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There might be a treasure in your attic called... the Rolodex

Memorydex lets you keep photos, notes, reminders and even your address book right at your fingertips

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Remember the Rolodex? A rotating cylinder constructed with a center bar that holds removable cards. I owned one way back in the day, and I have no clue what happened to it, unfortunately. Maybe if I am lucky, I might encounter one at a thrift store these days. But did you ever think it would make a comeback? Well, in the paper crafting world, they know how to go retro!

 

A few years back, in 2015, American...


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It is time for SITE SEEING!

The moment is here; the Snail Mail Friends website is live! The result is impressive, and we are pretty proud of that. We invite you to take a look.

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The moment is here; the Snail Mail Friends website is live! The result is impressive, and we are pretty proud of that. We invite you to take a look. Get 50% off with code LAUNCH2022 only this weekend 15th and 16th of October [promo code has been extended to October 19th].

The website has been set up entirely according to a responsive design, suitable for display on desktops, smartphones, and tablets.


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Discovering the world of paper-making
PREMIUM BLOG

A story about the discovery of the world of paper-making when personal tragedy struck; Maaike fell ill. It is March 15th, 2020...

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It's March 15th, 2020… The Netherlands went into lockdown, and the world changed dramatically. When you had any symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, the advice was to stay home; at that time, I was coughing, and I had not been fit all week. I was unusually tired and coughed my lungs out of my body. At first, I didn't think about the coronavirus at all. In my mind, I would have recovered after three weeks and gone back to work. Back at work, wi...


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What is Snailmail?

The Snailmail Revolution, A New Old-Age Concept

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In the age of widespread cellphone usage, not much is mentioned anymore about Snail Mail, penpals, or what it really means to receive that happy surprise in your mailbox.

Unfortunately, with the rise of social media we've seen in recent years, snail mail has essentially fallen to the back of the line in terms of popular methods of communication—almost to the point where many younger people aren't familiar with how to do ...


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When you think of it, create it, mail it!

Mail Art is not a specific art direction in the traditional sense. Everything you can send by post is considered Mail Art, or it can be...

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For having no history, only a present - and being art related to embellishing mail within a creative postal network, distinguished by the way it disregards and circumvents the commercial market - Mail Art is a vast promising field for new artists. From Ray Johnson’s The New York Correspondence School and Fluxus to mail interviews of Ruud Janssen, Mail Art peaked in global postal activities. The advent of the internet and digital communicati...


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