This past Sunday I turned 37. How can I be 37? My birthday always makes me think of back to school time. I still remember being 7 or 8 and getting my new school shoes in early August and letting them sit in their box in my closet until I got to wear them on the first day of school. I would open the box every day to smell the new leather and would plan what to wear for the first day of school for about a month. Too bad I don’t get a new outfit and shoes bought for me every August anymore….boo hoo….being an adult is so hard! I am however excited to buy myself a new date book. This fall I’m going to buy the L’apres Midi Date Book. It’s so cute with little watercolor illustrations and French sayings painted throughout. It’s also really cool because it is an any-day diary, meaning it comes without specific dates. You just plug in your own schedule. It seems so happy to me and I like that quality in something I have to look at every day!
There are a couple of other new things we’re carrying at Paper Source stores that I like.
We just got in a new Karim Rashid designed cutting knife with a ceramic blade that will last longer than steel. I’m kind of a novice crafter so I really like it because it doesn’t have a razor blade-type edge. It actually feels more like a pen to me than a knife, which makes it easy to cut cool free-form shapes.
**SPOILER ALERT TO MY FRIEND TRICIA! Do not read below!**
My friend Tricia is a librarian so I can’t wait to give her one of these greeting cards we’re carrying in stores from a new line called OVERDUE. The cards feature authentic book titles from old card catalogs found in the Minneapolis Public Library. There are happy birthday, new baby, wedding and just plain old funny titles. Some of them you can’t believe– one card features a book titled Games and exercises for mental defectives. I swear it’s true….it was published in 1916. I’m sure I’ll get this card in the mail now from one of my brothers. Ha ha…very funny Bruce & Joe.
–Gretchen, PS Buying Team
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