At the Two in a Teacup studio we are trying out a couple of new designs for our Christmas tags this year. We like to keep them simple and classic to sit well with a range of wrapping styles so our new designs feature our trademark black images onto white card and also a small supply of soft grey card.
On a rather gloomy day I thought I would spruce up the font courtyard by sweeping away all the wisteria leaves that had recently fallen. As I swept, I noticed that the central stem of the flowers and leaves were quite similar to pine needles so I retrieved them from the swept up muddle of leaves to see if I could make a small basket or bowl with them.
Laying them out in bundles reminded me of calligraphic strokes - isn’t nature wonderful!
We have just begun a new series of gift tags for the lovely little store in Battery Point - HabeĊ. This will be the first drop of our 'Nature' series featuring hand stamped images on our luxe 36% cotton rag card stock. These are quite a generous size for a small sturdy gift tag and offer plenty of room on the reverse for a thoughtful message.
We love using natural materials in our work so we were very pleased to have supplied 'Wild Island Tasmania' with our hand painted river stones recently and we are hoping to create a series of these including the iconic Tasmanian deciduous beech leaves.
