After living in New York City, Vermont, and Japan, this art director/graphic designer–turned–illustrator finds inspiration in both the natural surroundings of her current home in upstate New York and the urban setting of her design studio. Elizabeth attributes her bold sense of color to her travels throughout Asia and South America, taking cues from the people, the craft, and the hard work within each new community she visited.
Read MoreWe featured Amy Heitman’s adorable county fair themed greeting cards in our August 2019 collection, so of course we had to ask a few questions about her own experience with the fair.
Read MoreIn this month’s Artist Spotlight, Jen of YEPPIE PAPER fills us in on the origins of their unique brand name, the beauty of balancing motherhood with business ownership, and finding inspiration in everyday things like children’s book illustrations.
Read MoreLaunched by Katie Leamon in 2010, her London-based stationery company has quickly grown with the help of Katie’s sister Rachel, mum Jane, partner Ruairi, and her adorable first child Baloo.
In this month’s Artist Spotlight, Katie chats with us about her creative process, time management as a new mom, and the inspiration for her playful new greeting card line ‘CUB’ (featured in our June Snailbox).
Read MoreWe don’t often have the chance to meet our artist partners in person because they live all over the country, or in different countries. But this month we stumbled upon our featured artist in the most unexpected way...
Read on to hear the funny story of how we met the adorable husband and wife team, Betsy and Luis, of BLOOMWOLF STUDIO, and how Betsy overcame her family's expectation of becoming a doctor to pursue her dream of being an artist!
Read MoreDIVINE SAVAGES is a London design house creating luxury British-made wallpapers and fabrics, as well as limited edition art prints and greeting cards. Their bold, daring designs reflect a passion for unique prints with a flourish of both the divine and the savage.
Let us introduce you to the magical world of Jamie Watkins and Tom Kennedy.
Read MoreWe love to see people pursuing their passion at any age. This husband-and-wife team's small business story is majorly inspiring!
Read on to see what Brett and Kim of PAPER BANDIT PRESS have to say about the challenges of letterpress in this digital age, and the benefits of working with family.
Read MoreAMY HEITMAN is an artist, illustrator, wife, and mom of three, living and working in the countryside just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In this month’s Artist Spotlight, Amy fills us in on how she balances motherhood and artist-hood, works through challenges, and finds inspiration in the simple things.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service celebrates four of winter’s winged beauties with the Birds in Winter Forever stamps. Art director Antonio Alcalá worked together with illustrator Nadia Taylor to create simplified but accurate renderings of these familiar friends.
Read MoreIDLEWILD CO., founded in 2010 by artist & designer Katie Gastley, started as a tiny pop-up at the Renegade Craft Festival in Brooklyn, NY.
We caught up with Katie about her creative process and how it’s possible to achieve success even if you wake up late and enjoy a slower pace of life.
Read MoreWe included some reproduction vintage luggage labels in October’s travel-themed Snailbox, and I was inspired to dig deeper into the story behind these neat little pieces of lost art.
Read MoreThe Works Projects Administration (WPA) was the largest and most ambitious agency in FDR's New Deal. The WPA hired millions of unemployed Americans for public works projects, including artists who created some 475,000 works of art.
The posters created during this period are some of the most iconic designs of our modern era, and are now honored as USPS Forever Stamps, released in March 2017.
Read MoreIn 1968, a nine year old boy sent away for an offer on a cereal box, and received an envelope containing luggage labels from around the world. Forty six years later, he still has that envelope and its contents. He never could have predicted that his interest in ephemera would one day mushroom into a business with clients around the globe.
Read MoreLife can sometimes feel like you are wading through a swamp of negativity, so it is important to surround yourself with positive mantras.
Kristen Drozdowski of WORTHWHILE PAPER is here to help. Read on to learn more about how she’s turned her passion for spreading happiness into a brilliant independent business.
Read MoreAva Puckett is the illustrator behind AVIATE PRESS, a stationery and lifestyle brand out of Nashville, TN, with a humanitarian mission to make you LOL.
Below she talks with us about breaking into the indie-design industry, the inspiration behind her pun-filled illustrations, and how she copes with stress and anxiety to stay productive and happy.
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