When it comes to stationery, there are few qualities more luxurious than letterpress printing on cotton rag paper. Between the thick, textured feel of the paper and the 3-dimensional look to the imprinted design, opening a letterpress note or invitation just instantly makes you feel like you’re holding something special!

One of my favorite letterpress design houses – Elum Designs – recently released several stylish new stationery products for 2008, and I’m excited to share some of them with you today! Elum’s greeting cards and everyday notes are perfect for giving hand written notes and congratulatory messages a stylish twist – and their notecard sets also make great gifts for fashion-forward hostesses.  Speaking of gifts, several of the new stationery designs are also available in flat gift wrap sheets, just in time for those graduation gifts!

Pictured above: Brighten someone’s day with this thoughtful Green Grass greeting card, or say thanks in style with a bright yellow Sunburst thank you card. ($5 each)

Pictured below: Seasonal celebrations come to life in these Winter Solstice, Summer Solstice, and Fall Solstice notecard sets. ($12.50 - $15 per set of 6)

Pictured below: Aqua, chocolate, and bright green combine to create a truly fabulous color palette, as demonstrated in these gorgeous new notecard designs: Gerber Daisies, Little Shop of Floral, Sunburst-Green, and Kitchenette.

Click here to check out the entire collection of new releases from Elum, including several new designs for the holiday season like the super-cute mmm…good! cards and the simple, chic Winter Wind set.

Are you a letterpress stationery fan? What pieces from Elum’s new collection particularly strike your fancy?  I’m feeling partial to Monkey Around and Perch Birds myself!