The Five Questions
The incredible invitations and ephemera created by Mr. Boddington’s Studio don’t look like those from any other company, and the...
I have written in the past about a lot of the excitement going on at Mohawk — but I only got...
Bonnie Marcus is the face and the force behind the Bonnie Marcus Collection. Her diverse range of stationery and gift products fill the shelves of venues from exclusive boutiques to, well, Target, but to me, she will always be just Bonnie, someone I feel I’ve known forever and a dear...
To be or not to be? So goes the timeless Shakespeare question, but for many of us, the real and...
I absolutely love Pinterest — in fact, I don’t allow myself to visit before noon, otherwise my daily to-do list...
Thankfully, serendipity (also known as old-fashioned good luck) has played a big role in my tenure at Stationery Trends. Take our spring issue last year. It’s the biggest of the year for us, and not only did that for 2013 mark our fifth birthday, we were also debuting a much-sweated-over...
The Five Questions is another new department, capsule profiles of those dynamic minds that make the stationery industry so interesting....
I’ve always been a bit in awe of Hallmark. After all, how many greeting card companies have thrived for over a century...
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...
Chris Sargiotto of Apartment 2 Cards not only creates his own greeting card line, he successfully reps — that is, wholesales...
For many a small stationery designer, getting an order from Greer CHICAGO is a major milestone on the road to success. It was founded by Chandra Greer with a big-picture goal to “create a place whose purpose was steadfastly positive, a place devoted to good design, good feelings, intelligent thought and...
