Journals, Guest & Record Books

Legend has it that hanging a Bird of Happiness in one's home will bring good health and fortune to all who live under its warm embrace. Artist Nadezhda Sokolova, also known as Nadya Sokolova, has taken inspiration from this classic tale of Russian folklore...

Before Dutch still life painting developed, artists illuminated handwritten manuscripts to add emotional power to a written work. A celebrated practitioner of this style was Joris Hoefnagel. Reproduced for our Flemish Rose journal cover is a page he illuminated for the Mira calligraphiae monumenta,...

Our Kikka soft cover notebook reproduces Michiko Kamees full of chrysanthemum design originally hand-painted with gold overglaze and colour on china by employing Kyo-Satsuma. In this Paperblanks Flexi cover design the viewer can see hints of the kaleidoscope of flowers in bloom, as well...

Laurel Burch was a self-taught artist who relied on her intuition and passion, speaking from the heart with an unmistakably imaginative style. Based on Laurel Burch's original "Imagine" butterflies image, Paperblanks Flutterbyes soft cover notebook is the perfect Flexi journal to match any joyful...

The Gutenberg Bible is one of the earliest mass-produced books in human history. Our Paperblanks Genesis journal reproduces an illuminated page created by German artist Gisela Maschmann, who has modelled her miniature painting on a volume of Gutenberg's ecclesiastic masterwork housed in the Berlin...

Jean Grolier (1479-1565) was among history's most discerning collectors of beautiful books. This Paperblanks Grolier journal is inspired by one of his last great commissions, a gold-tooled marbled brown leather binding with an interlaced curving design of single-line fillets and floral tools filling out...

H.G. Wells was a science fiction pioneer whose visions for our future have greatly impacted our modern world. His first novel, The Time Machine (1895), was an instant success, as were those that followed. As a celebration of Wells' life and legacy, we are...

Ancient spiritual practices meet modern digital art in the work of Android Jones. His art asks the viewer to focus on the potential for awakening, the power of the third eye and the early reverberations of the time that lies before us. With colours...

As a fabric, lace literally and figuratively allows us to see beneath the surface. It's used to enhance, to emphasize and to hide, to denote both innocence and seduction. Our Paperblanks Lace Allure Ivory Veil guest book cover is inspired by a particularly fine...

What can we say about women's shoes that hasn't been said so eloquently elsewhere? Nothing really, which is why we're content to let the journal cover tell the story this time around. Paperblanks Fabulous Footwear Jama notebook, featuring a yellow shoe designed by Roberto...

This Joyous Springtime Dot-Grid Planner will help you achieve your goals and develop your creative ideas in style. Featuring a customizable index, page numbers, three ribbon markers, design stencil and, of course, a dot-grid interior, this Paperblanks journal will inspire you to harness the...

The original binding reproduced on our Paperblanks Flexi Juniper softcover notebook comes from a 1736 leather scripture book published in Hof, Germany, by Johann Gottlieb Vierling. With a filigreed design that calls to mind golden wheat stalks and corn fields, this design is sure...

The original binding reproduced on our Paperblanks Flexi Juniper softcover notebook comes from a 1736 leather scripture book published in Hof, Germany, by Johann Gottlieb Vierling. With a filigreed design that calls to mind golden wheat stalks and corn fields, this design is sure...

The Taj Mahal is renowned not just for its soaring symmetry and the breathtaking precision of its construction, but also for the floral forms carved in marble that adorn it. A photograph of one of these iconic flowers is reproduced for our Lahori journal,...

On an 1862 boat trip, Charles Ludwig Dodgson (known to us as Lewis Carroll) entertained three sisters with a tale about a girl falling down a rabbit hole and into wondrous adventures with peculiar creatures. In 1864, Dodgson wrote and illustrated his story and...

French author and illustrator Benjamin Lacombe lends his unique spirit to our collection with this lively softcover Flexi design. His works have been published and translated around the world. In this Madame Butterfly notebook cover, from his 2013 book of the same name, Lacombe's...

Brian Froud has drawn inspiration from the landscapes of the English moorlands to create an unparalleled body of creative work. He is the genius behind Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. We have reproduced a scene from his 2007 book Brian Froud's World...

Paperblanks Nocturnelle Flexi softcover notebook, a reproduction of an antique French binding, is based on a cover designed in 1829 by publishers A. & W. Galignani for The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. This notebook cover suggests the fine Moroccan leather, structural sturdiness, careful...

The Gutenberg Bible is the greatest celebrity in the history of book arts. In the 15th century Gutenberg invented printing from movable type, enabling the creation of his illustrated 42-line Bible. This Paperblanks Parabole journal cover reproduces an illuminated page by Gisela Maschmann, whose...

During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the Emperor Taizong founded an opera school called Liyuan (Pear Garden). Chinese opera reached its pinnacle under the Qing court (1644-1911), giving birth to what is known as Peking Opera. Reproduced for this colourful hardcover journal is a piece...