Sam Martin: Cards

Sam Martin is an artist who loves being in the great outdoors and this is obvious from her artwork which features the Lake District and lots of flowers. I bought a collection of her cards while shopping at Cherrydidi. Green Mist, Whinlatter. Window to Borrowdale Autumn colours on Derwent Water Blossom & Bluebells in Grasmere […]

Uses for Notebooks: Moleskine Pro Notebook

The PRO notebook from Moleskine is a great notetaking notebook. The Note Pages have an original and simple graphic layout to help organising your notes. I am currently using this notebook to catalogue and record my ideas and projects for one of my websites/projects. Many things are just an idea (and I need to set […]

Obvious State EDC Notebook – Pablo Neruda

Obvious State is a creative studio, their artwork and goods are inspired by beautiful language that has stood the test of time, poetry that stretches the imagination, and philosophy that prompts us to think deeply. Obvious State takes snippets of text from literature, philosophy, and poetry as inspiration for a visual response and illustration.  “I want to […]

Jo Witherington Art: Postcards from the Lake District

Originally from rural Cambridgeshire, Jo settled in the Lakes after years working & travelling overseas. Frustrated after long shifts working in pubs & cleaning toilets, she decided that there had to be more to life. She picked up a paint brush & began working in a corner of her tiny staff flat… A few years […]

kickstarter finds stationery notebooks

Kickstarter Finds 23-07-2023

New Kickstarter Campaigns There are some great new Kickstarter projects available since our last round-up. As usual, there is a good selection of crowd-funded stationery on offer (as well as some other projects that may be of interest) so why not check out some of these new projects/not previously mentioned projects: There is still time […]

Millie Marotta’s Woodland Wild

Millie Marotta’s colouring books are full of intricate nature based illustrations. When I was in Keswick recently at the Derwent Pencil Museum I purchased a pocket colouring book to go with my colouring pencils. Lose yourself in the calming world of woodland wildlife, from peaceful pine groves to a steamy tropical forest, with over 80 […]

Moleskine Pro Project Planner

Recently I added a couple of Moleskine Notebooks to my collection: the PRO notebook and the PRO Project Planner. The PRO Project Planner has lots of different types of pages that can be utilised to plan your project. It is effectively an undated planner with yearly, quarterly, monthly and Weekly plans – perfect to use […]

Kissing Hares Notebook

Give yourself a quiet moment with this beautifully designed notebook perfect for writing, taking notes, journaling, making lists and much more. The flexi-bound notebook has 176 sheets of ruled white paper, colour printed on the side edges with an elastic closure. This is perfect for an everyday carry notebook Product Details: Gifted Stationery Company | […]

Papergang – The Happy News (July 2023)

This box is designed by the Happy News aka Emily Coxhead and is sure to bring a smile to your face and help share positive vibes. Emily Coxhead is a designer, illustrator and creator of The Happy News, a newspaper celebrating only good news. Every single day there are people helping others and doing incredible […]