The purple-flowered stationery was lovely, and just what Jared expected from his great-grandmother on his 17th birthday.

That's because there r 2 types of stationery.

1.Stationary means standing still

2.Stationery means pencils pens etc.

So that's why stationery is called stationery

the homophone for stationery is stationary

Corporate stationery is stationery that is made for a specific corporation. A corporation may have stationery such as envelopes, letterheads, and presentation covers created for them.