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Stationery Studio · Est. 2018
Cards that mean it.
Thinking Shop designs business cards, greeting cards and gift cards for people who still believe paper can carry a feeling. Heavyweight cotton stock, hand-set type, gold foil when the moment deserves it.
Valentine's 2026
Gift cards that don't feel like gift cards.
Ten editions, four sizes, gold-foiled and packaged in a kraft sleeve. Perfect when you don't know the person's exact paper preference (yet).
— Meet the team
Penny, in five moods.
Our mascot wears many hats — and the occasional party one. Hover to give her a wiggle.
02 — How we make it
Slow paper.
Slow paper.
Honest ink.
Every card moves through four hands before it gets to yours. We never rush the press.
01
Sketch
Pen on tracing paper. The original idea always survives best on the rougher draft.
02
Set
Type is hand-set or vector-drawn, then proofed against five paper stocks.
03
Press
A 1962 Heidelberg Windmill does the heavy lifting. Foil goes on hot.
04
Send
Trimmed, sleeved, hand-stamped. We pack like the post office still cares.
03 — Journal
Latest from the studio
Notes on identity, paper, holiday seasons and the business of small things.
Design
Ethan
The case for a custom monogram on your business card
You don't need a logo. You probably need a mark.
Ethan
Studio
Ethan
Behind the press: making the 2026 Valentine’s collection
Six new designs, three foil colors, one very stressed-out cat (the studio's).
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Studio
Ethan
Why we still send physical thank-you notes
Forty-nine cents and three minutes. The best ROI we know of.
Ethan
A letter, monthly.
New cards, behind-the-press notes, and the occasional discount for slow-mail believers. No spam. Ever.