Hi all, I have a work trip next week in San Francisco and have a few days off while I’m there. Does anyone have any recommendations for stationery shops for things like cute postcards, washi and stickers, ie stuff for journaling and postcrossing? I love cute stuff like stickii club, Pipsticks etc, so anything with similar type items. I’ve been googling but I’m a bit overwhelmed by the selection as I am from a tiny country that has nothing of the sort haha so I am not used to having much to choose from. So just wondering if any locals or people who have visited before have any favourites or suggestions. Thanks so much!!

I use my desk drawer since I don’t like things on top of my desk. It’s quite difficult to find pens and pencils that are just floating around. I have highlighters and colored pencils still in their original package. There are also miscellaneous bullet journal supplies just floating around. Is there anything on amazon worth checking out? Have you done any DIY method using things around the house? I use old cups to store makeup brushes inside a bathroom cabinet, but I don’t see cups working in this situation.

Hello!

Im a College student who goes through about 300 pages of highlighting in textbooks a week. I have an annotating system and use a few different colors

Any advice on highlighters that last long? I’m currently using midliners, but I don’t really need the double ended points, just one highlighter tip will do!

Thanks sm in advance!!

Hi all, I have been buying all my stationery from Amazon. Not always great quality but affordable 🤷🏻‍♀️

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for good online stores with quality items, things from different places (eg nice Japanese stationery, curious/different, etc). Thank you!

I use red and blue .7mm mechanical lead because it doesn't smudge. But I need this type of lead in black, the problem is everything I see in black is graphite. I've boughten a few just to find out it's not even close to the same material as the blue/red. Has anyone found a black lead that's made like the the typical blue and red lead from Pental or UNI?

hi so i recently ordered from stationery pal (on lny, pretty bad timing) and was wondering how long they usually take to ship? i’m from australia and have seen many ppl say it’s taken 2 weeks minimum so i’m curious on other ppls experiences ^^

I would say I have three tiers of paper use and the clutter and disorganization is drowning my creativity and productivity.

Tier 1: I write quick thoughts or reminders on sticky notes

Tier 2: I write ideas and designs on sketch paper that I come back to later and re-detail or write more about

Tier 3: Lecture notes or notes after reading for condensing thoughts, ideas and what I just learned.

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My main use are Tier 1 sticky notes, and I really appreciate their lose-leaf, and portability factor. Though I find my thoughts and reminders and todo lists pile up and often need re-consolidation to new sticky notes or outright purges for outdated notes.

Is this just the way it goes, and im already at the best I can get? I was considering a small 3x5 spiral notebook, portable, pocket-able, and i can rip pages out. Though pages dont really rip neatly out of them if theyre spiral. Unless there are perforated 3x5 spiral scratch pads?

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Tier 2: I think I found the correct format for ideas. A spiral notebook, to lay flat. Either plain or dotted, or faint grid lined. Thin (not heavy) paper. And works great with gel and fountain pens. Its portable, yet gives me enough space to write ideas and isnt bulky for its size. 5x7.

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Tier 3: Ive just been using an ipad with good notes for quick sketching/notes or drafting ideas. But I find the amount of clicks and thinking to do- to get into my notes or create a new one is draining on the aforementioned task.

I would like to try lose leaf B5 or A4 paper, in a soft spiral binder with organizer tabs. Upto this point its just been the ipad, and not being able to view multiple pages at once (spreading pages out on a desk) is limiting to study. Ipad (and i guess subsequently e-ink notebooks) are one day devices, they will take your ideas effectively (writing speed and format-ability on the fly (resizing and repositioning text)) but it feels like it takes forever to retrieve the information.

I’ve been using spiral-bound A5 maruman notebooks for years for business note taking. I’m nearing the end of the last one I have, although, and it looks like the prices available to me have doubled since the last time I needed to order any. So, here I am looking for recommendations for an alternative.

With that preamble out of the way, I’m looking for a notebook that checks as many of the following boxes as possible.

In order of importance:

• I have to be able to buy them in Canada
• As I’ll be submitting the request to my employer, I’ll need to keep things as affordable as possible.
• they’ll need to be able to stand up to fountain pen inks with at the most, minimal feathering.
• A5 size (or thereabouts)
• Spiral binding
• non-blank pages. No real preference between graph, dot, or lined

Any suggestions?

Hi everyone! I’m building out the stationery section on Shomp. The site helps people discover great stores and track sales. Right now, I've got 33 stationery stores, I'd love your help finding more.

You can see them here: shomp.com/c/stationery.

What stores should I add? Please drop them in the comments!

If you’re interested, you can sign up to follow your favorites and get one email with their sales email morning.

(A quick note - some stores pay an affiliate fee. You can just visit the store directly if that’s not your thing)

Thanks! Excited to discover some new stores.

Hello,

I'm looking for a recommendation of a slim note book (or set of them). I need:

• reasonable quality paper
• lined
• soft cover
• pretty
• available in the UK

Any recommendations? I need to buy online and find it very difficult to judge quality.

Hi, I've been in love with the above pen for studying, its awesome for taking quick colored notes without all the clunkiness. However, it runs out of ink way too fast and I've had to spend a lot of money refilling it over and over. I was wondering if there were a pen similar to it in both looks and functionality while also lasting longer

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By u/Singulum sharing their office desk/wall, I remembered that one of the UK's leading authors Will Self has donated his library of post it notes to the British Library.
‘Post-it’ notes in the Will Self archive - English and Drama blog

Unusually, a professional photographer has taken 71 photos of his office ,which he calls "writing room", many are quite extraordinary in relation to the post-its and organised chaos. I attach one above.

https://www.will-self.com/writing-room/index.php

I ordered last Monday ( 1/20 ) and there hasnt been a shipping confirmation or anything, I was wondering if this is normal?

There is so much hype about the UniOne pens, but mine skip like crazy on every paper I’ve tried. Is there a trick?

I really only want to love them because they don’t smear under my highlighter (except for the black). (I give plenty of time to dry, and I’m not talented enough at predicting my words to highlight first.)

But the skipping! It’s nuts. Am I doing something wrong? It seems better when I write in cursive.

So far i've been keeping up with my diary this month and i loveeee glitter so i wanted a glitter gel pen to write with! I don't mind if the glitter gets all over the page, i just want the actual gel, the words, to stay intact and not smudge. I live in Canada so preferably something I could get on Amazon or online (if you're canadian and know of a brand i could buy IRL thats good too) Any suggestions?