Monday, December 17, 2012

AHD PAPER CO. 2013 ARTIST REVEALED - BETH HOECKEL SERIES 2......

We are so very happy to announce that in 2013, BETH HOECKEL will return as an artist for AHD PAPER CO. It will be Beth's second series with us, and it will be released in February 2013 along with another returning artist and a few new ones too. We will slowly be revealing our artists and their work for AHD PAPER CO. over the next couple of months.

For now, here's BETH HOECKEL FOR AHD PAPER CO. SERIES 2...

1) APRIL SHOWERS
2) CHEERFUL
3) GET OVER IT


Images via BETH HOECKEL and AHD PAPER CO.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

HOME: INSPIRATION FROM MIAMI...

I'm always looking for ways to reinvent our home. This Miami HOME, belonging to Michelle Weinberg and Brian Faith (below) is utterly gorgeous. The perfect amount of colour and light.  Gosh, and that studio...I dream of a studio big enough to fit the two of us side-by-side, where we can work in the same space amongst all of our artists' paper goods. One day...

"WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY HOME IS THE INSPIRATION FROM ART AND BOOKS"... AGREED!


Images via DESIGN*SPONGE

Monday, December 10, 2012

SHOP: ONE FINE DAY HANDMADE...

One of our lovely stockists, ONE FINE DAY HANDMADE were featured on THE FINDERS KEEPERS BLOG today and we were lucky enough to spy some of our greeting cards in amongst the beautiful images. With her love of art and design Eleanor runs this divine little store in Bangalow, NSW with a wonderful artist-based message; our dream stockist really:

"One Fine Day Handmade is a little boutique of paper and handmade tucked away within an old weatherboard cottage in the sleepy town of Bangalow. We are all about promoting the exceptional work of Australian and New Zealand Independent creatives including illustrators, crafters and artists and our little shop is full to the brim with their work. This includes bespoke paper and cards, art prints, handmade ceramics and textiles, wonderful independent zines and magazines, brooches, ribbons, buttons and basically anything I can’t resist! I believe it brings a certain warmth to the shop to know that each piece was dreamt up and made with love by the artist – I am never dealing with a faceless company."

We also adore the way Eleanor has photographed our cards in her ONLINE STORE. So beautiful...




posterWRAP IN ACTION...

Here are a couple of images from our INSTAGRAM (@ahdpaperco) of our posterWRAP in action from/for The Finders Keepers Markets over the weekend, and posterWRAP web orders standing in line like a little AHD soldiers, ready to be posted...


ALL IMAGES VIA INSTAGRAM @ahdpaperco FOLLOW US...

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

PRESS: 'GOODS' THE THOUSANDS...

We were very pleased to wake up this morning to find that our new posterWRAP was featured in Brisbane's FOUR THOUSAND, 'GOODS' section this week. It was such a lovely writeup. Thanks to Sarah at FOUR THOUSAND BRISBANE for the kind words that ended up on FIVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND and TWO THOUSAND also:

"Look at this cat! In a cereal bowl! Filled with fruit loops! Yes, we know you have eyes. Nice work, Ray Young Chu - thanks to you, we'll be twee giggling our way through any occasion that calls for gifts. Hell, it doesn't even matter what's inside the paper! Now we don't have to figure out how to get those instagram photos of cats actually drowning in cereal blown up to A0 for that cathouse we plan on giving to our parents.
AHD Paper Co (formerly known as A Happy Death) are made up of Chris and Kara Town, a couple who have a knack for fun aesthetics and a respect for sustainability. They've just released a run of posters that double as wrapping paper and each piece is designed by artists from Australia and abroad. I don't know about you, but I'll be using these as posters rather than ruining them with sticky tape.
Artists include Mark Drew (his iconic tapes), Billie Justice Thomson (fairy bread),Chrissie Abbott (we agree, you ARE amazing), Rosy Nicholas with hawt dawgs, and Beth Hoeckel with life after 2012. They're all printed on 100% recycled paper (100gsm for all you paper nerds) with vegetable inks. We're going to order thirty to wrap that cathouse. Happy Christmas, ma!"


You can read the article/see the images for yourself HERE...

***UPDATE: Adelaide's FIVE THOUSAND featured us in their 'GOODS' section also, as well as SIX THOUSAND and TWO THOUSAND


Images via FOUR THOUSAND and FIVE THOUSAND

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

SHOP: UPDATE - CHRONIC YOUTH...

AHD artist MARK DREW has just released images of his CHRONIC YOUTH TOKYO t-shirt line. I'm definitely getting myself the 'NEVER EAZY' in GREY MARLE. You can follow him on the CHRONIC YOUTH TOKYO FACEBOOK PAGE HERE and... you can grab them from these stores SO FAR:  SPARES in Melbourne, HALFSLEEVE in Sydney and 1-UP MICROCINEMA in Perth. 



Images via CHRONIC YOUTH TOKYO

DECORATE: THE TOWNS' WISH LIST...

When we are not busily packing cards, liasing with artists, cooking fine meals, laughing with friends and attending to our day jobs, we sometimes have time to dream of a future home. A home with white walls, large spaces, a big yard with an adjoining studio, a kitchen that actually fits two people at once; a home that has so much natural light you can sunbathe indoors.

So, here are a few things we'd happily fill it with. You see, most of our 'decorations' currently sit upon our walls. Art and knick knacks hide a multitude of rental home sins, they also free up small rooms and mean far less dusting on such a busy schedule. With large rooms (as dreamt above) comes the ability to decorate. I mean really decorate...


Original LINKS TO IMAGES HERE

Monday, December 3, 2012

SHOP: AHD PAPER CO. posterWRAP...

After a weekend away and an impromptu photo shoot at our temporary digs, we can now say our posterWRAP IS ONLINE and AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE...Hurrah!

As per our cards we have DISCOUNT CODES available for multiple purchases. CODES AS FOLLOWS: ANY 3 SHEETS OF posterWRAP for $15.00 (including shipping)/ ANY 6 SHEETS OF posterWRAP FOR $25.00 (including shipping)/ANY 12 SHEETS OF posterWRAP FOR $40.00 (including shipping). Just enter '3WRAP' or '6WRAP' or '12WRAP' into the discount code box at the checkout.