the paper chronicles
You know that ledge people talk about, as in “I need to be talked off the ledge?” Me and my...
Almost from the moment that E. Frances Paper made its National Stationery Show (NSS) debut in 2013, it was a...
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...
Last week I wrote about 18 Million Thanks — which, at my last peek, has generated some 10,503 cards being sent...
Greeting cards have been receiving a lot of well-deserved attention during the isolating circumstances of quarantine, but there’s another domain...
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...
It’s no shocker that I’ve been focused on the Noted @ *Noted Product Awards for the last few weeks — there’s...
Good morning everyone, here is the last group of Noted @ *Noted finalists! UWP Luxe. As avid fans of salon...
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...
One of my highlights of last week (okay, of this entire month) was getting to judge 137 entries for the...
Lately I’ve often found myself recalling the words of Fred Rogers: in times of crisis, we should look to the...
One of the few perks of being housebound for long periods of time is that you get far more excited about new releases then ever before. So I am especially loving this sweet social distancing trio from Dahlia Press. Like most of her work, Stephanie infused these with a beautiful...
