Here it is in all its blurred glory...
Friday, 4 February 2011
Nora's Newsletter
I am pleased to report that Microsoft Publisher has not defeated me and I have finished and sent out our Jan/Feb edition of Nora's Newsletter!
Here it is in all its blurred glory...
If you would like a clearer version sending, please email victoria@noras-shop.co.uk and we will add you to our mailing list!
Here it is in all its blurred glory...
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Nora the Stationary Obsessive
One of my favourite and most vivid memories is from when I was 7 years old: I remember going shopping to Ilkley one Saturday afternoon with my uncle, we went in to WH Smiths and he spent what I imagine was a small fortune on new stationary for me - new pencil case, pencils, colouring pens, ruler, notecards, writing pads; you name it ,we got it!
From that moment on, I was in love with stationary. I would find any excuse to send a letter to someone through the post on beautifully watermarked notepaper in a thick cream envelope. After Christmas and my Birthday was my favourite time as I would send thank you cards/notes to anyone and everyone.
20 years on, I still send cards and notes through the post. I don't think anything beats that feeling of coming home after a hard day and finding a handwritten envelope on the doormat. Just knowing that someone has taken the time to source a pretty card and handwrite that note, whatever it may say, means so much.
In an age where emails and text messages seem to rule everyday correspondence, I truly hope we don't forget to make time to sit down and send that little note, inviting a friend for coffee or even just to let them know that we are thinking about them - remember the Royal Mail advert from years ago? 'I saw this and thought of you'!
Here are some pictures of my most recent stationary passions:- (all by Cavallini & Co, San Francisco and available at Nora's)
From that moment on, I was in love with stationary. I would find any excuse to send a letter to someone through the post on beautifully watermarked notepaper in a thick cream envelope. After Christmas and my Birthday was my favourite time as I would send thank you cards/notes to anyone and everyone.
20 years on, I still send cards and notes through the post. I don't think anything beats that feeling of coming home after a hard day and finding a handwritten envelope on the doormat. Just knowing that someone has taken the time to source a pretty card and handwrite that note, whatever it may say, means so much.
In an age where emails and text messages seem to rule everyday correspondence, I truly hope we don't forget to make time to sit down and send that little note, inviting a friend for coffee or even just to let them know that we are thinking about them - remember the Royal Mail advert from years ago? 'I saw this and thought of you'!
Here are some pictures of my most recent stationary passions:- (all by Cavallini & Co, San Francisco and available at Nora's)
Paris Postcards - £8.95 (x18)
Thank you cards - £8.95 (x10)
Alphabet Rubber Stamps! £18.50
Vintage Maps Postcards - £8.95 (x18)
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Normality and No Negative Resolutions
Happy 2011!
Apologies for the gap in 'blogging' but following a very busy Christmas period at the shop (thank you all our lovely lovely customers for your support!) we then had the rather depressing task of 'de-christmassing' and returning to some sense of normality.
So... we appear to be in 2011 - I'm not quite sure where the last decade has gone but I am looking forward to the next one and I promise to concentrate a bit more so that I don't have this problem in another 10 years.
I'm not the sort of person who makes New Year's 'resolutions' but every year I vow to stop doing something that usually brings me some kind of pleasure (eating too much, embarassing myself by singing too loudly in public, buying too many shoes, etc etc) - This year I have instead resolved to 'expand my general sense of well being' by continuing to do things that bring me happiness. I shall therefore be making more trips to the seaside, developing my knitting skills, scouring vintage fairs for pretty things and finally I vow to keep looking for talented new designers and makers for the shop!
You'll be pleased to know that I have already made a start on the final thing - we have some fabulous new handmade cushions arriving soon and I have found some very inspired cards and prints:- 'Keep Glam and Rock On'!
Here's a little teaser:-
Apologies for the gap in 'blogging' but following a very busy Christmas period at the shop (thank you all our lovely lovely customers for your support!) we then had the rather depressing task of 'de-christmassing' and returning to some sense of normality.
So... we appear to be in 2011 - I'm not quite sure where the last decade has gone but I am looking forward to the next one and I promise to concentrate a bit more so that I don't have this problem in another 10 years.
I'm not the sort of person who makes New Year's 'resolutions' but every year I vow to stop doing something that usually brings me some kind of pleasure (eating too much, embarassing myself by singing too loudly in public, buying too many shoes, etc etc) - This year I have instead resolved to 'expand my general sense of well being' by continuing to do things that bring me happiness. I shall therefore be making more trips to the seaside, developing my knitting skills, scouring vintage fairs for pretty things and finally I vow to keep looking for talented new designers and makers for the shop!
You'll be pleased to know that I have already made a start on the final thing - we have some fabulous new handmade cushions arriving soon and I have found some very inspired cards and prints:- 'Keep Glam and Rock On'!
Here's a little teaser:-
'Flowers and Feathers' Cushion
'Socks and Shoes' Cushion
Gorgeous Tissue Pocket inscribed with 'Bless You' - made from vintage wool blankets
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Christmas Choirs
On Sunday we were joined by a wonderful choir who sang some Christmas Carols in the Arcade. The glass ceiling and stone floor mean the acoustics of this building are just fantastic and the choir sounded amazing.
It's really starting to feel like Christmas is just around the corner!
It's really starting to feel like Christmas is just around the corner!
Thursday, 2 December 2010
'Birdman of Ilkatraz'
A few months after we opened I struck up a conversation about tea towels with a gentleman who had come in to the shop with his wife. After expressing my love of unusual tea towels (some could call it an unhealthy obsession!) he told me that he was a graphic designer and was experimenting with some designs.
I advised the 'quirkier the better' and if he progressed further with it to bring them in to the shop. He subsequently vanished and then reappeared last week with these fabulous tea towels which I absolutely LOVE and it seems our customers do too!
This is why I adore my job - Helping this person share his amazing talent with lots of people!
I advised the 'quirkier the better' and if he progressed further with it to bring them in to the shop. He subsequently vanished and then reappeared last week with these fabulous tea towels which I absolutely LOVE and it seems our customers do too!
The Birdman also paid me a visit this morning and dropped off a limited edition framed screen print inspired by 1930s 'underground/tube' posters.
Hope you like it as much as I do!
This is why I adore my job - Helping this person share his amazing talent with lots of people!
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