Paper wonders

It's no surprise I am doing a post about a few of my favourite stationery studios. If I have talked to you recently, I probably would have told you all about this big idea I have, my dream project of creating my own stationery company and collaborating with friends to do some more specialized wedding paper products.

Here I picked a selection of creations by various studios from all over the world. I just love how they all have this handmade and not so perfect finish to them, and using different techniques such as letterpress, screenprinting, risography and also digital.

Paper is not dead! Enjoy.

One - Ferme a Papier | Two - Hammer Press | Three - Hello Harriet | Four - Hello Lucky | Five - Idlewild Co | Six - Michoucas | Seven - Rifle Paper Co | Eight - Paiandpear | Nine - Sue Jean Ko | Ten - Quill & Fox

Stay tuned for my post about Wedding Stationery trends for 2015!

Analogue Music Photography - The Portraits

When living in the UK, my favourite hobby was analogue music photography. Having pretty much all of my friends playing in bands was so ideal. I was working non stop, spending fortunes on films, cameras, scanners and equipment. It didn't matter. I was fulfilled and also eager to do more and especially, to learn more, being a self taught amateur photographer, I had to learn it all from scratch and by myself.
It was a great time, it was exciting to see my photos appearing on magazines such as the NME, Dazed and Confused, on the BBC (which I did a few collaborations with).

But I was also very naive, dreaming of becoming a full time analogue music photographer in a very saturated world of digital photographers, was a bit like running against a gigantic wall. It is real hard work, time consuming and expensive. And moving to Spain, was basically the final straw, the flame has died a little, the music scene is nowhere near the same and the lack of time being a big issue.

These are just a few of these photos I found on my drive, I have a few more hundreds sheets to scan as I lost a lot of my work that was on my old laptop. Reminds me I should back up my mac pronto!

You can find more photos on my flickr.

Ronika

Swimming

Greatest Wolf

Fists!

The Petebox

Ed Lamps

Pilgrim Fathers