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No. 137781

Any anons here that love stationary? Do you hoard it or actually use it?

Any favorite brands? Where is your favorite place to shop?

No. 137782

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>>137781
Those notepads look adorable! I recently picked up a Ban.do agenda like pic related and I love it but I'm so bad at staying organized and actually using it.

I'd really like some recommendations for where to buy cute stationary online as well if anyone has any! I

No. 137783

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>>137782

That's cute too, I love large print floral designs. I've never heard of that brand but ill check it out.

The notebooks in the OP are from fallindesign.com

It's a korean brand, and they have A LOT of cute stuff. They ship directly from Korea though, so the shipping is super expensive. Shipping for a $70 haul is around $25 - $30 which just kills me, but they have a lot of cute things, and the many of the products aren't too expensive.

No. 137784

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>>137782

Also, jetpens.com has a really nice selection of pens/writing tools (as well as other stationary things). They focus more on function
than cute aesthetics, but they have a lot of nice looking writing tools. I recently have begun writing with fountain pens, and have been wanting to upgrade to something a bit nicer than the crappy one I have.

Wondering is anyone has had any experience ordering from them.

No. 137785

This thread is killing me, I already have too much nice stationery I never use!

Another anon recommended Blippo, I had a pretty good experience with them. They have a decent selection of stationery and other stuff like snacks, plus free shipping. I appreciate Daiso's stationery selection too, cute and cheap.

No. 137786

Oh my god this is my thread.
I hoard it like mad. It's an addiction. I never wanted to use any of it because then it will be gone. So much paper, envelopes, stickers, writing utensils, tape, stamps, punches, erasers, etc., Etc.
Thrift stores have some awesome stuff for super cheap, especially vintage cards and stuff.

No. 137787

>>137786
Samefag, I keep saying I need a pen pal to use this stuff but I'll probably never keep up with it.

No. 137788

>>137787

I never pen pal, but I write thank you notes for everything. Dinner at someone's house, gifts recieved, stayed at someone's house during a trip, random letters to parents/grand parents with little life updates, etc… The older people especially appritiate it. I also never buy a birthday/holiday specific card, I always use the stationery I have, sometimes they'll be holiday themed but it never has text to indicate it.

No. 137789

>>137787
Don't get a penpal, it's only your addicition trying to justify itself.

I have also a beautiful and MASSIVE stationary collection and justify always buying more because of penpals. Sometimes if I really like something, I get it twice, just in case.

No. 137790

I actually have a Japanese pen pal and she sends me letters and packages with the cutest stationary and stickers. I've only just started collecting this kind of stuff.

I want to send her letters that are just as cute, hah hah.

No. 137791

For those that hoard, I'd love to see your stash. Maybe show off some of your favorite things?

No. 137792

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Back when I first started writing to my penpal, I used really cheap but cute stationary I got from the dollar store because I didn't have a whole lot of money then. Now I have a little more than I used to and I buy a little but of some nicer stuff. I like buying stickers and putting them on the closing of the envelope. My penpal gets her stuff from a store in her town and sometimes Amazon.

For pens I use the ones from Jetoy. They aren't fancy or anything but they're cute to write with.

No. 137793

>>137787
Where would you even go about getting a penpal?

No. 137794

>>137788
Ooh that's a good idea. My grandparents in particular might like little random "thinking of you"s.
>>137793
Yeeeears ago I joined some website that had people all over the world looking for penpals. Don't know if it still exists, but I'd maybe do something like that. Or maybe look around on interest fb groups I'm in or something, and see if someone wanted to be a pen pal.

No. 137795

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I love cute stationary but I hate my own handwriting. I've worked on improving my penmanship but it still feels like a waste for me to write on any pretty papers. It's the worst with journals/diaries, I hate to fill them with ugly scrawls so I never use my ornate ones. Still, I covet cute letter sets, and I'm into card making and paper crafts so I think having a penpal, even if it's just a one off exchange, would be fun. If anyone is interested, hit me up.

I got a planner from mochithings.com a couple of years ago. I went for a hobonochi techo this year but it's honestly a bit too much "planner" for me, even though the tomoe river paper is lovely. Currently deciding between getting another cute planner from mochithings for 2017 or trying one of the smaller hb inserts.

>>137784
I love jetpens! I placed a few orders at for pens, notebooks, brushes, and ink and I love them all! It's been a while since my last order, so I don't remember exactly how long shipping took, but I remember all my orders went smoothly and I had no complaints.

No. 137796

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>>137795
I feel like I have the exact same problem! I hoard pretty notebooks and never end up using them because I don't want to defile them with my chicken scratch writing. It's becoming a real problem.

No. 137797

>>137795
OMG I'm the same. Ended up taking a calligraphy workshop through school and it turned my work around. Highly recommend!

I'm a huge stationary nerd. Try to keep the actual volume of stuff down to a reasonable amount, but I use a large Kikki K planner daily and that allows lots of a room for sticky notes and pens and clips and… all the pretty shit, basically

No. 137798

Am I the only one thinking about how cute a lolcow penpal exchange would be?

No. 137799

>>137798
No, I was thinking the same haha

No. 137800

Mexico has extremely cute stationary. I used to have these Pucca spiral notebooks that I bought from a superstore over there and it was pretty and embossed and I wish I still had them just to keep the covers. School supplies over there is expensive af though.

Other than that, I absolutely love stickers. And I love crafting and making shit. I handmade a scrapbook for my boyfriend a long time ago and it's one of my proudest work! Crafting is the only time I use my special stickers and beautiful pens. I wish scrapbooking were a normal young adult hobby. It's my guilty pleasure hobby.

Anybody crazy about decorative tape? I have a tiny roll that's pale pink and has white kitties on them!

No. 137801

>>137793
It took me awhile to find my pen pal. A lot of people would rather email than write an actual letter anymore so it can take a while to find one. I found mine from an online community that had a section for finding penpals. Half of the people looking for a penpal didn't want an actual penpal sadly. They all wanted t write extremely brief emails all the time. I just kept looking until I found my penpal.

Try finding a website specifically for penpals or a community with your interests that offers penpal advertisements. It may take awhile to find someone but it's a lot of fun once you do find someone!

>>137798
That would be cool. I'd be apart of that as long as we have a decent amount of people interested.

No. 137802

I used to adore stationary when I was little but I grew out of it come Year 11 in school when I realised it was pointless and just more shit to lug around in my bag at school.

I love Paperchase here in the UK but its gone so fucking pricey. They want £3 for a pencil or £2 for stickers or around £15 for a pencil case.

Nah babe

No. 137803

>>137798
I was thinking of suggesting it some while ago but realised it gets messy when it gets down to exchanging addresses and the like. :(

No. 137804

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>>137797
> calligraphy workshop
Huh, I'm going to look for a local one now!

>>137800
> Anybody crazy about decorative tape?
Yes! This isn't quite as feminine as some of the other designs posted here, but I'm drooling over this tape from mochithings at the moment.

No. 137805

>>137803
We could use throwaway emails and whatnot like how we do in the friend finder thread. All a penpal thread would be is the friend finder one except we'd be looking specifically for someone to write letters to. Talk about interests to see if we'd like to email that individual and after some messaging back and forth decide if we want to exchange addresses. That's generally what I've always done in penpal communities and it's worked out alright for me.

No. 137806

>>137801
I used to frequent a penpal website called Kupika (I'll be damnned if any farmers know what that is- i was 12 and embarrassing) and I was there for YEARS. I miss the people I used to write. It's was electronically but it was nice. A real penpal would be cool, except I'm lame and would have nothing to write about.

No. 137807

>>137805
Im so up for a penpal finder thread.

No. 137808

>>137803
I know this doesn't apply to everyone but personally I have a PO box so I wouldn't mind exchanging addresses after some chatting. I feel like no one I know irl besides my boyfriend appreciates me using cute stationary or making unique cards.

No. 137809

>>137808
Not even my boyfriend appreciates my cute stationary letters :( I made him a cute "get well soon!!" Card because he had surgery about a month ago and he just read it and said "Thanks". Maybe I'm just too sensitive lol. But I like when people express appreciation towards my cute creations because it comes from the bottom of my heart.

No. 137811

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>>137810
I think making stuff to give is part of the fun :)

I do adore planner gear though. Decorated planners can be really cute when done by other people but in practice it's not for me, I prefer to keep that stuff simple. I love little stickers and tapes and tabs designed for planners, but my 'get shit done' mode and my 'take time to make things pretty' mode are mutually exclusive, so in the day to day it just goes to shit. They're great for other types or organization things where I can take my time though, like a note book full of recipes or sewing notes.

No. 137812

My handwriting is so bad because I have dysgraphia (my drawing seems to be okay. different part of the brain i guess) so I never buy pretty paper but I'm a sucker for cute stickers and love browsing places like Aliexpress and Taobao to cheap ones. I wear invisalign so I have them on my case for that and have a bunch on the external hard drive I use for my classes.

No. 137813

>>137809
I feel you. A lot of the time I don't care because I know most people just aren't into that, but when I do make the effort to make a special card for someone I appreciate it when they like it, and I'm a bit sad if they don't acknowledge it. It's kinda self centered but I don't pout about it so whatever.

>>137812
> I have dysgraphia (my drawing seems to be okay)
I don't know much about dysgraphia so I thought this was interesting. I love stickers too! Got them on my laptop, water bottle, and some notebooks I use. I am a bit picky about the ones I put on my laptop though, I hate when the ink on poorly printed paper ones start to rub off after just a few days. I would happily pay extra for cute vinyl stickers, but it's a shame so many designs I like are paper only. Still plenty of places to stick them though!

No. 137814

>>137813
>notebooks
I just can't bring myself to put stickers on things like notebooks and sketchbooks for some reason. I only feel okay about putting them on things I know I'll have for a long time (even for cheap stickers that I could easily get again)

No. 137815

>>137814
I used to be kinda weirdly anxious about using stickers, but eventually I realized I had a stack taking up space that I never used. I try to use them up now so that I can justify buying new ones, but I'm still very particular about where I'll place my favorites, they definitely get a long term spot.

No. 137816

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>>137814
Same here, but even for like my laptop, I don't want to put stickers on it because then I won't have the option to use the sticker anymore

No. 137817

I freaking love stationary. I'll be going to Japan for a few months soon, and the thing I look forward to the most is getting all the cute shit and writing nice letters to my family, boyfriend and friends.

No. 137818

>>137817
So jealous. Are you hitting up any stores in specific?

No. 137819

>>137817
Post pictures of your hauls!

No. 137820

>>137818
No idea yet, I'll just go around every cute shop I can find! Currently the main stationary shop I go to is Muji which is quite far from cutesy stuff so I'll discover shops when I'm there.

>>137819
Alright! Although by "soon" I exaggerated a little, it'll be next march.

No. 137821

>ctrl-f statione
>4 matches
>ctrl-f stationa
>15 matches
I normally don't care about spelling mistakes but jesus christ are you all retarded

No. 137822

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It's almost the end of the year which is a great time for stationery nerds. Any of you pick out a planner for next year yet?

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>>137822
What about holiday cards? Do you guys send any out, and in that case do you make or buy?

No. 137824

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>>137823
Do any of you get into gift wrapping too? I think it's really fun but for 90% of the gifts I give I just use cheapo paper because they don't care.

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>>137824
If they are the type to use handkerchiefs or kitchen towels, I will usually wrap it up cutely in one of those to save paper though. If they are they type who appreciates a cute gift box and might display it, I love making those kinds of things!

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>>137825
Okay, I veered off into /po/ for a bit (but hey can we make this a general paper goods thread? Not sure this board is busy enough to justify a separate thread…) but back to stationery, you can't forget the thank you cards! A few years back a family member gifted me some custom stationary with my initials in the letter head, so I still use that when I write them/my family thank you letters. I still love to browse though.

No. 137827

>>137826
Finally, is there anything you're getting for yourself as a splurge or asking for during the holidays?

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>>137827
Ugh, dropped the image, but I'm done for now.

No. 137829

I went down to tj.maxx the other day and they had a lot of stationary, and most of it was actually cute. I ended up getting a long check list type pad (that had a magnet on the back), a really cute note pad that has gold trimming on the edges, and a 2017 planner (pink watercolor floral print) that fits perfectly into my bag.

There was a lot of floral type designs which is right up my alley. They even had a set of organization folders that had gold and rose motif designs, but I couldn't justify getting them.

They also had a lot of thank you type cards. Honestly I wasn't expecting to find anything like that there so it was a plesent surprise, and I now have a new local hunting ground.

No. 137830

>>137829
Marshalls, Ross, HomeGoods, and Burlington offer the same.

No. 137831

>>137830

Thanks, I'll have look at those as well. Usually I just pop into those stores for clothes and parfume, and haven't really looked beyond that.

No. 137832

I secretly love stationary. I don't have any good stuff but I always look at websites and try to source some good deals! I'm saving at the moment, though, so I'm afraid that there won't be much new stuff for me.

The penpal idea, although a little old now, sounds like it'd be a lot of fun. I'm trying to think of ways that would let us organize something without having to exchange addresses, at least directly.


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