Dear Everyone ~
We are delighted to announce a fresh assortment of Bundle of Stationery Joy à la Japonaiserie, a binder’s dozen of them to be exact. A bundle is a super gift for anyone resolved to become a more frequent (or dressier) correspondent in 2025. We’ve assembled each one with a new array of envelopes & notecards from artists & designers around the globe: from James Winrow (UK) to Marimekko (Sweden), from Wms & Co (Brooklyn!) to Art Press (UK), plus a single envelope hand-folded by me from Shizen (India) or Cambridge Imprint paper (UK) or a calendar page! All ’shikied in a large piece of vintage Japanese decorative paper from my reserves, beribboned with vintage Japanese cording. The thirteen wraps are all different, and each is paired with a Jumbeau pencil hand-wrapped in complementary Japanese paper.
Backtracking a few weeks: Whilst in the UK last month, I was motoring around one afternoon with my sister-in-law, exploring a recommended destination in northern Wales. While on our mission, I spied a beguiling selection of cards by Paper Bird Publishers. Two artists caught my immediate attention: Tjitske Kamphuis and Janine Burrows. Yes, I purchased several cards on the spot, and can confirm that the lusciously thick stock they are printed on takes ink beautifully. I reached right out to PBP to ask if they’d ship to the US. They would indeed, and they did! I am beyond delighted to welcome these charming cards to BZS. And I am doubly delighted to be their very first US stockist.
N.B. (Nota Bene and Neatly Brilliant): a 2-inch strip of the front image is printed on the backside of the card, which you could slice off to use as a bookmark (or gift tag). A dotted line & tiny scissors icon offer encouragement, with a little caption that reads ‘for the bookworm’. We love that!
In other paper-related news, we’ve added a handsome sketch pad from Hahnemühle. Both Ruby and Janet have already tested the paper with their favoured medium (seen here or below). The paper is 100% cotton, warm-ish white, with a toothy finish. A lovely touch: a single sheet of unprinted translucent paper lies inside the cover, as the top sheet of the pad. You can certainly re-use it for your own creative purposes. Lovely detail: in the lower left corner of the cover, the word Drawing is foil-stamped in silver, as are Hahnemühle and their logo at top.
Ruby observed, “The sheets have such a pleasant, toothy texture for a lighter weight paper. There is much excitement at the thought of experimenting with other mediums on this paper, for doodling, or more intricate projects.”
Janet affirmed, “The tablet is the perfect size for small sketches—or to fill the pages with larger works! The paper has some tooth to it, but not enough to interfere with the sketch. The paper will also take a light wash of watercolour with little buckling, and easily handles drier watercolour. It is Hahnemühle’s usual fine quality, pure cotton paper. That company never disappoints.”
If you’d like any of your purchases wrapped more seasonally than our snowy white tissue, let me know, and I’ll see what I can come up with for you!
Bundle of Stationery Joy à la Japonaiserie
Notecards by Tjitske Kamphuis
Notecards by Janine Burrows
Hahnemühle drawing pads
Festively, Bari
PS:
Exceptionally, the shop will be open Monday, December 23 from 12–5pm and Tuesday, Christmas Eve from 11am–2pm.