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It’s a big deal when any brand reaches its 10th anniversary, but when the brand in question is a stationery...
The birth of a greeting card brand range is always a triumph. Who knows how many birthdays it will commemorate,...
I grew up in the 1970s, when there were only two choices for gender on forms and ‘working moms’ were both a novelty and an anomaly. Obviously a lot has changed — and one of *my* favorite changes has been at markets, where I now regularly discover bright, unapologetic, women-owned...
It’s easy to get distracted from great design in an election year, but the summer market season is currently in...
Most stationery makers aren’t in the industry long before they hear about Stationery HQ. This San Francisco house of design...
There was a time (and not very long ago) when committing to exhibit at a gift show also entailed planning a special event for buyers and attendees. Not only would these mini-fêtes offer the exhibitor precious face time with press, buyers, key accounts, and whoever happened to be strolling by...
If you haven’t yet discovered Furbish Studio — well, where have you been exactly? Carefully curated by style-maven Jamie Meares, the...
Over the years, I’ve profiled a seemingly endless array of makers who enter the stationery game from other professions. But...
When Karla Ebrahimi of Sky of Blue Press + Papery launched LetterBox in fall 2015, she never suspected she wouldn’t sleep for 45 days. But, that’s exactly what happened when Oprah included Karla’s new stationery subscription service smack dab at the center of her “favorite things” coverage in the December...
It’s probably not so smart to write about loss while you yourself are actively grieving — but dealing with death...
While greeting cards are private communications for the most part, what is expressed within these innocuous folded sheets of paper...
Hand-written communications endure over time and space — but interestingly, the definition of what comprises a “handmade” card has definitely evolved over the years. When I first started covering the stationery market, this wholesale category typically consisted of cards embellished one by one, with say fabric or glitter, prior to their...
