{Happy Christmas}

I'm signing off today for the holidays, so its the end of the first year for mrYen!
I would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone for reading, commenting, and supporting the mrYen blog and etsy shop during 2009!

Hope you all have a great festive time during the holidays and i will be back on January 4th!

{I'm officially on my Xmas Holidays!!}

I have finally finished University for the holidays and I can't wait to have lazy days, sleeping in, getting the apartment ready for Christmas and making lots of food, buying and wrapping presents and having some free time! I'm starting to plan some exciting things for the shop to be listed after Christmas and I also have something planned that will be revealed sometime early next year when I know more details! but it won't be all play though this holiday as I have to do a large part of my dissertation ( I have done nearly 3,000 words so far and need to have at least 5,000 when I go back to University after the Christmas) but enough thinking about work! back to Christmas plans...I recently bought a tree and put some lights on it and now its time to decorate it...with paper obviously ! here are some photos of some paper cut snowflakes i have made for decorations....30 in total!

{in need of a holiday}

So much work right now, I really need a holiday! Missing Japan and wanting to go back...

{quiet times to come}

At the moment I am REALLY busy with university work so I will be posting less here. I will still be packaging and sending orders from my Etsy shop, but blogging, tweeting and emails will be a limited thing! I will be back just before Christmas, as my University deadline is the 14th of December, so have a great run up to Christmas and don't forget to buy handmade!

**Christmas Delivery Order Times and Final Posting Days**

The last day for international orders from my shop to be received for Christmas will be 5th December as the last day available for me to post them is 7th of December. This is to ensure that your products get to you in time as sometimes it can take up to three weeks for international delivery. For orders from the UK, the last day for Christmas delivery will be 19th December as the last day available for me to post your purchase is 21st December. Happy Christmas Shopping!

(both images below are for sale in my shop as single postcards, click the images if you want to see the listings)

{weekend goodness}

weekend goodness is...... time to share secrets! So I said I had something planned in my last WIP Wednesday post here, now I can tell you!

mrYen papercuts will now be stocked in an actual bricks and mortar shop! -

Welcome Home Store in Glasgow, UK.



All the papercuts below have been sent to be stocked in the Welcome Home store, (They are in the post as I type!) which is:

"A multi-disciplinary gallery and store with an on site studio space for production, artist in residence schemes, exhibitions, events and workshops. Focused on making art, design and craft accessible to all, it provides a constantly evolving space for new designers and members of the public to create, learn and educate" (borrowed from the Welcome Home About section)

If your in Glasgow why not pop in to see them in person!

Thanks Mhari for this great opportunity!

Happy Holiday shopping!

{WIP Wednesday}

This is a special work in progress Wednesday as this really is a genuine sneaky peek into something I have brewing that I can't reveal until later... (next week maybe) Its going to be worth the wait, so sit tight!

{weekend goodness}

I have just sent off my first draft of one of my dissertation chapters to my tutor, I know it needs work, but this is something I will need to do all in one sitting. I have tried to do a few hundred words at a time, which seems like a good idea, but then I get lost with what I was saying and it takes time to read back over what I have done to progress. Plus I have recently been given something to help me with writing to make my work more professional and show that what I have researched is being put into use in my dissertation. I aim to finish it during the Christmas holidays (the deadline is February) so then when I go back to university in January, it will just be a case of editing chapters and changing little sections. So now that I have reached the first deadline and as I also know that I have a busy week next week, I will be relaxing this weekend and probably just making Christmas cards and playing with my camera, which I haven't done in a long time! (oh and the first picture is what it looks like outside where i am right now!)

Have a nice weekend!

{Feature Friday}

This weeks Feature Friday is mooshoopork.

I think there is a really great quality to her wooden figures and designs, which you can see below. They have that nice vintage feel of old wooden toys that have so much charm and character. Her designs include, figures of people, some great tree designs, a pirate ship, some ninjas AND all her dolls can be made into an ornament!
As mooshoopork also accepts custom work, you could get a customised doll that would make a great personalised Christmas gift for a friend (or yourself!) so why not start your Christmas shopping with a personalised touch!

(all images © of mooshoopork, which can be clicked to take you directly to the items in her etsy shop)

{Late WIP Wednesday}

I have been really busy with university this week again, having a dissertation to write, which has an interim deadline of 3000 words for tomorrow (the final word count is 8000), four briefs to manage and finish before December and three blogs for university too..... due to all this work I am slowly working on making some notepads that will be in the shop after Christmas. At the moment I am counting and trimming the paper and the card to make the notepads and getting them ready for gluing. Theses notepads are 8.5 cm x 5.5 cm and you will have the option of having a hand cut personalised initial or a hand embossed initial, but I think I will also be making some slightly bigger, maybe A5/6. I will be experimenting with the paper for the covers of them too, as I have collected so much paper over years that needs to be used. I have old maps, old photos, coloured papers, newspapers, random paper ephemera, stamps and lots more goodies!

{shop update}

I have listed an affordable print of my "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" papercut and a squirrel Christmas card design that I loved making! I have made a few sets and if they sell well and people ask for more of them I will make more, but saying that, the last days for international orders to be received for Christmas will be 1st December. This is to ensure that your products get to you in time as sometimes it can take up to three weeks for international delivery. For orders from the UK, the last day for Christmas orders will be 15th December. The last days for international custom orders during the Christmas/Holiday period will be 1st December and 15th December for custom orders within the UK.

{weekend goodness}

some weekend goodness in the form of a small notepad i made. Im thinking about making some to put in the shop with either personalised debossed initials or personalised papercut initials. What do you think?

Have a nice weekend!

{WIP Wednesday}

This week i have been busy with university work and I am creating designs for a range of stationery/greeting cards, that will focus on the greetings "Thank You" and "New Home!" I am creating a range that includes cards, tags, bags, bows, wrapping paper and envelopes for a live brief......there are no pictures to show at the moment as they might be chosen to be put into shops or my ideas might be used and adapted by the company. Soooooo i will have to wait until i know whats happening before i can tell you more. If my ideas are not chosen i will definitely be selling my designs in my etsy shop! So have a cup of tea and pull up a comfy chair and keep an eye out for more information soon!

{weekend goodness}

I have recently had my business cards printed professionally to save me time and money making individual ones. I usually put only one business card in with my orders from my shop and would usually make it by hand individually for each order, but this will save so much time and money!

{Feature Friday}

Since last Feature Friday, i have been thinking it would be interesting to not limit Feature Friday to just etsy sellers. There are so many other great shops and products out there that people should know about if they don't already.

This weeks Feature Friday is : Present&Correct.

Borrowed from their about section on their website:
"Since 2003, when we were not being graphic designers, we have been cutting and pasting from our front room in London. Making paper goods and selling them far and wide. It reminded us of being small; sticking tin foil to cereal cartons and the dog, but hopefully with more professional results....... A long-term obsession with stationery has culminated in a constantly evolving store. A selection of P&C products mixed up with handmade goods, vintage items and work by designers from all over the world."

Choosing images for this post is almost impossible as they have so many amazing products that i love, plus they are all photographed in a great way too. As I study graphic design and have a huge love of paper and stationery, Present&Correct definitely fulfills my cravings of some quality typography, great mixture of papers, some nice vintage finds and some old school equipment. They have a great range of products and are the kind of things that any designer or stationery lover would really appreciate for Christmas or any other time of the year for that matter!

(all images copyright of Present&Correct 2009, and if clicked, lead back to the listing in their shop so get shopping!)