Well Spring may be here but no one told that to the Seattle weather. Luckily, who needs sun when fffound is there to brighten up your day! Have a great weekend and see you Monday!

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I finally have the complete set of baby shower goodies up on my Etsy shop! It seems that so many people I know are having babies these days so I felt inspired to make a baby shower kit of sorts. When I hosted a friends shower last year I had such a blast but it was quite the challange to come up with all the details. Hopefully this set will make planning a little easier for some of you.

This set, fondly named “Li’l Tweet”, is just the beggining of what I hope to offer in my shop but to celebrate I wanted to host a little give away! One lucky winner will recieve a Li’l Tweet Stitch Kit in one of four colors: green, pink, yellow or blue.

*To enter, just leave a comment below with your first name and last initial and tell us what you would do with your very own Li’l Tweet. You have until 11:59 PDT Thursday, April 2, to enter. The winner will be selected randomly on April 3rd and announced on Twig & Thistle, Monday, April 6th! Good luck!

NOTE: THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

To see pics from the shower that these were originally designed for check out Baby Shower: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

Top Left: Li’l Tweet Thank You Cards, Top Right: Li’L Tweet Mailing Labels, Bottom: Li’l Tweet Baby Shower Set

Today I’m thrilled to announce the beginning of a new weekly column here at t&t! I’ve been wanting to catalog all my finds at ffffound, an image-bookmarking web service, and what better way then to post them here! If you haven’t had the pleasure of visiting ffffound you MUST check it out. The exclusive service allows users to post and share their favorite images and then recommend images based on what the user clicks on. The best part is that each user will have a uniquely different experience each and every time! I seriously can spend hours clicking from one amazing image to the next. In this Friday column I will post a portion of my ffffound trail with links. I hope you all find it inspiring and fun! So, without further ado, here is week 1…

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It’s been a while since I’ve visited one of my favorite letterpress design sites of all time, Elum. Boy was I happy that I popped over for a visit! I have always fancied her yellow and grey Aviary Desk Set so you can imagine my glee when I discovered she’d added two more sets! The Boudoir and Wood Grain are equally as beautiful. Each box contains folding note cards, flat note cards, stationary sheets, gift enclosures and envelopes! What a fabulous gift this would make!

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From Top: Aviary Desk Set, The Boudoir Desk Set and Wood Grain Desk Set

I am so, SO excited about my new adventure as a guest DIY editor for Style Me Pretty and yesterday Abby posted my second post. Here’s a sneak peak of the Handmade Greetings I contributed. Click here for complete instructions.

In case you missed the first DIY project that I contributed you can see it here: DIY Lunch Bags

Some more eye candy for you today. Letteria is a small letterpress shop out of Switzerland with the most amazing collection of paper goods. When I’m in need of a boost of inspiration I turn to their site and Flickr page. Here’s a sampling of her work. Oh how I wish I could go visit!

More pics after the break!

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It was hard to narrow these down since I have quite the collection of favorites in my bookmarks. After a lot of thought here are my top 5 in no particular order:

Hello Lucky
Adorably witty greeting cards and exquisite wedding invitation programs.

Elum Designs
Modern design and a amazing holiday card collection. 

Little Oranges
Delightfully simple note cards with the most adorable finishing touches.

Passing Notes
The most unbelievable photography and attention to detail. Makes me want to get married again and again…

Snow & Graham
Whimsical patterns and a great collection of papers, calendars and other products to make anyone swoon.