thank you stationery
Design trends are easy to spot, but longevity is a completely different matter. Sometimes a trend — like bows for example...
It may only technically comprise 25% of the year, but somehow the three short months of summer end up housing...
Along with all things analog, stationery is having a media moment. At the end of April, The New York Times’ esteemed Wirecutter department provided its ultimate selections for custom stationery, informed (in part) by a panel including Temple University’s program head of printmaking. Then at the beginning of June, Forbes...
Sometimes life imitates art, and sometimes stationery imitates life to generate new understandings, new connections — and a collective strength...
Spring is here — as is the latest The Paper Society (TPS) box! This mailing in particular has the potential to...
Long before I was a paper nerd, I was a book nerd. I cannot actually remember my Montessori teacher, Mrs. Hissong, teaching me to read at age four — but I remember her taking me into the room where it all happened, and then leaving with this incredible power. The first...
Lately I’ve found myself recalling all the fantastic paper brands — and of course the fantastic maker friends behind them...
Spring is here, with its requisite sunlight and plenty of flowers. Fortunately for paper and stamp nerds, that includes blooms...
According to NBC News (not just me this time), texting is officially out — and handwritten notes are most certainly in. Of course, part of the magic of stationery is the enormous breadth of makers in our community. Here you are encouraged to go off the mainstream path to discover — well,...
Spring may well have sprung, but all this week I’ve been back in NYC’s record February cold putting this post...
Watercolor is having a moment — one only has to witness Emily Lex Studio’s 276K followers to see what I mean....
Part of the reason I love greeting cards so is that any innovation typically starts small. One incredible creative with a fresh perspective — probably the most notable example being Emily McDowell — can transform greeting card messaging forever. Thus, a small maker can technically make an cultural impact almost immediately, while...




















