I wasn’t going to write a post for today.  It’s New Year’s Eve, and I’m still mostly on holiday hiatus from work.  As the year comes to a close, I felt it only appropriate to give thanks. I’ve been very blessed in 2008.  Thank you, God, I’m alive.  At a time of such trouble in the U.S. and the world, I have a roof over my head.  Food to eat.  Clothes on my back.  There are too many people right now who can’t say that.

I launched my stationery company this year after 2.5 years of planning, planning, planning. I learned how to run my design business better.  I’ve met some awesome people - new friends, new colleagues, new mentors.  You rock, and I look forward to growing our relationships.  Thank you.  (more…)

I’ve just moved from Houston, TX, to a very small town in New Jersey.  Very.  Small.  (It’s so small that I don’t even want to say what town it is.)

How small is small, you ask?  It’s about 1.5 square miles big.  The closest Target and movie theater are about a 30 minute drive away.  Local restaurants are closed on Mondays.  The Walmart and grocery store down the road close at 10 p.m.  The lounge at the local Holiday Inn seems to have the most jumping nightlife.

But that’s not the really bad part.  (more…)

It’s time to give thanks for all the presents that were under the tree.  Even if you thanked the gift-giver in person, it’s a show of excellent manners and appreciation to follow up with a handwritten note.

Don’t fret - thank you notes needn’t be excruciating to write.  In fact, there’s a really simple formula to make writing them painless.  Write quick and easy thank you notes by following these easy steps: (more…)

I’m on vacation.  (More like a staycation.)  Come on - it is Christmas Eve, after all!  Can’t a girl get a break?  In lieu of a normal post, I just want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas.

Check back on Friday and we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled program.  Deal?  Deal.

Cheers!
- K.

Most stationery junkies like myself have a favorite writing instrument.  For things like as making notes in books or scribbling a plan out on paper, I opt for pencil - mechanical, preferably.  But for virtually everything else - from letters to shopping lists, I prefer ink.  Blue ink, at that.

So when I take pen to pad, here’s what I use: (more…)