Shades of Expressions Designs is ready for summer with a slew of sunny stationery selections featuring those favorite sources of entertainment and activity, children and puppies. This paper house is a woman-run, American family enterprise in every sense of the word. Three generations of woman — one mom, two …
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If you’re lucky enough to be in San Francisco, don’t miss the Letterpress Sample Sale from Lilikoi Design + Letterpress this Wednesday. Swing by their Hayes Valley studio to enjoy a glass of bubbly and shop their charming range of deeply discounted letterpress cards, gift tags and art …
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Take it from me, a partnership can make or break a project. I’ve been in publishing long enough to have worked with a variety of personality types: sometimes the combination bears fruit immediately; sometimes it takes a while to hit a collective stride; and very occasionally you’ve just got to …
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During this past edition of the National Stationery Show, I was thrilled to again be asked to judge the Best New Product Awards, this time in a new home at the other end of the Javits concourse — but still just as dazzling as ever! Checking out the display is …
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One of the missions of TPC is to keep people letter-writing, invitation-using and card-sending, but that can be a lofty task, even for me. When I have a pile of thank-yous to write (as I do right now), I’m thrilled if I can get one out per day — which …
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Father’s Day is officially 10 days away, and if you haven’t started on that yet, well, you better get on that right away. Swooping in to save the day (not unlike the holiday namesake himself) are several letterpressed greetings from Chicago’s own A. Favorite Design. As clever as they are …
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Many of you may be familiar with papers from Kelly Kay, but a package she recently sent my way underscores how much she’s drastically upped her floral game. Kelly’s vibrant flora are bursting with color. I love how her work mixes textured and smooth papers, with everything from succulents to cherry blossoms …
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