I received my first shipment from Lost Crates last week. I apologize for taking so long to post about it. First, I have to that the simple corrugated box with stamps all over it definitely feels like a special package that has made its way across the world to me. Inside the package is…
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Fashion-Inspired Stationery
Fashion-y stationery for the fashion-forward desk, compliments of J.Crew. 1. Clever hat cards from Rifle Paper Co. 2. Wide-stripe wedding save-the-date that’s reminiscent of a sailor tee, from Cheree Berry Paper 3. Madras personalized note card from the Stationery Studio 4. Argyle-inspired thank-you card from Hammerpress 5. Herringbone love-you card from Egg Press 6. Ikat…
Calling Card Round-Up
Since I’ve been working on my own calling cards this week, I thought I’d round-up some potential options, should you be in need of your own cards. First up is a total DIY solution thanks to How About Orange. This single design is a PDF file you can download and customize. Then print it on…
Lost Crates
Would you like to get a customized package of paper goods delivered to your doorstep each month? Then Lost Crates might be for you. Using a visual quiz, they will match an array of office products to your answers from markers to Moleskines for $38 per month. Stay tuned! I’ll have an interview with Lost…
Semikolon Tablet and Composition Book Review
My dear friends over at Tag Team Tompkins showered me with notebooks for my birthday so I thought I might share the goodies with you, my fine readers. The first up is the Semikolon brand notebooks. I received a A4 Paper Block tablet and a composition-style, A5 exercise notebook. It seems their focus is on…
Back-to-School with Crayola
Pardon me while I plug the firm for a moment. For those who don’t know yet, I work full-time as a designer at Hallmark (the Well-Appointed Desk is my passion but not my income) and Hallmark owns this lovely little company called Crayola. Crayola is what I like to think of as the gateway drug…
Preferences
I thought this might be a good time to mention a few of my personal biases when it comes to office supplies. I do not like ballpoint pens. They never write smoothly for me and always looks cheap to me. I’m not particularly fond of rollerball pens either. They tend to choke when I use…