![]() I used them to make mini’s birth announcements (a custom variation on this) and they turned out beautifully. +Dinglewood Design - another well-priced letterpress shop. (Also love their monogrammed cups for a special birthday weekend or festivity.) I love the range of monograms and colors they offer, and am especially drawn to the shadow-drop bold initials of the M39 style of monogram. ![]() You’ll be hard pressed to find more affordable personalized letterpress stationery. Affordable Stationery Sources for Adults. May we all take a page out of her book, sit down, and write a little love note to a girlfriend, or an invitation to coffee, or a “thank you for that time you let me unravel on the phone because nothing and everything was wrong and I am nine months pregnant and over-wrought with nerves,” a card that, incidentally, I owe my sister today. Her notes remind me of the elasticity and gift of time - and encourage me to sit down, on occasion, without any intention of doing anything but staring out the window and having a think, as someone might have done “in the old days.”Īt any rate, one lovely Magpie wrote in to request a roundup of some of my favorite affordable stationery sources, and it was oddly prescient, as I’d already been teeing this post up for some time, in a kind of loving homage to my friend Alison. Sometimes we can afford to wait a day for a thought to reach a friend, or for a gathering to come together. Is there anything more elegant or rewarding? The vision of her sitting quietly at her beautifully appointed home, dashing off a quick word or two on her beautiful stationery, makes me feel loved and also reminds me that not everything needs to be done today, in five second stretches of attention. My girlfriend Alison will often send me a note in the mail instead of dropping me an email or shooting me a text to thank me for a cup of coffee or invite me to tea with girlfriends.
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