International Typewriter Day is June 23 In recognition of International Typewriter Day next week, I wanted to share the inside scoop on a book celebrating the iconic machine that is at the printers as we speak. My friend Janine Vangool, the publisher/editor/designer (she’s a busy gal) at Upper Case Magazine has been putting together this book […]
Letter Writing Club in Vancouver
The Regional Assembly of Text It has been too long since I visited The Regional Assembly of Text in Vancouver, British Columbia (there is also a second location in Victoria). For a true stationery aficionado this little shop is a wee bit of heaven. For others, you will be hard pressed not to be mesmerized […]
Lovely Letters II. A snail mail exchange.
Snail Mail exchange You may remember me sharing about a snail mail exchange last month. Well, it was so fun I signed up again. This is the beauty of the Lovely Letters exchange. You just sign up when you want to. This time I was paired with fellow blogger and Canadian Stephanie. Stationery from abroad has […]
Ideas on how to foster creativity by artist Linda Cote.
1) Failure is a good thing. Linda Cote embraces failure. This is but one gem of wisdom the print making artist shared with me, on a recent visit, over banana bread and tea at her studio in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. She explained that the biggest learning from her art and creative print making is what […]