The Beat That My Heart Skipped - A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi. » Paper Goods

Keeping Calm and Carrying On…

Rohini — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:04:03 +0000

Kind of have my foot back in the world of the functioning this week… although my brain is whirring with an insane amount of trips I am making for work in the next few months, Paris, New York, Germany and India [again] whilst moving into and re-decorating our new home, organising my wedding and [helping] organise my BFF’s hen-do… all culminating mid-March!

It’s all busy but still very exciting, hopefully i’ll be able to share some stories from my trips with you in the next few months.

For now though, looking at beautiful organisational stationery is making me keep calm and carry on…

Crested Shield Calendar by The Paper Thieves and colourful Daily Planners by Julia Kostreva

Write Every Day

Rohini — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:00:13 +0000

A sweet and inspirational pocket planner illustrated by American artist Jessica Hische.

The Art Deco-inspired interior planner pages include full-page typographical illustrations by Hische of quotations by Emily Dickinson (”Forever is Composed of Nows”), Emily Bronte (”I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me”), John Gardner, Anthony D’Angelo, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and others. The spine reminds you to “write every day”, and the back cover encourages you to make it happen! But them here.

Mini-Wreath Cards

Rohini — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:00:46 +0000

I love the idea of these easy to make, unique Christmas cards from Frolic, what a great idea! They are inexpensive and have that festive feeling the annual card writing day should have. A twist on the traditional card, with their sweet twine strings they can be used as decorations on the tree, or to hang around the home during the season.

Get full instructions on how to make them here.

Future Heirlooms

Rohini — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:19:40 +0000

Next year is a big year for my group of friends and myself… three weddings – two in England and one abroad in India, respective bachelor/ette parties, nearly everyone is turning 30 and we are buying our first home. Because it’s spurred a feeling of sentimentality, commemorating and nesting in me, I’ve been eyeing heirloom products to cherish in years to come…

Rifle Paper Company’s Heirloom Recipe Card Boxes are made using salvaged hardwood with beautiful screen printed lids. You can also purchase simple and charming recipe cards with an illustrated spoon on top available in either pink or charcoal. I’ve never been one for paying much attention to recipes [i'm more of a 'if a dish works i'll remember it' kind of cook] but I like the idea of archiving special dishes over the years – like a sauce or a technique that makes a dinner party that bit more special.

The Q&A Five-Year Diary is a beautiful compact hardback diary lined in gold edging which is a perpetual diary, allowing you to use it for five years, so when you reach your first or second year of completion, you can look back and see what you were doing on that same day however many years ago. The diary also has sweet and inquisitive questions at the top of every page designed to make you re-think your mood and notice how your answers change (or don’t)! With questions that are sometimes provocative (“On a scale of one to ten, how happy are you?”), occasionally silly (“What can you smell right now?”), and inevitably interesting (“If you could travel anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?”).

I’m also on the hunt for a beautiful Book Journal… everytime I put down a book I want to save the essence of that week or how I was feeling when I read that book… when I think about a favourite book I’ve enjoyed in the past, it makes me sad that I can only remember a whisper of that moment because I haven’t documented it.

I have found a few sweet ones from Oh My Cavalier and Cricket Snappers but still on the lookout so any book journal recommendations appreciated!

La Lune, La Terre

Rohini — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:00:11 +0000

There is a wonderful synergy and poignancy attached to these prints ‘La Lune’ and ‘La Terre’ by graphic designer Double Merrick.

Inspired by old classroom wall-charts, these fantastic prints began life as an experiment in replicating old printing techniques, mixing the analogue and the digital.

Which would you choose? (I’d go for La Lune)