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Let something fall out of widespread use for a while — in this case, say, for decades — and a...
A fantastic book or film is really a little world you can barely stand to tear yourself away from. As...
LOUIE Award judging ended last Thursday — but scoring greeting cards & invitations for two days straight ensures (for me at least) that images of them will be dancing in my head for quite a while. Just in case you’ve ever wondered how exactly the 900+ entries are judged, the...
Valentine’s Day 2014 is but a memory now — but it’s not quite time to bid it farewell yet. First...
Stationery’s closest design relative is most likely textiles — and indeed, card and invitation designers often dabble in the medium....
There are so many gift subscription services out there, but this is the first one I’ve heard for wrapping gifts — and I am definitely intrigued! Just launched in May, each box from Gift Horse & Co. is packed with a lavish selection of coordinated wrapping papers, ribbons, gift tags, cards, embellishments and...
Many times over the years, I have looked at amazing patterns on stationery & gift surfaces and thought to myself, these should...
One thing that I love about trends is their cyclical nature. When I first started covering stationery in the late...
I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at the not-yet-released Mohawk Maker Quarterly #5, and my conclusion in a word is: Wow! I absolutely can’t wait to see it in person. Replete with printed inserts and lots of lush photography, the PDF I’ve reviewed just does not do it...
This time of year is always exciting for me, since the winter issue of Stationery Trends is just starting to...
This is such a fun time of year as I start to get acquainted with first-time exhibitors I’ll get to...
Amy Heitman sold her first painting in sixth grade — it still hangs on the stairwell of her middle school, in fact — and she hasn’t slowed down since. After earning a degree in art education, with a painting background, she taught for several years but stopped after her daughter was born....
