I just came across these Holiday cards that to be honest, I wouldn't send as my 'official' holiday cards. However, I think they will be perfect for sending quick notes during December and I had to have them. Simple, beautiful and timeless....meaning, if I don't use them all this year, they will certainly work next year as correspondence note cards. Stationery … [Read more...]
I've come to rely on a few types of stationery that fall into the 'old reliable' category in my stationery arsenal. Everyone needs a stationery that is enjoyable in an all purpose---YET---elegant and respectable sort of way. Meaning, if I want to fire off a quick letter that perhaps isn't long and drawn out, then I need a stationery that is not only affordable, it stands … [Read more...]
As a prolific writer, I find myself drawn to reading other journals and letters from people of the past. If the book says, Personal Diary or Personal Letters of so and so, I buy it. Virginia Woolf was a prolific writer herself, both as her 'work' and on a personal level. It was reading a passage from one of her journals that encouraged me, as a writer of journals, to pay … [Read more...]
I love the world of Etsy. For a person looking for original, different and unique, Etsy is like the one stop shopping center in coolness. For someone like me who lives in a town that thinks Hallmark is the only stationery option, I can't express how thrilled I was when I first came across Etsy. My debit card on the other hand, tries to run and hide when I visit … [Read more...]
I look at any holiday as a great opportunity to reach out to friends and loved ones through the snail mail system to brighten their day. I believe because Thanksgiving falls right before the Christmas season, it tends to get over looked in the card department. However, the basis of Thanksgiving should definitely be a reason to send a holiday card and tell a person why you … [Read more...]