wish list: vintage office supplies

I have a soft spot for vintage office supplies. Truth be told, they need not even be vintage for me to love them. There is a reason why I do my office supply shopping online: so I don't buy up the entire Staples store!

I found all three of these "must haves" for my studio on Etsy. The vintage green clip board would look awesome hanging on the wall in my studio with the day's "to do" items listed. The vintage rubber stamp caddy would be nice to have, too. Right now all my stamps are piled in a giant jar, which is pretty inconvenient (J: this would improve studio efficiency AND look cool!).

Is it just me, or do these vintage paper clips look a little dangerous? I am constantly running out of paper clips (I use them more than staples because my pressman likes to spread proofs out, not have them stuck together). So I neeeeed these, right?

Photos from each Etsy shop. Clip board: Ephemera and More; Stamp holder: Vintage Rerun; Vintage paper clips: DotDotDotShop.

wish list: retractable fine point sharpie pen

Just discovered retractable fine point pens on the Sharpie website. I really don't know how I can call my studio complete without having a few of these. I've added them to the shopping list for the next office supply run.

lovely correspondence: fun return address stamps

I saw PJ's fun new return address stamps at the National Stationery Show last May and couldn't stop playing with them. You can pick your ink color, they are self-inking and not messy, and come in a bunch of styles and ink colors. Plus they're only $40. And they have a cute pink handle. Hello, ADORABLE! This would be a great way to dress up save the date envelopes or you could even use them on the front of response envelopes. You can check them out here.

it's the little things ...

It's the little things that make me happy ... like these beautiful patterned ribbons from JCaroline Creative.

studio supplies: desktop collator

desktop collator from russell+hazel

One of the things I cannot live without in my studio is this desktop collator from russell+hazel. I keep all my "live job" and "don't forget to do this" files in it on my desk.

back to school

all products shown available at target

All the products show above are from Target. How cute is that alarm clock? I have a natural alarm clock that wakes me up around 5:30 a.m. every morning (my four-year-old!) so I guess I don't really need it. But how cute! The Samsung 8GB USB power drive would come in super handy. I looked at the Target store yesterday but they didn't have any good ones in stock.

There is something about the Back To School season that literally makes my heart race. All those bins of brand new pencils, pens, protractors, rulers, elmer's glue. Oh, my. I think I am not alone in my school supply obsession, as I was certainly not the only person shopping the back to school section at Target with no school-age children.

I bought myself a brand new box of 64 crayons ($2!), a pack of white pencils with green erasers, and some storage cubes ... all for the studio, of course. J's desk chair broke (he's been sitting precariously on the edge of his seat for weeks) and I think we'll finally replace it with the chartreuse swivel chair above (the one in the middle). The green "pod chair" on the left would look awesome in a trade show booth, but it's hard to tell from the photo how much of a footprint it would consume.