Sometimes the best option is to just slow down and take it easy, which pretty much encompasses my holiday weekend plans... Continue Reading
the paper chronicles
My first National Stationery Show (NSS) was 1998, so I consider myself an old-timer. But that’s nothing … Up With... Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I checked out with Karla at Sky of Blue Cards — but she has not just been busy creating amazing product, she’s been doing so for so many good causes! For now through the end of July, through the Reach Out & Write Someone campaign, Karla... Continue Reading
You know that ledge people talk about, as in “I need to be talked off the ledge?” Me and my... Continue Reading
Almost from the moment that E. Frances Paper made its National Stationery Show (NSS) debut in 2013, it was a... Continue Reading
Several years ago I stumbled across Friendly Fire Paper at National Stationery Show, and was immediately smitten. As beautifully as this vibrant range of cards are ‘pressed and presented, it’s the unrestrained snark running through them that makes me an official Friendly Fire fool. Now this women-owned house of paper... Continue Reading
Last week I wrote about 18 Million Thanks — which, at my last peek, has generated some 10,503 cards being sent... Continue Reading
Greeting cards have been receiving a lot of well-deserved attention during the isolating circumstances of quarantine, but there’s another domain... Continue Reading
It’s too easy to feel hopeless these days, but for every negative, there’s a positive somewhere. Take 11-year-old Emerson Weber of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Emerson is a rather prolific epistoler who wrote a letter, complete with hand-decorated envelope, to her postman thanking him for all he does. It appeared... Continue Reading
It’s no shocker that I’ve been focused on the Noted @ *Noted Product Awards for the last few weeks — there’s... Continue Reading
Good morning everyone, here is the last group of Noted @ *Noted finalists! UWP Luxe. As avid fans of salon... Continue Reading
Good morning everyone, I’m back for round 2. You all know the drill, so let’s get started! Girl w/Knife. What inspired this card? The sobering realization that we’re going to have to censor our girl-talk around my friend’s new baby. I left this card black and white with a white... Continue Reading