Thank You Cards
In the past, the days before the internet and email, one of the most common ways of communication was by writing letters.
It was good manners to always hand write a note on your best stationary to thank people, who had invited you to dinner or entertained you in anyway as well as if they had bought you a gift or helped you in some way.
It is interesting to note that although email and communications by phone are now the "done thing", it is wonderful to receive a hand written letter from someone on their best stationary.
The late Princess Diana was known and loved for her delightful handwritten letters of thanks and encouragment to others.
There are so many beautiful choices of stationary available now, lets get back to writing those lovely little notes again which give those receiving them such a surprise.
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If you teach your children this disapearing art from a young age, it will help them go a long way in life.Childrens stationary is fanatstic and easily available. This is a wonderful way for them to practise their writing ans spelling and teaches them good manners.
Once they start writing thank you cards they will keep it up forever I am sure.
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byPaper
Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging.It is produced by the amalgamation of fibers, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding.
While the fibers are usually natural in origin, a wide variety of synthetic fibers, such as polypropylene and polyethylene, may be incorporated into paper as a way of imparting desirable physical properties.
The most common source of these kinds of fibers is wood pulp from pulpwood trees.
Vegetable fiber materials such as cotton, hemp, linen, and rice are also used.
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Notebook Herz
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 10/13/2008)
These little note books are so charming that every writer immediately wants to confide everything to them; dates, notes, poems, ... With extra block of notes inside.
It Only Takes A Moment!
Idea: Buy a couple of these beautiful stationary sets and have them at your desk with you favorite pen and some stamps.I love the little cards that come with these sets.
Just write a quick note of thanks to anyone who is kind or helpful to you each evening and put them in a postbox the next day.
If the Law Of Attraction is working for you , you will be rewarded threefold and you can know that you have made someones day.
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byEarly Paper making in China
Papermaking is considered to be one of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China, since the first papermaking process was developed in China during the early 2nd century.During the Shang (1600 BC-1050 BC) and Zhou (1050 BC-256 BC) dynasties of ancient China, documents were ordinarily written on bone or bamboo (on tablets or on bamboo strips sewn and rolled together into scrolls), making them very heavy and awkward to transport.
The light material of silk was sometimes used, but was normally too expensive to consider.
While the Han Dynasty Chinese court official Cai Lun is widely regarded to have invented the modern method of papermaking (inspired from wasps and bees) from wood pulp in AD 105, the discovery of specimens bearing written Chinese characters in 2006 at north-east China's Gansu province suggest that paper was in use by the ancient Chinese military more than 100 years before Cai in 8 BC.
Archeologically however, true paper without writing has been excavated in China dating to the reign of Emperor Wu of Han from the 2nd century BC, used for purposes of wrapping or padding protection for delicate bronze mirrors.
It was also used for safety, such as the padding of poisonous 'medicine' as mentioned in the official history of the period.[2] Although paper used for writing became widespread by the 3rd century, paper continued to be used for wrapping (and other) purposes.
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Tulip Stationary
genus Tulipa -Box Set of 20 Assorted Greeting Cards and Patterned Envelopes
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This collection of exquisite tulip note cards highlights a selection of botanical art from the 17th century. The keepsake cigar-style box contains 20 assorted note cards (4" x 6") and coordinating patterned envelopes tied with a sheer ribbon. Card images are featured on the outside of the box.
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Paper remained expensive, at least in book-sized quantities, through the centuries, until the advent of steam-driven paper making machines in the 19th century, which could make paper with fibres from wood pulp.Although older machines predated it, the Fourdrinier paper making machine became the basis for most modern papermaking.
Nicholas Louis Robert of Essonnes, France, was granted a patent for a continuous paper making machine in 1799.
At the time he was working for Leger Didot with whom he quarreled over the ownership of the invention. Didot sent his brother-in-law, John Gamble, to meet Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, stationers of London, who agreed to finance the project.
Gamble was granted British patent 2487 on 20 October 1801. With the help particularly of Bryan Donkin, a skilled and ingenious mechanic, an improved version of the Robert original was installed at Frogmore, Hertfordshire, in 1803, followed by another in 1804.
A third machine was installed at the Fourdriniers' own mill at Two Waters. The Fourdriniers also bought a mill at St Neots intending to install two machines there and the process and machines continued to develop.
Together with the invention of the practical fountain pen and the mass produced pencil of the same period, and in conjunction with the advent of the steam driven rotary printing press, wood based paper caused a major transformation of the 19th century economy and society in industrialized countries.
With the introduction of cheaper paper, schoolbooks, fiction, non-fiction, and newspapers became gradually available by 1900.
Cheap wood based paper also meant that keeping personal diaries or writing letters became possible and so, by 1850, the clerk, or writer, ceased to be a high-status job.
The original wood-based paper was acidic due to the use of alum and more prone to disintegrate over time, through processes known as slow fires. Documents written on more expensive rag paper were more stable.
Mass-market paperback books still use these cheaper mechanical papers (see below), but book publishers can now use acid-free paper for hardback and trade paperback books.
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Mudlark Stationery Gift Set in Memento Box: 25 Recycled Note Cards with Envelopes - Temple of Double Flower
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As a gift for yourself or someone special, Mudlark has made your choices beautiful and distinguished. Few things in life are as cherished and special as a hand written card or note. This stationery set gives you eveything that you need to create those appreciated notes or give a set to someone who will enjoy doing the same. This Stationery Collection is thoughtfully designed with a 5.75" by 4.75" by 2" memento gift box. Inside it contains 25 memento note cards (measuring 5.25" x 4" each) with matching side-flap envelopes for a special touch (not a top-flap like with other envelopes). The cards and envelopes are made from recycled paper. Each time this memento box is used, a pretty quote from a Chinese proverb can be enjoyed which reminds you that "A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives the flowers." With the bold asian-influenced floral design of "Temple of the Double Flower", this note collection is an ideal display for correspondence necessities and makes for a beautiful gift
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Recycling processes can use either chemical or mechanical pulp. By mixing with water and applying mechanical action the hydrogen bonds in the paper can be broken and fibres separated again. Most recycled paper contains a proportion of virgin fibre in the interests of quality.There are three main classifications of recycled fibre:.
* Mill Broke or Internal Mill Waste - this incorporates any substandard or grade-change paper made within the paper mill which then goes back into the manufacturing system to be repulped back into paper. Such out-of-specification paper is not sold and is therefore often not classified as genuine reclaimed recycled fibre. However, most paper mills have been recycling their own waste fibre for many years, long before recycling become popular.
* Preconsumer Waste - this is offcuts and processing waste, such as guillotine trims and envelope blank waste. This waste is generated outside the paper mill and could potentially go to landfill, and is a genuine recycled fibre source. Also includes deinked preconsumer (recycled material that has been printed but did not reach its intended end use, such as waste from printers and unsold publications).
* Postconsumer waste - this is fibre from paper which has been used for its intended end use and would include office waste, magazine papers and newsprint. As the vast majority of this paper has been printed (either digitally or by more conventional means such as litho or gravure), it will either be recycled as printed paper or go through a de-inking process first.
Recycled Papers can be made from 100% recycled materials or blended with virgin pulp. Recycled papers are (generally) not as strong nor as bright as papers made from virgin pulp.
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