Saturday is International Friendship Day, and what better way to celebrate the meeting of like minds than to highlight some...
Can you only write after your second cup of coffee? Does your whole day seem off if you don’t begin...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people’s journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. Pleas send us...
A side effect of producing such beautiful journals is that we often hear Paperblanks® owners are nervous to “tarnish” the...
Name: Goldeen Ogawa Age: Mid twenties Residence: California, USA Occupation: I am a speculative fiction author, artist, illustrator and cartoonist, though I tend to blur the lines between those labels quite a lot. Teachers/Education: I didn’t have teachers as many people would recognize them,...
Every year since 1949, the United States has designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The theme for May 2014 is “Mind Your Health,” and it should serve as an important reminder for all of us of the effects that...
We’re consistently amazed and excited by the creative ways people find to use our Paperblanks® journals. Sometimes we celebrate these photographs by showcasing them as a Best of Instagram list, Artist Profile or Peek Inside…, but it’s relatively rare that...
One of the newest contenders in our Beautiful Bookstores series is Belgium’s La Librairie PTYX, which opened its doors in the fall of 2012. Located just a few steps from Place Flagey in Ixelles (a Brussels municipality), La Libraire PTYX...
Keeping a dayplanner is an important part of staying on top of your to-do lists and appointments, but we know that not everyone’s life falls neatly into a twelve-month cycle. It’s for this reason that our line of Dayplanners includes...
If you’ve ever watched Antiques Roadshow, you’ve no doubt taken a closer look at your own furniture and artworks and wondered whether they could hold hidden riches. And while stories of people finding forgotten masterpieces behind a wall or in...
This past Monday was World Limerick Day, a poetry appreciation day celebrated every year on the anniversary of Edward Lear’s birthday. The limerick is one of the best-known poetic forms due its accessible and humorous nature. Whether the subject matter...
Usually, our Paperblanks® Traveller series gives us the chance to live vicariously through the exciting and exotic adventures on which people take their journals and dayplanners. But, as this most recent entry reminded us, we sometimes forget to appreciate the...
From unexpected quarters come unlikely pioneers. Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was born to privilege in a time when young ladies of good breeding had few opportunities to feel truly useful. Nursing, in particular, was considered beyond the pale, yet the audacious...
After last year’s successful calligraphy event (and just in time for Mother’s Day), Paperblanks® and the New York Public Library’s Readers and Writers Shop are again joining forces to offer a special calligraphy signing afternoon. If you are going to...