UPPERCASE meet and greet tonight in London’s Ray Stitch

Please join me at Ray Stitch, tonight (Friday) at 7pm. Click here for directions. (If you want to purchase a copy of the latest issue (#13), Ray Stitch has the only copies in London.) It’s an evening of craft and conversation surrounded by the inspiring haberdashery and fabric selection offered by Ray Stitch. We’ll be stringing together colourful bead necklaces, an activity that was such a hit at the Alt Summit. It’s a free activity, easy and fun to do while noshing and sipping and talking.

See you!

If you’re not in London we have a consolation discount code: meetandgreet for $5 off your order until end of day Saturday. 

Dispatch from London: Paperchase

The Paperchase flagship store on Tottenham Court.

Here I am holding one of a few issues left in stock—I actually had to use some of my samples for the photo. Thanks, London, for gobbling up each issue—I will endeavour to get more available.Issue #9 is still one of my favourites… and issue #10… and issue #….This multi-level store has everything from art supplies, cards, stationery to books and mags, furniture, haberdashery. I was there for an hour and a half browsing. A nice display area for the books. Hopefully someday soon you will be able to find UPPERCASE titles here as well.

A nice chair that I took a photo of and then forgot to go sit and relax on it. Typical.Gorgeous papers for crafting, bookbinding and wrapping.One of three typewriters I spotted on display.

Look! Actual Letraset available to purchase, brand new. We don’t have this in any Calgary stores as far as I know. Wouldn’t a sheet of Letraset be an amazing insert inside the magazine? hmmm… I’m going to investigate that!A nice cafe to refresh after some heavy-duty Paperchase shopping.

Dispatch from London: Pedlars in person

I had the pleasure of finally setting foot in Pedlars on Saturday during my Portobello and Notting Hill stroll. They are currently all sold out of the magazine (more on the way) so Sarah found an older copy from their personal stash so that I could photograph the magazine in the shop. The items in the Pedlar’s brick and mortar shop are all very nicely curated and displayed in vignettes. 

I bought these elastic bands to help corral all the magazines and samples that I’m lugging to the big book fair. You can’t go wrong with something in yellow!

Stocking 13

San Francisco’s Rare Device recently moved into a new space. They describe themselves as ‘simply, good stuff for you, your home and your kids’. And, having just spent a considerable amount of time browsing, I agree! For those of us who aren’t lucky enough to visit them in person, they have a wonderful online store.

featured stockist: Athenaeum, Amsterdam

photos by Caroline BuijsIt is such an honour to have the window display at Amsterdam’s Athenaeum. Thank you, Dutch people, for embracing my books and magazines!

The photos were taken by Caroline Buijs who has written many articles for Flow magazine which I wish I could read. I trade subscriptions with Flow and it is an amazing publication: really tactile, fun and I am constantly astounded by the special touches such as various paper stocks, booklet inserts, tear outs and more.

Featured Stockist: A Collection a Day at ModCloth

image by ModCloth

A Collection a Day by Lisa Congdon and published/designed by me is the book of the month at ModCloth!

Shop for other UPPERCASE titles on the ModCloth site.

Paperchase has issues #8-12!

Thank you to the excellent people in London who went over to Paperchase’s Tottenham Court location and cleared out all the UPPERCASE magazines in under three days. They’ve ordered more and back issues, too—issues 8 through 12—so their magazine experiment seems to be going well.

Big news: UPPERCASE available at Anthropologie!

instagram by April Meeker, Carlsbad Anthropologie

Anthropologie + UPPERCASE is a dream combination. As a long-time enthusiast of Anthropologie’s curated products and beautifully styled stores, I’ve always imagined my magazine and books as part of their selection of reading material. And now, you can visit an Anthropologie in North America and purchase UPPERCASE (and other indie publications like Kinfolk and Anthology, too!)

Since I do all the distribution and subscriptions myself, it has been difficult to get the magazine out to a greater population. (And from the beginning we have not been part of traditional newsstand distribution since it is very wasteful.) Very happily, UPPERCASE has been available through independent retailers around the world—shops with small staff who take the time to order individual things. A large company like Anthropologie’s willingness to work with small makers like myself is what makes Anthropologie such a desirable place. Each shop has its own feel, its own unique displays and local sensibilities… but all very much within the overall brand quality.

So now with UPPERCASE on its shelves, there’s one more reason to do something that we already love to do: shop at Anthropologie! And for those of you in areas that don’t have stockists, the geographic availability of the magazine has increased substantially! Check the store locator to find a location near you. (The magazine might still be in transit to some destinations; if they don’t have it yet, please inquire to make sure that the magazine is ordered to that particular store location.) You can also purchase the magazine through their online store!

Send me a twitter or instagram pic of the magazine in your local store! @uppercasemag

Featured Stockist: Paperchase, London!

please click on the photo for the sourceStarting February 1st, Londoners will have another fine location to find their copy of UPPERCASE magazine: at Paperchase’s Tottenham Court location! Paperchase doesn’t usually stock magazines and they’re doing a trial run at this central store. In addition to UPPERCASE, they’ll have other indie favourites like Oh Comely, Frankie and Selvedge as well as more commonly available mags like Monocle and Wallpaper. (Check out the list on the Paperchase Facebook announcement.) They’ve cautiously only stocked 10 copies of issue #12. Let’s knock their socks off: tell everyone you know to go get UPPERCASE at Paperchase Tottenham Court!

The reason that Paperchase is exciting is the huge potential if they decide to expand magazines to other locations. Their list of stores in the UK alone is astounding. It is a small foot in one door, which will hopefully lead to many more. UPPERCASE does not have a distributor—I do it all myself, so having a few larger chains willing to take a chance is fantastic since I would ship to one central location and they would take care of sending it on to their shops. (I have an exciting announcement about a new stockist, stay tuned over the next couple weeks!!!)

I love my loyal and long-term UK stockists, too:

Ray Stitch

Pedlars 

Here Gallery


Much Ado Books

These are all excellent independent stores and these shops and I appreciate your patronage there as well. 

Featured Stockist: Het Grote Avontuur, Amsterdam


This absolutely wondrous shop is located in Amsterdam. They stock Dottie Angel and the magazine, so for those of you on that side of the world, you can visit them in person or order online. Visit their blog to see more on their shelves.