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Back to School Notes

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While we were busy putting together our new Wedding Collection, summer flew right by us! Suddenly, college freshmen and their parents are filling the aisles of Target stocking up for the new dorm room.  School aged kids everywhere are meeting their teachers and picking out new backpacks.

In celebration of this time of year and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils in the air, here are a few stationery sets that are way cool for school.

STATIONERY FOR COLLEGE KIDS

College Stationery

Stationery with School Pride!

In the first few weeks away from home, there is nothing sweeter than a care package!  Our custom collegiate stationery A contemporary nod to the academic, this stylish set of personalized notecards pairs bold, wide stripes with a clean lined font. Each card can be customized to the colors of your university.  A sophisticated way to show a little school pride, and a great set to write a note home to mom and dad.

Graduation Gifts

Custom Stationery for the College Bound

 

STATIONERY FOR TEACHER

Start the school year off with a sweet note for teacher! These boxed cards make a great gift for under $25.

Everyday Stationery

Hello, new school year!

Chevron Note cards

Dear Teacher, I promise to walk in a straight line. Not a zig zag.

Stationery Gifts

I promise to Bee good this year!

Nautical Stationery

Dear Teacher, Let’s Navigate this year together!

 

STATIONERY FOR KIDS

Our theory is, if they are learning to write their letters, they should be learning to write thank-you letters! Our custom stationery for kids allows them to write notes on notecards personalized just for them.

Notebook Stationery

School RULES!

Self-Portrait Stationery for Kids

Truly personalized stationery for kids! Their own self-portrait becomes the artwork on this unique set of notecards.

Cherries Stationery

Sweet Cherries Stationery

Sailboat Stationery for Kids

Stationery for the little sailor

Fathers Day Gifts

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Gifts for Fathers Day

Father’s Day is just a few days away. We’re excited to have our Art of Manliness collection in stores near you!

Letterpress printed with vintage manly motifs these stylishly packaged notecards make a great gift for men.

Head to these stores to pick up this unique father’s day gift for dad!

ARKANSAS

Shindig Papers in Fayetteville

CONNECTICUT

Therese Saint Clair in Greenwich

COLORADO

Scribbles in Denver

Merci in Denver

D.C.

Just Paper in Washington, D.C.

GEORGIA

Paces Papers in Atlanta

Georgia Ann’s Paperie in Duluth

ILLINIOIS

All She Wrote in Chicago

Ashley’s Custom Stationery in Clarendon Hills

INDIANA

The Monogram Shoppe in Fort Wayne

MASSACHUSETTS

Papers + Presents in Wellesley

MICHIGAN

Rock Paper Scissors in Ann Arbor

MINNESOTA

Epitome Papers in Edina

NORTH CAROLINA

Invitations Only in Winston- Salem

OKLAHOMA

Chirps + Cheers in Edmond

VIRGINIA

Rock Paper Scissors in Charlottesville

Provisions/RSVP in Roanoke

Dads Rock: Unique Fathers Day Gift Ideas

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Dads are cool. Their Father’s Day gifts should be too!  So, we are serving up some unique fathers day gift ideas  that don’t involve a grill accessory or a tie.

Manly Stationery. Our Art of Manliness collection has gifts for every man in your life -  the outdoorsman, the fisherman, the hunter, the sailor, the executive and the dapper gentleman. These masculine note cards are letterpress printed with vintage, manly motifs.  Choose the motif that fits his unique personality.

Personal Stationery. Whether he loves life on the water or feels most comfortable in a bow tie, find a design in our custom stationery for men selection that suits dad’s style best.

Patriotic Notecards. For the patriotic dad, choose from our selection of note cards that are letterpress printed with the American flag.

Stationery for Fishermen. Letterpress printed with his favorite catch, these notecards are terrific gifts for fishermen.

 

We know that great gift ideas for men can be hard to find.  Check out these designs and more at www.pagestationery.com.

 

Write A Notecard With Page Stationery

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Just the other day we had a family get together with some cousins who were back in town and we haven’t seen them in a few years. I also measure time by the number of kids they have had since our last visit. So we all got together on a Sunday afternoon for a luncheon at my cousins house. We jammed all the kids in the car, a Mercedes wagon, which is entirely too small, but that is a post in itself, gave the dog a few scoops of food and headed do to meet everyone. It was about 10 am and I was really looking forward to that bloody mary at around 12 especially after an hour in the car! I realized I had forgotten to get gas, so we had to make that extra stop and then traveled on from there.

We had a great lunch and were able to catch up on everything and job situations and even tell a few old stories and have some laughs. So two hours later we pack the car again and head back home, quietly, hoping that baby number two will nap for the hour ride. The next day at the office it popped in my head a few times that I should write a thank you note to our host. After all she was nice enough to let us use her house and eat her wonderful food. So I pondered what to say over the next few hours while I worked. I then sat down and picked up some notecards out of my desk and wrote a simple thank you card. What I needed to say only took a few sentences but it would mean a lot to my cousin Cary and all the work she had invested in the day. It also meant something to me, it may me feel good inside when I wrote it. So I knew I was doing the right thing.

I also like writing on my decidedly different stationery I had made exclusively for me by a company named Page Stationery. Not only does Page have custom stationery they have many types of amazing stationery products and are very affordable. If you haven’t heard, they are offering digitally printed cards now at a much lower price point in addition to their premier line of letterpress wedding invitations and stationery. Digital photo cards for holidays, baby shower invitations, birth announcements and save the date cards are just a few of the new digital products they are creating. Their quality is second to none and customer service for them is the most important part of their business. They still can work with you one on one or, if you like or you can get your job done fast with their 3-5 day turn around. Their work has been used by celebrities and featured in many publications and websites like realsimple and Martha Stewart. Using Page Stationery this year will make ordering your holiday photo cards, Christmas cards, New Years cards a piece of cake. Don’t forget they can easily customized with a photo! Also, the personal stationery like I use. There are so many ways to utilize this and it makes such an impact. They even have thank you baby cards for baby stationery in those early years when you need to a note for a birthday or shower present.

 

Well Deserved Day For Mom

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While often hear people say they don’t believe in holidays like Mothers Day and Fathers Day because of the commercialization and that they shouldn’t have special days like these throughout the country, it has always been a special day for me. In a way we should respect the fact that our mothers are perhaps the most important people in our lives, after all where would we be without them. And I suppose there is some truth to the commercialization of it all but I love my mom and I think it is nice to have a special day to honor her and all that she has done!

Women Cards

Women Cards

With that in mind it is time to start looking at reasonable gifts, like women cards. This whole notion of just sending flowers and candies every year is what gets me about the commercialization, I like doing something different and unique for my mom. Recently, I have been on quest to get back into the writing of notecards and because of this I have been seeking different types of boxed note cards that suit me and are representative of my personality. Why did this quest start? Good question I am tired of the dumb-ing down of America. I mean most American these days cannot write well at all. This is an art form in it self, one that our founding Fathers were extremely proficient in and so I believe I can be a better writer, but you have to practice and email doesn’t cut it. After all, handwriting is part of the art form. So I now practice using floral stationery cards like these:

Flower Cards

Flower Cards

Another key is to find good stationery. This is not necessarily just good looking stationery, but stationery that you can write well on with a fountain pen. Yes you should get a fountain pen to practice! (but not required). I have found that a thick stock works well for such writing. It can’t bleed through to the back and you want the feathering to be almost non-existent and to write a nice fine line. Here is some of the stock I used and it also makes an excellent present for mom for those looking for a nice unique present for women as well. Another aspect of stationery cards is that the gift can be used over and over again instead of just for the first few days and then thrown out with the trash after a week. Your mom can literally use this gifts for months to come and may even ask to buy more! Three or four boxes of flower cards really should last a few months for just personal notes. But if you are sending thank yous out after a party, then they may only last a day or two.

Present For Mom

Present For Mom

I really like the floral patterns on these cards and I have already ordered them twice. I got the sunflower stationery and the flower cards. I like the bright orange color. But I would encourage anyone looking for a unique present for mom to consider these for birthday gifts and Mothers Day presents as well a just a way to start writing again personally.

A Great Gift For Mom This Year

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I just came across a great gift for mom. It is some of the most beautiful flower cards. I’m in love with the assortment and the amount of colors and flowers that are included in the selection. I can tell their printing on nice paper and that they are very high quality yet they are so inexpensive!

Knowing that they are letterpress printed, I would expect them to be very expensive but I notice that their only about a dollar a card. That’s a total deal. This year I will probably get some of these cards for my mother for mothers day. They would also be good for birthday though or even for my sister. Usually all go down to the grocery store at the last minute and by the standard card for about $4.00. That’s a total rip off. So this year I’m trying to plan ahead and get are something that she will really like. I know she likes gardening and she has lots of flowers and loves roses as well. Floral stationery will be perfect and the great thing is, they don’t need to be taken care of.

In fact, one of my favorite flowers is the sunflower. They even have a sunflower stationery available as well as a poppy, dandelion and a bouquet of floral stationery. The great thing about stationery is it forces you to keep in touch with your friends and family. If you have a sitting on the desk your more inclined to use it and not having it. So I might even get some for myself so I can be better at keeping in touch with friends and family.

I may write one or two notecards a year, but overall I haven’t been good about keeping in touch with my friends and my family. I will see them around Easter and at Christmas, but it’s always good to write a note like I used to do in high school well as a way a boarding school. A handwritten note just says something different that says something more and I think they appreciate the sincerity of a note card.

The great thing as I can get to a three boxes and only spend $30 are $45.00 and be done with my mother’s day gift. If a got her flowers, the flowers would be dead in about two days or at the most, a week. This way my mom can keep writing and using stationery all year long and always think of me.