stickers
Lately I’ve found myself recalling all the fantastic paper brands — and of course the fantastic maker friends behind them...
Four fabulous Fridays a year, an issue of Stationery Trends drops. And today, my friends, is one of those Fridays....
Paper Nerd readers know that nothing tickles my fancy like discovering a fresh new brand at Market — and then seeing it grow before my eyes, both online and at subsequent Markets. If I’m really lucky, the maker becomes a friend too over time. That’s definitely been the case with...
The Winter markets I visited in January and February — Atlanta Market, Shoppe Object, and NY NOW — are officially over, and...
Well nerds, I was planning to release the First annual Paper Nerd Gift Guide today, but life intervened in the...
Don’t mind me here swooning away for the latest holiday edition of the famed Sugar Paper x Target collab. Every year I review it, and every year I find myself asking the same question, Groundhog Day-style: How exactly is such stellar, stylish packaging reinvented every year, and at such reasonable...
It’s a big deal when any brand reaches its 10th anniversary, but when the brand in question is a stationery...
I grew up in the 1970s, when there were only two choices for gender on forms and ‘working moms’ were...
In the wake of my walks through the winter markets, I have reached a conclusion: Many of us prefer plants to people. And why not? They literally bring life to any space as they clean the very air we breathe — and we measly humans have the power within us...
No doubt many of you have already purchased a sheet (or several!) of the marvelous Thinking of You stamps. These...
Life began in a garden, but what is a farm if not a productive garden? Just ask Lauren te Velde,...
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...




















