the paper nerd
Until last week, I didn’t know what the Sad Girls Bar was — but that all changed when an embargoed...
So, full disclosure: February is my least favorite month of the year for too many reasons to get into here,...
Trade show time is ALWAYS a crazy time — and winter trade show time during a global pandemic, well, it’s not recommended for the faint of heart! I’m grateful to have had several years of typical winter trade show travel as preparation. Navigating a delayed flight or lost bag here...
To me, a gift is not truly a present until is wrapped enticingly. Ideally, I like any gift I give...
Year in and year out, my Sugar Paper x Target Holiday collab posts get the most traction from TPN readers....
I used to say that greeting cards are the billboard of the American psyche, but lately I’ve been starting to rethink that. That billboard may well encompass stickers too these days, and why not? After all, while a card is shared with a limited audience, stickers put it all out...
Serendipity has always been one of my favorite words. After all, what’s not to like? It is the type of...
NY NOW was full of design wonders, but for me, stumbling across one eighty five was something of a surprise....
One of the things I love most about what I do is that I never know what maker will materialize and completely floor me with their artistry. That was certainly the case with Shamese from Artisaan. “Hi Sarah,” she wrote me back in August, “Since 2018, I have been making...
One thing that became crystal clear to me while at NY NOW is that there is no one way of...
Stationery is full of great maker stories, but sit back and get comfortable, because that of Tiny and Snail is...
Back at the turn of this century, houses of letterpress completely dominated the entire market. Inspired by Martha Stewart, would-be stationers rescued and resurrected behemoth presses that had been gathering dust for decades. As a result, the nearly forgotten printing method — which had its first 15 minutes of fame...
