the daddies of fathers’ day cards

Put your hand up if you find buying Fathers' Day cards crazy hard (my hand is up and waving frantically). So many are orientated around cars, or gardening, or tool sheds...and my Dad's not a particular fan of any of these. Or they're designed for 5 year olds, as if we stop buying cards for...

wtf is a bullet journal?!

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I'm branching out a bit from the usual stationery goodness. I recently heard about bullet journaling. My first reaction was "what the hell's that"?! But after a lot of  reading around and (a little too long) scrolling on Pinterest I fell rather in love! A bullet journal is essentially a flexible...

#nss2017

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you're all having great weekends. Let me know what you're up to in the comments below 🙂 Over the last couple of weeks my Instagram feed has been inundated with mail outs from stationery companies for the American National Stationery Show. And boy are they dreamy! They really do reflect the...

what to write in a wedding card

So you're going to a wedding. You've got your dress sorted, present wrapped and card bought (see my last post for my fave wedding cards of the season). You've got your pen at the ready, poised to right some absolutely fabulous message in the card...but your mind goes blank. Whether you're attending the wedding of...

the best wedding cards 2017

Hi all! So this last weekend I was super lucky enough to my best friend's bridesmaid. It was such an unbelievably special day, getting to watch 2 of my favourite people marry each other. They really are the best couple! As I was searching for the perfect wedding card I found some real beauts. In...

#getcrafty

So it's day 2 of National Stationery Week! And today's theme is "Get Crafty". For me sketching and painting is the craft that I come back to time and time again. My great grandfather was such a talented watercolour painter, and his various paintings of the Lake District have lined my grandparent's hallways ever since...

national stationery week

That's right people. A whoooole week, seven whole days, dedicated to stationery. Have our dreams been answered? Yes they have! All hail the stationery Gods. And if you live in London there's even a stationery crawl! THAT'S RIGHT....A STATIONERY EQUIVALENT OF A PUB CRAWL! I'm beyond excited. OK, enough with the caps lock and exclamation...

white alba papers

Hi there! Welcome to White Alba Papers! If you love stationery as much as I do then, well, we're going to get along just fine! White Alba Papers is a place to swoon over all the best stationery and greeting cards as well as get some inspiration for your own letter writing escapades! I hope...