more about: stationery
Email Wedding Invitations: ‘Reply All’ to RSVP?
More and more people are skipping paper wedding invitations to send email instead. A new article (written by one of my students at Columbia University) describes the trend: “There are good reasons a growing [...]
Valentine’s Day Cards + Gifts
Being a paper/stationery nut, I’ll look for any excuse to send cards or write letters. So Valentine’s Day is right up my alley. Here are some of my favorite cards and small, mailable gifts [...]
Found: The lost art of letter writing
“When writing common letters (not formal), whose name comes first when closing, male or female?” This week’s etiquette question, posted online, comes from a reader named Neverbeold, who is to be congratulated for having both [...]
I’m So Happy You Invited Me…Unless It’s a Secret Insult!
“I moved my retired parents into my home with me,” a reader named Jeffrey25 wrote recently. Now, however, his cousin has sent a wedding invitation — in an envelope addressed to his parents that [...]
Julee’s Wedding Countdown: DIY Stamp Wedding Invitations
I really wanted our invitations to set the tone of the wedding (fun and laid back) while also reflecting Rahsaan and I as a couple (again, fun and laid back)! I’ve had a love [...]
Reply All? Email Etiquette Tips
We had a neighborhood potluck dinner the other night. We all got email assignments about what to bring. My friend Tina (cheese and crackers, veggies and dip) showed up with two big platters — [...]
Handwriting in the Digital Age
What to do when you are the mother of a nine-year-old boy with atrocious handwriting? Since my son first learned to hold a pencil, he has produced letters that are borderline illegible. Starting in [...]
Smart Product: Whitelines Notebooks
Last week on our Facebook page, we asked how you organize your to-do list, and the resounding response (with 1,716 votes) was that you use pen and paper. So, we’re betting that you’ll like Whitelines, a clever notebook company that has pulled a switcheroo on the traditional lined notebook.
Keep reading to find out what makes Whitelines so unique.
A Clever Way to Ask Friends to Be in Your Wedding via OhHi Shop
One of our favorite crafty design bloggers, Laura from OhHi Shop, recently got engaged. And, of course, she came up with a creative way to ask her friends to be a part of her big day. Check out the invites she sent them.
They look pretty simple, but what until you see what’s inside.
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Mail a Paper Thank You Note…
A couple of weeks ago (well before Earth Day) I raised the question on this blog of whether traditional thank you notes are becoming obsolete. A few readers may have noticed my gentle attempt to sway opinion when I suggested: “So maybe it has become wasteful—or, dare I say, impolite?—to cut down another forest so we can mail anachronistic paper thank you notes.”
“Wrong!” you answered (pretty much universally).
