The Stationery Cafe

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour in 2022! April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, we discussed some interesting stationery tidbits we saw on Twitter, including how Studio Ghibli helped Director Miyazaki find a replacement for his electric eraser. April pines for the new Kotorimachi statione...

In this episode, April from @penguinscreative chats with stationery enthusiast Kelly Aziz from @___fromthesewords. Kelly is based in Malaysia, and has been a long-time collector and supporter of many stationery brands and creators! Just like many of us, we go in and out of systems, and in and out of love with stationery sometimes, and Kelly shares her journey as well as ways to build a healthy and...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour in 2022! April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, we talked about Job's Journal's new tape release in his Etsy store and Sailor's new chroma-shading inks! April also went over her "cafe journaling at home" setup, taking you on a virtual tour through what she...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour in 2022! April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, we unpack some fun new things such as BENU's Wild Rose fountain pen and a Receipt Calendar from Sumthings of Mine. April re-organizes her cards and letter sets in one big container, while Kelly shows off her n...

This week at The Stationery Cafe, April from @penguinscreative catches up with Kelly from @kellyloveletters about their planners and stationery updates! What have we been up to in the last month of 2021, and how are our new journals working out for us? We reflected on our successes and challenges in 2021, as well as breakdown some stationery goals for 2022! Have a happy new year!

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, April and Kelly talk about Cute Things From Japan's exciting stationery box collaboration with Eric Small Things, Furukawashiko, and Papier Platz. We also looked at Sailor x Ca. Crea collaboration Pro Gear called Snow...

In this episode, April from @penguinscreative chats with stationery enthusiast Erick Gama, who is also the co-host of another stationery podcast called Tinterias, but it’s in spanish! He started doing the podcast from June 2020, and through the process had grown to learn more about the fountain pen community and found his own style and preferences in the journey! In this episode, he shares his jou...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, April and Kelly discuss which ink would work best in her new TWSBI Eco Jade, as well as sharing their thoughts about TRC USA and limited editions! We also looked at new launches from Blackwing and Tombow Mono that's t...

In this episode, April from @penguinscreative chats with stationery lover Christianna from @christinannawrites! Christianna is a true stationery enthusiast, always sharing her knowledge and experience with stationery items spanning stamps, stickers, paper goods, and washi tape from the Asian market, even though she is based in the US! She streams about her analog adventure on Twitch and we sat dow...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, April discusses TWSBI’s new Jade TWSBI ECO color, and Kelly gush over Sailor’s Fika collection. We also talk about a few things we’re eyeing, including Shachihata’s multi-color inkpads and Hobonichi’s new Drawer Pouch...

You’ve been waiting for this, we’re all waiting for this...the final reveal for our 2022 journals and planners lineup! In this episode, Co-hosts April from @penguinscreative , Phyllis from @misslingbloom , and Kelly from @kellyloveletters are all here to talk about what journals they are using for the coming year...a Techo Kaigi! We break down our core daily planners, as well as fun notebooks for...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, April talks about her adventure with Happydaya x Paperandmilk holiday collaboration. Kelly shares the news about Everyday Explorers Co's new stamp sets for stationery enthusiasts. April shows off her TRAVELER'S notebo...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, Kelly and April talked about Bungubox's commemorative pen to be released during Tokyo International Pen Show, as well as a few other things April has her eyes on. We also discuss the variety of items released by Midor...

This week at The Stationery Cafe, April from @penguinscreative catches up with Phyllis from @misslingbloom on another stationery topic. This week, we remembered that the second anniversary of The Stationery Cafe Podcast had gone by without us noticing! Phyllis and April reminisce about our stationery adventure in Seattle, as well as reflect on some fun trends and thoughts about the stationery comm...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, Kelly and April discuss onion skin and super lightweight paper, and also pondered EMOTT's new color pencils! Kelly shared some happy mail she received from @moudhipaints and April talked about her current pen pouch se...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, April talks about Sarasa Nano, a new version of Zebra's popular Sarasa Clip pens, and Kelly shares her haul from Journal as Altar's shop opening. We also both shared new ways to store our big stickers and washi tapes!...

In this episode, April from @penguinscreative chats with sticker shop owner and stationery lover Denise from @paperandmilk! Denise is a self-taught artist, baker, and stationery shop owner from San Francisco, and her whimsical character Maru the Marshmellow brings such joy and liveliness to our journal pages. We talk about her journey of discovering stationery to how she continues to design things...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, Kelly talks about a new stamp set from Everyday Explorers Co called Daily Practice that speaks to her love for tarot. April really wants to get a Fall edition of PLUS Mt. Fuji eraser. We also talk about our favorite i...

This week at The Stationery Cafe, April from @penguinscreative chats with stationery enthusiast Caitlin from @caitlin.loves.stationery. You might know Caitlin through her bubbly and creative Twitch streams where she shares creative projects such as live illustrations, doodles in her Hobonichi, and putting together stationery happy mail. In this episode, Caitlin shares her journey of being an obser...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, April revisits the return of Pilot's Kese Lame erasable shimmering ink! Kelly and April both share a new planner they acquired, and we admire the new collection by TRAVELER'S COMPANY with Taiwan Beer. Are you a Kelly...

Welcome to the Stationery Cafe Happy Hour, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters get together to talk about the latest in the stationery community. This week, Kelly and April talk about new things they want in the stationery world: a glass pen inspired by purple skin sweet potatoes, Archer and Olive's Fall edition release, Field Notes' cool illustrated Harvest Edition, and...

This week at The Stationery Cafe, April from @penguinscreative catches up with Phyllis from @misslingbloom on another stationery topic. At the beginning of the year, we talked about Ring Planners, and the conversation had evolved since then! In this episode we talked about different ring planners and recommended popular journaling styles in the Japanese system techo community. We also share our ow...

Welcome to The Stationery Cafe Happy Hour! This week, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletter talk about the latest in the stationery community. We admired The Superior Labor's new Autumn and New Year collections, as well as Pilot's interesting dark paper notebooks: Couleur Fonce. April and Kelly both talked about sticker sheets they bought recently, as well as the storage sys...

The Stationery Cafe Happy Hour is back! This week, April from @penguinscreative and Kelly from @kellyloveletters reminisce about their recent stationery-filled adventures! From meeting friends in the community at SF Pen Show 2021 to April's vacation in New York City, there are so many stories to recount and talk about. We also unwrap our thoughts about the Hobonichi launch and the aftermath,...gue...

This week at The Stationery Cafe, April from @penguinscreative chats with stationery lover Cecilia from @scientistplans. Cecilia is from Brazil and today lives in Quebec. You might know her from Instagram...she owns a beautiful collection of analog tools, all curated along with her iconic shades of blue! In this episode, Cecilia shares her journal and planners that she uses for her work and person...