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I’ve always been a bit in awe of Hallmark. After all, how many greeting card companies have thrived for over a century...
For many a small stationery designer, getting an order from Greer CHICAGO is a major milestone on the road to...
Although you may not have ever heard her name, you most likely have already seen the work of Leslie Moak Murray. That is because over the past 20 years, it has graced an enviable body of work — 1,000 greeting cards, as well as 50-100 designs of beverage napkins, magnetic note pads, pocket...
I first met the very lively and super-sweet Susan Birnbaum, creative director for greeting cards at Design Design, the first time...
I have written in the past about a lot of the excitement going on at Mohawk — but I only got...
Chris Sargiotto of Apartment 2 Cards not only creates his own greeting card line, he successfully reps — that is, wholesales — several other small greeting card lines to retail businesses within probably one of the more challenging greeting card markets: New York City. The companies Chris reps can be seen...
Years ago, I seriously considered opening a gift store, and read up on several successful shop owners. “Never listen to...
The stationery industry is full of family stories, as any walk though National Stationery Show (NSS) attests. The booths are...
Claudia Smith is the Designer + Proprietress of Fig. 2 Design Studio, which swept into National Stationery Show in 2011 like a small, rather chic tornado — setting the industry on edge, and she really hasn’t really slowed down since. The posh house offers both ready-to-wear pieces like notecards and gift...
If I had a dollar for every time I have heard someone sound the death knoll for stationery, I could...
I absolutely love Pinterest — in fact, I don’t allow myself to visit before noon, otherwise my daily to-do list...
The incredible invitations and ephemera created by Mr. Boddington’s Studio don’t look like those from any other company, and the firm is rather like none other, too, in that no one has actually met its mysterious namesake. If you call and ask to be put through to Mr. Boddington, you...