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A year ago we wrote about the Brocaded Paper harpsichord that an Austrian instrument-maker, Martin Pühringer, had built. Pühringer took the Golden Fuchsia design from our Brocaded Paper collection of writing journals and incorporated it into the beautiful harpsichord seen...
Offering everything you need to keep life well-organized and in style, our beautifully designed 12-month dayplanners are the most popular items in our catalogue. Beginning in January and ending in December 2013, our planners are available in both Day-at-a-Time...
For our Fall 2012 catalogue we've added five new books to our popular Laurel Burch collection of writing journals. These new additions include an entirely new series, Laurel Burch Whimsical Creations, made up of two new designs: Ocean Song...
One of newest series, Ori, is based on the work of Yuko Nishimura, who fuses origami and origata in her art. This collection is made up of four designs available in the Mini format. The Art of the Fold Folding is...
Our newest collection, Nocturnelle, features designs that originate from an antique French binding from the 1800's. The original binding has a cover designed in 1829 by publishers A. & W. Galignani for The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. It...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born in 1749, was the greatest poet, writer and dramatist in German literature and also an eminent natural philosopher. His astute sense of observation allowed him to capture in his writing the multifaceted complexity of...
Some time ago we got into contact with Stephanie Bolton of Incense who told us that, not only do the teens in her art/dance mentoring program use Paperblanks journals for their art projects - they also use them for...
We're pleased to announce the new additions to the Paperblanks catalogue for Fall 2012. This catalogue includes two new collections -- Nocturnelle, with designs that reproduce the 1892 French book cover “The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore,” and Ori, with...
The results are in! To celebrate our 20th anniversary we held a contest asking fans to determine the top Paperblanks covers from our 20 year history of innovative design. Congratulations to the following winners, chosen at random: 1st Prize Winner The...
We're nearly a week into our new Facebook contest and we wanted to share with you the results so far. To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we're using the contest to ask Paperblanks fans to vote for their favourite out...