Funny Papers
It’s always heartwarming to be reminded that consumers are as mesmerized by letterpress as those of us lucky enough to...
If you like your greeting cards with a big dose of sarcasm, then you’ll love SymPATHETIC Greetings. Brian Cohen actually started...
For those of us that have friendships where pithy barbs are really compliments in disguise, have I got a greeting card line for you. UglyNotes describes itself as “a ragtag group of designers and pessimists creating a collection of greeting cards that express what you’re really thinking.” What I like most is the...
One of many great finds this past National Stationery Show was this Brooklyn-based house of cards, named for one of my...
Nothing puts a spring in my step more than a fresh new card company popping into my in-box. That happened earlier...
Ilootpaperie was started by a set of Pasadena sisters, Alice & Doris, with a mission to steal hearts with their cheeky, colorful musings. Aiding and abetting the cause is Pierre, their stripe-clad mascot. And, they make cute little enamel pins too! The sisters are first-time exhibitors at National Stationery Show this year,...
In her nearly 30 years in business, Anne Taintor has been much imitated, but never truly duplicated. She had the very...
My anglophile tendencies have been in high gear this week as the U.S. has hosted Prince William and Kate Middleton,...
These days, finding a fun card line gives me the same thrill I once got as a 20-something Manhattanite discovering a funky boutique. The lovely and very clever selections from Warren Tales are full of unexpected wordplay and arresting imagery, for me the mark of an enduring brand. Designer and writer Lindsey Warriner fled Boston...
The subtlety and simplicity of the Hat Wig Glove line from Oblation Paper & Press is part of what makes it so funny...
Cheerio! Big Jon just released two fun collections. Fantastic Man makes a simple, modern and very bold statement in the...
I have always loved cards from The Found, but I can’t get enough of their vibrant and very clever collaboration with fellow Chicago illustrator Laura Szumowski. Pop culture references run through these selections, and thankfully nothing, from legwarmers to big hair, is sacred. I especially like their Orange is the New Black...
