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It's curated with the most beautiful handmade items, and a blend of some commercial items you won’t find anywhere else in the greater STL area - the paper, the notebooks, the gift wrap, the fountain pens and ink!

-Jackie

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French Ribbons Hand-Painted Print Art Print Papillon Press
French Ribbons Hand-Painted Print Art Print Papillon Press
French Ribbons Hand-Painted Print
Papillon Press
$150.00 USD

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Dresden Foils Dresden Foils Antique Item
Dresden Foils Dresden Foils Antique Item
Dresden Foils
Antique Item
from $0.75 USD

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Florentine Stationery Rossi 1931
Florentine Stationery Rossi 1931
Florentine Stationery
Rossi 1931
$13.00 USD

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Holiday 2021 Card Box Set Holiday Card Papillon Press
Holiday 2021 Card Box Set Holiday Card Papillon Press
Holiday Letterpress Greeting Card Box Set
Papillon Press
$30.00 USD

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Merry Christmas Banner Banner Cambridge Imprint
Merry Christmas Banner Banner Cambridge Imprint
Merry Christmas Banner
Cambridge Imprint
$30.00 USD

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Esterbrook Niblet Fountain Pen: Tortoise Fountain Pen Esterbrook
Esterbrook Niblet Fountain Pen: Tortoise Fountain Pen Esterbrook
Esterbrook Niblet Fountain Pen: Tortoise
Esterbrook
$175.00 USD

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Limoges Green Heart Trinket Box Trinket Box Limoges
Limoges Green Heart Trinket Box Trinket Box Limoges
Limoges Green Heart Trinket Box
Limoges
$95.00 USD

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Wax Seal Stamps - Mini Wax Seal Stamp Written Word Calligraphy
Wax Seal Stamps - Mini Wax Seal Stamp Written Word Calligraphy
Wax Seal Stamps - Mini
Written Word Calligraphy
from $15.00 USD

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Latest Stories

French Ribbons and Jean-Michel Papillon
French Ribbons and Jean-Michel Papillon

October 21, 2024

Long ago, wallpaper as we now know it didn’t really exist. However, in 1675, a man named Jean-Michel Papillon invented repeating pattern wallpapers, or as it was known then, “wall hangings” or “tapestry papers”.

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The Dodo: Hand-Painted Block Print
The Dodo: Hand-Painted Block Print

September 23, 2024

It is surprising how little is known about a bird that is so recognizable, but that is the case with the Dodo. Because of its extinction in the 17th Century it was gone before much research and study was done. 

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Letterpress Writing Stationery
Letterpress Writing Stationery

August 16, 2023

On August 5th, for Stationery Store Day, we launched our first line of fine writing stationery. It's letterpress printed on Neenah cotton writing paper, and if we may say so ourselves, it's ever so lovely.

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