kalman is a designer, illustrator, author and overall she is a creative person. Feel free to look at her other work when visiting the site.

font of the month | Burgues Script

On May 15, Veer presented for the first time anywhere, “a paragon of Spencerian penmanship and tastefully exuberant ornamentation” Alejandro Paul’s latest creation, Burgues Script. A beautifully crafted font with ligatures, alternates and ornaments in the favored Open Type format available online at Veer’s website. You can view a specimen PDF guide or you can buy the font for $99 and play with it all on your own. The only other font that is even close to comparison is Zaner from International House of Fonts. You can see and buy the font on the website for $99.95 and is also available in Open Type format. My only problem is I’ve yet to find a suitable…

fun with construction paper | jen stark

Jen Stark, an artist and sculptor of construction paper knows how to have fun with construction paper. If you visit her site you will see a fun animation of construction paper and if you go to her work link you can see more of the sculptures such as the one shown above.