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Archives for October 2010

Lady Gaga confesses-

October 28, 2010 By Carol

October 28, 2010 …….”In the deepest hour of the night, I confess to myself three things: I  would die if I was forbidden to write, forbidden to love, or forbidden to fashion.” (Quote taken from heartbeats ad, Lady Gaga’s headphones)

Filed Under: Just Talk Tagged With: confess, deepest hour, die, fashion, forbidden to write, Lady Gaga, love, night

Postcards revisited…

October 25, 2010 By Carol

October 25, 2010 As a final word on stationery, I want to put in another hurray for postcards.  We  love to receive them in the mail.  They are the quickest and easiest opportunity for a note to express: “I’m thinking of you” with a few short sentences.  Short and sweet is their feature.   If […]

Filed Under: Stationery Tagged With: Peggy Jo Ackley, postcards, short and sweet, short sentences, Stationery, staying in touch, thinking of you, writing habit

Aerogrammes live!

October 24, 2010 By Carol

October 24, 2010 Here’s an amazing find-  AEROGRAMMES* …beautifully designed on recycled paper, using soy ink in lovely colors AND in (at least) 12  foreign languages!   Brought to life again by  © international girl ™. As their slogan goes:  “spread your words and fly”… * An aerogramme is a single sheet of paper that folds […]

Filed Under: Stationery Tagged With: aerogrammes, air mail letter, foreign languages, international girl, overseas mailings, recycled paper, soy ink

“How Handwriting Makes You Smarter” -Wendy Bounds

October 20, 2010 By Carol

Wendy Bounds offers a compelling case for the value of handwriting in our present day culture. Backed by scientific research from Indiana University, brain scans of school children show increased brain activity after they practice writing by hand, actually forming the letters!  Technology is supportive as children can use apps on their smart phones and […]

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: cognitive exercise, Dr. Karin Harman James, Gwendolyn Bounds, handwriting app, Indiana University, iPads, iPhones, MRI, Nan Barchowsky, penmanship tune-up, SAT scores, smarter, The Wall Street Journal

Carol’s Tips and Greeting Cards!

October 17, 2010 By Carol

October 17, 2010 “A blank canvas can be intimidating,” – a painting student once told me.   The blank sheet of stationary (with or without an imprint) can be just as scary.  However, in my opinion, nothing displays our written words better than a clean sheet of stationery.  I get scared too, so let me share […]

Filed Under: Greeting Cards Tagged With: blank cards, breathe, Daniella Woolf, draft, Greeting cards, horizontal script, lighting, outline, pens, posture, spelling, stretch

Stationery, the paper we write on

October 11, 2010 By Carol

October 11,  2010 Now it’s time to discuss paper or rather stationery.  This topic is quite involved and I am not surprised.  Years ago, I worked in a printing and engraving  factory.  The behemoth presses would rhythmically bang out the sheets of business letterheads and personal stationery.  Some of the results were stunning.  The variables […]

Filed Under: Stationery Tagged With: "laid", "pen friendly", "sizing", "woven", cold press, color, deckle edge, engraving, hot press, imprints, inks, letterpress, Margaret Shepherd, monograms, paper, printing, size, Stationery, texture, weight, wet pulp

Pen, Paper & the Desire to Connect

October 1, 2010 By Carol

October 1, 2010 In contemplating a formula for letter writing, I wondered how to keep it simple.  Basically, three elements are necessary: pen, paper and the desire to connect.  This desire for connection is primary, otherwise there would be no motivation behind the effort. Expressing one’s feelings and stories to another through a handwritten letter […]

Filed Under: Main Tagged With: art of letter writing, communication, counterculture, desire to connect, gift of time, Jean Raoux, joys and burdens shared, kinesthetic quality, self therapy, slowly

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