[Alyson Kuhn] I love Mr. Zip. He is tidy, smiley and energetic. I like to perf him off panes of vintage stamps and then proudly position him on the flaps of envelopes. I still cherish a Mr. Zip good luck charm I bought back in the mid-’90s (see him above) … but I’d never thought about any other “Zippiana.” Now Mr. Zip has his own website, rich in history, photos and yes, ephemera. The site was researched and written by Abby Curtin, a college student who wasn’t even born when Mr. Zip retired in 1983. How’d she do that?

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Last year, we launched the Supply section of the Felt & Wire Shop — a place for people to get excited and make things. We’re happy to now include ribbon and gift wrap from Midori Inc.

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As book lovers, we’re always on the lookout for unique ways to curate and organize our book collections. Thatcher Wine, founder of Juniper Books, does this for a living.

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Timothy Barrett, a hand-papermaker who teaches at the University of Iowa’s Center for the Book, is producing what some consider “the world’s most perfect paper” from the bark of the kozo, a relative of the common mulberry. “This is pretty much how it was done for 1800 years,” Barrett says. “By hand. One sheet at a time.”

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