Cassandra Ketrick is planning to relocate to New York City in February so, as a good and loyal paper junkie, she built a custom moving planner to organize all the things she needs to accomplish in the next few weeks. There are more photos of her planner available on her web site.
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Pipin’ Hot Desk Plans
The folks over at Carolina just built a beautiful, simple worktable from cast iron plumbers pipes and a heavy wood top. The table can be crafted at counter height or at dining height. It looks a little vintage Parisian workshop and a little steampunk-y. The Cartolina blog has download links to build your own table.…
Argh! Notecards
My darling friend Annie sent me a pack of gold engraved, skull-and-crossbones note cards from the London-based stationery shop Mount Street Stationers. The envelopes are lined with glossy black paper and are perfect for my next order of rum or official decree for someone to walk the plank.
Typewriter Ribbon Box
This is another bit of vintage office packaging from my ever-growing collection. The box included the metal spools and the two-tone ribbon. Written in pen on the box from the previous owner, “old spools replaced 3/1/88”. I wonder if she bought this box in 1988 or if it was in her office for 20 years?…
Monarch Staples Packaging
These two boxes of Monarch brand staples look several years apart in the design styles. The top box feels like late-50s or early-60s with the Alexander Girard-style lion and the box on the bottom is older and could have been the design used from the 40s to the 50s. Both boxes still had standard-sized staples…
Oh, how novel!
What are these darling little metal pieces? They are pencil sharpeners, of course! These were discovered while home visiting for the holidays. Each one is sturdy cast metal. The gold projectorfilm reels spin freely and the handles on the lantern and boom box can be moved. Pretty cool!
Cut It Out!
After the household break-in, I had to start a jewelry collection from scratch and the first thing I stumbled across was this working scissors necklace. I’ve wanted to post about it sooner, as one office supply lover to another, but I purchased the necklace locally, and I wanted to wait until I could find a…