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Joan on Eva's blog

I am featured on Eva Jorgenson's fabulous blog this week. Eva is an incredibly talented Columbus letterpress artist who worked at On Paper for a time when she first moved to Columbus. Her blog is very hot and during the Stationery Show I can't tell you how many people have told me they read about me on Eva's blog. Check out the May 14 post and follow Eva's blog. It's a great, inspiring site!

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Gone Fishing! (I mean Buying!) (and Selling!)

I've headed to NY and will be gone May 14 -21 for the National Stationery Show. The show promises to be full of the newest and the best of the nation's stationery aficionados so look forward to some great new product to start filtering in during the next few weeks and months. I will wearing two extra large hats all week- as both buyer for the shop and as exhibitor for my wholesale company Green...

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Inspired Masks

Inspiration comes in the most unlikely of places and in every bit of news lies an aspiring piece of art. These surgical masks hung in the window of the fabulous Short North shop Tigertree really caught my eye and gave pause to the medical "pandemic" unfolding. A bit of dark humor, more than a bit of wit and a bit of reverence all combined to make a striking window installation.

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Remember the Typewriter

All photos: Martin Howard Collection A friend of mine was telling me about a collection of antique typewriters he had seen recently while on vacation. I started thinking about typewriters- their unique shapes- so sculptural and intricate- masculine and delicate at the same time and what incredible work horses they were. It's hard to fathom that this groundbreaking invention that revolutionized how...

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B Designs

More boxed notes just arrived - a great time to stock up! Photos by B Designs B Designs is a letterpress card company that we have carried in the shop since they started way back in 1998. We still love their boxed thank you notes which are a perennial best seller. B Designs is known for their simplicity of design, vintage inspired typographic ornaments and illustrations and fine quality...

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