Neon from Leslie- Pencil heiress

Here is the other neon envelope from Leslie - made out of notebook paper. The colors are so fun - the accent colors on my name. The stamp goes beautifully. It's too bad the cancel over-printed on my name. I've submitted a bunch of questions to the USPS and am awaiting answers. My friend Natalie has moved on from Customer Service - I guess I should send some mail to the person who replaced her. Several years ago, when Natalie was a clerk at the counter, I had my pen pals send mail to her. She displayed it under the glass (or plexiglas) cover on the counter. I think you can see all of it if you do a search for Natalie.

And this was inside. I love those colors and the dots -- very cool.

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This might be silly or absurd - to include this in my off topic portion. I have 10 posts to fill up promptly - so, forgive me.

I was surfing through some articles online and fell into one that was about a trend in NYC. Private clubs. There have always been private clubs, but one very handsome and charming fellow has opened Casa Cruz which charges between $250,000 and $500,000 to join. Mosts private clubs are in the range of $4,000 - 5,000. I was not expecting to find anything blog-worthy in the article until I read this...

Then there were the people — a fizzy cocktail of the international elite. They admired each other and snatched foie gras canapés from silver trays. <Jean snipped the mention of a couple people> Victoria von Faber-Castell, a young pencil heiress, lounged with Isabella Massenet, the Net-a-Porter scion, and Flynn Busson, the son of Elle Macpherson.

Imagine that, a pencil heiress. In case you are wondering what makes these private clubs so special -- brace yourself -- the main thing seems to be that they allow smoking. <eye-rolling>  That tidbit leaves me speechless. Although as a lapsed member of IAMPETH, I totally understand the draw of membership in exclusive organizations. International Association of Master Penman, Engrossers, and Teachers of Handwriting - for anyone new to the blog.

I Googled Ms Victoria. Lots of pictures -- but it was more fun to search the history of the Faber-Castell company. It is still a family business and Victoria is 9th generation. There is a main website which features a lot more history - as well as a US based website that doesn't bother with all the details about the family, etc - but has some interesting info. They do seem very forward thinking on things like sustainability, art therapy, etc. 

They buried the link to their [History] down at the very bottom of the main link - if anyone is interested in 9 generations of pencil makers. LINK to Faber-Castell website