We wanted to follow up on the somewhat somber blog post from Nov 5th. We received an outpouring of love and support and it warms our hearts. We are so grateful for our customers and custom clients and your orders! We want to clarify that 2020 may be the last year for our brick and mortar shop on S High Street. We simply haven't had the sales we need to afford the rent. However, On Paper will live on through e-commerce and our custom studio, which we in fact plan to grow. So as celebrations continue to pick up or even stay micro, you can trust On Paper, with our decades of experience and numerous awards to prove it,...
First and foremost, thank you to our loyal customers and custom clients who have continued to support us during these dark days. No words can really express how grateful we are for you and what your orders have meant to our small independent business. You are the reason we keep fighting to live another day. This is so hard to write but sharing it is critical. It’s been a crushing year for On Paper and so many other small independent businesses. Too many of our neighbors have closed their doors. Too many windows have for lease signs. Main Streets across the USA are losing their vibrant and unique small businesses. The recovery has been too slow. Yes, we got the...
It's a beautiful sunny fall Saturday and I'm off for the first time since maybe taking over this business in January. It's kind of hard to stay away from the shop but I have my ace sales women on the job so I'm doing the next best thing. I started adding some holiday merch to our website and found myself deep in our blog pages. There are more than 80 of them dating back to 2009 when Joan started them. It's a tragedy for some of these to be buried deep in cyberspace. It's like going through your grandmother's hope chest (this is not to say Joan is like a grandmother, not at all). It'll take me days to go...
Did you get how everything in our spring collection has Mom or the garden in mind? These little novelties are not only adorable but totally functional and earth friendly. Ceramic and concrete plant holders (hint, add a gorgeous pen to the mix), seed storage bags, vintage brass watering cans. We can hardly handle it. Thanks for spending your Saturday night with us. We sound like a broken record, we know it, but we can't wait to see you back in our shop. Stay safe and take care, friends.
Soooo, about these flower vases. They're inspired by iconic Mediterranean ceramics but handcrafted out of special waterproof PAPER! They're perforated with hundreds of small die-cut shapes and curves and sewn by hand with gold stamping. It's hard to put flowers to shame but these vases might. Can you picture a few on your dining room table or Mom's desk? We can. See you at 7 for the next addition of Live from VGH.
