Empowering Individuality

Articles to inspire yourself-expression.

The latest Paperblanks Traveller submission has our mouths watering. Earlier this month, Ines took her Embellished Manuscripts Poe, Tamerlane Dayplanner on a fantastic food tour of Paris, writing: Paris has always been on my list of places to visit; so many...
We never cease to be amazed by the creative uses people find for their Paperblanks journals. It's no secret that we're fans of the art of calligraphy, so we're especially excited to get the chance to Peek Inside Kimberley's...
September is here, which means "back to school" for many people. But learning is lifelong, and students of all ages and walks of life can benefit from some simple note-taking strategies. Whether you're writing key takeaways from a lecture...
Name: Terrence James Coffman Age: 69 City/Town: Jefferson, Wisconsin Country: USA Places: I currently live in Jefferson, WI. I was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Falls Church, VA. In the mid '90’s I lived in Lacoste, France where I began...
It's starting to feel like autumn here in Vancouver, Canada, so what better time to get back to nature and admire the lush leaves of the Rocky Mountain forest while they're still green? Our latest Paperblanks Traveller comes from...
A few months ago, we published our first bilingual Peek Inside post and today we're proud to be able to do it again! Check out, in English AND Spanish, what the very talented Lorena has to say about her...
As we get ready to introduce our Fall 2014 Paperblanks® collection (seriously – check back on Tuesday for big news!), we thought today would be the ideal time to suggest some interesting journalling ideas to help inspire you to...
Writing Wednesday usually means helpful advice and words of wisdom from those who have dedicated their lives to writing. However, as we learned with this post on "How (Not) to Write Like a Famous Author," the act of being...
Name: Daniel Rolnik Age: 25 City/Town: Los Angeles, CA Country: USA Places, Travelled & Lived: Every state in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Japan, Australia and Israel Loves: Art, underground culture, folktales and Los Angeles hamburgers Teachers/Education: Ex’pression College for...
A need to express one's self, a desire to entertain, a call to expose a certain truth – these are all reasons why people take to pen and paper. Whether you believe, as Joseph Epstein opined in a 2002...