Ho-Ho-Holy Holiday Card Avalanche from 6.25 Paper Studio, a locally owned stationery company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan which promotes and supports its local community while working towards a healthier planet. A big Neenah user, owner/creative director Abbey Fowler offers up this chill'n holiday ideas. She also contributes a regular wedding feature to our ...

What do you do when you face creative roadblocks? Bryn Mooth advises that you get out of the home office or corporate cube and do something physical. For her, nothing raises the creative juices quite like brisk walk with her little dog Peroni. Go see this post... then go walk the dog.

Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you part ways with your iPhone. But here’s the cold, hard truth: A hand-written note is worth a thousand emails. Why? “Digital is high tech, low touch and a lot of people are frustrated by that,” says Nancy Sharon Collins of Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer. Go to: http://handengravedstationery.blogspot.com

First, The Dieline was a blog. Then it spawned a book. Look for the first-ever conference this summer. Says The Dieline creator Andrew Gibb, "If anything, the Dieline has just kind of blown open this secret door, and it’s very good for people to see who’s designing what. When we feature student projects on there, they get seen by these big design firms who ...

Book editor Emily Potts writes, "Richard Poulin is co-founder and design director of Poulin + Morris Inc., in New York City with his life and business partner, Doug Morris. He is charming and affable. I first met Poulin in person last fall at his studio. He had just finished writing and designing his first book for Rockport, titled The Language of Graphic Design. ...

Wedding season, 2011 has officially begun! Whether you are putting the final touches on an early Spring wedding or just getting into the swing of a Summer wedding, it’s that time of year where us wedding vendors live and breath the details. This is also the time where many brides can get carried away with last minute additions, dashing over budgets & forgetting ...

Have you ever won a nice vacation somewhere? Well, Sean Arian—to his astonishment—did. And now this Los Angeles attorney with a passion for the environment is hardcore environmental adventurer on Neenah Paper’s “Eco-Trip for Two” in Costa Rica and its miraculous Osa region. Mr. Arian was randomly selected from more than 5,000 entries in Neenah’s ...

Ryan McGovern chats with Terry Marks, founder of TMARKS from Seattle who shares his valuable insight on the business of design. Terry discusses what it's like starting a business, what keeps him going and why good design is so important.

Start Your Eco-New Year Green. Marian Bantjes knows how. By Guest Contributor Heather Parlato | 626-344-2756 hp@parlatodesign.com There are many ways to reduce, reuse and recycle my way towards sustainable projects. Over the next month I would like to share a few ideas to help you think more sustainably. I welcome feedback and your own tips to share [...]

DJ Stout of Pentagram Texas tells the story of The Amazing Tale of Mr. Herbert and His Fabulous Alpine Cowboys Baseball Club: Offering good salaries with educational scholarships and education, Mr. Herbert’s team became the class of the Southwest. Kokernot had a blast, flying in major league talent from around the country to see his boys play. In the late 50s, ...