stationery blog
Well nerds, I was planning to release the First annual Paper Nerd Gift Guide today, but life intervened in the...
I think probably the only thing all Americans can agree on this week is that America has no shortage of...
You’ve doubtless heard of the famed September issue (of Vogue). Why is it traditionally so important? Well, as the seasons shift, so too does our wardrobe — and the well-heeled need to know what to wear. However, if you are a dyed-in-the-wool paper nerd, perhaps you pass up Vogue in favor...
A while back, I read that J. Crew was bringing back its once-iconic print catalog — and I wondered if...
Don’t mind me here swooning away for the latest holiday edition of the famed Sugar Paper x Target collab. Every...
How’s everyone’s Thinking of You Week going? Remember, focus on putting something amazing out into the world, without necessarily expecting anything back other than general good vibes. If you get a letter in return (and possibly even a new pen pal), that’s just the icing on the TOY cake! Part...
Every year, Thinking of You Week gains momentum. That for 2024 begins next week, running from September 16-22. As I...
Hey nerds, lately it has occured to me that there is a lot of compelling conversation about stationery happening outside...
Part of the magic of stationery is its very accessibility and simplicity. Anyone can modify it to suit a larger message, whatever that message that may be. Sometimes that message is larger than all of us — for example ending ageism, or supporting migrants — and sometimes it’s as simple as “happy...
It’s a big deal when any brand reaches its 10th anniversary, but when the brand in question is a stationery...
The birth of a greeting card brand range is always a triumph. Who knows how many birthdays it will commemorate,...
I grew up in the 1970s, when there were only two choices for gender on forms and ‘working moms’ were both a novelty and an anomaly. Obviously a lot has changed — and one of *my* favorite changes has been at markets, where I now regularly discover bright, unapologetic, women-owned...



















