Marga Marina

Love rubber stamps? Into forest themes? Do you like to find unique cards to give to your friends? Yes, yes, yes! I do! So then, it's time to meet Marga Marina who really is the talented Tine Pagenberg, an illustrator who lives nearby in Bielefeld, Germany which is a lovely town located between the northern and southern Teutoburg forest. I'm guessing Tine finds her inspiration from her town and all of the natural beauty around her, it's hard to not dream of pastel bears and foxes with picnic baskets when you live near a German forest, the place where fairy tales and magic come to life. She makes rubber stamps, postcards, brooches, pillows and many other crafty things available in her cute DaWanda shop.

I was so excited when my package arrived today and I pulled out three sets of rubber stamps: "Nachteule" which means Night Owl, "Hörnchen" and on the package there are chipmunks which we don't have in Germany, but they from the Hörnchen family but would technically be called Streifenhörnchen, and "Igel" which are hedgehogs. In the package I found some lovely cards and tags too. Now I have to use my stamps for some crafty projects. :)

I can really see Tine's work being licensed and sold on products, can't you? I'd love to see her work in stores, she is so talented and has a very cohesive collection and her style is very unique and special. I'm a big fan of Marga Marina and hope that you like her work too. There are so many talented German illustrators over here, and designers in general -- it's fun to be able to share some of them with you from time to time. :)

(images: photographs taken by holly becker, all others from marga marina)