Pretty Papers

I loved passing notes with my friends in middle school. We passed gossip and crushes using code names to protect ourselves if notes might fall into the wrong hands. Growing up in Beijing, we would venture across town to the main floor of Hongqiao (the Pearl Market) and raid our favorite vendors of their stock of cute, cartoonish stationary and stickers with phrases that made very little sense translated into English. Some sets came with guides on how to fold your note into a star or 3D shape – so much cooler than your traditional paper football or square.

Do kids today still pass notes or is it all about Snapchat and text messaging now? If letter writing is a lost art (which, by golly, I maintain it is!) then surely note-passing must be a lost craft, as well. Emojis cannot express teenage whimsy the way hand-drawn margin doodles can.

A quick Etsy search provides plenty of office-appropriate paper options with a touch of that middle school whimsy you need to perk up a droll Monday morning. Or send a letter to an old friend – they’ll be excited to find something in their mailbox that isn’t a bill.

So, who are you going to write?

Shop these stores:

1 Row House 14 | 2 When It Rains | 3 tickled peach studio | 4 Princess Pearl Paperie| 5 Letter Love Designs


Filed under: Pretty Things
  • Love
  • Save
    Add a blog to Bloglovin’
    Enter the full blog address (e.g. https://www.fashionsquad.com)
    We're working on your request. This will take just a minute...