I cannot believe I stumbled onto these. This is a clear case of “small world” syndrome. A couple years ago, my husband printed these fabulous letterpress disks but I had no idea what they were for. Well, lo and behold, I stumbled upon them on Papercookie as Letterpress Action Clips for your office. They were…
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Dennison Bookshelf Desk Set
I have been coveting one of the vintage Dennison bookshelf desk sets as long as I could remember but I could never find them complete or reasonably priced. If you’re not familiar with the Dennison bookshelf set, it is a vintage paperboard set of “books” each filled with a desk essential like paper clips, labels…
Swingline Low-Force 1-Hole Punch
I recently purchased a budget chrome-ish hole punch. Sometimes, I just need to punch a hole or two and, boy, was I ever disappointed. It tore the paper around the edges — even jsut one or two sheets of copy paper would get shredded. The punched-hole catcher would fly open at random intervals scattering hole-chads…
Clearly Ruled
This stunning lucite ruler features large Helvetica numbers screenprinted in alternating white and black and is 13″ long instead of the more common 12″ or 18″ lengths. Quite a unique piece. (via Type In Use with permission from the owner/photographer, Chris Purcell)
Print Your Own Post-It Notes
If you ever wanted to have better looking post-it notes, How About Orange has a DIY waste-time-in-the-office project for you! Download the template, adhere your own post-it notes to the template and then run it back through your printer. Be sure you know how your printer feeds so you don’t jam it up. Nothing gets…
Thumbtack Upgrade
You never know where inspiration might strike. Modcloth had a great idea for jazzing up those plain silver or brass thumbtacks. Grab some old nail polish colors and paint those caps to be something that you want to see rather than something you’re trying to ignore. A tip for paint thumb tacks is to pierce…
Bottlecap pencil sharpener
Turn any plastic bottle into a pencil shavings catcher. This would be a perfect office solution. Take that empty Mr. Pibb bottle from this morning and use it to catch about a year’s worth of pencil shavings. The price is a bit steep at $20 for one but its such a clever solution. It looks…