Flourish Friday - Paper Shops in Florence, Italy

August 2011 Update: I've added a pin for our favorite gelato place and a pin for our favorite restaurant. I've learned you paper lovers also love good food and gelato! :)
This past semester our daughter, Rachel, had the good fortune to study abroad in Florence, Italy.  Tom and I went to visit her in March and enjoyed every minute of it!  

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There were so many wonderful little paper shops that I thought I'd share a map of my favorites. They're marked with the blue pins. You never know who might be planning a trip to Florence. (I hope this works, because it has taken me forever to create this map!)

Florence: A Paradise for Paper Lovers

Here is a peek at the deeeelicious papers I purchased.  They are so pretty that I'm afraid I won't use them.

Why buy leather boots when you can buy paper?!

I know I should have bought leather boots, because the prices were so good.  I just couldn't stay out of the stationery stores: Scriptorium, Pineider, Fabriano, Il Papiro, Johnson & Relatives (a favorite), Vannucchi. Giannini Giulio & Figlio (a favorite).

Looking for bargains in Il Papiro.

Rachel & Jane outside Scriptorium

Rachel and I couldn't afford anything in Scriptorium, but luckily looking was free.

Blackletter inside the Duomo

There's beautiful lettering to be found everywhere. This blackletter was inside the Duomo.

Overlooking the town of Manarola, Italy.

We made a daytrip out to the coast.  It was gorgeous! Here I am daydreaming about having this view from my studio window! :)

Happy weekend everyone.

Go forth and flourish!!