stationery
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...
I almost hate to say it, but I was working from home WAY before it was cool. I was fortunate...
I just got back from Atlanta Market, and but even before I went I was hearing that weddings are back,...
Yes, the day is here — the 2023 edition of the über-competitive greeting card design competition is open for business. It is an enormous honor for me to help oversee this for the fourth year running for the Greeting Card Association, but this is only the second year we are able to...
I received an email last week inquiring if trade shows are “over.” While I don’t have the authority to provide...
I try not to get too attached to any one thing in this lifetime, but for me, getting any one...
We’re just going into production with the winter issue of Stationery Trends, and I realized as I was reviewing copy that with this issue, I’m pretty much retracing my footsteps through NY NOW and Shoppe Object. I can’t wait for all the exquisite discoveries filling that issue — including several...
