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One of many great finds this past National Stationery Show was this Brooklyn-based house of cards, named for one of my...
Ilootpaperie was started by a set of Pasadena sisters, Alice & Doris, with a mission to steal hearts with their cheeky, colorful...
In the spirit of National Handwriting Day — which is tomorrow! — I can’t not share the beautifully penned verbiage and fun imagery on these starry-eyed selections from Violet Clair. Pick some up for Valentine’s Day — though love should be in the air year-round, and most inamoratas will welcome one...
It’s finally fittingly snowy and windy this January morning in Ohio, and while it’s picturesque in a Frozen sort of...
Joining the good fight to make snail mail hip again is Punkpost, a service/app launched by San Francisco artists. Marrying traditional card-sending with...
A fauxpology is just that, a fake apology. Any parent is familiar with these — for example, “I’m sorry I hit her but she called me a name.” Fauxpologies are as old as time, but the need for an actual term has only arisen as the practice has matured and its...
I first came across Colleen Attara Studio while judging the LOUIE Awards last winter. Since judging is blind, I had...
For a papergeek like as myself, there’s no pleasure equal to finding a dazzling, brand-new card line. Willow Berry Studio is...
There are subscription services galore out there, but this is the first one I’ve heard of that approaches the art of correspondence so cleverly and thoughtfully. Created by Sky of Blue Cards, LetterBox is a seasonal subscription service that puts the emphasis back on hand-written letters by delivering beautifully curated boxes of...
Crisp, clean and very lighthearted, Design With Heart is a new stationery line giving a firm nod toward Marriage Equality,...
I am one of those people who enjoy the occasional scary horror movie from the safety of my couch —...
Portland has given America so much in the past several years — Portlandia, moustaches, bicycles — not to mention lots and lots of letterpressers. Now stationer Karina Lopez of Darling Distraction has unveiled a stationery line that’s part Palm Beach, part Lisa Frank, part gold-foiled and completely adorable! “When I...
