About Us
The Shop
ESTABLISHED 2015
Nestled along the brick main street in the small town of Ashland, Nebraska, Postscript is a boutique for paper, book, and lettering arts that brings a modern sensibility to antiquated processes. Focusing on high-quality craftsmanship and the handmade, Postscript carries everything you need for the art of writing, from letterpress-printed cards and stationery sets to fountain pens and calligraphy supplies to luxurious finishing touches like vintage stamps, seals, and sealing wax. We also carry children's books that will make your heart soar, hardcover classics that are as arresting to behold as they are to read, and tools to construct your own handbound books. Postscript has an espresso and tea bar on site, fueled by partners we adore: Hardy Coffee, Artemis Teas, and Holy Kakow. And because education is one of our core values, Postscript also offers a studio space where we host workshops in calligraphy, bookbinding, paper crafts, watercolor, sign painting, and related pursuits taught by highly qualified instructors.
P.S. is, of course, the abbreviation for postscript, that tacked-on something-or-other that periodically found its way into the bottoms of letters when people still regularly wrote them and couldn’t simply move a cursor to add information where it might more naturally go. For writers who have trouble signing off, the postscript is a familiar space, a space to linger and make that communication last just a moment longer. And we appreciate, too, its current resonance of living in a post-script world. Culturally, we are losing a connection between hand and mind, and we want to do our part to preserve the distinctly human benefits and idiosyncrasies of writing by hand.
Laura Capp
OWNER & OPERATOR
Laura Capp is a romantic who still believes fervently in things it feels the world has forgotten: literature, handwritten letters secured with a wax seal, quiet, beauty. Once upon a time, she wanted to become an English professor and has the Ph.D. to prove it. Instead, she writes about poetry to whomever will listen, practices calligraphy and letterpress printing in the back studio, and fills the shop with books and objects that honor and tease out the longing for meaningful connection and creative expression that we all live with. Avid reader, taker of hot baths, drinker of cappuccinos, and wannabe florist, Laura is also a mom to three girls, who she is proud to say can provide excellent book recommendations when given the opportunity. And her husband, Josh, is the shop's secret weapon, making sure that they can keep up technologically even while they embrace analog living.
Tatyana Shindollar
MEDIA & DESIGN DIRECTOR
Tatyana is a recent graphic design grad who magically combines a love of stationery and paper goods (things, let's acknowledge, that are difficult to buy online) with a nuanced knowledge of how to create a better online shopping experience. She is infinitely attentive to detail and helps to keep the shop and its systems ship-shape. Tatyana felt at home the minute she crossed the threshold at P.S. Growing up, she lived for Scholastic book orders, the library, and arts & crafts kits, and she considered cursive workbooks to be the pinnacle of fun (you can see why we were a match made in heaven). Tatyana's latest interest is watercolor painting, she loves every vehicle for caffeine, and she believes that you cannot have too many blank notebooks, so truly, go ahead and get it. Someday you'll want to write your memoirs. Might as well be ready.
Abbi Eccleston
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Abbi is a lettering artist and illustrator who whips up the most delightful sidewalk signage, creates imaginative and glorious window installations, and possesses maximum enthusiasm for all things. Case in point: her favorite coffee is "all the coffees!" She's a former elementary school teacher who also teaches paper crafting and lettering in our back studio. Since her two best friends moved in 3rd grade, she has loved all things stationery, making Postscript a magical mix of dreams come true--a place to be creative, connect with people, and surround herself with an always-changing stream of the cutest paper goods. And the cherry on top? All in the town where her parents grew up and that continues to mean so much to her whole family. When she's not at the shop, Abbi is constantly running after her three kids and two dogs along with her husband, Ryan, and you can bet she's dressed in outfits that are art unto themselves.
Laura Capp
OWNER & OPERATOR
Laura Capp is a romantic who still believes fervently in things it feels the world has forgotten: literature, handwritten letters secured with a wax seal, quiet, beauty. Once upon a time, she wanted to become an English professor and has the Ph.D. to prove it. Instead, she writes about poetry to whomever will listen, practices calligraphy and letterpress printing in the back studio, and fills the shop with books and objects that honor and tease out the longing for meaningful connection and creative expression that we all live with. Avid reader, taker of hot baths, drinker of cappuccinos, and wannabe florist, Laura is also a mom to three girls, who she is proud to say can provide excellent book recommendations when given the opportunity. And her husband, Josh, is the shop's secret weapon, making sure that they can keep up technologically even while they embrace analog living.
Tatyana Shindollar
MEDIA & DESIGN DIRECTOR
Tatyana is a recent graphic design grad who magically combines a love of stationery and paper goods (things, let's acknowledge, that are difficult to buy online) with a nuanced knowledge of how to create a better online shopping experience. She is infinitely attentive to detail and helps to keep the shop and its systems ship-shape. Tatyana felt at home the minute she crossed the threshold at P.S. Growing up, she lived for Scholastic book orders, the library, and arts & crafts kits, and she considered cursive workbooks to be the pinnacle of fun (you can see why we were a match made in heaven). Tatyana's latest interest is watercolor painting, she loves every vehicle for caffeine, and she believes that you cannot have too many blank notebooks, so truly, go ahead and get it. Someday you'll want to write your memoirs. Might as well be ready.
Abbi Eccleston
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Abbi is a lettering artist and illustrator who whips up the most delightful sidewalk signage, creates imaginative and glorious window installations, and possesses maximum enthusiasm for all things. Case in point: her favorite coffee is "all the coffees!" She's a former elementary school teacher who also teaches paper crafting and lettering in our back studio. Since her two best friends moved in 3rd grade, she has loved all things stationery, making Postscript a magical mix of dreams come true--a place to be creative, connect with people, and surround herself with an always-changing stream of the cutest paper goods. And the cherry on top? All in the town where her parents grew up and that continues to mean so much to her whole family. When she's not at the shop, Abbi is constantly running after her three kids and two dogs along with her husband, Ryan, and you can bet she's dressed in outfits that are art unto themselves.
