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Our new Olena's Garden journal series features the vibrant and captivating work of Olena Skytsiuk, a celebrated Petrykivka artist. Since the 17th century, Petrykivka painting has been a common sight in the Cossack settlements of the Dnyepr River region of...
Artistic, religious and cultural traditions unite in the handwoven fabric behind our new Sacred Tibetan Textiles series. For centuries, Muslim families in Varanasi, India, have practiced the art of handweaving silks to create cloths and vestments for sacred rituals. The...
The original leather binding reproduced for our Jewel of Urbino series was made around the turn of the 19th century in the city of Urbino, the picturesque capital of the Marche region of Italy. It contained a religious treatise translated...
Romantic Sensibility is one of our classic Paperblanks series, and it had been available in our collection for many years before being recently discontinued. With subtle embellishments and a peaceful colour scheme, this series took inspiration from the book...
For the past year we have been celebrating our 25th anniversary as Paperblanks journals. Over our 25-year history we’ve experimented with different cover designs, binding types and closures, but one thing that has always remained consistent is our passion...
High up on our Embellished Manuscripts wish list has long sat Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's much-loved and bestselling work of children's literature. This season we are so excited to be able to say this classic story is now a...
Our new Poetry in Bloom design reproduces the binding of The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems, a collection of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Written in the wake of his child’s death, Shelley’s title poem describes a flower garden...
At the heart of Paperblanks is a celebration of human creativity and culture. And what better way to back that up by showcasing diverse artists on our journal covers? From our first releases in 1992 right up until our...
We’re only a month into the new year and already we have some diverse and expressive new designs to share with you. From favourite characters of children’s literature to a reimagining of a classic Paperblanks series, our new collection...
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... The countdown to Christmas has officially begun, and to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas we're launching a Facebook campaign with great giveaways for writers, journallers and sketchers...