Greeting Card Association
I first met the very lively and super-sweet Susan Birnbaum, creative director for greeting cards at Design Design, the first time...
Good morning all, I’m so excited to share this (rather long) post with you! When I was approached about a...
My first National Stationery Show (NSS) was 1998, so I consider myself an old-timer. But that’s nothing … Up With Paper actually started exhibiting there 20 years before I found my way to the press room for the first time. Thus the stories of Up With Paper (or Popshots as...
As of Monday, February 15, submissions for the Noted @ *Noted Product Awards are open, and I really hope every...
If you sell cards and have not checked out *Noted, you are missing out — and there is still time to...
Well, there’s nothing quite like planning and unveiling a exciting new department, only to then upend everything up by taking a few weeks off! Not that I have any vacation-related regrets, mind you, but instead of the four makers I’d envisioned sharing, I just have two today. First up is...
Makers, please start your design engines: The 2022 Noted @ *Noted Awards are officially open for entries! I am thrilled...
Trade show time is ALWAYS a crazy time — and winter trade show time during a global pandemic, well, it’s...
So, full disclosure: February is my least favorite month of the year for too many reasons to get into here, but fortunately this February just flew harmlessly by. The fact that I had not one but two fantastic work trips helped a lot: first I went to NYC for NY...
So, the time is FINALLY here! I was absolutely knocked out by the level of talent in this year’s Noted@*Noted...
So here we are, it’s April 12, and I haven’t yet shared all the March makers, to say nothing of...
Now that it’s been a solid few weeks since *Noted and SF Now has come and gone, I’m trying to stay in that Dr. Suessian “don’t be sad it’s over, be glad it happened” camp. On that note, let’s take a virtual and alphabetical walk through the vibrant Fort Mason...