Design
Spring is here, with its requisite sunlight and plenty of flowers. Fortunately for paper and stamp nerds, that includes blooms...
According to NBC News (not just me this time), texting is officially out — and handwritten notes are most certainly in....
Spring may well have sprung, but all this week I’ve been back in NYC’s record February cold putting this post together. I tend to get very overstimulated, very quickly at markets, so my strategy at Shoppe Object and NY NOW remains to snap anything that seems interesting and puzzle it...
Watercolor is having a moment — one only has to witness Emily Lex Studio’s 276K followers to see what I mean....
Part of the reason I love greeting cards so is that any innovation typically starts small. One incredible creative with...
While January is typically seen as the time of rebirth, so too is the entirety of Spring — and that season is fast approaching on March 20. With the calendar change comes a chance to reset and create new rhythms — and that is the entire idea behind the new Soluna...
I’ve seen endless stationery inspired by films, but this, my fine nerd friends, is the first instance I’ve heard of...
I never feel a work trip is really complete until I compile my Market Report, and my NY NOW | Shoppe...
Life is too short for dull words or dull paper. Those 10 words have such a powerful ring of truth — which is why they are the official tagline of Friendly Fire Paper. As such, every last order is wrapped in tissue and sealed with a sticker saying just that....
Stationery is having a well-deserved, long-awaited moment — and while this paper nerd is prone to confirmation bias, the evidence...
Happy ’26, folks! Much of our community is prepping for or already experiencing the winter markets, but regardless of your...
I hope everyone reading this is shopping independent and scoring thoughtful finds (meaning, no gift cards!) this holiday season. To follow up on last week’s Maximalist cavalcade, Part 2 of my second annual gift guide centers on Self-Care. This is yet another trendy buzzword, but with good reason: Sometimes (and...
