Autumn, 2016 – New Orleans, Louisiana: Nancy Sharon Collins, stationer extraordinaire, proudly announces custom, hand bound ledgers for journaling, writing a diary, and for composing rough drafts of personal correspondence. Notebooks are a great place to register feelings. For notating reflections about life, about travel, puzzling through problems, and dealing with them. In this manner, […]
A little bit of design history in Print Magazine by Callie Budrick: September 1962, New Orleans, Louisiana… ‘It’s a balmy afternoon in the city known for its soulful jazz and enticing Creole flavors. Don Smith and Byron Levy are chatting over lunch. At the time, The Ad Club was one of the oldest professional clubs
HOW TO WRITE A LETTER Hands-on Workshop Saturday, July 23, 2016 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CDT) Gallier House 1132 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70116 $35 for 2 hours. Sign-up here. It’s not calligraphy or English composition. It is learning two distinct and compatible skills that may be new to attendees: 1. The five-point
First in the series of mini-videos about what she loves, Mrs. Collins talks about what it means to create custom stationery. 1. Nancy Says—What is Custom from Mrs. Collins on Vimeo.
Read more in PRINT magazine about dealing with printing single color ink(s) on color paper and matching to your digital, on-screen ideals. Its tough remembering that ink and paper reflect light differently and they reflect each other. This is why hand engraved stationery presents unique printing issues when working with color papers and inks. In