Wedding Crashers Event at the Bell House

This event was first time I had been to the Bell House in the Gowanus area of Park Slope. Rebecca Shepherd, of Rebecca Shepherd Floral Design, invited me to soft open Papertopias Wedding Line at her table for the Wedding Crashers event being held there. The space is great! I designed and hand painted table numbers and escort cards to compliment Rebecca’s flora illuminations, which are elegant, enchanting, and made from the pixie lights of my dream world! They also had feathers creatively disbursed in the bouquets.
This is the first time Papertopias products have moved away from strictly paper doll goods to envelope a larger illustration form and I was honored and delighted to challenge my art to work with Rebecca and be apart of such a great event.
Papertopias is now designing wedding paper goods, hurray!
Kristina Hill of Kristina Hill Photography took some beautiful photographs of the event, the first few are of Rebecca Shepherd’s table. Enjoy!








Tammy Golson’s Table


Anni Bruno of NYC Faces



Nine Cakes


Tammy Golson Events and Nicole from Brooklyn Based helped organize this magical day which was filled with a thoughtful selection of wedding vendors, a few among them where Anni Bruno of NYC Faces who was giving away the most amazing chocolate mint chap-stick and free make overs, Betsy Thorleifson from the notoriously delicious and stylish Nine Cakes, and the catering group, Naturally Delicious who treated the crowds to some very tasty samples.

Happy wedding crashing!
-Ruth

Brooklyn Collective and the Frisky Faeries

So much has happened these last few months! To start it off, Papertopias joined Brooklyn Collective, a Caroll Gardens co-op, in March. Brooklyn Collective is a spacious boutique with a thoughtful selection of art, wearables, and other delightful trinkets. When Papertopias moved into the space they invited me to put up framed originals of the doll sets, along with other products from my lines. This was a significant step for me, having never framed my original art pieces before. It turned out to be very rewarding and I am excited to see where the dolls and dresses go with this concept in the future. The Frisky Faeries set is also framed along with the original poster.

At the moment I am working out the packaging for the Frisky Faeries booklet, which includes a surprise ending, and will let you know once it's ready for cutting up and playing with.

In addition to the framed artwork, letter-sized prints are also available in the Abigail line.
For questions or purchase inquiries, email me, Ruth (at) papertopias (dot) com or you can stop by their delicious store on 212 Columbia Street to see the works in person.

Also in March, Papertopias's life-sized paper doll show "Frisky Faeries" was performed for the second time. The show was at the Brooklyn Collective boutique and was performed on a custom-built, double-sided stage I built myself to show the private dressing up of the doll as well as her more public persona.

The show was phenomenal and I am overjoyed to have worked with so many charming and passionate people. A special thanks to the Frisky Ones, Joanne Kim Nunez (thank you for the blog post), Tamara Kneese, Nicole Caput0 (who was also in charge of PR), Antonia Levy, Ellen Trimarco, and James Trimarco.

A round of thanks to the proprietresses of Brooklyn Collective, Rachel Goldberg and Tessa Phillips for hosting the space, DJ T3db0t for the live musical performance, Lindsey Case for providing the sensational cupcakes and being such an amazing doll and to Mark Feigenbaum the photographer for doing another stunning job!

I was also honored to have Gabi Porter from Metromix write a fantastic article about the show!

Thank you for reading, more updates soon to follow!

-R

Frisky Faeries Fashion Show at Urban Alchemist

On February 12th 2011 Papertopias debuted its life size paper fashions at Urban Alchemist amid delicious musical eletrospasms of DJ T3db0t, divine cupcakes by Lindsey ('sweet treats by Lindsey' 585-880-5259), a host of the friskiest faeries in town, evil witches, and unforeseen adventures! The performance piece was based around voyeristic glimpses of a changing identity, with each paper outfit taking its inspiration form a beloved children's book character.
A special thanks to the Frisky Faeries: Iris Williamson, Nicole Caput, Franki Caputo, Tamara Kneese, James Trimarco and Lindsey Case. Gratitude and appreciation to Eswera, DESiGNERiCA, and Rebecca Shepherd for bejeweling the faeries with sparkling bling, Mark Feigenbaum for the stunning photography, Lindsey Case and Ellen Trimarco for hair and makeup styling, and the many hands and hearts that went into this show! Thank you, cheers and enjoy!!































































Please join us for the next fashion show at Brooklyn Collective, March 18th at 8:00, more details to follow!

Kill Devil Hill, Vol. 1: Aviatrix

Papertopias has released a custom made card for the unique and delightful boutique, Kill Devil Hill. This card is the first part of a three part paper doll set that Papertopias is designing for them. This Greenpoint based shop carries an amazing arrangement of aviator and antique curiosities as well as features amazing shows and works of young artists.

Enjoy!!

If you are interested in purchasing Kill Devil Hill, Vol. 1: Aviatrix cards they are sold at Kill Devil Hill, Urban Alchemist or you can email me at Ruth@papertopias.com

Abigail's arrival and Urban Alchemist

I am happy to announce the official release of the Abigail De Belasco product line, sold as a full paper doll set, which includes 7 outfits and doll carefully held within a collectors booklet, or in card form, containing a dress as the card cover, a blank interior and doll.



Papertopias is also now selling in a beautiful boutique in park slop, Urban Alchemist. This Wednesday started my first shift at their whimsical design co-op. They are a cornucopia of glimmering souls creating fashionable attire, accessories, jewelry, cards, bags, decor, you name it....... and now Paper Dolls!!!!









If you are interested in purchasing any of the Abigail De Belasco line, please email me at ruth@papertopias.com, you can also check out papertopias.com for more images, although a website update is on the way!


Cheers!!!