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Small attachments that make up a world.

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Back to Black. #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #notebook #notebooklover #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #pens #pencil #writing #material #apuntes #palaisdetokyo #ohto #poketo #campus #black https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpUTj4Dfs4/?igshid=1rn4ibbh6rj11

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A marooned feeling. #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #pen #pencil #journal #material #maroon #merci #kartotek #postalco #kawecoink #prism https://www.instagram.com/p/CLcRUarDpoQ/?igshid=18m8evfbneug3

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Notem, UMA Large Notebooks While all three of the beauties are, indeed, beautiful, the pink one was my first, true, @notem_studio love. These minimalist grid large notebooks are aesthetically pleasing. I picked up the pink one at a small, curated giftshop in Paris, in the Montmartre neighborhood (you know, Amelie's hood). It was called Le Rocketship, and the shopkeeper was legit friendly--a rare thing in Paris. And as somebody whose French is really rusty, perhaps awful, I was both relieved and grateful to talk to somebody about stationery in English. I gravitated toward the pink Notem grid notebook immediately, and he was very excited to let me know it was a new acquisition from Denmark. His enthusiasm was infectious, and I couldn't pass up getting this slightly spendy, but completely worth-it notebook. What is particularly special about these pieces is their absolute paper-i-ness. Is that a word? It is now, haha. The covers are a thicker paper, akin to a light cardboard, but bendable and dependable. The lined pages appear on one side while blank on the other, and the notebooks open flat. It will make an ideal place for a large-scale project, whenever I can decide to actually put pen to paper--but maybe I'll save the pink version and use the gray or blue instead ! #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #bujogram #bujoplanner #notebook #notem #material #grid #uma https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXEH1pDYvP/?igshid=gpat93yxyz74

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Some of our favorite excerpts from Roland Barthes’ always compelling A Lover’s Discourse. #bookstagram #books #barthes #quotes #loversdiscourse #lovers #love #valentines #affect #signs https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNDlhbDeXS/?igshid=k33epxt2xr3

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We are always a bundle of contradictions when it comes to how we feel about Valentine’s Day. Still, we are certain about one thing: we always swoon for the cards that come out each year. It’s really the only time of the year that a generic holiday deeply affects our romantic and nostalgic side. We grabbed a bunch from our recent stationery haul from #greerchicago and these are a few that really dug their ways into our ❤️❤️❤️. We can’t wait to use them to help set all our ships sail. @fugufugupress @a_laise_stationery @dearhancock #stationeryhaul #stationery #valentines #card #greetingcards #love #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #material #romantic #friendship https://www.instagram.com/p/CLKMfEejWn0/?igshid=1ki643obshqis

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Just received our latest #stationeryhaul from @greerchicago Supes excited to unwrap everything! #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #notebook #laconic #papiertigre #allpinepress #kohinoor #moglea #postalco #material https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFBYJ2jEof/?igshid=e5tlkl7xgok5

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Poketo, Notebook, Confetti Gold always gets me, can't help it. Poketo's festive design with this confetti notebook is fun and smart with its playful minimalism. This piece was picked up at the @poketo shop in 2018 in the Culver City area of LA. It was really difficult to pick out just some stuff at Poketo, and it also helps when you know you're supporting fellow Asian Americans ! What is especially nice about the brand is how bright their products are, and how they embrace color and varied geometric shapes to great effect. They are not just a stationery brand, in many ways the varied products from combs and pocket mirrors to plates and bento boxes cater to creative folks who desire something outside of the muted neutrals that dominate most social media feeds. Don't ever change, Poketo. In terms of this particular notebook, I was drawn to the gold edged pages at first. Normally I avoid white, but the starkness of it with the brightly colored confetti was perfectly done. The confetti colors, too, are not at all excessive or overdone, maintaining a specific palette without being dull about it. The pages themselves are blank, which is the hardest for me to use, as I'm rather rigid in my need for lines or grids, preferably. Given that its pages are blank, though, makes it perfect as a gift itself, or as a treasured sketchbook. Its a delightful hardcover, sturdy in its composition, but size-wise perfect for a smaller tote. And once you take it out of your bag, bam! the fancy gold and fun confetti cover is 'bound' to impress (notebook pun alert!)! #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #affirmations #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #bujogram #bujoplanner #notebook #poketo #material #confetti #gold https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4Lb_4jAlE/?igshid=ojfyb3bthcx6

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Rust looks #stationery #writing #writingutensils #pens #pencils #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #journal #bujogram #bujoplanner #material #tan #postalco #notem #rps #ph #blackwing https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzeLSnjVUF/?igshid=1lp1vcgfp8eok

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@aykasa folding crates cradle our precious #notebooks #office #officedecor #officedesign #organize #desk #stationery #stationeryhaul #deskware #organizedlife #crates #notebooks #journal #bujo https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmKVQtj_Kj/?igshid=m60wdp4ps8li

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We 💜 ♥️ ❤️ these Apuntes Pastel Ecléctico Ballpoint pens in azul, amarillo, and dorado. #pen #penhaul #pens #penlove #penlover #writingcommunity #writing #pencommunity #pengram #apuntes #mexico #stationery #stationeryhaul #stationary #office #desk #study #studybuddy https://www.instagram.com/p/CKkIKQojL8Q/?igshid=g7rtekb5vesv

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Darling Clementine: R. P. S., Notes, Edit_08, Sand/Beige This notebook is part of a beautiful series by Norwegian company Darling Clementine (@darlingclementine.no). They include exterior color and interior pattern variations. Each notebook is labeled as R.P.S. (rock, paper, scissors) 'edits.' This particular edition is between a sand-beige and a mustardy-yellow, with a bold teal and black pattern on the inside front and back covers. It comes, too, with an attached ribbon bookmark; and it includes lined pages. Not only are they visually striking, but the covers feel amazing, a hardcover notebook that still feels soft and a lil bit luxe, especially in its minimalist cover and maximalist inside. I am particularly fond of these notebooks, and have too many different 'edits' at this point. Jk, there is no such thing as too many Darling Clementine notebooks. I first picked these up at one of my favorite stationery stores, Chicago's Greer, a black-owned shop with some of the best stationery selection in the U.S. I became a bit obsessed, and noticed how fast the R.P.S. notebooks would sell out at Greer's online shop. I ended up ordering a number of different Darling Clementine products directly from Norway as part of their closing sale in Summer 2020, as they are now focusing on design consulting. I will post the other edits as well, as the color and pattern combinations are too much to not feature. #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #bujogram #bujoplanner #desk #material #notebook #notes #rps #greer #darlingclementine #norway #scandinavian https://www.instagram.com/p/CKeCq3VDKEz/?igshid=1qck27fbtxh6i

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Last year we were charmed by the @apuntes.mx we randomly came across and decided to start off the year by ordering direct. This is our haul! We can’t wait to unwrap and write more about all these enchanting objects. 😊 #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #affirmations #2021bulletjournal #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #bujogram #bujoplanner #material #apuntes #desk #material #mexico https://www.instagram.com/p/CKWjR45D1Er/?igshid=gjvk52xoo2y5

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Me miss travel, wandering foreign streets. Thinking back fondly to 2018 where we happened upon @librairieartazart. Tucked away by the very chill square des recollets, Artezart is a place that’ll nourish any lover of art and aesthetically interesting books. #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #booknerd #artbook #paris #travel https://www.instagram.com/p/CKT6T0iDNIE/?igshid=awxu6iaztsej

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Apuntes, Lomo Oh man, @apuntes.mx got it right with this notebook. This young, Mexico City-based brand has these “Lomo” notebooks that are so smartly designed, the color combination of azul/blue with its bright pink binding is currently sold out. It is hard not to be taken by this particular version, but I am equally taken with their more subdued beiges and browns as well, reminiscent of Muji’s thin lined five-pack. I found this one a bit tucked away in Charlottesville’s Rock Paper Scissors (@rps_cville) shop, in the back with a bunch of their more global selections. I was easily drawn to them, and was genuinely thrilled to see a brand that both had a fresh take on the contemporary notebook form and was based outside of the usual global stationery hubs. The matte cover and its contrasting binding are absolutely perfect, and the selection online shows their darker and lighter varieties, as well as other various notebooks with striking shots and close-ups that remain stylishly streamlined. By including these details of the interior on the exterior–page numbers, base, size, and so forth–Apuntes’s Lomo notebook is a lil bit perfect, setting themselves apart in a way that doesn’t feel excessive or akin to anything else. While I usually prefer dots or lines for my pages, this blank version is still so lovely, lays perfectly flat, and has a handy back pocket for any ephemera that finds it way inside. As it is with any stationery brand I find myself drawn to, I have a few more of these to share in the coming weeks and months, so look out for those posts. #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #affirmations #2021bulletjournal #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #bujogram #bujoplanner #stationarylover #azul #material https://www.instagram.com/p/CKOk9S3jztH/?igshid=rwfy61zcnnkf

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Mishmash spiral notebook. @mishmashpt There is something so practical about a spiral-bound notebook. It is nostalgic in the way many of us may have grown up using Mead college-ruled notebooks for our high school or college classes, maybe Five Star if we were feeling particularly flushed with cash. Even with a stationery obsession, I depended on these trustworthy albeit plain single-colored, simply hued books. But after many years of experimenting with notebooks, enjoying all that my graduate school bookstore (shout out to Seattle’s hidden stationery gem, the basement of the University of Washington bookstore) had to offer for both my many seminars and my quarterly teaching, I returned to the dependable spiral when it came to the culmination of my graduate study. I used a spiral notebook, buried somewhere in this home, to start thinking about my many ideas for my project. This long preamble is to say that I fell in love with the spiral notebook again thanks to the minimalist beauty that is mishmash’s Easy Breezy notebook. Portuguese brand mishmash specializes in “everyday tools” that are first and foremost minimalist, but they capture a minimalism that is still playful and never boring. Like most of my new favorites, I found this through @Greerchicago, though this was an online purchase I made in the haze of pre-pandemic life. What is so lovely about this this wide-spiraled notebook is yes, of course, it’s perfect pastel-y hues, a lavender that is subtly bluish as well, with these life-giving bright mint spirals, with a substantial 180 pages. In its lavender version, the pages come in dots, for all my #bujo people; but, in a different color, it might come lined, or in boxes, or blank, offering all the forms for all the preferences. And to top it off, the spirals allow for 360 degree rotation. A pretty impressive, potentially perfect, and definitely useful spiral for any project on the horizon. #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #affirmations #2021bulletjournal #bulletjournalc https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ3ydsBBJ54/?igshid=81ympkxj48ri

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New year’s resolution is to keep learning languages. #日本語 #べんきょうしましょう #がんばります #studdybuddy #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #readersofig #readinggoals #languagelearning #language #polyglot #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #desk #desksetup #notebook #studying #motivation #newyear #resolution #stabilo #quattro #kitta #sharpening https://www.instagram.com/p/CJvi8SihK25/?igshid=1npjx1ohissul

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Danish brand Kartotek does Scandinavian design proper, and these grid-exterior, lined interior soft covered notebooks are ideal for short-term projects given their slim size. They come in a variety of colors, and are striking in their simplicity. “Everyday Notes” are 40 sheets, or 80 pages, and irresistible in person. I found my first one in the beloved lil stationery spot Little Otsu, formerly of the Bay area and now in a prime location in SE Portland. I picked up a rust colored version these, and had to get more as they became available on Little Otsu’s site not too long ago, and went wild with arranging to get the various shades of burgundy and mint, and the above navy version. These particular notebooks reflect a modernist and minimalist sensibility. They feel light and quite ideal for note-taking, both serious study and jotting down meeting notes, versatile in their usage. The color palette of the notebooks is one that proves perfect in its fall and wintery hues. And writing them certainly feels right, especially with a beloved gel or rollerball pen or, perhaps, a vintage mechanical pencil. We will be sure to feature the other shades of the Kartotek soon, as they are too lovely to not share. @kartotekcopenhagen everyday notebooks. #stationery #stationary #desk #journaling #studygram #office #stationeryaddict #stationerylove #stationeryshop #stationeryhaul #stationeryfinds #bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #diary #planneraddict #bulletjournal #bujo #2021bulletjournal #bulletjournalcommunity #bujocommunity #plannercommunity #journal #bujogram #bujoinspirations #bujoideas #bujoplanner #material https://www.instagram.com/p/CJn_D4HhsgC/?igshid=qozi6uymkq33