🎁 A Gift Guide for Stationery Lovers: small business edition

An exercise in self-restraint that predictably failed: here are my recommendations this festive season

First, an apology. I’m sure you didn’t need another gift guide in your inbox. But, trust me, and scroll on - my hope is that the small businesses featured here offer a spark of inspiration for you and your loved ones, and perhaps introduce you to a few creators quietly producing extraordinary things this festive season.

All businesses featured here ship worldwide.

Leather Journals

If 2025 had a theme, for me it has to be the leather journal. I have wandered deep into this rabbit hole with my beloved Louise Carmen and Paper Republic journals. I adore each one (you can read about my entire journaling ecosystem here) but there is one persistent inconvenience: both are based in Europe.

Paper Republic 30% off code for bundles: RUBYPR30

The cost - both financial and environmental - of shipping refills for proprietary notebook sizes has niggled …