Welcome Amy.

What a treat! We have a Guest Mom this week. (It's been awhile, hasn't it?) And I can't wait to introduce her.

Her name is Amy Graham Stigler. She's a stationery designer and a mother. I don't know here personally, but I became a fan of her work when I posted about the letterpress shop, Smock. Amy is their creative director and designer and as I read more about her my admiration grew. There's a mini bio of Amy on the Smock site, and I'm borrowing parts of it to share with you here:

Amy’s love for beautiful and beautifully made things, dates back to her childhood in Wisconsin, where she spent her time running from pillar to post (most often barefoot), exploring and sketching the minutiae of nature. Her childhood love of art and books eventually turned into a profession: she studied art history while working at the Art Institute of Chicago and The Museum of Contemporary Art.

During her decade in Chicago, Amy founded the internationally known stationery company Snow & Graham. Eventually, she and her growing family left the city for a quieter Wisconsin town, so her children could grow up in the same natural landscape of her childhood.

Some of Amy's inspirations: antique embroidered linens / monograms & family crests / vintage wallpapers / blockprinted fabrics / slightly overblown flowers / old envelopes with a mess of stamps & handwriting & postmarks / hand-lettering / the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron / kindhearted people / the detailing on vintage clothes / slightly tattered architecture / slightly tattered anything.

Isn't she lovely? We're so glad you're here, Amy. Thank you for coming.