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During this past *Noted, I couldn’t help falling in love with the Meet The Maker videos. These short intros were...
In our distanced times, it’s always nice to hear from makers — but even better when they share some great new...
Snail mail and greeting cards have assumed a renewed importance in American life that has been absent for decades upon decades. Just ask Paper Source, whose CEO Winnie Park told The Chicago Tribune last week that online greeting card sales have increased tenfold compared with the same time period last...
Boxed sets have had an interesting trajectory these past several years. Dyed-in-the-wool letter-writers have always loved them. They’ve multi-functional and...
These days, writing papers appeal to anyone feeling isolated with a lot to say—so, pretty much everyone. That's great timing for beve!'s new stationery sets!
Almost from the moment that E. Frances Paper made its National Stationery Show (NSS) debut in 2013, it was a hit. So, was it their dreamy watercolors, luxe materials, or maybe those vibrant color palettes you just want to jump into? Those certainly don’t hurt, but in this case, I...
In my last post, I asked makers to let me share promotions they’ve unveiled in the last week or so...
The clever new Café Collection from Sapori is like having a cup of coffee with a loved one — in...
The concept behind Piggyback is so simple and so ingenious, it’s unbelievable that no one thought of it before! Here’s the rub: We all know that letterpress tends to be crazy expensive, but much of the cost arises because you are paying to set up the press. Piggyback groups its...
From the looks of these lovingly and carefully collaged releases, it seems like Colleen Attara has been quite busy of...
If ever an industry needed a cheerleader, it’s stationery … and it’s found one in Taylor Swift. The pop star...
One of many great finds this past National Stationery Show was this Brooklyn-based house of cards, named for one of my favorite elements of punctuation: Ümlaut Brooklyn.With the tagline “Aiding and Abetting Real Communication,” this retro-inspire line describes itself as sometimes irreverent, sometimes naughty, always nice. “We make cards that make people linger...
