Category Archives: paper

National Stationery Show 2013: Letter & Lark

So happy to see Letter & Lark make its Stationery Show debut: designer Colleen Ellse’s line of letterpress cards and prints are simple + sweet without being twee. Not to mention, I’m in love with her handwriting, and thus the Letter & Lark press kit is going into the “save” pile. all photos by jane […]

National Stationery Show 2013: Sweet Bella

One booth that I never miss at NSS is Sweet Bella. Their roster of vendors is a marvelous mix of sophisticated workaday and avant-garde product. It gives me a good chance to visit perennial favorites, like Korea’s O-Check and Italy’s Antica Cartotecnica, as well as see what owner Nina Allen’s unfailing eye has discovered while […]

National Stationery Show 2013: Ink ♥ Meets Paper

Charleston, SC just may be the epicenter of all things paper at the moment. (Which is good news for me as I visit often!) Ink ♥ Meets Paper‘s booth was full of cards that were cheery, clever + fun, and it was nice to finally meet + chat with co-owners Allison and Daniel Nadeau.  I am […]

National Stationery Show 2013: Ornament Letterpress

Ornament Letterpress was an oasis of serenity in the middle of the crazy that is Javits. Designer Miranda Hunt Borden’s work is heavily influenced by textiles, but I’d say she has an eye for botanicals, too: her fern notecards (available to purchase at the Ornament Letterpress Etsy shop) are magnificent. photos by jane potrykus/for more […]

National Stationery Show 2013: Lemon Drop Papers

Lemon Drop Papers’ line of greeting cards decorated with functional, tiny envelopes completely enchanted me. (And reminded me of a fantastic installation by Cheree Berry for Kate Spade.) all photos by jane potrykus/see more from the show at my flickr set “stationery show 2013”