In a world where emails, text messages, and digital communication dominate, there's something truly special about receiving something handwritten through your letterbox. So how can you take your letter, note or card to the next level? Yep you guessed it, envelope art! Turning a plain envelope in...

Japan is the ultimate haven for stationery enthusiasts, offering a diverse and unique array of pens, notebooks, inks, and other writing tools that cater to both functional and aesthetic preferences. So when we visited last year I truly was in my ultimate happy place! Japan is well known for its e...

What is National Handwriting Day? It was started in 1977 by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association, an organisation that’s based in Washington, D.C., USA. Their aim for coming up with this day was to promote the use of pens, pencils and writing paper. It was decided that the 23rd of Jan...

Writing a letter is such a thoughtful way to express your feelings, and something that the recipient will cherish so much due to the time and care you have spent on it. A blank sheet can however be a bit daunting, and you may feel a bit lost in terms of where to begin, and so here are 8 ideas for...

Most of you may hear the words ‘fountain pen’ and are instantly taken back to memories of school and the start of a new term. It was always a standard navy or black Parker pen, you’d get ink on your fingers when changing the cartridges, the pen would roll off your desk and skid across the classro...

There’s a glamorisation that comes with owning your own business. You picture getting up when you want, easing yourself into the day with coffee, croissants and casually reading the broadsheets that are so big they basically pick a fight with you at every attempted turn of a page. You then work a...