Artist Kati Sellers created the gorgeous pattern we applied to our stationery for The Peony Collection, which debuted this spring. We invited her to introduce herself to our readers, and to speak about her work and the creation of this lush floral. I am a native Georgian and a graduate of the University of Georgia. …

In his article in the Wall Street Journal, Alexander Wang listed a few of his favorite things and one thing in particular caught our attention: a certain handwritten note. When I won my first CFDA award in 2008, I received a handwritten note from Ralph Lauren and was so star-struck that I’ve held on to …

The typewriter and the touchscreen may have made the sight of a friend’s handwriting a more rare occurrence, but Philip Hensher champions the everyday artform as a true reflection of personality that shouldn’t be left behind in the 20th century. We tend to agree, and, as Hensher observes in his book The Missing Ink, have …

I have done formal invitations in the past when I planned far enough ahead –– I think last year’s said “Meet Me at the Mistletoe” in gold, if I recall correctly, and were quite a hit –– but it’s often thrown together on a lark. I usually spend more time on the food. Yucatán-style chicken and …

Among the ever-bustling halls of The White House and amidst the action of our country moving forward, there is a truly classic tradition that has remained constant: personal correspondence. Just as letters were popular in the era of President George Washington, for whom today’s holiday was created, you can still look forward to receiving correspondence …

Happy anniversary to The Stationery Company in Denver, Colorado!  Lin and Steve Logan took ownership of The Stationery Company in 1982 and moved the company to its current location in Cherry Creek.  The Logans have become well-known taste-makers in their community and pride themselves on the wide range of fine art products available in their …

This is one of my favorite correspondences gleaned from the reliably fascinating blog Letters of Note. A young fan sent Mr. Dahl a small bottle with paint and glitter swirling inside– a bottled dream as described in his book, The BFG. Perhaps it’s because I’m a newly indoctrinated softy, now that I’m a mom – …

Fashion Writer and editor Derek Blasberg ushered in his collaboration with Opening Ceremony, a stationery line dubbed the Handwritten Letter Helper, with a Tea Party at the St. Regis. “I had the sort of parents that insisted I write thank you notes before I opened any of my presents and before I used any of …

The moment you “clear the mechanism” to write a handwritten note is the beginning of giving the most personal of gifts – your time . This singular focus cannot be replicated in our multi-tasking digital world. Forbes Contributor Jessica Kleiman seconds The Wall Street Journal’s notion on the value of handwritten correspondences in her article …

Now that we’re all back we thought we’d share one of our favorite articles from the holiday break: this story in The Financial Times is a great window into high fashion’s love of stationery:   In Praise of the Write Stuff by David Hayes