Dear Everyone ~
This past week brought several sumptuous shipments from the U.K & Canada. We also received exciting deliveries from up the street and from one county over. Let me start with the newest purveyor for BZS. Dare you hope it’s soap? In delirious fact, the motto of Farm Soap Co. is Soap is hope!
If these products had their own category, it would be Soothing Sense. The soaps from Farm Soap Co. are available in eight delicious scents and two handy sizes. Speaking of hands, we’re also stocking their Lavender All Over Skin Balm, for restoring paper-parched fingertips or dabbing above a furrowed brow. I spent a magical, divinely aromatic afternoon last year with Silvana de Soissons, the proprietress of Farm Soap Co., in the U.K. I returned to Chicago with many bars of soap for myself & a few fortunate friends. Now, I have the pleasure of being Silvana’s first U.S. stockist. You can read more about her products in the shop listing.
Also under the imaginary banner of Soothing Sense are new Potent Lavender Pillows made by Maili at Soutache, two doors up from BZS. These petite (but pleasingly plump) treats are sewn from very vintage Japanese fabrics, embellished with two different buttons. These pillows have myriad uses, including as a de-stressor in your car or carry-on. Read more in the shop listing.
Breathe deeply, close your eyes just for a moment, and imagine we are about to have tea and accompaniments together…while I take you on a tour of our freshest papery products.
Janet Bouldin, my dear friend & whimsical watercolourist, recently completed three new postcards, bringing her full collection to a binder’s dozen! I feel this calls for a celebration, or at least a fresh shop listing. I’m delighted to present Janet’s charmola illustrations as a set of 13 postcards with Carta Pura envelopes. You can also browse the cards à la carte and select your individual favourites.
Back to the U.K: We have a fresh selection of nine Cambridge Imprint (CI) notebooks, at the ready for your papery pursuits. Because we love how Cambridge Anything (Everything, really) looks with Cambridge Anything Else, we’ve selected a complementary small label and affixed it to the front cover of each notebook.
We’ve also brought in CI’s very latest style of notebook, their very slim list book. It measures 3⅜ x 6¼, with 12 ruled pages that are perforated (lengthwise) for easy removal, should you wish. Do we think a CI petite label would look perfectly sweet on the cover? We do.
This notebook would make a lovely little gift or party favour that you can enclose inside a hand-folded (by you, if your fingers are feeling nimble) complementary envelope. And if not, not to worry, because each notebook comes tucked in a slim glassine sleeve sealed with a bit of YKW.
And furthermore: We have added a third palette to our selection of CI tri-fold document portfolios: Medium Cool. And if you’d like to read (or re-read) about my idyllic interlude at Cambridge Imprint, where I swooned over the document portfolios for the first time, please do.
Last but never least, we are thrilled to herald the latest Saint-Henri blank books by Atelier Écluse. This edition includes the same dreamy details as their blue & white books, only this blank book is in the golden-ochre tones. The handmade pages range in hues from vanilla to mango sorbet.
If you have questions or special requests (such as needing a hand or two with gift-wrapping), we will be delighted to hear from you! For those of you nearby: We’ll have extra-long hours on Saturday (Dec. 23), from 11am–6 pm, and also be open on Sunday (Dec. 24), from 11am–3pm, for last-minute shopping (or deep breathing)! Tuesday (Dec. 19) through Friday (Dec. 22), we’ll be here during regular hours, noon to 5:00.
Myself like an elf, Bari