store spotlight : little otsu

One of the very first stores that picked up our line is a great
little shop in the Mission district of San Francisco, called
Little Otsu.

their cool window display:

They carry tons of paper products by
artists and small companies like us, along with their
own line of products. We could spend hours there
just looking at all the cool stuff...It was a super quick trip to SF for us but so happy
that we got to stop in! Thank you always, Yvonne & Jeremy!
And it was nice meeting you Amara!!

bowne & co., stationers

One of our oldest and bestest retailers is Bowne & Co.,

Stationers of the South Street Seaport Museum in lower Manhattan.

Robert and Fela run the shop.

Robert showing us how to print on a beautiful old press.

Here he is, rolling the ink onto the form.

Ken pushing the platen into position to print.

The back of the shop is a treasure trove of vintage printing items,

where Robert does his beautiful letterpress work.

Fela is always gracious and charming!  She showed us around

the seaport area, and even recommended a great noodle place

near our hotel.  Thank you Fela!!!

One of the places in South Seaport that Fela recommended was

Jack's Coffee. A great coffee shop that sounds and smells like a 

coffee shop should, when you walk in the door. 

There's a great view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the site 

of the old Fulton fish market, which is just around the 

corner from Bowne & Co. and Jack's. 

No NY trip is complete without going to FAO Schwartz.

Here's Ken's 'big' moment!

lavish

We've been a fan of this great shop for a long time,
and now they carry our cards! We visited them when
we were in SF - no pics of the store interior unfortunately,
but we hope you can tell how cute it is just from the
shop front!

store spotlight

We've been meaning to start doing posts on some of the shops
that carry our cards, and Jenny from Wowie Zowie in
Chorlton, UK kindly sent us pics of her brand new shop!
So we had to start with hers.

The store looks super cute.. and we can see
our cards on display!!! woohoo
Thank you Jenny for sending the photos!!

we'll be doing more of these posts on local shops, and far ones!