“It is difficult to escape the stressors of the modern day, with our cell phones always at hand, awaiting our touch. At a moment’s notice, they can reach out to anyone, wherever they may be. Some might say that such conveniences have influenced the decline of handwritten communication. However, until recently, there was a steady […]
Onion Skin 2017 in Victoria Magazine Read More
In this fourth segment of the ten part mini-video series in which Nancy Sharon Collins, stationer extraordinaire, talks about engraved stationery…Collins says that not many typographers know about engraving. Little wonder this is so because engraving isn’t in the canon of typography. Mrs. Collins likes to change all that and share what engraved letterforms are all about.
4. Nancy Says—Engraving VS. Typography Read More
Revised and renewed for 2017, our exclusive Petite Suite engraved note cards are again available. We love the warmth, look, and feel of engraved stationery! Choose from ten exclusive monogram styles and five ink colors: blue, green, purple, orange, and red. Each order comprises 100 off-white, engraved note cards with matching envelopes. This suite is
Petite Suite Monograms Re-Launched Read More
This year we are offering the very last from a late 1990s limited edition of French-folded hand engraved onion skin Happy New Year cards. Individual, hand engraved card and complimentingly lined envelopes. $15.45, including shipping. Purchase here. Traditional etiquette suggests one has the entire first month of the new year to receive New Years notes and good
Everything you always wanted to know about stationery engraving and limited edition engraved goodies for the holidays: Published in PRINT Magazine…“Glossary of Engraving Terms” by Nancy Sharon Collins. The featured image, lower right, from 1859 shows one method used for book illustration still in use until the turn of the last century. In this glossary, excerpted from her
November News & Early Holiday Read More