Daily Find
There should be a
support group for people who are addicted to collecting ribbon, paper and other decorative
doodads used for wrapping gifts. Instead there is
the annual Midori Holiday Heaven Sale, a once-a-year extravaganza at the Midori
outlet in Queen Anne, happening on the weekend of Nov. 21 and 22 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
By Alison Brownrigg | November 3, 2009
Daily Find
With
the advent of the digital age, has the art of putting pen to paper gone the way
of the dodo bird? For the sake of spelling and social graces, let's hope not. Instead
of the ubiquitous "sent from my iPhone" message, consider sending
your next communiqué on stationery from Running Rhino & Co.,
a decidedly more decorative and personal form of communication.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 16, 2009
Daily Find
For
a trip back in time, walk by Swash Letterpress & Design in the heart of Wallingford, and peer
through the window. You'll notice two impressively sized and lovingly restored early
20th-century printing presses -- and owner Julie Cook, an easygoing and skilled devotee of
the art and old-world quality of letterpress printing.
By Sheryl Wiser | May 20, 2009
Daily Find
When I was a kid and would go
to the drugstore with my mom, she would invariably wind up in the greeting card
aisle. She'd stand in front of the racks, pulling this card and that,
alternately cracking up at the humorous ones and tearing up over the
sentimental ones. These days, I choose cards
based on their aesthetic appeal rather than their written sentiment, and local
graphic designer Traci Daberko creates just the kind I like.
By Alison Brownrigg | April 22, 2009
Author and essayist Phyllis Theroux said, "To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart." I appreciate her sentiment and love the way a handwritten card can connect friends across miles. In addition to warming the heart of your pen pal, if you send a fair
trade Hope for Women Portraits of El Salvador card from Market Street Traders in Ballard, you'll also help support a community of artisan women in Central America.
By Michelle LaFrance | November 21, 2008
Daily Find
The new greeting cards from Seattle stationery company Banana Blossom Press were created for both fair-weather runners, and the rain-or-shine variety of runners, walkers and fitness fiends who suffer through blisters, aching muscles and long miles in the rain to reach their goal, their personal best or their bliss.
By Monica Fischer | November 6, 2008
Gentle Snark
Greenwood Mail & Dispatch is much bigger than its Ballard parent. It has more PO boxes, a bigger coffee counter, more table seating, and their "laptop bar" is nonpareil. I'd even swear that it's got a better stereo.
By Geoff Carter | July 11, 2008
Daily Find
If you're looking for a greeting card worthy of a hand-written note, look no further than Portland's Old School Stationers, the creation of Arlington, Wash., native and former Microsoftie Brian Reed. The charming letterpress line features hand-drawn images of trees, animals and birds on cards ($8 each), journals ($20) and wall prints ($42).
By Kathy Schultz | June 20, 2008
Daily Find
GreetQ is the brainchild of ex-Microsoftie Jennifer Taylor, who says there were many a day when she wished she could order a quick thank-you note from the computer at her fingertips. Last summer, she launched the site that has been compared to the Netflix of greeting cards.
By Kathy Schultz | June 11, 2008
Daily Find
My love of paper goods is no secret, and not since Swee Swee Paperie opened in West Seattle more than a year ago have I been so smitten with a local card shop. The new object of my affection is Paper Delights, a delightful new stationery and party shop in Wallingford.
By Natalie Bow | April 14, 2008
