stationery blog
Trade show time is ALWAYS a crazy time — and winter trade show time during a global pandemic, well, it’s...
I love discovering new paper brands at trade shows, on Instagram … or best of all, sometimes they track me...
I have posted a lot over the years about holiday cards from Artifact Uprising, and with good reason: Sending out their exquisite New Year’s cards has become an annual tradition in my house. When the crop I mailed out in mid-December arrived late to many mailboxes, I was pleasantly surprised at...
Well, there’s nothing quite like planning and unveiling a exciting new department, only to then upend everything up by taking...
I used to say that greeting cards are the billboard of the American psyche, but lately I’ve been starting to...
I write almost endlessly about new makers entering the stationery community — and I admire the vim & verve of every last one. But I write far less about makers deciding to move on, possibly because like the mob, our community tends to have enticements you can’t refuse. But that isn’t...
This may not be a great time to be alive, but it is always great to see how makers are...
Recently I was describing a few stationery makers I’m rather fond of to a non-industry person. I found myself prefacing...
Serendipity has always been one of my favorite words. After all, what’s not to like? It is the type of pleasingly long and consonant-rich word that rolls off the tongue, plus you can be impressed with yourself for knowing its definition (“an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident,” according...
Back in August, I received an email from Yusuf at Galen Leather. “Hi Sarah,” he wrote. “I’m thrilled to be...
NY NOW was full of design wonders, but for me, stumbling across one eighty five was something of a surprise....
One of the things I love most about what I do is that I never know what maker will materialize and completely floor me with their artistry. That was certainly the case with Shamese from Artisaan. “Hi Sarah,” she wrote me back in August, “Since 2018, I have been making...
