I'm not sure if I've mentioned the specifics, but I'm going to Hong Kong and Manila for a week each. I'm so excited about the possible paper opportunities! Does anyone have any specific recommendations for things to look out for?
[Hong Kong photo via More than golf]
It's Thursday! Tell us what you're thinking.
[Notecards set of 4, $10 from Sunshine city lassie]
And live in a bubble. I think I'm officially ready for vacation. Too bad it's still 8 days away, 6 if I don't count the weekend. Since it's Thursday and we're all dreaming about the weekend anyway, let's talk about things that make us happy. Like this sailboat card set from A punkin card company, $10.
Or...we could talk about places you've visited. What's your favorite vacation destination? I don't think I've gone on enough vacations to know yet.
[Inspired by hostess]
Tell us what you're thinking. Pretty please?
Psst...image above is from an unrelated but completely awesome card. Chasing chickens from papered together, $4
tell us what you're thinking Thursday. Who says we need suggestions? I mean, you can leave suggestions if you want, but you can also leave new news about your press (if you have one) or your store (if you have one) or your life in general.
Let's leave this as an open letter from you to us. In fact, we can call it "Dear Jotter" Thursdays or "Open letter Thursdays" or...?
So...what's new? and yes, we know it's friday.
We love the MacGyver Challenges in Ready Made Magazine, so imagine how ecstatic we were when they created a challenge for something that is near and dear to our hearts: dead pens. Every once in a while, we'll find a dead pen we forgot to throw away and think to ourself, "Oh, isn't there anything I can do to make you useful again?"
Well, since we're only good at buying crafts and not necessarily great at making crafts, we can't join the challenge. But we know you can. You're waaay craftier than us.
And while you're at it, give us a sneak peek at your crafty project before it wins and gets featured in the magazine. For more info on joining the challenge, check out the ReadyMade blog (the deadline is July 31st, so hurry!).
[Image via AMagill]
The other day, at work (my day job, shh...) I declared, "If I have to write with any more black ink, I'll get bored to death." So yeah, not the most insightful statement one could make. But very true nonetheless.
When did black and blue become designated as "business" colors? If I were running my own business--we'd all have to write with purple ink. Is that too immature of me? What color ink do you prefer?
[Image from hiromama]
this is good advice, but not good enough. we here at jotter need some advice, a consultation, if you will. so if you, beautiful readers and fellow bloggers know anything about online copyright stuff, please do get in touch. the little guy needs help!
Having just moved (and still putting things away--where did all this stuff come from, anyway?) has gotten me thinking about paper organization. Not just the lovely problem of organizing your note cards and your envelopes--organizing the important, boring stuff that everyone has and must keep: tax docs, bank statements, etc etc...
My previous system was keeping individual file folders for different years, but that doesn't seem to work and sometimes I can't find certain years (2003--where are you?). I used to own a fiiling cabinet and that was sorta helpful--albeit a little ugly and boring.
An ideal solution would be a piece of furniture that looked like an old library card catalog, but could actually hold all my papers neatly and beautifully. Does that exist?
What are some of your paper organization solutions? I need some tips, stat.
[ Photo via spierzchala]
You know the deal. Spit it out like no-more-flavor gum.
We don't know why there are holes in the box. Maybe something's alive inside?
Diane and I were talking about grandparents and great grandparents and I realized that I didn't know my great grandparents names off the top of my head. I bet if I had this family tree (from The Small Object, $18), I would have known.
Can you remember your great grandparents' names off the top of your head? Better yet, do you keep a family tree?
It's that time of the week again. Your turn.
[Photo via godalwayshungry, thanks.]
It's been 2 whole months today since Jotter was born and we want to get to know our lovely readers better. So let's get started: who the heck are you? Give us 3 words that describe you (only 3, it makes it more interesting!). We'll somehow take that knowledge and use it for good (not evil).
I'll start it off with my 3 words: meaty, random, goodness. Take that and run with it friends.
[Photo via teenker toy, thanks.].jpg)
We're all for going green, recycling, saving the environment, etc etc, but we're just not sure how we feel about this elephant poop paper Daily Candy recently featured.
You can find out how the dung turns to paper here, but to be honest, they lost us after "We collect naturally dried elephant dung from elephant conservation parks."
You know the deal. You tell us what you think and we'll 
Our original blog love post led to the discovery of paper crave, so we're reaching out to you once again.
There are so many damn great blogs out there. Tell us who you're reading and why. We're never satisfied...
[Photo via Kyknoord, thanks.]
We accidentally forgot about Suggestion Box Thursday last week (whoops!) so maybe this week you'll have TWICE as many things to tell us about.
Anyway, let 'er rip. Tell us your wants, your needs, your stationery fantasies. We're all ears...
[Photo Via Daniel Dainty, thanks.]
A bunch of the exhibitors we met showed us stationery they specially designed for their male audience. So, of course, that brought up a question. What makes for "dude stationery"? Things like no pink, no florals, no sentimentality...?
Some things the designers thought would specifically appeal to guys: aliens, robots, humor, naked ladies...(ha ha, just kidding on that one. Or are we?) Well we, as the girliest of girls, like aliens, robots, humor, and the occasional naked lady...so what does that mean?
Most would think that good design or a ridiculously good concept would or should transcend gender boundaries, but maybe not?
Do you know any XY chromosomed stationery lovers? Maybe you are one yourself? What do you like?
[cards from the egg press booth at NSS]
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