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No doubt many of you have already purchased a sheet (or several!) of the marvelous Thinking of You stamps. These...
For those of you who don’t know, my daughter Veronica is a rising high school senior, which means much of...
Please stop whatever you are doing to give three cheers to Kristina Burkey. Not only is she the founding proprietress of the fabulous Calliope Paperie of Natick, Massachusetts, she is *also* the founder of Stationery Store Day (SSD), which rolls into its second year of existence this Saturday, August 5....
There’s been some noise lately in our community about makers “stealing” the images and messaging of other makers and repurposing...
Take it from someone who has devoted much of her career to stationery: The stories behind stationery brands are nearly...
Life began in a garden, but what is a farm if not a productive garden? Just ask Lauren te Velde, proprietress of Paper Farm Press. This bountiful house of stationery hails from Kingsburg, California, AKA “the fruit basket of the world.” Both Lauren and her husband are third-generation farmers, with both...
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...
Happy National Stationery Week, all! To celebrate, I wanted to take a closer look at the ever-evolving sticker category. These are greeting cards to the world, and perhaps just as importantly, to ourselves. Clever personal mantras are that much more compelling when presented in vibrant color and fun lettering. And...
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!...
For a paper nerd like me, it’s always interesting to hone in on greeting card messaging — it often illuminates the more prescient product categories stationery and gift ranges can and should tackle. It’s also an incredibly quick and easy way to assess the lifestyle trend winds. So, lately I have...




















