I remember twenty years ago Mom bought herself some embossed monogrammed stationery, and did the same for me as a birthday gift. She made no comment on what it cost.
I hoarded the last piece for twenty years, until the other day I used it for a thank-you note. I tried to buy some more, and GOOD GOD is embossed stationery expensive.
And it is strange, because there is no longer such a call for nice stationery -- and frankly, though mine was lovely, I am sure there is special elite stationery that has even higher status. I'm sure my Old Guard New England stationery would be superseded by QEII royal warrant stationery.
[minutes later after researching even better brands]
Jesus and all the heavenly host, seven hundred and fifteen dollars for a box of 50 notecards? And it isn't even royal warrant stationery; it's from Gwyneth Paltrow Goop endorsed paper maker Sugar.
Lord. That put me off. Made me realize that wanting the best is a fool's game. I will stick with the non-customized Amazon thank you cards I have in the drawer.
But letterpress is so pretty... says she who is still using ultra-cheap flimsy cards and envelopes (even though she really loves her Crane ones that she has been given)(actually, yes, maybe look into Crane? It's less ludicrous but has such a nice feel).
(generally: GOOP will be expensive, though. Endorsement costs.)
Posted by: KC | November 22, 2021 at 10:52 AM
KC - Crane is what Mom gave me. I was considering replacing it exactly, but when you add in the lined envelopes etc it gets up there. Maybe I will buy it as a Christmas gift for myself.
Posted by: TheQueen | November 22, 2021 at 01:32 PM
I love fancy stationery, and buy it more than I use it. I do use the boxed notecards I have, although slowly. I have never bought embossed monogrammed stationery, but I did buy stationery with their names on it for my daughter and her BFF years ago because the BFF's name is Greek and she could never find anything with her name. I just browsed rather incredulously through the Sugar website. Oy.
Posted by: Allison McCaskill | November 22, 2021 at 09:08 PM
I only have had non-personalized Crane, and with unlined envelopes, but it is just so lovely in paper weight and texture. I endorse it as a Christmas gift!
Also, since Allison McCaskill went to browse the Sugar website, I did too, and... yikes. I knew there would be a GOOP-y markup, but: more than 2x the cost of Crane?!
Posted by: KC | November 23, 2021 at 10:13 AM
Allison - Aw, that's a sweet thing to do for the BFF. I had a Greek friend named Erasminia.
KC - I know! Is the paper made of Gwyneth's cuticle clippings?
Posted by: TheQueen | November 23, 2021 at 03:45 PM