Notebook socks for the studious type. $18
(via Sock Dreams)
Leafcutter Designs touts itself as the World’s Smallest Post Service and will create custom tiny cards, packages and other ephemera like this miniature newspaper.
(via npr : fer1972 : The Small Times : Tanya Ballard Brown )
Vintage drafting table and stool
A good workspace also needs a good utility table — a place to spread out materials for a project, brainstorm or just to stand around and jabber. This wood plank tabletop with solid sheet metal base and old signage drawers is beautiful, functional and environmental, not to mention seriously industrial. Details of the construction of the table can be seen under the “Collab Tables” tab on the Parliament Design site.
(via Parliament Design)
…today, when junk mail is predominant, “postal management is unable to articulate a compelling vision of the public good,”…
…today, when junk mail is predominant, “postal management is unable to articulate a compelling vision of the public good,”…
Quote attributed to Richard R. John, a historian at Columbia Univeristy Graduate School of Journalism.
While I continue to subscribe to paper magazines, send and receive zillions of packages via Etsy and other online shops, and even maintain relationships via written correspondence, I have to wonder the status of the postal service. So much of the bulk of materials send via the postal service doesn’t really qualify as serving the “public good,” does it?
(via NYTimes.com )
Darling Elisabeth of Afternoon Pity Party created three lovely postcard designs in support of the postal service. Download them for free and stick a 29¢ stamp on it and send it to a friend to show your support for the postal service.
(via Afternoon Pity Party)
Is the US Postal Service really in trouble? The Missive Maven kindly rounds up several perspectives on the issue to help make sense of a very complex business and public service.
I love the postal service for it brings me goodies from Etsy, magazines from my favorite publishers, and letters from friends. I do not want to see it go away or reduce its services. So please help out. Do your part! Write a letter or postcard today!
(via The Missive Maven)