This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax, and cast kiln fired porcelain into a mold made from the original carving. 

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

Get Your Sh*t Together is the first book that exclusively features recent artwork in color by beloved British artist David Shrigley. This volume celebrates Shrigley's absurd, deadpan sensibility through both his signature drawing style and accompanying text. Organized by chapters with titles such as Stupid, Nonsense, Dirt, Fear, Paranoia, Love, and Self Delusion, this collection is sure to delight die-hard Shrigley fans and new ones alike. This is the largest-format book to date on Shrigley's prolific work, and features design details such as a ribbon marker with one of his mordant sayings printed on it, as well as hand-written, humorous essays throughout.

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

This is a porcelain lithophane night light. Light shining through different thicknesses of porcelain creates this highly detailed image; it is not a photo. It comes from an original engraving in wax.

5.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5"D.

Comes gift boxed, complete with bulb and descriptive insert. It makes a timeless and elegant gift, with a broad appeal.

• Made in United States

• Weight: 8 oz (226.8 g)

The set contains the 78 cards of the tarot deck, luxuriously packaged in a gift box. A 28–page booklet explains how to interpret the cards and conduct your own readings, gaining a fascinating insight into what lies ahead and a fresh perspective on important themes and opportunities to watch for.

The creation of the deck and accompanying booklet was guided by a professional tarot consultant and writer.

Luxuriously packaged, these tarot cards make the perfect gift for the modern spiritualist, or any fan of the metaphysical, astrology or horoscopes.

Share memories, love, and words of wisdom with a son of any age with this unique and inspiring book of letters. Part of the blockbuster bestselling Letters to . . . series!

Write now. Read later. Treasure forever.

Letters to My Son holds a set of 12 letter templates to inspire reflection and connection between parent and son. Each letter is printed with a unique prompt, such as In the future, I hope we . . . , I love that our family . . . , I'm proud of you because . . . , and I love being your parent because . . . . Two are blank to allow for writing your own ideas.

Each letter, crafted as a fold-and-mail-style envelope, invites moms and dads to share their favorite memories and hopes for a bright future for their son. Seal letters with the included stickers, postdate, and gift this book to a remarkable son. When he opens the letters in the future, he will receive an invaluable gift: a tangible reminder of his parents' love. 

JUST BETWEEN US: Like the mother and daughter letter book sets and journals that have opened communication lines between parents and children, this special book of letters encourages deep connections between mother and son or father and son.

LETTERS TO OPEN WHEN: The finished set of special "notes to my son" makes a great gift for graduation, a milestone birthday, or a wedding day. Fans have praised the special value of a child having a sample of a parent's handwriting to cherish always.

TIME-TESTED AND ENDURINGLY POPULAR: Created by Lea Redmond, author of the bestselling Letters to . . . book series that has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide and includes Letters to My Daughter, Letters to My Grandchild, and Letters to My Baby.

Perfect for:

• Baby shower or new baby gift for parents
• A fresh twist on a guided journal or memory book to capture special moments with a son to share in the future
• Single parents or couples looking for a creative way to remind a son how important he is to his family
• Mother’s Day gift-giving to wives, daughters, granddaughters, sisters, and friends
• Father’s Day gift-giving to husbands, sons, brothers, and grandsons
• Fans and users of other bestsellers in the Letters to . . . series

Share memories, love, and words of wisdom with a daughter of any age with this unique and inspiring book of letters. Part of the blockbuster bestselling Letters to . . . series!

JUST BETWEEN US: Like the mother and son letter book sets and journals that have opened communication lines between parents and children, this special book of letters encourages deep connections between mother and daughter or father and daughter.

LETTERS TO OPEN WHEN: The finished set of special "notes to my daughter" makes a great gift for graduation, a milestone birthday, or a wedding day. Fans have praised the special value of a child having a sample of a parent's handwriting to cherish always.
 
TIME-TESTED AND ENDURINGLY POPULAR: Created by Lea Redmond, author of the bestselling Letters to . . . book series that has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide and includes Letters to My Son, Letters to My Grandchild, and Letters to My Baby.

Perfect for:

• Baby shower or new baby gift for parents
• A fresh twist on a guided journal or memory book to capture special moments with a daughter to share in the future
• Single parents or couples looking for a creative way to remind a daughter how important she is to her family
• Fans and users of other bestsellers in the Letters to . . . series

While the Paperblanks library of cover designs draws from diverse sources of visual art, antique book bindings in particular have long provided us with an abundance of inspiration. Many such book covers were originally made of leather but in the case of our Silver Filigree Collection, the focus is instead on the splendour of bindings decorated with filigree metalwork.

This manner of adorning books was particularly favoured in the 17th and 18th centuries, with nearly all bindings of this type manufactured in Holland, Switzerland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Over the years, craftsmen experimented with different methods of coaxing metal into ornaments of tender and elegant beauty.

One such design is the binding recreated on our Aubergine cover. Originally crafted for a book of religious hymns, a simple metal plate was used as a base for the ornament whose fancy curlicues were formed with metal wire and tiny beads. Dating to the early 1800s, the cover was made in Swabia, the southwestern part of Germany. At that time, Empire-style, as seen in this design, was the leading style in European decorative arts. The grandeur of the cover’s ornament reflects the period’s idealization of Imperial Rome and Ancient Egypt.

With its regal and ceremonial connotations, we found this vibrant purple hue to be a harmonious accompaniment to the rich style of the original ornament, and so we created this Aubergine design for our Silver Filigree Collection.

Whenever we introduce a new antique cover design, we touch upon the thread of bookbinding traditions that weaves its way through time and space. Our Turquoise Chronicles design was inspired by one such decorative book cover representing a key point in the evolution of the European branch of the craft.

The design reproduced on our Turquoise Chronicles cover originally hails from the Salel Binder in Paris. The book was published in the early 16th century, when Paris was a flourishing centre of the publishing trade. The city’s reputation was second only to that of Venice, which was spearheading the Renaissance movement and looked to by the rest of Europe for artistic ideas and influences. It was at this time that the gold tooling technique arrived in France from the Islamic realm, where it had originally developed. Combined with the French king’s generous patronage of the arts, this ushered in an age of superb French book binding.

Turquoise Chronicles features an especially fine example of early 16th-century French gold tooling. Formed in a graceful, flowing ornament of interlaced arabesques and delicate dots, it shows hints of its Eastern influences and of the decorative styles that would soon emerge in the ateliers of other French binders.

To bring out the details of the original pattern on our cover design, we contrasted the gold with a jewel-like turquoise background. The many hues of the cover surface have a mesmerizing look of a never-still ocean, an ancient witness of all things past that invites you to contemplation. Echoing this idea of a record keeper is the title given to the series, Turquoise Chronicles, named so after the original contents of the binding, a book entitled Chroniques.

Sketch, journal, dream . . . let your creativity and imagination soar with Totoro!

Celebrated for being one of the best hand-drawn films in the history of animation, Hayao Miyazaki's iconic My Neighbor Totoro is a true inspiration. This luxe hardcover sketchbook is a must-have for Totoro fans.

My Neighbor Totoro © 1988 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli

STURDY ARTISTIC SKETCHBOOK: This beautifully crafted book features 128 extra-thick blank pages that hold up well to a range of mediums, including pencil, pen, watercolor, and alcohol and other marker types, with no ghosting or show-through. Lay-flat binding for ease of writing or drawing.

STUDIO GHIBLI ART: Soft cloth cover features a foil stamping of Totoro and playful iconic illustrations from Totoro's world.

GREAT SIZE: At 7 x 9 inches, this is nicely sized for all types of creative work and for carrying along in a backpack or tote for sketching or drawing anytime.
 

• A great gift or self-purchase for Studio Ghibli and animation fans
• Perfect for collectors, artists, and journalers
• For anyone who loves cute Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture
• Pair with other My Neighbor Totoro merchandise, including My Neighbor Totoro Journals, Pencils, Eraser Set, or Studio Ghibli 100 Collectible Postcards, to create an outstanding gift

No idea is too small withThe Secret World of Arrietty Journal, featuring rarely seen concept art from the Studio Ghibli classic about a boy, a Borrower, and their unlikely friendshipthat blossoms into an extraordinary adventure. 

Complete with full-color artwork on the front and back covers, five interior spreads of concept art, and spot illustrations throughout, this journal is the perfect keepsake for Studio Ghibli fans and animation enthusiasts of all ages. 

© 2010 Mary Norton/Keiko Niwa/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMTW
 

RARELY SEEN CONCEPT ART: The journal contains spot illustrations throughout and five full-color spreads of rare concept art from the film.
 
DISTINCTIVE SCHOOL OR OFFICE SUPPLY: Bring some flair to your school or office supplies with this gorgeous journal.
 
GREAT GIFT:Part of an officially licensed line with Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli, this journal celebrates the artistry behind The Secret World of Arrietty. It makes a great gift or self-purchase for animation fans, collectors, artists, and anyone who loves Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture.
 
BELOVED STUDIO WITH MASSIVE FAN BASE WORLDWIDE: The Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and Ghibli Park are popular destinations in Japan. The studio won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron and earned Academy Award® nominations for Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and The Red Turtle.

Perfect for:

• Studio Ghibli fans of all ages
• The Secret World of Arrietty fans
• Animation enthusiasts
• Fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture

Central Park. The Statue of Liberty. Times Square. New York City is home to a seemingly endless number of famed landmarks, bringing in tourists from all over the globe to witness the sights up close. Standing out among these urban monuments are the skyscrapers that punctuate the New York City skyline.

Described in an original brochure as the “mise en scene for the romantic drama of American business,” one such tower is the Chanin Building. This midtown Manhattan landmark was built by developer Irwin S. Chanin in the late 1920s. The building’s magnificent lobby, the result of a collaboration between designer René Chambellan and architect Jacques L. Delamarre, draws in architecture aficionados. Ornately adorned with bronze grilles representing some of the finest Art Deco in the city, the lobby was modernly styled around a “City of Opportunity” concept. One such ventilator grille, with loops, spirals and geometric lines used by the designers to symbolize human thought and emotion, is reproduced for our Chanin Rise design.

The Chanin Building’s exuberant craftsmanship led it to be designated as an official city landmark in 1978, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It remains emblematic of the uniquely New York City take on the Art Deco style and one of many reasons to pay attention to the architectural achievements lining the city’s streets.

Take a piece of NYC history home with New York Deco!

This novelty plush embroidered journal features No Face, the mysterious spirit from the award-winning masterpiece Spirited Away from legendary animation studio Studio Ghibli in Japan.

With lined interiors and full-color artwork on the front and back pages, this collectible, irresistible notebook is sure to cast a spell on Studio Ghibli fans and animation lovers of all ages!

• DISTINCTIVE FORMAT: A plush-wrapped hardcover with embroidered details, full-color artwork on the front and back pages, plus 1-color spot illustrations throughout the lined interior.
• GREAT GIFT: Fans of Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli will love this soft plush journal. A unique present for animation enthusiasts, collectors, and fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture.
• BELOVED STUDIO WITH MASSIVE FAN BASE WORLDWIDE: Miyazaki is often called the "Walt Disney of Japan." The Ghibli Museum is a popular destination in Tokyo, seeing about 650,000 visitors a year. Six of Studio Ghibli's films received Academy Award® nominations in the United States.
• AWARD-WINNING FILM: Spirited Away has received universal critical acclaim, winning the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature in 2003. Lauded as a masterpiece, the movie continues to appear on "best film" lists including in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Time Out, and more.

This paperback journal features beautiful, rarely seen concept art from Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli's award-winning film about a young girl's journey through a supernatural realm. With full-color artwork on the front and back covers, spot illustrations throughout, and four full spreads of concept art, it's perfect for capturing all your notes and bright ideas.

• GREAT FOR STUDIO GHIBLI FANS: This journal, part of a continuing official partnership with Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli, captures the nostalgia and magic of the classic Ghibli film Spirited Away. It's a great gift or self-purchase for animation fans, collectors, artists, and anyone who loves cute Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture.
• OWN A PIECE OF THIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM: Spirited Away is the highest-grossing film in Japan's history. It won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature, and has appeared on many critics' lists of the best films of all time.
• RARELY SEEN CONCEPT ART: The journal contains full-color spot illustrations throughout, as well as four full spreads of rare concept art from the film.
• DISTINCTIVE SCHOOL OR OFFICE SUPPLY: Bring some flair to your school or office supplies with this gorgeous journal.
• INCLUDES: Flexi-bound paperback journal, 5 x 7 inches, 192 lined pages, full-color illustrations throughout, ribbon page marker

A pioneer of the Art Nouveau movement, Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) was one of the most significant artists of modern times. To pay tribute to his daring artistic vision, we’ve reproduced Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), one of the most iconic paintings from his “golden phase.” During that period between 1901 to 1909, he painted groundbreaking pieces, destined to elicit instant recognition in both serious art lovers and those who simply have an appreciation for beautiful artifacts.

Klimt attended the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts where he trained as an architectural painter. As he painted interior murals and ceilings in public buildings, his technical ability endeared him to Vienna’s conservative haute society. But soon, his inner boundary-pushing style came through, causing too much of a stir for the culturally reactionary class who had initially welcomed him so openly. Three paintings he created for the University of Vienna were rejected – deemed “pornographic” – and so he took his talents elsewhere.

Klimt’s response to the scorn was to found the Vienna Secession, an avant-garde movement that treated art as a space for exploring possibilities rather than following the academic tradition. From then on, he was an artistic renegade contributing to the cultural fermentation of turn-of-the-century Vienna. He painted mostly portraits of the progressive society ladies who were his patrons. His works were often erotically charged, exotic, mystical representations, marking him as a Symbolist painter.

Klimt was firmly convinced that there should be no separation between so-called “low” and “high” forms of art. His canvasses were filled with organic forms reminiscent of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement as well as decorative patterns suggestive of Art Nouveau, both styles that were oriented towards this principle of universal art.

Although clearly unique to Klimt’s original style, his Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, reproduced here, still fits within the currents of Art Nouveau and Symbolism. The rich patterns are an example of the former style, while the suggestive symbols, such as triangles, eggs and eyes, remind us that Klimt was receptive to the newest ideas circulating in Vienna’s salons – the “Meetups” and “TED Talks” of the early 20th century. The liberal amounts of gold leaf that he used to fill the background and depict the armchair and woman’s gown were inspired by Klimt’s fascination with traditional Japanese art and the look of Byzantine religious mosaics that he saw during his travels to Venice and Ravenna.

For all the ostentatious quality of the painting, this portrait of one of Klimt’s patrons is a beguiling image projecting the strength and sovereignty of Vienna’s society women. As a symbol of its vibrant time, it is an essential addition to the Paperblanks archive of artistic and cultural heritage.

Celebrate the art of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation film studio, with this extensive collection of 100 full-color postcards showcasing final frames from all their feature-length films—from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) to When Marnie Was There (2014).

Housed in a keepsake box with a lifting ribbon, these gorgeously detailed images will delight Studio Ghibli and animation fans of every age.

© 1984 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, H; © 1986 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli; © 1988 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli; © 1989 Eiko Kadono/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, N; © 1991 Hotaru Okamoto, Yuko Tone/Isao Takahata/Studio Ghibli, NH; © 1992 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NN; © 1994 Isao Takahata/Studio Ghibli, NH; © 1995 Aoi Hiiragi, Shueisha/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NH; © 1997 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, ND; © 1999 Hisaichi Ishii/Isao Takahata/Studio Ghibli, NHD; © 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDTM; © 2002 Aoi Hiiragi/Reiko Yoshida/Studio Ghibli, NDHMT; © 2004 Diana Wynne Jones/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDMT; © 2006 Ursula K. Le Guin/Keiko Niwa/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT; © 2008 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT; © 2010 Mary Norton/Keiko Niwa/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMTW; © 2011 Chizuru Takahashi, Tetsuro Sayama/Keiko Niwa/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT; © 2013 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMTK; © 2013 Isao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMTK; © 2014 Joan G. Robinson/Keiko Niwa/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMTK

LUXE & COLLECTIBLE PACKAGE: This postcard set includes 100 different full-color images printed on quality cardstock, housed in a sturdy keepsake box with a lifting ribbon. Cards feature a range of key scenes and characters from the Studio’s feature-length films through 2014.

PAIR WITH STUDIO GHIBLI 100 POSTCARDS, VOLUME 2: Each edition includes a different selection of final frames from the films that overlap both sets. Volume 2 also includes all-new final frames from the latest two films from the Studio, Earwig and the Witch (2021) and The Boy and the Heron (2023). Collect both to create a complete set.
 
BELOVED STUDIO WITH MASSIVE FAN BASE WORLDWIDE: Miyazaki is often called the "Walt Disney of Japan." Six of Studio Ghibli's films received Academy Award nominations in the United States. The Ghibli Museum and Ghibli Park are popular destinations in Japan.

GREAT GIFT: Part of an officially licensed line with Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli, these cards make a great gift or self-purchase for creatives, animation enthusiasts, collectors, and fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture. Fans of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli will love this unique collection of postcards, which are great to send to friends and are deluxe enough for any collector to keep and display.
 
PERFECT FOR: Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli fans of all ages; animation enthusiasts and collectors; artists and designers; fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture; anyone looking for collectible, one-of-a-kind stationery.

This gorgeous deluxe notebook features beloved characters from Studio Ghibli’s award-winning film Spirited Away.

With a cloth-bound, foil-stamped case, lined pages, and lay-flat binding, this notebook invites you to bring Hayao Miyazaki’s spirit world with you wherever you go! Perfect for writers, notetakers, collectors, and animation fans alike.

© 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDTM

DISTINCTIVE AND LUXE FORMAT: Durable cloth-bound hardcover with foil stamping, full-color endsheets, and lined pages. Measures 6 x 8 inches, 128 pages, 140 GSM woodfree FSC-certified paper—nicely sized for all types of work and for carrying along in a backpack or tote.

LAY-FLAT BINDING: This notebook lays flat for ease of writing.
 
GREAT GIFT: Part of an officially licensed line with Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli, this notebook makes a great gift or self-purchase for writers, animation enthusiasts, collectors, and fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture.
 
BELOVED STUDIO WITH MASSIVE FAN BASE WORLDWIDE: The Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and Ghibli Park are popular destinations in Japan. The studio won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron and earned Academy Award® nominations for Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and The Red Turtle.

AWARD-WINNING FILM: Spirited Away has received universal critical acclaim, winning the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature in 2003. Lauded as a masterpiece, the movie continues to appear on "best film" lists, including in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Time Out, and more.

Perfect for:

• A great gift or self-purchase for Studio Ghibli and animation fans
• Perfect for collectors and journalers
• For anyone who loves cute Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture
• Pair with other Spirited Away merchandise, including Spirited Away Journal, Sketchbook, Pencils, Eraser Set, or Studio Ghibli 100 Collectible Postcards Volumes 1 and 2, to create an outstanding gift

Let your creativity take flight with this sketchbook celebrating Kiki’s Delivery Service, Studio Ghibli’s beloved coming-of-age story about a resourceful young witch finding her way in the world.

Featuring a tactile cloth cover with iconic imagery from the film foil-stamped on the front, lay-flat binding, and extra-thick pages, this sketchbook is perfect for writers, artists, and animation fans alike.

© 1989 Eiko Kadono/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, N

DISTINCTIVE AND LUXE FORMAT: Durable cloth-bound hardcover with foil stamping, full-color endsheets, and unlined/blank sketchbook pages. Measures 7 x 9 inches, 128 pages, 140 GSM woodfree FSC-certified paper, great for most art mediums, including pencils, pens, inks, pastels, markers, and more.
 
LAY-FLAT BINDING: This sketchbook lays flat for ease of writing, sketching, and drawing.

GREAT GIFT: This sketchbook is part of an officially licensed line with Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli. It makes a great gift or self-purchase for creatives, animation enthusiasts, collectors, and fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture.

BELOVED STUDIO WITH MASSIVE FAN BASE WORLDWIDE: The Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and Ghibli Park are popular destinations in Japan. The studio won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature for Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron and earned Academy Award® nominations for Howl’s Moving Castle, The Wind Rises, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and The Red Turtle.

Perfect for:

• Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli fans of all ages
• Kiki's Delivery Service fans
• Animation enthusiasts and collectors
• Artists and designers
• Fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture
• Those looking for collectible, one-of-a-kind stationery

Our Safavid Indigo design reproduces a leather filigree pattern incorporating handtooled motifs, retaining the elegance and style of the Islamic Golden Age even in our modern context. Originally released in a classic brown leather look, this new deep blue colour scheme pays tribute to the darkest tone of Persian Blue. This indigo hue was a popular colour used in the art and architecture of the artistic period.

Associated with this era of artistic excellence, Persian Safavid-style designs represented a high point in the art of the book. These bindings often feature centralized designs of medallions, quadrants, plant and animal motifs, pentagonal flap closures and elaborately decorated “doublures” (interior covers), along with exquisite creations in cut-out leather, coloured papers and gilding. Above all, symmetry is the hallmark of this style. The original binder of this particular design used reddish-brown goatskin, real gold, lacquer and paint to achieve balance in his creation.

Dating back to the 17th century, this artwork comes from the rich handicraft tradition that Shah Abbas the Great, the Fifth Shah of the Safavid Dynasty, inspired during what has become known as the Islamic Golden Age of Art (750 through the 16th century). He recognized the commercial benefits of promoting the arts and, thus, the crafts of tilework, pottery and textiles thrived. Illuminated manuscripts also became a flourishing industry and great attention was brought to the craft of bookbinding and design.

Though the rule of the Safavids came to an end in 1736, they left a great and lasting legacy by reviving and establishing Persia as both an economic and artistic stronghold. Amid the many jewels of this ancient period and culture, decorative bookbinding shines particularly bright and we are honoured to bring it back to everyday life in our Safavid series.

Let your creativity run wild with this luxe sketchbook featuring inspiring icons from Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, an epic film about a noble warrior, a young girl raised by wolves, and the pursuit of peace between humanity and nature.

Featuring a cloth, foil-stamped cover, lay-flat binding, and extra-thick pages, the Princess Mononoke Sketchbook provides a one-of-a-kind backdrop for your drawing and journaling adventures. This is the perfect canvas for writers, artists, collectors, and animation fans alike.

Princess Mononoke © 1997 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, ND

DISTINCTIVE AND LUXE FORMAT: Durable cloth-bound hardcover with foil stamping, full-color endsheets, and unlined/blank sketchbook pages. Measures 7 x 9 inches, 128 pages, 140 GSM woodfree FSC-certified paper, great for most art mediums, including pencils, pens, inks, pastels, markers, and more. 

LAY-FLAT BINDING: This sketchbook lays flat for ease of writing, sketching, and drawing.

GREAT GIFT: Fans of Princess Mononoke, Hayao Miyazaki, and Studio Ghibli will love this high-quality sketchbook. A unique present for creatives, animation enthusiasts, collectors, and fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture.

BELOVED STUDIO WITH MASSIVE FAN BASE WORLDWIDE: Miyazaki is often called the “Walt Disney of Japan.” Six of Studio Ghibli’s films received Academy Award nominations in the United States. The Ghibli Museum, Mitaka is a popular destination in Tokyo, seeing about 650,000 visitors a year.

Perfect for:

• Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli fans of all ages
• Animation enthusiasts and collectors
• Artists and designers
• Fans of Japanese art, stationery, and pop culture
• Those looking for collectible, one-of-a-kind stationery

Many of our cover designs are reproductions of book bindings that come from long-ago eras, when books were treasured as precious objects. One might have the expectation that with the arrival of the modern age and mass production, the art of book binding would have become obsolete. However our Poetry in Bloom design, a reproduction of a 1910 book binding, is a reminder of the kind of artistry that could be produced only with these modern machines and techniques.

This design reproduces the cover of The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems, a collection of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Written in the wake of his child’s death, Shelley’s title poem describes a flower garden going through seasonal changes. First the garden embodies the joy and bliss of spring and summer, and later it becomes consumed by the decay and lethargy of fall and winter. With this poem, Shelley invites the reader to contemplate how the only connection to reality that we have is through fleeting sensations.

Unlike most of our designs, which emulate the front part of a book cover, this Poetry in Bloom design is a recreation of the original’s front “doublure,” the inside face of the cover board. Protected from wear, this part provides bookbinders with additional room for unleashing their creative skills. Here, the binders of Riviere and Son, a London-based binding house, used leather and gilt to create a naturalistic representation of flowers, leaves and butterflies. The sensitive plant, named after its reflex to fold its leaves when touched or shaken, is the focal point of the design’s composition, just as it is in Shelley’s poem.

The book that inspired this Poetry in Bloom series came from the personal library of W.A. Spencer. A wealthy man with a passion for fine books, he bequeathed his massive collection to the New York Public Library after seeing its new, yet-unfinished magnificent central building. Following Spencer’s tragic death as one of the Titanic passengers, the Library received his book collection and a sizable donation for establishing the Spencer Collection. This institution is dedicated to preserving material history of illustrated word and book binding, an undertaking that we, of course, support wholeheartedly.

The beauty of Chinese embroidery is exquisitely represented on our Blue Willow cover. The design reproduced here is taken from a panelled skirt called a mamianqun, or “horse face” skirt, a garment worn by Han Chinese women in the traditional dress style known as Hanfu. An ancient form of Chinese clothing, Hanfu dates back more than three millennia to the Song and Liao dynasties, when it became popular due to both its functionality and its aesthetic style.

Originating in the Qing Dynasty (1850–1900), the variation of mamianqun on our cover is called a langaqun, a style characterized by its sharp pleats, often trimmed in black. Shown here is an example made from delicate pale blue silk damask, embroidered in golden silk thread and edged with silk satin.

Hanfu style has shaped the traditional clothing of many cultures including the Korean hanbok and the Japanese kimono. The mamianqun in particular has undergone various changes throughout history, surviving multiple dynasties and going on to influence style in the Western world by finding its way into the pages of Vogue and onto fashionable British royalty.

The mamianqun represents an important aesthetic and cultural concept in the life history of Chinese women. The choice of colour, pattern, and ornamentation on the mamianqun reflected situational and social contexts and could communicate relationship standing during weddings, as well as the hierarchy between women in a household.

The construction of the mamianqun reflects its roots in practicality as well as style. Traditionally made for horse-riding, the unique overlapping of the garment allows for greater ease of movement when both riding and walking. The latter was particularly necessary for Chinese women who had bound feet and walked with small, shuffling steps. This delicate movement and the fall of the mamianqun’s pleats compelled Chinese poets to liken the effect to a “waving of the willow.”

Today this Blue Willow design can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s East Asia collection. By reproducing this wonderfully intricate and vibrant embroidered traditional Chinese clothing, we hope to share a piece of the rich history of the Han Chinese and celebrate the depth of Hanfu’s aesthetic and cultural influence that endures to this day.

William Morris (1834–1896) is one of the most renowned figures in the decorative arts. As a textile designer, he developed an original style that charmed his contemporaries and has since become a point of reference for all those interested in design and decoration. His creative approach was characterized by his pronounced views on what constitutes beauty and a firm belief in the essential value of art and handicraft. The Arts and Crafts movement, inspired by the ideals of Morris and the social theorist John Ruskin, had as much of an anti-industrial ideological component as it did an aesthetic teaching.

Studying Classics at Oxford University, Morris developed an interest in the history, social values and art of the Middle Ages. His appreciation of the medieval theme found its way into his designs, with patterns often replicating the “millefleurs” style of the 15th and 16th centuries. Characterized by an abundance of small decorative flowers and plants used to fill the background space, this style is most closely associated with the tapestry-making traditions of France and Belgium.

Morris was also an influential writer and staunch social activist and was aghast at the effect that industrialization was having on human productivity. New methods of production eroded the value of individual skill and a sense of accomplishment that came with the process of handiwork. He perceived medieval crafts guilds to be an ideal arrangement, where everyone contributed according to their own skill, and art and creation were a lived experience for both craftsmen and consumers. When he founded an interior design business together with a few like-minded associates, it followed the guild model and relied on traditional labour-intensive methods of production.

Ultimately, Morris believed that traditional crafts ensured higher-quality products, and so he made his furnishings using traditional weaving and the old technique of hand woodblock printing. For motifs, he looked to nature as his primary source of inspiration, which for him had an added element of defiance to the corrosive Industrial Revolution.

This Morris Pink Honeysuckle design, a reproduction of one of his printed cotton patterns, reflects his abiding interest in naturalism. Morris’ fabrics, like his wallpapers, were available in different colour schemes to match his clients’ personal decorative preferences. In the past we have reproduced a honeyed brown version of this Honeysuckle design and were so pleased to discover this pink and pastel variation.

Since the 17th century, “Petrykivka” painting has been a common sight in the Cossack settlements of the Dnyepr River region of Ukraine. At that time, it was believed that beauty had the power to ward off malignant spirits. In Olena’s Garden, our series featuring Olena Skytsiuk’s paintings, you will encounter that same poetic loveliness that emerged from those Ukrainian hamlets.

Named after the village where it has survived to this day, the Petrykivka style of painting was originally used by peasants to decorate the white-washed walls and interiors of their simple dwellings as well as furniture, kitchenware and other household objects made of wood. The most common motifs were flowers and berries, as well as symbolic figures of birds, animals and people. One peculiar element of this tradition was the use of fine brushes made of cat hair, which created the characteristic profusion of ever-so-delicate brush strokes you can see here.

For a long time, Petrykivka painting remained a local folk craft, passed down from generation to generation without receiving much acknowledgment as an art form. The genre was on the verge of disappearing when, in 1936, a Petrykivka schoolteacher opened a school of decorative arts and invited one of the few remaining practitioners to train future artists. Gradually, qualified professionals became the guardians of this manner of painting.

Olena Skytsiuk’s background as a Petrykivka painter combines a formal training received from the Lviv National Academy of Arts with her own family tradition. Her mother came from Petrykivka and was a distinguished painter whose artworks would be presented as state gifts to foreign dignitaries. Now Olena is working in the same genre, creating ornamental pictures bursting with colour and swirls of lively detail. Compared to traditional paintings, dominated by red, yellow and green, Olena’s colour scheme can be described as more sophisticated due to the abundance of shades employed in her compositions. In this Moonlight cover design, her colour tones appear as if the night cast a shroud of shade over a lush floral ornament.

No artistic tradition can remain fully unchanged over time, but an artist can honour its essence even in a contemporary setting. Owing to the talents of masters such as Olena Skytsiuk, the Petrykivka style of painting continues to be a living, distinct form of folk art inspired by a guileless cherishing of the bountiful Ukrainian nature.

While the Paperblanks library of cover designs draws from diverse sources of visual art, antique book bindings in particular have long provided us with an abundance of inspiration. Many such book covers were originally made of leather but in the case of our Silver Filigree Collection, the focus is instead on the splendour of bindings decorated with filigree metalwork.

This manner of adorning books was particularly favoured in the 17th and 18th centuries, with nearly all bindings of this type manufactured in Holland, Switzerland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Over the years, craftsmen experimented with different methods of coaxing metal into ornaments of tender and elegant beauty.

This design represents one such book cover that was reproduced for our Silver Filigree Collection. It was originally created by die cutting a thin metal plate to form a latticed ornament with an added embellishment of fine etchings. This binding, which encased a collection of prayers titled Paradiesgärtlein, dates to 1697 and originates from Strasbourg, at the time a part of the Kingdom of France. For our Maya Blue design, we replaced the original’s neutral background with this vibrant blue.

More than 4 million copies sold in the series!
An Oprah's Favorite Things Pick

Write now. Keep in touch always: Letters for a Year of Gratitude will inspire you to send thoughtful, handwritten notes of appreciation to everyone in your life - from a good friend to a great aunt. Simply tear out your letter of choice, write your message inside, seal it with the included stickers, and add a postage stamp. Begin a gratitude practice today.

• Each letter is printed with a unique prompt like "What I appreciate about us…," "It was incredibly generous of you to…," "It's the little things, like when…," and "From you, I learned the importance of…"
• Makes a perfect gift for loved ones and close friends in your life
• Created by Lea Redmond, the author of the bestselling Letters to My… book series that has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide.

Fans of Letters to My Daughter, Letters to My Grandchild, and Letters for the Year will love this Oprah's Favorite Things Pick for 2018, Letters for a Year of Gratitude.

Send the gift of gratitude all year long.

Letters for a Year of Gratitude includes 52 tear out-and-send letters that will inspire a year's worth of notes of love, appreciation, and thanks. Keep track of the letters you've written in the correspondence log in the back. Secure each letter with the included 150+ stickers before sending a little gratitude to friends and family!

From the cradle bars to pre-preteen goo goo mucks, Goth Parenting is an illustrated humor book with heart for families who do things a little differently.

Your local mall goths and graveyard lurkers experience the same milestones of parenthood as anyone else. Goths just do it with a little extra style and more Edgar Allan Poe references.

Goth Parenting takes you from a baby bat’s very earliest days through age seven, illustrating parents’ memorable moments, challenges, and rewards along the way. Like figuring out how to child-proof your tomb sweet tomb, what to feed a toddler to make sure they live deliciously, and how to cope if your little monster doesn’t wish every day was Halloween.
 
Whether your gashlycrumb tiny is a ball of darkness like you or a little ray of sunshine, there’s something here for every alternative parent. Because being a goth parent is about more than just Victorian accessories and black clothing—it’s about acceptance, love, and always being yourself. And also black clothing.

CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS GOTH: The funny, gentle advice is peppered with instantly recognizable references, from Dracula to Edward Gorey to The Sisters of Mercy.

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED ALT PARENTING BOOK: Cute and colorful pictures illustrate diverse, loving goth families on every page.

GREAT GIFT: Super-relatable moments make this an ideal present for goths at any stage of their parenting adventures. Wrap in a sheet of skull floral paper for baby shower, birthday, or stocking stuffer gift-giving to moms, dads, or couples.

Perfect for:

• Moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and caretakers with an offbeat sense of humor
• Kids of goth parents looking for a Mother's Day, Father's Day, or birthday present
• Gen X mall goths, alternative millennials, and older Gen Zers starting families
• Goths, punks, witches, graveyard lurkers, reformed Hot Topic teens, proud emo crybabies, and anyone who admires the goth aesthetic and lifestyle
• Fans of My Chemical Romance, The Addams Family, and Netflix’s Wednesday reboot

A gorgeously illustrated guided journal to discovering and embracing the Wild Feminine within.

When we reconnect with our Wild Feminine, we learn to hold firmly onto her power. This connection sets the tone for what we demand from ourselves, others, and all our life pursuits.

She knows who she is and is unapologetically herself.
She is connected with her Ancestors and psychic senses.
She is aware, alert, and courageous enough to transform.
She is in touch with her creativity.
She is at peace with her spiritual, intuitive, and emotional nature.
She is not afraid to use her voice.
She has the power to attract and manifest change into her life.
 
With thoughtful meditations, insightful prompts, and somatic exercises, this guide to discovering your own Wild Feminine will nourish your deepest, most powerful self, helping you to trust your intuition, reveal and reclaim your inner voice, and cultivate self-acceptance and a deeper connection with the sacredness of life.

FOR FANS OF GUIDED JOURNALS: Writing down our thoughts with guidance from prompts and inspiration from beautiful illustrations is a powerful way to reclaim our lives. This journal is the perfect addition to any collection of guided journals or a meaningful purchase for anyone looking to take a leap into guided journaling.

RECONNECTING WITH THE WILD FEMININE: From folklore to pop culture to personal empowerment, there's a heightened interest in exploring the spiritual framework of connecting with the feminine archetypes, goddesses, and beings from our histories and within ourselves. This journal is the ideal guide to beginning your journey to connecting with the wild feminine.

POPULAR AUTHOR: Araki Koman is an artist and illustrator whose work explores folklore, mysticism, and slow living. She regularly shares artworks with her loyal following on Instagram and has illustrated for the Atlantic, Refinery29, the New York Times, and many more.

Perfect for:

• Women looking for guidance on feminine empowerment
• Explorers of wellness and spirituality
• Fans of guided journals, tarot cards, and oracle decks that tap into inner wisdom and intuition, such as The Wild Unknown Alchemy Deck and Mystic Mondays Tarot
• Birthday, Galentine’s Day, holiday, or self-care gift for women

Ignite your creativity with fiery Fiammetta. This sensuous Baroque-inspired cover comes from a 1725 binding of The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, a masterpiece of Italian literature dealing in stories of love and lust.

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) was an Italian writer and poet who, alongside Petrarch, laid the foundations of Renaissance humanism. He wrote in the Tuscan vernacular, raising this common Italian language to the level of the Latin classics and making works like The Decameron accessible to the average reader.

Though he maintained relationships with important figures such as Petrarch, it was Boccaccio’s connection to the everyday people (the popolo minute) that would greatly influence much of his writing. In 1348 the city of Florence was ravaged by the Black Death, which killed nearly three-quarters of the city’s population, primarily the working class. Though it is uncertain if Boccaccio himself was in Florence at this time, it is known that his stepmother died during the epidemic and his father worked on the government’s efforts to assist its citizens.

Boccaccio began writing The Decameron, his defining work, around 1349. Romantic in tone and form, the work broke with medieval standards by focusing on human emotions and ambitions, especially the ability to overcome (and even exploit) fortune. His sense of humanism was starkly in contrast to the period’s prevailing stories of fate and fortune, and to the Middle Ages’ values of courage, faith and transcendence.

The book contains a collection of novellas structured as a frame story. It consists of 100 different tales told by the 10 main characters, who find themselves sheltering in a secluded villa just outside Florence to escape the ravaging illness. There are tales of wit and practical jokes, lustful romantic entanglements and tragic, real-life consequences. While it is generally acknowledged that the framework of many of these stories was borrowed from myth and folklore, it is Boccaccio’s sophisticated writing style that makes this a unique and defining work all his own. With its scope from humorous to tragic and prevailing sense of humanism in a vivid narrative structure, The Decameron remains an affirmation of humanity and moral values even when read today.

This 18th-century binding of The Decameron is now held at the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France (along with the binding that inspired our Evangeline design). With golden flowers and arabesques bursting forth from a rich, red background, Fiammetta, named for one of the book’s main characters, is sure to spark your imagination and let your passions flow.

This glorious binding comes from the revered artisans at Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a world-renowned British bindery best known for the bejewelled cover of Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat (also known as the Great Omar), forever lost in the sinking of the Titanic.

Crafted in 1922 to house Rudyard Kipling’s “Recessional,” a poem written for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, this beautiful binding is now part of the Dallas Public Library’s collection. It is a literal jewel of a book, bound in a rich red leather inlaid with gemstones such as turquoise, aquamarine and ruby, and featuring medieval-style illumination.

Established in London in 1901, Sangorski & Sutcliffe quickly rose to become one of the 20th century’s most important bookbinding firms, famous for jewelled bindings like “Recessional” and Rubaiyat and for their use of real gold in the cover details.

In an interesting connection with our larger design library, Francis Sangorski (1875–1912) and George Sutcliffe (1878–1941), the firm’s founders, first met at a bookbinding class led by Douglas Cockerell, part of the family behind our Cockerell Marbled Paper series! We are honoured to work with this pinnacle of luxurious bookbinding and to share the legacy of Sangorski & Sutcliffe with 21st-century bibliophiles and stationery lovers.

Luxuriate in the brass and regal blue tones of this Blue Luxe cover design. The original book, crafted in the heart of Amsterdam in 1715, was bound in goatskin with elaborate gold tooling. Contained inside the volume was the Oratio Dominica (Lord’s Prayer) in almost 150 languages and dialects, many of which are rendered both in Latin transliteration and in their original scripts, engraved in the text or as folding plates. Compiled by English courtier John Chamberlayne, the document created was of global appeal. The second part of the original volume contained nine remarkable articles on typefaces and languages, including the first publication ever of De Variis Linguis by the great German philosopher and polymath G.W. Leibniz.

The intricate details of this design reflect the tapestry of cultures in its original pages. The translations spanned from Europe and Asia to Arabia, Persia, Syria and Turkey. Chamberlayne, who was a writer and translator, spoke 16 languages himself.

Let the many cultures that once lived within this 18th-century binding inspire you against Blue Luxe’s opulent backdrop.

Luxuriate in the brass and regal blue tones of this Blue Luxe cover design. The original book, crafted in the heart of Amsterdam in 1715, was bound in goatskin with elaborate gold tooling. Contained inside the volume was the Oratio Dominica (Lord’s Prayer) in almost 150 languages and dialects, many of which are rendered both in Latin transliteration and in their original scripts, engraved in the text or as folding plates. Compiled by English courtier John Chamberlayne, the document created was of global appeal. The second part of the original volume contained nine remarkable articles on typefaces and languages, including the first publication ever of De Variis Linguis by the great German philosopher and polymath G.W. Leibniz.

The intricate details of this design reflect the tapestry of cultures in its original pages. The translations spanned from Europe and Asia to Arabia, Persia, Syria and Turkey. Chamberlayne, who was a writer and translator, spoke 16 languages himself.

Let the many cultures that once lived within this 18th-century binding inspire you against Blue Luxe’s opulent backdrop.

Rising Woman founder and bestselling author of Becoming the One Sheleana Aiyana provides guidance on how to transform your relationship patterns, discover the values that lead you, set heart-led boundaries, and come home to yourself. Through journaling prompts, somatic exercises to help you connect with your body, and rituals to reconnect with nature and bring inner peace, Becoming the One: A Guided Journal will align you with the healing energy that lives within you and awaken your intuition. Whether you are single, in a relationship, or somewhere in between, these practices will help you embody the qualities you may have been seeking outside of yourself or in a partner and become the one for yourself, fully expressed in your own truth, core values, and inner wisdom.
 
You will learn to:

• Build a secure, loving relationship with yourself.
• Connect with your inner child.
• Challenge your core beliefs about love.
• Set self-affirming boundaries.
• Discover and celebrate your true desires.
• Recognize red and green flags.

GUIDED JOURNAL COMPANION: This practical and deeply compassionate guide stands alone as a powerful tool or makes the perfect companion to the instant international bestseller Becoming the One, which Yung Pueblo called "a spectacular guide to the inner world and relationships; it dispels myths, grounds you in transformative truth, and reconnects you to your power."

SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOPS:  In addition to her massive and dedicated following, Aiyana has a successful, organically grown relationship workshop, also called Becoming the One, that has helped 35,000+ people reclaim healthy relationship patterns.

Originally bound in 1688 in Paris, France, the book that inspired our Equinoxe series contained the many rites and observances to be followed during the week leading up to Easter, the most important period in the Christian calendar. To properly honour the contents, the intricate rules that governed life during this time were often housed in momentous and ornate bindings. This version of L’office de la Semaine Sainte (the liturgy for Holy Week) was especially adored as it was translated by Michel de Marolles, the notable French clergyman and translator. Sadly, he passed away in 1681 and never got to see the beautiful leather binding, stamped and gold-plated with tendril motifs, that contained his work.

The gold-tooled decoration adorning this cover is a style known as “fanfare,” an elaborate, handcrafted pattern edged in gilt. Especially popular in the early 1700s, the style dates back as far as the early 1500s and required tremendous skill on the part of the bookbinder. Because of the intricacy and expense associated with this goldwork, the technique was reserved for decorating books of great importance.

Blue, being the colour of the sky, is often seen as symbolizing heaven, and so we felt this celestial cover design appropriately represented the original contents of the binding on which it is based.

In cultures around the world, the first full moon after the vernal equinox is considered to be a sacred time, and so even for non-Christian people this period can hold great meaning. It is this universal connection that inspired us to choose the name “Equinoxe” for this rich and luxurious design.

Our Aurelia design is fit for a king... really! The inspiration for this cover comes from a leather book bound in Paris in 1748 that held copies of King Louis XV’s procedures for Holy Week.

French nobility and their bookbinders were not noted for their restraint in the use of gold embellishment, and this gilt-edged cover is no exception. Originally crafted by Pierre-Paul Dubuisson, this design is a marvellous riot of gold-tooled rococo elements such as birds, flowers and leaves. Dubuisson was himself bookbinding royalty of a sort. He and his father specialized in almanacs decorated with gold plates, and Dubuisson became the King’s official bookbinder in 1758.

Despite Dubuisson’s near-royal stature, this binding was one falsely attributed to Nicolas-Denis Derome le jeune, another celebrated French bookbinder of the era. And like Dubuisson, Derome is no stranger to our Paperblanks collection as it is his medieval “au semé” motif that graces our Parisian Mosaic covers!

This cover, the crème de la crème of French gilt binding, is an ode to the glory of gold – the precious metal against which all others are measured.

If you could do one thing for yourself today, why not do a quick mindfulness ritual?

In our busy, high-stress lives, sometimes we all need to slow down, breathe, and just be. But, as easy as that sounds, many of us are intimidated by the practice of meditation. Fortunately, you don’t have to experience a divine awakening or reach profound enlightenment to take advantage of this ancient practice. The simple rituals in this take-anywhere guide can help you get started—right now!

In A Moment for Me, you’ll learn to create a personal and well-rounded mindfulness practice to last you all year long. Featuring 52 satisfying and easy rituals, you’ll find quick inspiration to help you make mindfulness a regular part of your routine. The best part? You can use this book as a weekly dose of spiritual insight, or use each chapter as a standalone ritual. Whatever feels comfortable and meaningful to you!

So, why not get started today? Mindfulness meditation has never been so simple.