We make a great team and I can’t imagine Noteworthy without her.

I think when artists work together they really push each other to do better work. Her training in illustration has really informed the direction of Noteworthy’s style and helped me develop as an artist and art director. I feel so lucky to have serendipitously found Adrienne, who has worked for Noteworthy for 9 years, studied at University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is responsible for a lot of the magic that happens at Noteworthy. For better or worse, when I think of the smells of childhood, turpentine ranks high among them. Some of my favorite childhood memories were built there at MFS watching her paint or use the giant press they had there. But my mom was an artist and printmaker who went to The Museum of Fine Arts School and Tufts in Boston and growing up I would often skip school to go to school with her. of Montana and several workshops in letterpress printing in the early 2000s. Taylor: I am mostly self-taught, I did a 2 year program in Graphic Design at Champlain College in VT after my undergrad at U. Did you go to design school or teach yourself? Taylor: When I realized my degree in English/Creative Writing was relatively worthless if I was too scared of rejection to keep submitting work. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer? Taylor: You ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man, Lorretta Lynn … you can really belt that one out. Taylor: A spicy tequila drink or just a good Whiskey on the rocks. The absolute best is cooking them on the beach and using rocks to smash them open … it’s good, messy, fun. I love the whole process of picking the lobsters out of the tanks and the way that place smells all briney and seaweedy, taking them home in their paper bags, steaming them to perfection and stuffing ourselves silly with local corn, caprese salad and a good bottle of white wine on a summer night. Taylor: Growing up by the water in Massachusetts and Rhode Island we ate a lot of seafood in general but Lobster is my fave, (never at a restaurant though, it has to be home cooked). I cried a lot of tears when he died last year. I hope that I can channel a little of that energy in our cards. In Spite of Ourselves, Killing the Blues, I Remember Everything.

Taylor: I pretty much like music from every genre but I love … anything John Prine. Taylor: I fracking loved Battlestar Gallactica (the newer one) and more recently The Walking Dead. I have too many favorites but I usually judge them on how they affected my overall view of the world when I read them and two strong leading favorites are AB Guthrie’s The Big Sky and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. We were lucky enough to sit down (virtually) with one part of this epic duo - Taylor to get a little sneak peek behind the scenes.

In an ever-evolving market, the Noteworthy® team understands that it can be hard to separate one product line from the next, which is why we focus on building a unique, high quality selection of artisan goods. A line that not only reflects customer desires but one that reflects Noteworthy®’s unique culture and values: creativity, collaboration, hard work, playfulness and respect for the people that come to work or shop at Noteworthy® everyday, all wrapped up with our deep love of art, literature and the outdoors. It was this unique insight that in turn inspired the launch of Noteworthy®’s own stationery and gift brand in 2012. Over the years, they witnessed first hand what inspired and engaged guests when they walked through the door. Noteworthy® Paper & Press was founded in 2008 by entrepreneurs Taylor Valliant and Amy Dolan as a brick and mortar retail shop in Missoula, Montana.

Noteworthy paper and press