We Love Small Businesses!
This Valentines Day, we wanted to extend a special “WE LOVE YOU!” to our wonderful stockists. We couldn’t have made it this far without your support and enthusiasm for selling...
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DIY Easy Party Favors
Party planning can be exciting and also a bit stressful. Amanda here from Maptote, and I recently came back from celebrating my engagement with my in-laws in Hong Kong. I...
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Behind The Scenes Stickers & Greeting Cards
We’ve been dreaming about releasing our own locale inspired greeting card line for over a year now. From combing through lists of prospective printers to mocking up several iterations, it...
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Ideas for Reusing a Candle Jar
It all started with our deliciously scented Philadelphia Candle, made from 100% soy wax and with notes of bitter orange, neroli, cedarwood, and tonka bean. After the 40 hour burning...
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Thanks For Making Us Look So Good!
You make us look sooo good! We are always blown away by our stockists’ merchandising techniques and photos…so keep on tagging us on Instagram @maptote. And we’re now on TikTok,...
Shop Small, Gift Big!
Thank you for shopping small! You’re support of our small business mean’s the world to us! Be sure to spread the love and shop Maptote at local stores in your...
Store Spotlight: Constellation & Co.
Sara McNally, letterpress extraordinaire, is the owner of Constellation & Co. in Seattle’s historic Fishermen’s Terminal. She runs her own stationery company, producing witty and beautiful cards, along with supporting...
Store Spotlight: Shout and About
Tamara Houghten is the shopkeeper behind LA-based gift shop, Shout and About. She had always dreamed of opening a retail shop and was finally able to make her dream a...
Store Spotlight: Awesome Brooklyn
Awesome is brought to you by Vanessa Raptopoulos and her daughter, Athena who spends almost as much time at Awesome as Vanessa does. Awesome is also brought to you by...
Store Spotlight: SAULT New England
Today’s Store Spotlight takes a little jaunt over to South End in Boston to peek inside SAULT New England! Owner Philip Saul curates a great selection of vintage and classic...
Store Spotlight: Lockwood
Our very first Store Spotlight (back in 2011) featured SITE, Mackenzi Farquer’s original shop in Astoria. Now that SITE has moved and grown into Lockwood, we had to get a...
Store Spotlight - Cameron Marks Boutique
Cameron Marks is a finely curated boutique of fashion and accessories located in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA. We recently created a custom Santa Cruz Maptote for their store and loved...
Store Spotlight: The Library Shop (San Diego)
The Library Shop is a fun and inspired gift shop located in the brand new San Diego Central Library. The shop is a non-profit owned by the San Diego Public...
Store Spotlight: Green in BKLYN (Brooklyn, NY)
Green in BKLYN was opened appropriately on Earth Day in 2009, and ever since then Elissa Olin (owner) has managed to create a sustainable haven filled with all of the...
Store Spotlight: Urbanic Paper Boutique (Venice, CA)
Our next Store Spotlight takes us to the sunny West Coast in Venice, CA! Owned by couple Audrey and Joshua Woollen, Urbanic Paper Boutique specializes in all things stationary and...