Summer 2024 - 4

EDITOR'S LETTER
The Paper Remains
A
s I write this, our community's
annual springtime meet-up,
*Noted, just wound down. Like the
National Stationery Show before
it, this year's event just preceded
Mother's Day; now we're onto the
graduation and wedding seasons.
This year is special to me since we
have a high school graduate in the
house - which means I can't help but
contemplate my daughter's life in
stationery so far.
It all began with her birth
announcement from Julie Franklin
of Bumblebee Press, who I am thrilled to report is still letterpressing
away in Atlanta. I still remember being hugely pregnant and thinking
that the opening words Julie selected to precede Veronica's name -
" we welcome with great joy " - couldn't be more accurate. Today, it sits
framed above my desk where I can revisit its much-adored rounded
corners, chick icon and sweet script typeface anytime.
Between mailing those to friends and family and receiving
Veronica's college acceptance letters - yes, these are STILL mailed,
and yes, V kept every one - there was lots of stationery. I saved nearly
every new baby, birthday and Bat Mitzvah card we received in her
honor; and rest assured that I made certain that someone in my
family wrote a thank-you for every gift.
The über-talented Laura Manteuffel of Amazing Grace in Chicago
designed Veronica's engraved, copper-foiled, belly-banded and
utterly posh Bat Mitzvah invitation with Crane & Co. While what
will develop with Crane's new ownership is yet to be seen, many
elements of the gorgeous suite haven't been available in that house
of stationery since lockdown, when the company relocated from
Massachusetts to New York.
Shortly, our house will soon be awash in graduation cards - to
receive and give to V's friends, followed by a trickle of thank-yous on
both sides. I also want to note before closing to fellow parents that it is
completely possible, even today, to teach your child how to write (and
understand!) a decent thank-you as well as how to address an envelope.
Here's the most remarkable part of all of this: Now that Veronica
is leaving for college in a few short months, the entire meaning of
nearly every last ephemera discussed above has changed. I cherish it
all even more! So, take it from me and spread the word: The years go
fast, but the paper remains.
Until next issue,
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