<p>So many LOUIE finalists, so little time — just under a month, in fact, until the gala on May 18, at Manhattan&#8217;s Espace. I&#8217;m loving the pool and gold foil combo on this design from Sugar Paper Los Angeles, a finalist in the Friendship/Encouragement (General) category (Above $3.50). The shiny herringbone envelope liner and chunky, cool script add plenty of interesting texture. I remember judging this category somewhat, and being wowed by this design. Quite frankly, who wouldn&#8217;t want to open that envelope to find that staring back at them?</p>
<p>The competition in this category is stiff — the other finalists are <a href="http://www.holstee.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holstee</a> and <a href="http://riflepaperco.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rifle Paper Co.</a>, two other major design forces in the industry today. All three are represented pretty well amongst the finalists: sugar paper is up for two awards; Holstee, two; and Rifle, five. I am an equal-opportunity awards watcher, meaning, I want everyone (who I deem deserving, anyway) to take home at least one (if that is mathmatically possible). A good friend, whose young company secured one finalist spot and lost two years in a row, decided to pass on entering this year and wrote me about looking forward to not having another &#8220;Bette Davis breakdown.&#8221; I hate those!</p>
<p>You can see all the finalists in all their glory at<a href="http://nationalstationeryshow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> National Stationery Show</a>, and Sugar Paper Los Angeles, is in booths 1943 &; 1945, while Rifle Paper Co. is in booths 1840, 1842, 1844 &; 1846.</p>
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<p>If you want to buy this card for someone you love, you can buy it here for $6.25. The hand-lettering is by <a href="http://www.jreynoldsdesign.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joanna Reynolds</a>.</p>
<p>And, in the spirit of gorgeous lettering, there&#8217;s a fabulous West Coast calligraphy event this weekend, not far from Los Angeles in fact. This Sunday, April 27, <a href="http://www.urbanicpaper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Urbanic Paper Boutique</a> in Venice will be hosting two calligraphy workshops on modern script basics with <a href="http://shopantiquaria.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antiquaria&#8217;</a>s Bailey Amon Rivera, the company&#8217;s chief calligrapher (not to mention early respondent to our Letter-Writing Campaign.) Choose from 10-1 or 2-5, and you can get your tickets here. $150/each. The classes are small, just 10 people each, and everyone gets a box of supplies to work with in during class and take home.</p>
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<p>Urbanic&#8217;s amazing Audrey Woollen also sent me these images from a previous class they had with Molly Suber Thorpe of <a href="http://www.plurabellecalligraphy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Plurabelle Calligraphy+Design Studio</a>. Looking at them, you know it&#8217;s going to be a lot of fun. I wish I could make it myself!</p>
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