LOUIE awards
While greeting cards are private communications for the most part, what is expressed within these innocuous folded sheets of paper...
Those who attended *Noted in San Francisco last week will doubtless agree with me that it was quite the whirlwind!...
For a paper nerd like me, it’s always interesting to hone in on greeting card messaging — it often illuminates the more prescient product categories stationery and gift ranges can and should tackle. It’s also an incredibly quick and easy way to assess the lifestyle trend winds. So, lately I have...
Yes, the day is here — the 2023 edition of the über-competitive greeting card design competition is open for business. It is...
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...
Makers, please start your design engines: The 2022 Noted @ *Noted Awards are officially open for entries! I am thrilled...
Pre-COVID, my last work trip, in February 2020, was judging the 31st Annual LOUIE Awards in Washington, D.C. Semi-post-COVID, my...
My first National Stationery Show (NSS) was 1998, so I consider myself an old-timer. But that’s nothing … Up With Paper actually started exhibiting there 20 years before I found my way to the press room for the first time. Thus the stories of Up With Paper (or Popshots as...
Before I delve into my last batch of LOUIE favorites, I have a quick Noted @ *Noted update: The deadline...
Welcome to TPC’s third installment of the National Stationery Show’s Insider Guide. In the spotlight today: Smudge Ink! This Boston house...
A few weeks back, TPC posted its first National Stationery Show Insider’s Guide. The idea, which came from Amy Smyth of A Smyth Co., was for exhibitors to share which booths they cannot miss. Now, no one can come to me with a good idea without becoming a part of...