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Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Behind the Cover is a blog series about the origins of our designs. The miniature lacquer...
If we were Marty McFly, we would spend our time in the past scouring ancient cultures for truly amazing works of art to reproduce. However, we would probably get so wrapped up in our dream shopping trip that we...
When Yonnie sailed the Aegean Sea this September, the problem was not choosing which Paperblanks journals to bring, but which ones not to! About her trip, Yonnie writes: I chose the Nocturnelle Mini mainly to record the names and a brief history of the...
Jane Austen’s last completed work, Persuasion (1818), is her only novel to feature a heroine past her first youth, and it is certainly the author’s most biting and ironic work. Austen is perhaps the best-loved of all female English novelists....
Every Paperblanks® book is inspired by world art and culture, by traditional craft and practice, and by visionaries, rebels and artists across the ages. Behind the Cover is a blog series about the origins of our designs. From peaceful warriors...
Previously on the Endpaper Blog's 10-Year Journal Real-Life Stories Don't Miss a Moment: 10-Year Journals are Here! 10-Year Journals: Tips and Tricks for Recording Your Decade! 10-Year Journals: FREE Milestone Booklets are Here! 10-Year Journals: The Perfect Gift For New Parents  10-Year Journals: Take...
At Paperblanks® we believe that the simple, crucial act of producing books makes us part of a circle in which new realities can be born. Evolving from perception to fact, fact to truth and truth to reality, we experience...
Emilie, a member of the Paperblanks Team, recently took a much-deserved vacation to Croatia. And of course, she brought a travel journal along for the ride! About her trip, Emilie writes: These photos were taken in Plitvice Lakes National Park,...
Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables is a sprawling 1500-page tale of tragedy, strife and redemption. This novel, initially scorned by French critics as immoral, overly sentimental and traitorous to the regime, is now considered one of the greatest literary works of...
Rococo-style artwork is often dismissed as being florid and without substance. However, we’d like to revive this 18th-century style and celebrate it for offering, quite simply, decorativeness as its own reward. The Rococo style offered a rebellion against the strict...