All About Quill Pens
The word ‘quill’ is from the Early Middle Ages Low German word ‘quiele’. It was an all-purpose word that meant a writing instrument, a reed, and the hollow, rigid part of a bird’s feather.
The Art of Correspondence: Letters, Envelopes, and Stamps
The journey through letters, stamps, and envelopes in Britain begins in this article with the novelist Jane Austen. Austen is a suitable starting point because she mentions letters many times in her novels. and she was a popular novelist in her own lifetime, although she published her novels anonymously. She was born in 1775 and…
Stocktake
This is taking a peek at our Japan trip and the extensive stocktake process for Flying Twigs, and what it entailed! We did a stocktake and it took days and days – and days. With four hundred different card designs it meant laying all the cards out and checking every one. I shudder to think…