stationery
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Review: Kinbor Undated Weekly Planner
It’s planner season again, and seeing everyone buying their Hobonichi Weeks has made me want to try a weekly planner again. Since I’m not confident I’ll stick with it (me and weekly planners have history!), and I don’t want to have to wait until 2027 to start it, I decided not to splash out on… Read more
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My Stationery Origin Story
For me, my lifelong love of stationery is bound up with my lifelong love of writing. I was an avid reader as a child, and this eventually morphed into a wish to tell my own stories. I wasn’t too picky about the stationery I used as a kid, it was just a tool to capture… Read more
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Review: Midori Commonplace Book
I’ve been commonplacing for quite a while and have used a variety of notebooks for this purpose, but I’ve recently tried out Midori’s dedicated Commonplace book. This is an A6 card cover notebook full of Midori’s incredible, fountain pen friendly paper, and it has several features that make it perfect for commonplacing and organising notes. … Read more
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Stationery Favourites – August 2026
Summer is nearly over, and the weather has really taken a turn here in the UK. I feel like we get to this time of year and the weather just goes ‘nope, Summer is over’, and that’s it. I personally don’t mind the cooler temperatures, I’d just prefer not to get completely soaked on my… Read more
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Can you have too many hobbies?
A few years ago I would have described myself as a serial hobbyist: I would pick up and drop hobbies on a near monthly basis, but for a brief time, I was absolutely obsessed with my latest pastime. Thankfully, these days I seem to have settled on a core set of hobbies, which I’m consistent… Read more
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If I Could Only Keep 10 Fountain Pen Inks…
A few weeks ago I did a blog post called ‘If I Could Only Keep 10 Fountain Pens…’, where I theoretically cut my extensive pen collection down to just ten (note the word theoretically!). I was really excited to see that several other people in the online fountain pen community made their own lists, and… Read more
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Stationery Favourites – July 2026
July was another fun month, which involved more travel. Jay and I went on my family’s annual camping trip, this time to the Lake District. We visited Keswick and swam in the river Eden, which was lovely, considering how incredibly hot it was. It was a fun trip, but I came back extremely sunburnt! As… Read more
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A UK Stationery Fest Haul
I first heard about Stationery Fest a couple of years ago, but in both 2024 and 2025, the stars never aligned, and I wasn’t able to go. But 2026 was the year I finally got there, and I’m so glad I did! I went with my fiancé Jay, my Dad (a fellow stationery lover!), my… Read more
