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Syd Design is a custom stationery company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As a small business, we strive to promote and support the local community while working towards a healthier planet.

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September 26

We are up and running! It’s been a great start and until ArtPrize is over, you probably won’t hear from me again:)

Our extended ArtPrize hours are:

M-Sat 10am-8pm (possibly later on Fri & Sat)
Sunday 12pm-6pm

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September 19

Update on the new store… We are waiting for a couple inspections to get passed, but we’re getting closer to opening the doors. Along with other tenants, I was setting up shelving and display this weekend. Today I’m off with product and hopefully I can get most of that set up too. So hopefully I’ll have more colorful photos for you very soon.

Official opening is still not for sure. I may be open Wednesday, but  I should for sure be open Thursday. I think the Grand Opening Parties and such will have to come after ArtPrize is over and everything is settled down. Right now we all just want to be open for the exciting influx of activity that is about to come over the city!

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September 8
Coming soon! 6.25 paper Studioon 40 Monroe CenterGrand Rapids, MI Check out updates on our new facebook page: facebook.com/625paper

Coming soon!

6.25 paper Studio
on 40 Monroe Center
Grand Rapids, MI

Check out updates on our new facebook page: facebook.com/625paper

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August 26

i see a store in my (near!) future

This week was quite productive on the 6.25 “store-front,” drinking lots of coffee at meetings with some awesome local artists & designers! 

I first met with Erin Lenau whom I found on etsy with some great wood block prints, journals & bags! I then met with Emilie Tromp from Lief Design about her lovely stationery, bags & calendar. I got a chance to see the space again which is coming along with lighting and paint, flooring & Haworth walls coming in the next two weeks! Then I had meetings with the talented Drew Melton from justlucky Design about his great screenprints and then Zach from Michigan Awesome about their cool Michigan shirts.

Plus it was like Christmas up in here with all the fun packages I received this week! I opened boxes of goodies from 1 Canoe 2 Letterpress, Fig. 2 Design, RebeccaMICH, Delanie on Etsy, and a few others!

My garage is filled with furniture display projects and my vision is getting more real every day. I can’t wait to show you all what I’m working towards, but this part of the journey is half the fun!

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August 7
BIG changes are coming to Syd Design…. 1. New name: 6.25 Paper Studio 2. New website/blog: 625paper.com 3. New Catalog, to be mailed this month {contact me if you would like to receive one!} 4. New {brick & mortar} store: opening in September, downtown Grand Rapids, MI 5. Oh, and new addition to our little family! Stay tuned… you might get to see my head explode.

BIG changes are coming to Syd Design….

1. New name: 6.25 Paper Studio

2. New website/blog: 625paper.com

3. New Catalog, to be mailed this month {contact me if you would like to receive one!}

4. New {brick & mortar} store: opening in September, downtown Grand Rapids, MI

5. Oh, and new addition to our little family!

Stay tuned… you might get to see my head explode.

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July 14
Thank You Note Etiquette

This is a great little post about how to thoughtfully write Thank You notes to your guests after the shower & wedding gifts are unwrapped. Enjoy!
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July 13

Is it too late to post about a wedding that happened a year ago? Hopefully not because this was one my favorite 2010 events:)

This destination wedding started out with a landscape invite adorned with a mountain scene along the bottom and the outer envelope wrap. We created a custom map that was much needed for all the out of town guests traveling to Jackson Hole. {This invite inspired the final design for Andrew in my Studio Collection}

The couple graciously planned a whole week of optional events including a trip to Yellowstone, dinners & river rafting! For this, we created a welcome program with the itinerary timeline inside. They included this in welcome bags that were locally printed on sustainable bamboo materials. Inside the bags they also had bamboo T-shirts printed with their names, wedding date and the mountainscape from the invite.

The wedding itself was on top of the Jackson Hole ski hill overlooking the valley. Guests road a gondola to the top and then enjoyed an inside reception on top of the hill with a plated dinner and live band. For the seating, we made the table “numbers” as pictures related to nature and the outdoors. Guests’ escort cards adorned an image to guide them to the appropriate table. The flat escort cards were placed in handmade (with a little table saw help from my hubs:) birch bark holders.

After the reception, guests were given a hot chocolate nightcap as they ascended the mountain in gondolas.

Mark Fisher Photography was an amazing photographer for this wedding. He specializes in highly active, outdoor photography. And captured many of the couple’s casual, spontaneous moments very well.

This was such a fun wedding to be apart of, Happy 1st Anniversary to the Kellers!

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July 5
Spring Wedding featured on Wedding Chicks!

So honored that one of my favorite weddings to work on this year was featured on Wedding Chicks! I will update you all with a full stationery post of this wedding later, but for now take a sneak peak! (be sure to also check out this wedding over at the talented Hey Gorgeous Events)
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Short feature over at The Paper Mill Store

Whoa, I’m late to share this one! Thanks to the Friendly peeps over at The Paper Mill Store and a little collaboration with Neenah Paper (and our previous sustainable wedding blog post together), I recently had a little how-to write up about my paper flower bouquets!
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June 29
Hello stationery community! If you don’t already know, my husband and I are in the process of international adoption. We’re just completing our final paperwork and sending in a pretty heafty check at the same time. So, if you’re feeling philanthropic (and want a fancy new shirt), head over to our adoption blog and you can pay for the merch by clicking on the Paypal Donate button, then just adding up your total (plus $5 shipping). Use the Paypal message option (or email me) to send with the size/style you would like and your address. Thank you!! ittakesaslongasittakes: Fowler Adoption Apparel Here’s what’s left after our party, please either plan to send us a check or use the donate button (at right) to pay. Just add up your total of what you’d like to buy, tell me sizes/styles in the message or by email. If you’ll need the shirts shipped, add $5.00 to your total. Tshirts ($18)Small - 14Medium - 17Large - 18XLarge - 2Women’s Thermals ($24)Small - 3 Medium - 10 Large - 2Track Jackets ($42)Small - 4 Medium - 8 Large - 3

Hello stationery community! If you don’t already know, my husband and I are in the process of international adoption. We’re just completing our final paperwork and sending in a pretty heafty check at the same time. So, if you’re feeling philanthropic (and want a fancy new shirt), head over to our adoption blog and you can pay for the merch by clicking on the Paypal Donate button, then just adding up your total (plus $5 shipping). Use the Paypal message option (or email me) to send with the size/style you would like and your address. Thank you!!

ittakesaslongasittakes:

Fowler Adoption Apparel
Here’s what’s left after our party, please either plan to send us a check or use the donate button (at right) to pay. Just add up your total of what you’d like to buy, tell me sizes/styles in the message or by email. If you’ll need the shirts shipped, add $5.00 to your total.

Tshirts ($18)
Small - 14
Medium - 17
Large - 18
XLarge - 2

Women’s Thermals ($24)
Small - 3
Medium - 10
Large - 2

Track Jackets ($42)
Small - 4
Medium - 8
Large - 3

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