the paper nerd
It’s easy to get distracted from great design in an election year, but the summer market season is currently in...
My winter market travel days tend to be filled with rogue snowstorms and general chaos, while in summer I always...
It’s probably not so smart to write about loss while you yourself are actively grieving — but dealing with death is clearly not something we can schedule to handle when we can fit it in. At any rate, writing about this fresh house of stationery that is devoted to navigating...
Hand-written communications endure over time and space — but interestingly, the definition of what comprises a “handmade” card has definitely evolved...
Obviously stationery is an obsession of mine, but so too is the décor that best suits it. A while back...
Many paper nerds are familiar with the exquisite Lykkefund Paper of Zurich, which in 2022 snagged a Noted@*Noted Award for Best Card from a Rookie. Post-win, its founder, Daniela-Karin Raffl, took a hiatus and devoted half a year to travel and adventure. Those experiences inspired her fantastic Alice in Wonderland...
If you grew up in the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s, you probably remember Acrylic Clips. And no, I don’t mean...
If you can’t already tell, I found my Summer New York market experience to be more than a little magical....
If you are like me and stop whatever you are doing to hungrily inhale the latest Shoppe Object marketing email to hit your in-box, you are going to love part 2 of my meanderings through this can’t-miss Manhattan Market. This is a long post, so get comfortable! goddex apothecary If...
The more distant NY NOW gets in my mental rear view mirror, the more I’m dreaming of February ’23, when...
Thanks to everyone who reached out to me after I posted part #1 – I’m so thrilled to have so many...
Until last week, I didn’t know what the Sad Girls Bar was — but that all changed when an embargoed email from stationery’s own avante-garde dynamo, Victoria Venturi of Paper Epiphanies, hit my inbox . “We are excited to announce that our first crossover collection derived from NFTs — Sad Girls...
