House of Lords Notebook

Gift shops are always great places to find some cool and unique stationery items. When travelling (both at home and abroad) I always try and visit a gift shop or two for some touristy/unique stationery items or a perfect holiday memento. I recently visited the House of Lords and picked up this A5 notebook/journal. It […]

Photographer: Stuart McGlennon (Lens District Gallery)

On a recent visit to the Lake District, I visited the Lens District Gallery which showcases the work of Stuart McGlennon, a multi award-winning professional landscape photographer and gallery owner. I purchased a print of “The Rannerdale Bluebells”. I was originally hoping to hang this on my stairs as a memento of our latest trip, […]

Obvious State EDC Notebook – George Sand

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.  “As soon as […]

Jennifer Guest Notebook

On a recent visit to the Lake District, I discovered artist Jennifer Guest whose artwork features scenes from the Scotland, the lake district, wild swimming and wildlife. Jennifer’s passion is drawing. The colour goes down first, using ink and coloured pencils, which are great for blending. The drawing goes on top, going over the line […]

Kickstarter Find: Sacred Beasts Enamel Pin & Stickers Collection

I recently backed the “Sacred Beasts Enamel Pin Collection” Kickstarter by graphic designer Georgina Swift of Swiftterly. There are two different colour variants to every pin, dark and light version. There enamel pins are available in the following designs: I backed the Waterproof Vinyl Sticker Set which included 5 stickers of my choice. I went for […]

Derwent “Artists” Colouring Pencils

I recently had a mini-break in the Lake District and while I was there I went to Keswick and went to the Derwent Pencil Museum. Keswick is the home of the first pencil, and the museum tracks the history of graphite and the pencil, includes the story of the real “Q” and his secret WW2 […]

Obvious State EDC Notebook – Virginia Woolf

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.  “Desiring truth, awaiting […]

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Kickstarter Finds 18-06-2023

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 […]