Hi, it’s Ali and Catie - the PWP summer ‘08 interns!

We’re super excited to introduce our very first YouTube video, based on the Perform at Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Social & Personal Success card deck by Jane Marla Robbins. We came up with the idea to make a video that was humorous and unique, which we hope will create curiosity about our products and generate even more positive buzz surrounding Perform at Your Best.

We enlisted Alex Cantatore, a young aspiring filmmaker from White Plains to help us tackle the project - and tackle he did! After presenting us with multiple pitches for video ideas, Alex agreed to put on a tutu, and get to work. It’s definitely turned out to be better than we could have imagined, and it was a fun project to work on.

Head on over to http://www.youtube.com/user/PlainWhitePress to check out the video!

In an 18-minute Radio Interview on CJAD Radio in Montreal, Jane Marla Robbins talks about how she came up with the idea for the acting techniques cards and how she uses them in her workshops. Even though actors have always used these techniques to make themselves more beautiful and self-confident on the stage, it was an “a-ha” moment for Jane to use these techniques for everyday tough situations.

As much as we love paper and ink, Plain White Press hums along on by using the internet to manage our projects and business. We had a conversation with Smart Money Small Business about how we use Basecamp, Freshbooks and other favorite applications.

We’re just in the processing of launching My Money Matters — now available online and (soon!) in bookstores everywhere. Galia Gichon, our financial expert, takes a wonderfully reassuring approach to managing your money — handle it with both your head and your heart. In today’s Huffington Post columnist Amy Swift recounts one of Galia’s recent talks at Ladies who Launch with terrific tips for reducing any panicky feelings.

Check out Galia’s advice for Financial Spring Cleaning on Fox News.

We’re delighted to accept the Gold Medal in the first ever Axiom business book Awards program in the category of Communication Skills/Networking. The deck of cards was developed by actor/coach Jane Marla Robbins who teaches the actors’ craft to ordinary people who can bring these skills to their everyday lives. It’s a self-help “book” that is fun-to-use and instantly accessible. Fun, everyday situations making learning these techniques not-so-business-as-usual.

We’re thrilled to announce our newest arrival, Sane Fitness Preggers. This new workout deck is designed to help active moms-to-be modify and, more importantly, continue working out during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of Pregnancy. (And it’s totally cute too!)

Shape magazine’s fitting in fitness blogger reviewed the cards.

Unbelievably fit new mom Beverley Caen (www.sanefit.com) and I were lucky enough to score a table at Shecky’s Beauty night out in NYC a couple of weeks ago. Schecky’s offers a great girlfriends night with free cocktails and goody bags that were so heavy that we’ll need to include them as recommended exercise equipment in the next deck! There were beauty demos, glam jewelry, and iVillage virtual makeovers all to an 80s sound track.

If you missed the event, you can still take advantage of our girlfriends night out offer — get two Sane Fitness Quickstart decks for $3o until the end of November. (Use coupon code: Sheckys30 at checkout).

Well, we’re thinking about it a lot. I recently had a conversation with www.visualthesaurus.com about the Plain White Press and the future of publishing. Read the Interview.

If you’re in New York on May 20-23, come see us at the National Stationery Show, Booth #1066. We promise we won’t move (much) from our booth where we’re debuting our new line of innovative, smartly-designed products for smart, but busy women.

We’ll have copies of Sane Fitness Quickstart, Starling Paper Lined Notebooks, and preview Perform at Your Best, My Money Matters, and Lite’N Up!