March 9, 2005

The Paper Chase

Rugg Road Paper Class

Admit it: You want a reputation.

No, not that kind.

You want to be known as the kid whose gifts are always wrapped like ultracool works of art. The one who makes cards from scratch — that look a whole lot sweeter and more personal than anything you’d find in stores.

And you just know there are classes out there to help you do it. Problem is the schedules. Committing to every Tuesday for eight straight weeks or some such nonsense? Are you kidding?

Easy now, breathe for a second. Rugg Road Paper Company, the Beacon Hill boutique known to make creativity contagious, is now offering custom card-making classes with no preset schedule. So no sleeping through three sessions to get to what you really want to learn. Just call and tell them what you want to master (card making, gift wrapping, rubber stamping, or printmaking) and what night you want to do it, and they’ll hook you up. You’ll be dazzling friends and loved ones in no time.

And your new rep will get such buzz, they’ll forget all about that other one. Ahem.

Rugg Road Paper Company, 105 Charles Street, between Revere and Pinckney Streets, Beacon Hill (617-742-0002).