stationery designer
Life began in a garden, but what is a farm if not a productive garden? Just ask Lauren te Velde,...
If you grew up in the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s, you probably remember Acrylic Clips. And no, I don’t mean...
It’s been a decade since Emily McDowell shook up stationery with her Empathy Cards. One of the many fabulous things to come from their incarnation is the idea that a greeting card can be a harbinger of healing. The missive in question does more than simply stand in for a...
Happy National Stationery Week, all! To celebrate, I wanted to take a closer look at the ever-evolving sticker category. These...
Since our lives are still far more complicated than our phones can handle, the paper planner resurgence shows no sign...
Those who attended *Noted in San Francisco last week will doubtless agree with me that it was quite the whirlwind! I know I can’t be the only one currently navigating a seemingly endless inbox as I attempt to settle back into the Eastern Time Zone. So while this is now...
For a paper nerd like me, it’s always interesting to hone in on greeting card messaging — it often illuminates the...
Part of what makes stationery so special is that it both captures a moment and endures for posterity. And, leave...
Subscription boxes have gone from (briefly) being America’s ultimate Pet Rock to yet another gift you can purchase from the comfort of your phone and then immediately cross off your list. To my mind, most are little better than generic gift cards. But Nicely Noted differs from even many stationery...
Well the judges have judged, and the votes have been tabulated, so it my distinct pleasure and honor to share...
A few years back, I made the difficult decision to stop generating trend reports for Gift Shop Plus and delve...
Lately I’ve been comparing the current stationery market to the classic rock masterpieces that filled the FM airwaves during the early 1970s. Back then, singer-songwriters from Neil Young to Joni Mitchell to James Taylor created auditory universes that were certainly influenced by each other, but remained completely distinctive in and...