Greeting Card
Since our lives are still far more complicated than our phones can handle, the paper planner resurgence shows no sign...
Subscription boxes have gone from (briefly) being America’s ultimate Pet Rock to yet another gift you can purchase from the...
Lately I’ve been comparing the current stationery market to the classic rock masterpieces that filled the FM airwaves during the early 1970s. Back then, singer-songwriters from Neil Young to Joni Mitchell to James Taylor created auditory universes that were certainly influenced by each other, but remained completely distinctive in and...
If you are like me and stop whatever you are doing to hungrily inhale the latest Shoppe Object marketing email...
Typically, a holiday finds me as far as humanly possible from work. But not this July Fourth; these days my...
Makers, please start your design engines: The 2022 Noted @ *Noted Awards are officially open for entries! I am thrilled to help oversee this über-competitive greeting card design competition for the third year running. This year’s winning crop will be announced and celebrated live and in person at *Noted: The...
During this past *Noted, I couldn’t help falling in love with the Meet The Maker videos. These short intros were...
If you sell cards and have not checked out *Noted, you are missing out — and there is still time to...
Here's a first, at least to come across my desk: A paper range born during a pandemic. Meet Send a Stitch, created stitch by exacting stitch by Katrina Simon.
One of my highlights of last week (okay, of this entire month) was getting to judge 137 entries for the...
I always refer to envelopes as humble, but really they are deceptively simple items holding endless potential and promise. They...
So I am getting set to head off to AmericasMart, and I couldn’t be more excited to see all the gorgeous new product debuting under its rather large roof! And when it comes to stationery, J. Falkner‘s latest release is not to be missed. “Our summer release is always one...