Dear Everyone ~

Yesterday morning, I bundled (myself) and trundled (10 parcels) to shipping points in the neighborhood, or I could say sleighborhood! Eight went to my Post Office on Montrose & Damen, one box to UPS, and one highly tissued box to FedEx, containing a many-months-in-the-making commission for a customer in Arizona. I'm thrilled it’s on its way! So for a few moments, I had shipped every everything!

A handful of orders are at the ready for curbside pick-up, and several orders continue to trickle in for shipping. They may well reach their recipients by this Friday! Myself & the postal elves will do our merry best!

This week, the shop will be open for appointments and masked serendipity today, Tuesday, Dec. 21, through Thursday, Dec. 23, from noon–5pm, and Friday, Dec. 24 from noon–3pm.

Next week the shop will open from Tuesday, Dec. 28 to Thursday, Dec. 30, from noon–5pm.

As of Friday, Dec. 31, I will take a two-week holiday from Bari Zaki Studio for rest & relaxation, which of course includes playing with paper. One of my favourite pastimes is painting papers for cut-paper collaging. It is a process that I first learned from Cat Bennett, and I find it endlessly soothing & satisfying. I also plan to walk along the lakefront and to catch up on my correspondence.

Speaking of correspondence leads me to stamps. Stay tuned to see the first new stamp of 2022! It is too-too exciting, at least to me.

Wishing everyone a lovely & delicious holiday, Bari