Dear Everyone ~

We are mildly deliriosa (not heat related) & molto delighted to announce the arrival of 13 new patterns (yes, a binder’s dozen!) from Carta Pura in Italy. Our official repertoire has now expanded to 21 patterns, all excellent for beholding and folding, glueing and ooh-ing, flapping and wrapping. Not to mention mixing & matching and pairing & layering.

We could not resist creating three new mixy-matchy palettes for my upcoming Ultimate Hardcover Paper Frame workshop. They are Giardiniera, Alta Moda, and Dolcezza.

The red-&-navy combo is the original workshop palette, Classico, which is still available.

Seen below is a frame in the new Dolcezza palette. If you've already registered for the workshop you are welcome to switch your kit to one of the new palettes if you’d like. Please simply call or e me with your choice. Our kit assembling will commence in earnest next week, and we plan to dispatch the kits with time to spare, including internationally.

Alyson (my postal muse), suggested rolling the sheets quite tightly and placing them in a vase. This idea inspired us to make several Carta Pura Varese bouquets for our shop windows.

Meanwhile, back in the studio, Ruby has already hand-folded a set of nesting envelopes with her favourite patterns, from grande to piccolo: Primavera, Olivetti, and Millefiori.

I, true to form, have made a quintetto of piccolo buttonhole-stitch books, each measuring 2¾ x 3⅞ x 1⅛ with 36 (72 serendipitous sides) Stonehenge pages. And I may feel the ”need” to make a few more. Five books in the hand make me feel quite grand.

Whatever your papery pursuits, these papers will suit perfectly!

Carta Pura Varese papers

Molto motto, Bari