Beautiful writing sets by graphic design team Ortolan for K.W Doggett‘s Rives paper range. Photos – Narelle Brewer.
JUST LOOK at these simply beautiful writing sets by graphic design team Ortolan, to promote K.W Doggett‘s Rives paper range. I’m sure you’ll spot the painterly work of Kat Macleod, who worked alongside fellow Ortolaner Narelle Brewer to design this exquisite promo. The outcome is a modern day stationery set featuring beautiful illustrations and quirky correspondence etiquette tips. My favourite – ‘If you want to be invited back, think ink! An email is not a thank you note’. Gawd. Guilty as charged.
Sadly you cannot buy these :( They’re for promotional use only. But excitingly today you might win one! K.W Doggett would love to fill the mailboxes of 5 lucky TDF readers with a package of papery designy etiquettey goodness.
If you’d like to be in the running, please leave a comment on this post today Thursday March 31st, before 10.00pm Melbourne time. The winners will be selected at random tomorrow.
Thankyou and good morning. :)
*update – thanks so much for all your entries! 5 winners have now been randomly selected – the winning comments were #60, #206, #111, #230, and #58. Congratulations Claire, Chloe, Angelique, Hailey and Margie!
Aw the cuteness of the gift tags!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! First thing in the morning to see such cutie-ness in the form of my 2 favorite things…. paper and Ortolan talent! It’s going to be a good day!
Beautiful Illustration work, can’t wait to touch the paper!
You can beat print and paper! Love it love it love it! Count me in!
every mailboxes dream… please come to mine! x
These are stunning illustrations, love them.
I agree, a thank you note is so much more lovely when it is handwritten… I imagine even more so when delivered on such delicious stationery.
BEAUTIFUL!! oh my goodness, so beautiful.
Wow!! Amazing! I have a sudden urge to write to everyone I know!!
Lovely. It’ll be easy to maintain etiquette with stationery like this.
Great to see such gorgeous stationery and an inspiration to write a real letter.
I covet this adorable stationery.
So pretty! Love the shapes of the leaves :)
such lovely stationary. where can I buy?
there is nothing i do not love about these adorable notes! can’t wait to send them to my loved ones
So beautiful. What a great collection!
Please count me in – these are gorgeous! Bring back actual letter writing I say! Imagine receiving something so pretty in your letterbox? Fabulous!
Lovely, very talented illustrator! Where can I get the stationary?
Such beautiful stationery! I love letter writing, this prize would be perfect.
Ooh count me in. Absolutely beautiful work x
I am loving the scalloped edges and yellow inside the envelopes! Brilliant!
Amazing! I love the envelope!
Paper, paper, paper…..love it.
How do you find this stuff Lucy !
Bring back beautiful stationery like this
Much more personal than sending an e mail
long live snail mail..and yes all envelopes should be yellow inside or green…so calming..they should make bill envelopes look like this…xxx
Beautiful beautiful paper – would make my pact to send letters rather than emailing a very happy task
Gorgeous paper, what a shame we can’t buy it! Fingers crossed for a win!
Love the stationary. Love to write letters. Pick me Pick me!
So gorgeous!
Have been looking at KW Dogget’s paper range for my wedding invites, they’re all so gorgeous. The Rives Design Natural has a luxurious texture to it.
i think i’d send an ink and thank you note
rather than this email quote
if the mailman wasnt called a snail
i am sure he could get it there faster than email
and you would have it by 10am
today
Good quality paper that is textural to the touch is so lovely, and when it is so beautifully decorated, well, it’s heavenly!
OMG YES PLEASE! too lovely for words!
Love love love!
I can’t believe they’re not selling it!
Yes, all envelopes SHOULD be yellow on the inside! Or perhaps with a splash of grey too. Delightful.
writing paper, beautiful writing paper, is my downfall!
Simply Divine….wouldn’t you just love to receive that in the post..x
just gorgeous! the calligraphy/hand type + colors just got me!
HI. Is there a plan to sell this stationary retail?
It’s beautiful, and after 5 weeks in hospital with a broken back, I owe so many (you are correct) ink thank you notes.
cheers.
Louise
Beautiful! I’d love a pack…
Ooh I have my fingers crossed for this gorgeous stationary! Thank you for the lovely giveaway :) xo
Love sending hand written notes to friends, email can stay at work !
WOW! I had to do a double take. So beautiful & fun at the same time. I’d love to win this!
Utterly delightful! S.
I heart stationery!! Love them!!
The art of letter writing is not dead! There’s nothing like getting a proper tangible letter through the door, that’s not a bill.
surely forgetting to send my friend birthday wishes last week would be forgiven if i wrote to her on this!
Just beautiful!
Gorgeous gift tags…..clever people.
I don’t know why you say good bye, I say hello!
Hello hello amazing stationary! I will have you and that song in my head all day!
oh yes, these are truly gorgeous.
Friends and family around the world would love to receive these!
What beautiful stationery! i could cheer up a friend with an email, but that is SO much better. There needs to be more art in the world on everyday things i say. And clearly – print is not dead!
Just the incentive I need to get back to old school mail correspondence.
Just stunning. There really is nothing better than receiving a written letter in the mail. Such a simple pleasure
A match made in heaven.
always important to have beautiful stationery on hand
Maybe if I write more letters, I’ll receive more… trouble is, when I buy beautiful stationery, I never seem to be able to use it!! Please cure me of this terrible habit!
I’m such a sucker for stationary, and this is truly beautiful. I’m sure I’ll be invited back if I sent a thank you with one of these!
There is something really beautiful in recieving a hand written letter in the mail. Amazing stationary!!
team ortolan this is divine!!
i think if i won this probably wouldnt get used – its far too beautiful!
lucy you should have got everyone to enter with a hand written note. how fun would it be to receive pretty mail instead of bills for a few days ; )
Beautiful! Nothing better than a handwritten letter in the mail.
Beautiful, would encourage to write more hanwritten letters.
How could one not want to send such beautiful things in the mail. What a way to cheer up someones day between the bills, bank statements etc Than to receive a lovely hand written note. They may only be a promotional item at this stage but lets hope the powers that be change that so everyone not just the lucky 5 get a chance to send that happiness in the mail.
Awwww I have always loved letter writing set! There’s nothing like getting an actual hand written something in the mail, and these illustrations are beautiful! Kudos to Ortolan and Kat Macleod.
Oh my gosh! They are SO beautiful.
Everything Ortolan touch seems to turn to gold doesn’t it?
Love love love.
I really love the design and Illustration. I love everything Kat Macloud does :)
Love to see that the love of paper and pen is truly alive and well. Beautiful range – kudos to K.W Doggett.
Absolutely stunning! I ♥ beautiful stationery, especially with Kat Macleod’s illustrations!
wow, (you sure they’re not for sale?)
These are simply beautiful pieces! I work in a design studio in Melbourne and a rep for K.W. Doggartt came in a few weeks ago and gave the studio a pack of these promotional items! So I know how amazing they actually are!
They were handed around the office to look at and I was so amazed by them as they are REALLY that gorgeous! I am completely jealous that our studio gets to keep them – So I would love the opportunity to have my own set! The illustrations are particularly beautiful and quirky and the paper is so lovely! I couldn’t stop touching it!
Simply stunning pieces! X
Disappointing you can’t but these, I’ll just have to win one.
Lovely, lovely….bring back the art of letter writing. Lovely!
pretty pretty…the prettiest snail mail you could send or receive!
Oh So lovely! Xx
So absolutely beautiful!
Gorgeous! I would love to get my hands on these! thanks again for another cool give away!
AHHHHHH GOD YES!!!! PLEASE GOD YES!!! it’s freakin exquisite! (pretty pretty please??) xxx
Such beautiful stationery deserves to be written on with a fountain pen and posted with a lovely stamp. Gorgeous!
So so beautiful and has inspired me for a day of design.
oh yes please…they are beautiful
BONITO!!!! wow really loved these designs and a nice design always looks amazing printed on nice paper. good job!! :-)
I’ve just gotten back into writing letters and sent letter sets to my young niece and she is loving writing to her Auntie…I wisssssssh they would produce these, I would buy them for everyone I know!! Please K.W. Doggett!!!
What gorgeous designs! The perfect inspiration for the start of my day!
They remind me of these beautiful watercolour pictures i used to tediously copy as a child… they tickle my childhood fantasy of spending my life in the garden… absolutely lovely
Stationery is one of my indulgences!
Beautiful. I would be so grateful to win this…one of my dearest friends is moving to Gladstone for the next 4 years (I am in Brisbane), so this lovely writing set would be the ideal way to keep in touch!
So cute!!
What’s your address, Lucy and co.? I will spare a sheet and send you a lovely handwritten thank you, if I win…It is my favourite thing to do, sitting down, choosing some choice words and popping something in the post…I won’t let you down!
I love beautiful stationary! This is absolutely stunning!
I agree, a thank you note is so much more lovely when it is handwritten… So lovely x
These are TOO pretty!
These are gorgeous. I want a penpal now.
Beautiful designs. It makes it more enticing to write if gorgeous paper like this is involved!
Now I’ll just need to brush up on my handwriting…
It’s items like this that make me want to go back to writing letters by hand, rather than tippy tapping the keys on my computer. Beautiful.
Fingers crossed it’s me! They’re gorgeous.
So pretty. Please be mine.
Just amazing. Love them.
These are just so cute….but writing on art… maybe i should just hang them on the wall!
very very very pretty
Such lovely illustrations! The gift tags are my favourite !
Gorgeous, stunning, wonderful, inspiring and oooh i so want!! :)
Perfect to write sweet messages on
beautiful work Ortolan! You’ve done it again!
Gorgeous. Was looking for the link to buy them to use as stationary for goodbye notes before I go overseas – but alas I can’t buy them! They are divine, as always from Kat and Ortolan.
The Ortolan girls are just too clever!!!
Nothing better than this! Stationary lives on :)
oh my, how gorgeous! :D x
Pretty little bird, gorgeous work Ortolan
Yellow is the happiest colour in the world!
I have my fingers crossed for this one, for sure!
Just love the little pully thing on the envelope. The paper looks exquisite. Love to get that in the mail. How lucky would the postman feel to be able to touch that paper. He/she would have a fantastic day too.
so cute! I want!
Beautiful, such a pity we can’t buy them.
Absolutely beautiful! I can’t believe you can’t buy these… which of course makes me want one even more. Fingers crossed!
as said – simply beautiful !
If I win I will write to my Aunt Mary!!!
Merci et au revoir Lucy et Ortolan! C’est tout. x x x
Oh, these are just perfection! I think I would have trouble mailing these away, unless of course, it was for an extra, extra, extra special thank you.
Just beautiful :-)
Oh my goodness. I just audibly gasped when I saw these!
my penfriend would love a letter on this…
FInally, some beautiful envelopes….
super cute alternative to an email or texty!
Almost too beautiful to use!! Hats off to Ortolan and K.W.Doggett. These make me want to turn off the computer and pick up the pen again.
i’m in LOVE with this!
Love it! Beautiful…..
very divine…snail mail rocks
oh, divine, please be mine.
I am in love with Ortolan..their work is divine! If my pop up shopping is ever successful I am going to commission them to design me a grown ups website and paint my blooming workroom wall like the gorgeous wall at the cafe in London……SO spectacular. Such talented Chicks!!!!! OH and gift tags…ummm price tags……..a specialised set of stationery….a media pack….
Paper is the best, and that paper looks sexy. I’d love a copy :D
Delicious!!
Bring back traditional note writing and sending, I say! No more texting!!!
Oh my – lovely paper goodness!
really lovely :)!!
Oh yes. Yes indeedy!
I totally adore the illustrations. Bet the paper feels great too ;)
It’s such a shame these aren’t for sale!! So divine!
sunshine yellow – enough to lift my creative spirits to a new high
I would so love to win this. I love letter writing and receiving a good old fashioned letter in the post.
Totally should be for sale~! they are divine! I would love to win this.
How gorgeous. Over the past few years I’ve become totally convinced of the usefulness of a good stationery stash.
Inside all envelopes should be yellow, orange or green.
I think it should be law.
Lovely paper goods.
These are truly gorgeous – just the thing for my stationery addiction! and a lovely way to send news to friends…
Ahhh sigh!! So so stunning!
Cute and stylish
Lovely! Thanks for the offer
Looks gorgeous!!
Oh wow, pretty please!!
love
Everything that Ortolan produces is beautiful, whoever said letter writing is dead hasn’t seen this lovely work. I would love to put these to good use x
I’ve got a lot of thank-yous to write at the moment, so these would come in handy!
way tooo cool, love them all :)
so beautiful!
love!
A wonderful way to fulfill a new years resolution. Handwrite a letter every month.
adore x
congrats to ortolan and high-fives to doggett for utilising local talents.
Beautiful…
I would LOVE to win this! Everything Ortolan set their hand to is fab. And I’ve always had a secret girl crush on Kat ;)
Fingers crossed for magic paper present to come in the mail!
I’m an old fashioned gal in a modern world; I love putting pen to paper and scribbling a little message to my girlfriends. Seeing this gorgeous stationery makes it totally worth it! Just beautiful x
Quirky and Beautiful! Be MINE!
yay stationery love.
I like how beautifully organic these are. Lovely find Lucy.
So lovely! I’d be too greedy to send them away.
Absolutely gorgeous! I am a total stationary freak and would kill for this set!
I heart these so much!! Would love love love them…
the art of letter writing,
simply divine
I wish these to be mine!
x.
You say beautiful stationery – I say Yes Please! So pretty. They have to be MINE!
x
soo lovely! Though I wouldn’t want to use them, maybe just pin them up everywhere!
These are beautifully creative!
I’m into writing letters- it slows down time.
Such beautifully crafted stationery confirms why I persist in retro communication.
Love this stationery! Have purchased from KW Doggett before and they are wonderful to deal with! Very accomodating and friendly. Love these designs! :)
Oh heavenly. Kat Mcleod and stationery. I am in love! xx
How delicious! I think these are good enough to frame!!
I totally love the inclusion of the classic Beatles lyric!
Now I have a reason to write letters. Loving!
I am in LOVE! The Ortolan girls as my hero’s!
X
What a beautiful product :) receiving something as lovely as that in the mail is surely bound to make someone smile. Now…to find the perfect pen to go with it! xxx
Lusting over this set. Just gorgeous. X
loving these a lot. beautiful…
i always think ink.
i absolutely love this set.
Impossibly pretty! It’d be difficult to put a gift tag on a present to give away….
Swooooon!!! All my favourite things rolled into one – paper, illustration, design and cute little die cuts! Pretty please!
Just gorgeous!!
Rather than lick the flap of the envelope to seal it, I’m going to lick the lemonny inside of the envelope instead… actually maybe I’ll just live inside it and surround myself with lemonny sunshiny goodness.
Wow, 186 comments/entries so far, no doubt I have buckleys chance of winning, but how could I not throw my hat in the ring when this thoroughly gorgeous illustrated stationery is on offer. Simply divine!
sigh … too late :(
oh … 10 PM (sorry, if I scared future readers!)
You just can’t beat the excitement of snail mail. Especially with stationary as delightful as this. Exciting to send or recieve! x
This collection is exquisite! Beautiful stationary is a great reason to get off the keyboard and suprise some one you love with a little envelope of delight in their letter box! x x x
Oh my, had a tummy drop with this one! Would love to have and to hold and cherish :-) ..and maybe use just one for a thank you note!
Absolutely Stunning!!!
I love these!
Can only imagine how beautiful these are to hold and feel, and the happiness that receiving (and sending) such mail might bring!
Beautiful!
Wow these are so beautiful – they should definitely go into production
oh soooooo creative and pretty.
Too good to be true! Oh please please please let me win.. fingers and toes crossed in California..
i have so much to be thankful for & so many people to thank!!!
emails could never be as beautiful……
divine! i love stationery, and i love good manners! what a lovely combination xx
So elegant – per as they will be mine???
when your own initials are enough….
oh how stunning. I need to write more and what a delight to use this beautiful stationary !
who could not want such beautiful paper to write lovely letters!
working on my hand writing …. where is a PEN!!!
love the Beatles lyrical reference – I am already composing the notes to pop in them and am eager for a little etiquette upskilling : )
Am sharpening my pencils on anticipation…
Oh my goodness! So pretty and fun! Who would I chose to write to though… Hmm…
I die from the prettiness.
These are so very pretty. I love botanical sketches and hand written notes. Bring back the etiquette of old. So beautiful!
Oh so sweet! I love sending stuff in the mail just as much as getting stuff in the mail. That stationery is almost too divine to use…..almost.
Gorgeous paper goods!! Can KAT and Ortolan do anything wrong?!
A-MAZING. Love every ounce of it. It’s sweet, it’s cute, elegant, human, real. Can you just imagine receiving something so wonderful in the mail? T’would be absolutely delicious!!
I love them – gorgeous details and colours.
Gorgeous and modern. Love to get a letter or card so I had better start sending some
Really beautiful, intricate illustrations! Love them x
Yes please! Really, really beautful.
Nothing beats getting a handwritten letter in the mail from a loved one, and a handwritten letter on this devine stationary would make the special moment even more lovely.
Oooh, just the kind of gorgeousness you would expect from Ortolan. I wish it was for sale.
oh wow wow WOW these are gorgeous! :)
xxx love paper xxx love style xxx would love it to be mine! xxx
Count me in – they are gorgeous!
Ortolan for the win!
huzzah for pretty stationery!
How gorgeous. Can’t believe they’re not selling them!!
Makes me want to go and write someone a letter!!
Ohh it’s such lovely stationery! Yes please!
Yes please. Such class! Such style.
As a complete stationery addict, I completely approve!!
Oh! How lovely are these designs- so stylish it hurts!
Beautiful stuff.
So pretty, just loooooove this stationery.
i would love to go in the draw. lovely inspiring stationery!
How delicious! So refreshing to see the joy of letter writing is still there…somewhere after I finish this email!!!
Oh, such modern floral gorgeousness printed on perfectly delicious stock! I would pen love notes to close friends on this lovely stationary range.
Note to self… must write more notes!
They are beautiful!
truely beautiful! a paper lovers dream!!
Truly stunning stationery! Yes please!!
Yummy! Count me in!
Yes, please!! !
My husband still has my love letters, sent when we were “dating”. There’s something about looking back on hand written letters isn’t there? Oh what joy I could bring to someone, if I could write letters on this beautiful stationary. Don’t deny me TDF!
the most gorgeous paper goods around! almost too good to use!
Beautiful!
Cuteness overload!! I luurve this stock!
These are lovely, congratulations on inspiring so many readers of Design Files to start writing thank you notes – letter boxes will be flooded after this post. I would love a set of this gorgeous stationary – thanks for the opportunity!
Oh I love this!! KW Doggett makes the most beautiful paper and Ortolan are a genius graphic design team. A beautiful collaboration.
It’s enough for me to want to re-establish a working relationship with a Doggett’s rep, that’s for sure.
divine! I would listen to my mother and start writing thank you notes if I had stationery this pretty!
Oh my! I always find it hard to find beautiful stationery and this is just divine!
Beautiful! Loved looking at this email today
Oh, aren’t they absolutely gorgeous!! I love pretty writing paper :)
Love the gift tags in particular.
Stationery so beautiful makes a hand written note even more special
Beautiful! I love them!
Love these – such great design! :)
Divine – it would be a joy to put pen to paper when writing a thankyou note and a joy for the person receiving the note on this superb stationary,style,etiquette and joy delivered by the postie to your mail box – lovely!
Great design. Yes please!
These are terrific! Oui merci!
:::::: Brief :::::: Ink meet Paper. Hello hello. I think you two are going to be friends. Ortolan can you fill in the details to make us shine? Answer – a resounding YES!! A very happy union indeed. Goodbye xo
There is nothing sweeter than receiving a handwritten letter… something so simple always makes my day! Would love to share the love with this gorgeous giveaway!
so gorgeous!
oh just lovely. nothing better than a receiving a ‘real’ note or letter…
I love the old fashioned art of letter writing, how wonderful there are such gorgeous cards available, thank you for making it so very pleasurable!
Hello hand written letters. Goodbye email. Lovely.
Such a sweet treat. You can’t really beat it can you. x
These are stunning….WHY WHY WHY are they NOT for sale….?!
How exciting!!! :-)
Yay! How cute!!
So very beautiful!!!