Swanky Stationery
Life, love and the pursuit of great stationery!

With swanky stationery in your desk drawer and a beautiful pen in hand, we aim to remember a time when written correspondence was anxiously awaited and appreciated by the receiver.

Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires... ~Elizabeth Hardwick

11.26.2009

Something Personal

I don't know about you, but it often feels to me like we live in an impersonal world. People converse via computers instead of in person much of the time because of the speed at which you need to get things done. But (!), sometimes, it's nice to slow down and take the time to be with friends and really be present -- not only physically, but mentally too. And in taking the time to do so, you come to know those friends better and what their likes and dislikes are. And as you do so, you start noticing things they'll like, but as is the communication, much of the possessions we have in our homes are impersonal as well. There is nothing to distinguish them from the other people who have those same items.

So, this year, I say take some time to figure out what your friends and family will like as their own. Personalize it! Not only to them, but for them! Here are some great things that you can give to the people that matter which will only be for them: