announcing: cartograms by cartolina

Oh my goodness - It's here, it's here! Cartolina's iPhone app has officially arrived in the iTunes app store. Customizable, gorgeous greetings from your iPhone to a friend's inbox, did I mention you can also send as a text?

Seriously, what are you waiting for? Search "Cartolina" in the app store to get your own this very minute...

{image via cartolina}

la mart wrap up

{crow and canary's booth at the la mart temporary showrooms}

{gorgeous flower arrangement by the incomparable megan of ghost academy. seriously, could this lady be any more talented?}

{hammocks & high tea's line of organic cotton and hemp tea towels and pillows}

{goodies from ink & paper, oddball press and jezebel}

{mulberry paper lamps by daylight wasting time and papergoods from cartolina}

Anyone that's exhibited at a trade show or craft show understands the importance of good neighbors. I sincerely couldn't have asked for better people to be surrounded by in Los Angeles!



{image via gogogear}
Having a booth directly across from gogogear was a challenge. I'm a real sucker for luxury leather goods and I spent more time than I should admit debating over which bag I should make my very own. I settled on the above beauty and couldn't be more pleased with my decision. This baby is a looker and has roller wheels. What more can girl ask for?



{image via yesterday's best}
Julie and Shelby of Yesterday's Best were very fun to chat with. Their line of hand-glittered nostalgic imagery cards are breathtaking in person. These ladies have over 500 cards in their collection, and claim that glitter has made its way onto nearly every object they own.

Leah of Pressed Ink, completely embodied the perfect booth neighbor. Pressed Ink is a modern line of paper goods, specializing in lovely monogrammed notecards and notepads. The line was recently featured in People magazine.

Michele and Suzie held down the fort at Xela Aroma. They had the sweetest smelling booth featuring reed diffusers and soy candles. Michele was the unofficial DJ for our aisle and I loved watching her channel Ellen DeGeneres's with her awesome dance moves.

{all image from crow and canary, unless otherwise noted}

and the winner is...

Jen from the Haystack Needle has been randomly chosen as the winner of the Cartolina Cards 9-piece notebooks set. In answer to the question 'What summer ritual are you most looking forward to?' - Jen said "...whoopie pies when we go up to Maine." Sounds like a girl after my own heart!

Thank you to all that took the time to share your summer rituals, I'm truly anticipating summer more than ever after reading about: patio dining, fresh cut flowers, sweet tea, gardening, sun bathing, berry picking and hammock napping...

Be sure to stop by again soon - next week I'll be posting a new giveaway sponsored by Paper Relics and you definitely won't want to miss out on this one.

goody giveaway no. 5

I'm so excited to announce our new giveaway from Cartolina Cards... Fiona, the talented designer of Cartolina, has generously offered a complete set of her recycled notebooks, nine in all, to one lucky reader. You may remember my excitement when these little gems hit the streets in January. Fiona also writes an inspiring blog, Cafe Cartolina. If you're not already a reader, I highly suggest you take a peak.

To enter to win:

|| Please leave a comment answering the following question:
Which summer ritual are you most looking forward to?

|| Anonymous comments will be disqualified.

|| Giveaway is open until midnight on Wednessay, May 20, 2009 .
Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced the following day.

|| One comment per person, unless... Hey, want an extra chance to win?
Blog and/or tweet about our giveaway and post an additional comment with the link.

P.S. If you can't wait to get your paws on one of these notebooks, they're available at GreetQ, as well as Cartolina's card collection.

new releases from cartolina cards

These, much anticipated, new notebooks from Cartolina are making a real impression. There are definitely many things to love about them, but on the top of my list is the price: $4 each! Check out all 9 of the designs at the Cafe Cartolina blog.