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One of our favourite items on this year's gift guide:

Obsolete Vol. 2 is a desk calendar featuring obsolete technologies, all housed in a convenient cassette tape case.

A desk accessory that reminds you of the analog lifestyle all year round. (Also makes for a great stocking stuffer.)

Letterpress and screenprinted by Toronto letterpress studio Flycatcher Press.

https://www.youngw.ca/product/2025-obsolete-calendar-flycatcher-press/

#GoAnalog #TheAnaloglifeStyle #2025Calendar #Letterpress #Calendar #DeskCalendar #NewYear

Small letterpress printed cards in a cassette tape case. The card shows the calendar days January 2025 in a grid with the weekdays with the word JAN printed above. The weekdays are abbreviated as S, M, T, W, T, F, S. A pair of blue hands writes into a school notebook.

Small letterpress printed cards featuring various calendar months. The cards for February and August are in the cassette tape case. July and January lie nearby. The card for July features an old TV set in yellow. February features a mimeograph machine printed in green. Each card shows the calendar days in a grid with the weekdays.

gift tags, stocking stuffers & gifts. Drop by our table and say hi!

Click here for more details: https://www.youngw.ca/event/torontos-first-post-office-snowy-pop-up-paper-fair/

#Paper #Stationery #Toronto #LetterWriting #TheAnalogLifestyle

A grid of 4 images, 3 photos and 1 box of text. Text reads: Pop-up paper fair. Fri, November 29. A detail of a bookmark featuring red marbled paper in the shape of birds with gold decorations. Winnipeg Postcard - illustration of The Forks in winter, featuring people skating on the Red River. Two greeting cards stand upright. Cursive text on both cards reads: Let it snow. On one card, a brown fox stands in the snow with a red lantern beside him. The background is dark blue with snow falling around. On the other card, a brown squirrel stands in the snow holding an acorn. Beside him a twig of pink berries and twigs stick out of the snow. The background is light grey with snow falling around.

Young W is doing a pop-up shop!

https://www.youngw.ca/event/torontos-first-post-office-pop-up-paper-fair/

Come visit our table at Toronto's First Post Office's Pop-Up Paper Fair next Sat, Aug 17 at 260 Adelaide St E & check out our selection of greeting cards, notebooks, letter writing sets, bookmarks & more.

Free admission.

Toronto's First Post Office is a museum & full-service Canada Post outlet in a historic Toronto building. More about them here:

https://www.youngw.ca/directory/torontos-first-post-office/

#Toronto #Paper #Stationery #TheAnalogLifestyle #ArtsAndLetters

A grid of 4 images, 3 photos and 1 box of text. Text reads: Come visit us! Aug 17th. Pop-up shop at Toronto's First Post Office. A detail of a bookmark featuring blue marbled paper in the shape of birds with gold decorations. A dark blue notebook featuring wild flowers and plants. Text on top of the notebook reads: Notebook. Clap Clap. A detail of a white bookmark featuring lace-like paper and blue paper flowers.

A grid of 4 images, 3 photos and 1 box of text. Text reads: Pop-up paper fair. Sat, August 17th, 2024. Three small plaid notebooks in bright red, light green with brown and dark green. A pink notebook with a dark green spine. It has a silver hologram sticker on the cover. A small plastic fountain fountain pen filled with blue ink lies on top. The third image shows a small paper envelope with a red heart, unreadable text and old postmark stamps.

For three Saturdays this summer (Jun 15, Jul 20 & Aug 17):

https://www.youngw.ca/event/torontos-first-post-office-pop-up-paper-fair/

Join Toronto’s First Post Office for their pop-up paper fair. Come out & meet the vendors, & browse quirky & fun cards, notebooks, stickers, pins, prints, totes & more!

Young W will be there on June 15 & Aug 17 – drop by our table and say hi & check out our stunning stationery items. Free admission.

#Paper #Writing #Stationery #LetterWriting #YoungW #TheAnalogLifestyle #ArtsAndLetters #OfflineLife #Toronto

A grid of 4 images, 3 photos and 1 box of text. Text reads: Come visit us! June 15th. Pop-up shop at Toronto's First Post Office. A detail of a black notepad with white paper and a green elastic band. A greeting card with a rainbow and a blue envelope. A notebook featuring a tiger and wild flowers. Text on top of the notebook reads: Notebook. Clap Clap.

| MbYW #19 |

Today's newsletter:
Go analog & get out: becoming a theatre goer - How to use Young W’s flow chart quiz to decide which show to see next - Our pop-up shop in Toronto on Mar. 7

If you haven't received our newsletter today, this is what you've missed out on.

Want to read it later in our archive? Become a print subscriber to get access.
https://www.youngw.ca/sign-up-for-musings-by-yw/

#Theatre #Performance #TheAnalogLifestyle #ArtsAndLetters #YoungW #MusingsByYW

A flow chart quiz guiding readers to various type of theatre based on questions like: does it need to feature famous actors or who do you want to go with. The top left corner of the quiz reads: Going to the theatre, but what to see? Start here: So you want to experience live theatre?

| MbYW #18 |

The refusal to be turned from 'readers' into 'users'. 650+ links to media outlets in Canada. A promotional draw for a fountain pen.

If you haven't received our newsletter today, this is what you've missed out on.

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https://www.youngw.ca/sign-up-for-musings-by-yw/

#Media #CdnMedia #Journalism #LocalNews #News #Newspapers #TheAnalogLifestyle #Pilot #Prera #FountainPen #NationalHandwritingDay #ArtsAndLetters #MusingsByYW

Two cards lie on a wooden surface. One is titled The daily newspaper, the other The local newspaper. The cards contain more text and images. In the background, a pile of newspapers and magazines can be seen.

Start off the new year by treating yourself.

Browse our winter 2023/24 Arts & Letters gift ideas - and find something special, just for you.

https://www.youngw.ca/yw-gift-guide-winter-2023/

#ArtsAndLetters #YoungW #TheAnalogLifestyle #Gift #GiftIdea

Several gifts wrapped in green tissue paper stamped with yellow and pink Young W monograms. The gifts are packaged with a yellow or pink ribbon and gift tag. Text on graphic reads: Treat yourself! YW Gift Guide. Winter 2023/24 Arts & Letters gift ideas.

#Letterpress #LetterpressStudio #PrintMaking #Linocut #Screenprinting #PrintWorkshops #ArtPrints #Stationery #Calendar #Calendar2024 #NewYear #ArtsAndLetters #TheAnalogLifestyle #Paper #Art #Toronto #TorontoArtists #YWDEOTW

Every Monday, we'll showcase a directory entry of the week (#YWDEOTW) from the arts & letters directory we are building: https://www.youngw.ca/start-exploring/
Young W helps curious people do new things in real life & discover a flourishing offline life, one filled with arts & letters.

Curious about what an Exploration Kit is? Our first ever edition is called 'the analog lifestyle kit - chapter 1' and we tell you all about it here:

https://www.youngw.ca/what-is-an-exploration-kit/

#theAnalogLifestyle #YoungW

Just in time for #FountainPenDay, part 3 of Young W's Pen & Ink Series is now live.

In this 3rd installment, we show you how to use your #FountainPen with bottled ink via a converter.

https://www.youngw.ca/pen-ink-series-part-3/

Confused? Links to Pen & Ink - part 1 & 2 are included.

#FountainPens #Writing #Ink #theAnalogLifestyle #OfflineLife #ArtsAndLetters #YoungW