Hi, I’m Sarah Schwartz, and I’ve been an avowed paper geek for over 20 years now. I first started covering stationery as a market editor at Gifts & Decorative Accessories in 1997, and in 2008, I was lucky enough to become the founding editor of Stationery Trends, an award-winning trade quarterly magazine devoted to all things paper. These days, I’m also Trends Editor at Gift Shop magazine and edit a fun monthly e-blast called The Trend of the Month Club. To do all that, I travel to trade shows around the globe to trend spot. I’m also a familiar industry speaker occasionally quoted in the media. Not bad for an Ohio native who ventured to NYU! These days, I’m back in Ohio living with my husband, teenage daughter, and small dog. Aside from family, what makes me happiest is working with makers, retailers and stationery lovers — and becoming a part of their story.
Illustration courtesy of eighty seventh ST.
Logo: Dahlia Press
Recent Media
Noted @ *Noted Product Awards | Craft Hangout Podcast: Bounce Lettering| Greeting Card Association Member Spotlight Interview | Focused PhiloSophie’s: Maybe I Do Know What I’m Doing |Girl w/Knife: A Cut Above | What’s the Best-Looking Personalized Stationery? The Strategist | Whomyouknow.com by Peachy Deegan featured 9/19/18 | Postmark1206 Interview | On The Wire: Holiday Cards | Interview with Team 624 Communications | On The Wire: Designer to Watch, Taylor Hamilton | On The Wire: Designer to Watch, Cara Underwood | Pen To Paper: Caroline Weaver, CW Enterprise | #Write_On What’s On Your Desk | Haiti ’16 Bridgewater Brand Experience (YouTube video) | Sarah Talks Trends at #NSS2016 (YouTube video) | #NSS2016 Video | National Stationery Show Stationery Story | Uncommon Goods Blog: Bloggers Who Believe It’s Better to Give | Greetabl: The (Superfine) Card That’s Also a Box | On The Wire: The Perfect (Paper) Accessory | On The Wire: Designer to Watch, Amy Heitman | Mohawk Maker #9: Inventing Youth | On The Wire: Designer to Watch, Mimi Kim | Guest post for Pretty by Post’s #sendsomecardsspreadlove challenge | Q&A with #Write_On | On The Wire Post: Designer to Watch, Emily Ley | On the Wire: Designer to Watch, Eliza Gwendalyn |On the Post: Designer to Watch, Sarah McCoy |Felt & Wire Post: Designer to Watch, Kristen Ley | Write_On: 5 Tips For Writing a Thank-You | Etsy Wholesale Blog | Ritewhileucan blog | StationeryHQ Interview | NSS KenroCam Interview (1) | NSS KenroCam Interview (2) | Smart Creative Women Interview |
