If you happen to be visiting Lille (France), and are a paper-lover, you should definitively pay a visit to L’Atelier de la Sorcière Verte. They sell stationery items and organize paper-related workshops (bookbinding, mail art, origami, etc). The shop is full of lovely things, and set in a lively street. A must-see! When last in […]
Monday inspiration: Green (day)
Monday inspiration is back with some greenery today. Readings, notebooks, and city discoveries are on the menu!
Cloudy with a chance of cute: Noodoll notebook
Although we’re right in the middle of the summer, and no clouds are to be seen in the sky today, I’ll nevertheless introduce this super cute and cloudy notebook. I’m not usually keen on childlike designs when it comes to stationery, but I have to admit, sometimes, you can’t resist some cuteness when it takes […]
Porto: pieces of stationery right from Portugal
While on a city escape in Porto, Portugal, I’ve been chasing nice bits of stationery. To my delight, I found some interesting articles and local brands. Porto is a lovely city (charming people, nice streets to stroll, lots of history and a great atmosphere), and arts & craft makers are quite active there. Spoiler: This […]
Monday Mustard Inspiration
I’ve just read about Dijon (and its mustard) in Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer – which I strongly recommend if you like kind of crazy semi-autobiographical novels. So I thought I’d share a bit of mustard inspiration with you today: Chips poster by illustrator Barbara Dziadosz from Frankie Magazine Coaster from Nya Carnegiebryggeriet brewery, Stockholm […]
Say hello to Ola notebooks
Freshly back from London, I’m thrilled to share with you my latest discovery: Ola Studio, an exciting young stationery brand. Drawing its inspiration from architecture and geometry, Ola’s stationery has a big focus on patterns. With clear, modern design, bright and shiny colours, the collection is declined in carefully crafted notebooks, cards and diaries. They […]
Revolutionary Road, Vintage Waterstones Special Edition
DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Oscar-nominated movie Revolutionary Road, does it ring a bell? It all comes from a fascinating book by Richard Yates. I can’t say which one I experienced first (the book, probably), but I remember very well seeing the book in one of London’s Waterstones bookstore. Once again, I had no choice […]
Write great lists with Season Paper Collection
Who doesn’t like to write a list once in a while, to get things done? Isn’t it even better if you’ve got a lovely notepad handy to help? Season Paper Collection is a delicate, paper-loving brand which creates, among other things, some charming notepads. Why focusing today on notepads? This is how I discovered them, […]
Send beautiful cards with Letterpress de Paris
With the new year coming soon, it’s time to send your best wishes to your friends and family! To help you with this, here comes Letterpress de Paris, a small French company publishing some beautiful letter-pressed cards: Letterpress de Paris has partnered with talented designers from various backgrounds to create a gorgeous collection of cards […]
Mark’s Travelife Notebook
To all notebook lovers. You probably know what it is to have this big new project you want to start from scratch, and you open a new notebook and get started (the story doesn’t how long it lasts). When you travel, and always find a lovely notebook on your way and can’t help but buy […]