Greeting Card Association
While greeting cards are private communications for the most part, what is expressed within these innocuous folded sheets of paper...
No doubt many of you have already purchased a sheet (or several!) of the marvelous Thinking of You stamps. These...
Life began in a garden, but what is a farm if not a productive garden? Just ask Lauren te Velde, proprietress of Paper Farm Press. This bountiful house of stationery hails from Kingsburg, California, AKA “the fruit basket of the world.” Both Lauren and her husband are third-generation farmers, with both...
Those who attended *Noted in San Francisco last week will doubtless agree with me that it was quite the whirlwind!...
Well the judges have judged, and the votes have been tabulated, so it my distinct pleasure and honor to share...
If you can’t already tell, I found my Summer New York market experience to be more than a little magical. Thus I’m sad to reach the end of my Shoppe Object coverage. Fear not, however, there was no shortage of glorious discoveries as this long post attests! Inklings Paperie This...
Typically, a holiday finds me as far as humanly possible from work. But not this July Fourth; these days my...
Now that it’s been a solid few weeks since *Noted and SF Now has come and gone, I’m trying to...
So here we are, it’s April 12, and I haven’t yet shared all the March makers, to say nothing of a very exquisite April straggler. So without further ado, let’s get started! First up is Awkward Affections. This Portland brand is the brainchild of Kaz Palladino, and her range focuses on evasive...
So, the time is FINALLY here! I was absolutely knocked out by the level of talent in this year’s Noted@*Noted...
So, full disclosure: February is my least favorite month of the year for too many reasons to get into here,...
Trade show time is ALWAYS a crazy time — and winter trade show time during a global pandemic, well, it’s not recommended for the faint of heart! I’m grateful to have had several years of typical winter trade show travel as preparation. Navigating a delayed flight or lost bag here...