<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I can&#8217;t be the only one absolutely thrilled that my favorite season is not just here calendar-wise, but in actuality as well. But no matter what&#8217;s happening outside — after all, I do live in the famously fickle Cleveland climate! — these warm-weather finds from <a href="https://www.shadesofexpressiondesigns.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shades of Expressions Designs</a> celebrate the season as it gorgeously deserves. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reviewing this most summer-y array of cards, coasters, boxed card sets, mugs, clipboards and journals, why, you can almost feel the sun beating down on you — tempered by a refreshing ocean breeze of course! <br></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of course, summer lives on in posterity on these selections in the way only stationery can achieve. I know I cannot be the only one who is transported in time every time I reread that letter or journal! </p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-10038" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-10038 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="10038" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-10012495 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favorites tag-noted-2 tag-archer-paper-goods tag-broadway-paper tag-chandra-greer tag-dan-collier tag-daniel-richards tag-design tag-greer-chicago tag-greeting-cards tag-kate-strzok tag-louie-awards tag-notednoted-awards tag-pei-sim tag-sarah-schwartz tag-sf-now tag-stationery tag-stationery-blog tag-stationery-design tag-stationery-designer tag-thank-you-stationery tag-the-merchant-atlanta tag-the-paper-craft-pantry" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/the-notednoted-awards-are-on/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/noted%40notedmailer-2-1.png?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" /></a></div><div class="meta"><div class="byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-4"><div class="byline-part cats"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/category/favorites/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">Favorites</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/the-notednoted-awards-are-on/">The Noted@*Noted Awards Are On!</a></h3></div><div class="byline byline-3"><span class="byline-part date"><i class="tipi-i-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date" datetime="2023-01-09T13:47:05+00:00">January 9, 2023</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="10012495"><span class="likes-heart"><i class="tipi-i-heart-o" aria-hidden="true"></i><i class="tipi-i-heart" aria-hidden="true"></i></span><span class="tipi-value">0</span></a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></tipimidc>



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