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Now that I have begun covering gifts again as Trends Editor for Gift Shop Magazine, I’m getting to work more...
My lucky pen — given to me years ago by the owner of the now-defunct Manhattan pen store Rebecca Moss...
Portland has given America so much in the past several years — Portlandia, moustaches, bicycles — not to mention lots and lots of letterpressers. Now stationer Karina Lopez of Darling Distraction has unveiled a stationery line that’s part Palm Beach, part Lisa Frank, part gold-foiled and completely adorable! “When I...
Many of you may be familiar with papers from Kelly Kay, but a package she recently sent my way underscores how...
During this past edition of NY NOW I was able to sneak away from LOUIE Award judging for a bit to...
My philosophy on business cards is simple: One can simply never, ever have enough. This goes double if you juggle a few personas — you need to have a card at the ready for each. As a printed extension of the self, you want to leave a chic impression long after...
Rossi 1931 has been a longtime supporter of Stationery Trends, but they recently reached out to me to review their...
Every once in a while, the form surpasses the function, and that is definitely the case with these fabulous Fredericks &...
One essential item for show season is a great place to take notes. These have to work nearly as hard as I do — as once the show closes, what’s been hastily scrawled inside is all I have left to work with! To that end, I have been lugging notebooks...
In our digital age, it is really easy to store all our photographs in iPhoto and feel confident they will...
Everyone wants everything customized these days, but custom doesn’t always mean quality. So I was thrilled when Bookblock Original reached...



















