Paper Trends for 2009 - Part 1

We are catching our breath - after a wonderfully busy May. It's impossible to believe that it's June 1st tomorrow. Already. BUT, it's officially Summer at my house... I saw fireflies tonight for the first time :) After a fabulous weekend in NYC for National Stationery Trends, we wanted to give you highlights of the glorious rows and rows of paper goods!

Purple! We have already seen this trend in our invitations and other papers goods early in the fall last year - and it continues this year. Think deep and bold purples... not so much lilac/lavender. Paired with silver/gray, apple green, magenta, or just monochrome tones.

Lattice - A similar trend to last year's with repeating patterns... with a bit of modern trend... more structured repeating patterns as seen below.

Monograms are still hot... as seen in our samples above. Lots of single letter monograms on products this year... everywhere.

More to come in Part 2... and Welcome to June!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Have a safe, fabulous, wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

We're working on blogs for next week! (finally!)

National Stationery Show, Here we come!!

We are off this weekend to the National Stationery Show and we can't wait!!! We are on a mission to find new trends, vendors, and options for all of our customers! We will be back for a full report next week!

Until then, have a great weekend and cross your fingers for some great weather in NYC!

Do YOU PoGo?

Yes, the question of the day... Do you know about PoGo? PoGo is the sorta new Polaroid printer that uses ZINK technology (as in Zero Ink... ie, MAGIC!). It's a cute little printer that prints 2x3 photos (on sticker paper) from digital cameras, cell phones, etc. Here's a picture of it... we have the jazzed up red version, but you can get it in black...

Now, why you ask is this cool? Earlier this year, we had a bride who wanted to do her guest book as Polaroid prints... and of course you can't readily buy Polaroid cameras anymore (and the film is not as readily accessible either... ) We had seen this little red printer and thought hmm. Maybe we should check it out. We did and it's cool. It would be a great alternative to Polaroids if you don't happen to have a camera already.

Imagine - a cute guest book or frame with these little 2x3 stickers collaged and messages/names signed... The film comes in 30 packs and works out cheaper than regular Polaroid film. Here's a couple of photos printed of some of the Designs in Paper family...

It's important to note that you aren't going for high quality, high color photos here... and if that's what you want, this is not the option... But for some really cool, vintage, bit of grain, and unique color and texture, this little printer is a fun little addition to any event. Also, if you are really interested in this, use photos without a lot of detail in the background - ie, blue sky, etc. and they will print even better...

Anyway, a fun new idea (that's relatively inexpensive) to capture a memory or two!