Office + Craft
Sanby Ink Pads, Warm Tones
$ 4.00 USD
If variety is the spice of life, prepare to feel the heat with this collection of 11 ink pads from Sanby, each in a warm tone. Pair your favorite shade with a playful stamp and add a pop of color to any card or craft.
About Sanby
For a century now, Sanby Co. has specialized in the development and production of stamps and inks with the aim of creating lighthearted products that fit into your daily life. Since 2001, Sanby has also been committed to an eco-friendly business model utilizing recycled plastics and refillable inks, reducing waste and creating items you can truly feel good about using every day.
Materials: Plastic, water-based ink
Dimensions: 1.34" L x 1.34" W x 0.79" H
Osaka, Japan
Sanby Ink Pads, Cool Tones
$ 4.00 USD
Bring some cool hues to your next rainy-day project with this collection of 11 ink pads from Sanby. Pair your favorite shade with a playful stamp and add a pop of color to any card or craft.
About Sanby
For a century now, Sanby Co. has specialized in the development and production of stamps and inks with the aim of creating lighthearted products that fit into your daily life. Since 2001, Sanby has also been committed to an eco-friendly business model utilizing recycled plastics and refillable inks, reducing waste and creating items you can truly feel good about using every day.
Materials: Plastic, water-based ink
Dimensions: 1.34" L x 1.34" W x 0.79" H
Osaka, Japan
Handmade Washi Mini Card
$ 4.25 USD
Run a finger over the textured surface of a washi (literally, "Japanese paper") card from WACCA Japan and you'll wonder why you ever used another material for your writing projects. With their natural edges, lightweight composition, and variety of color, these cards will quickly become a favorite at your desk or craft station. Pen a personal message or add a colorful stamp and create a thoughtful, unique note anyone would love to receive.
About WACCA Japan
The name WACCA is a play on words, combining the Japanese character "wa" (和), meaning something Japanese, with "wakka" (わっか), meaning circle or ring. The company exists to bring the simple pleasures of artisanal washi paper - the appealing texture, the handmade aesthetics - to the daily lives of people around the world, restoring an art form in decline while enhancing our everyday experiences.
Materials: Recycled washi paper
Dimensions: 3.58" L x 2.17" W
Tokyo, Japan
Handmade Washi Postcard
$ 5.00 USD
Run a finger over the textured surface of a washi (literally, "Japanese paper") card from WACCA Japan and you'll wonder why you ever used another material for your writing projects. With their natural edges, innate durability, and lightweight composition, these cards will quickly become a favorite at your desk or craft station. Pen a personal message or add a colorful stamp and create a thoughtful, unique note anyone would love to receive. Also available in a smaller size.
About WACCA Japan
The name WACCA is a play on words, combining the Japanese character "wa" (和), meaning something Japanese, with "wakka" (わっか), meaning circle or ring. The company exists to bring the simple pleasures of artisanal washi paper - the appealing texture, the handmade aesthetics - to the daily lives of people around the world, restoring an art form in decline while enhancing our everyday experiences.
Materials: Recycled washi paper
Dimensions: 5.88" L x 3.9" W
Tokyo, Japan
OHTO Ballpoint Pen
$ 1.70 USD
As you pick up the OHTO Ballpoint Pen for the first time, you begin to understand why the brand enjoys such a large cult following. With its timeless design and sturdy construction, this writing implement is clearly build to last - which is good, because the smooth clicking action and effortless ink flow will have you reaching for it again and again. Available in three eye-catching colors with an optional refill.
About OHTO
Since its founding in 1929, OHTO has been one of Japan's most important stationery manufacturers. Although its writing instruments are hard to find in other countries, OHTO is known within Japan as the first company to create a ballpoint pen there, and its products are prized by stationery aficionados the world over for their traditional aesthetic and thoughtful construction. OHTO's goal is to perfect common writing instruments in the belief that high-quality everyday tools help us lead happy, productive lives.
Materials: Metal, oil-based ink
Dimensions: 5.35" L x 0.4" D
Tokyo, Japan
CDT Brush Sign Pens - 10-Pack, Assorted Colors
$ 29.00 USD
Breathing new life into a classic is never easy, but Craft Design Technology has done just that with their re-imagining of this versatile writing and drawing tool. The CDT Brush Sign Pen features a flexible tip that allows for fine lines and sweeping curls with each stroke, lending an air of individuality to any message. With a sleek body dyed byakuroku - a traditional Japanese color - these pens make for excellent gifts or everyday implements.
About CDT
Stationery company Craft Design Technology combines modern sensibilities with the Japanese heritage of impeccable craftsmanship and elegant aesthetics. Their unique blend of tradition, innovation, and simplicity has been turning ordinary office supplies into minimalist works of art since 2005.
Materials: Plastic, brass, nylon
Dimensions (pack): 6" x 8.6" x 0.4"
Tokyo, Japan
Ro-Biki Notebook Carrying Case
$ 56.00 USD
The handy Ro-Biki Notebook Carrying Case is compact enough to fit in your daily carry bag yet roomy enough to hold your personal stationery, Ro-Biki notebooks, or even your smartphone and credit cards. Keep your writing tools in the zippered interior compartment or one of three exterior pockets and never hunt around for a pen again.
Each case is constructed using a durable organic cotton canvas material that continues to soften with use. A thick elastic band ensures your case stays closed, and each one comes with a second, thin band to join multiple notebooks together within the case. Ro-Biki Notebook not included.
About Yamamoto Paper
Yamamoto Paper is a wholesaler and stationery brand founded in 1972 in Osaka, Japan. By leveraging their vast experience in the paper industry, Yamamoto creates original stationery products that stand out from the competition.
Materials: Organic cotton canvas
Dimensions: 8.35" L x 4.2" W
Osaka, Japan
Find Smart Note
$ 16.25 USD
"I do not seek, I find." The Find Smart Note is a small hardcover notebook that slips right into most pockets so you can stay “smart” on the go. It features 40 sheets of copper-edged 2.5mm graph paper that has been specifically chosen to provide the ultimate writing experience for fountain pen users (though it does quite well with graphite and ballpoint pens as well).
About Kunisawa
Since its founding in 1971, Kunisawa has collaborated with graphic designers, advertising agencies, photographers and other creatives to produce office goods tailored for the creative mind. Kunisawa notebooks use British-style foolscap paper, which features a gliding smooth texture and excellent ink absorption designed especially for fountain pens. Minimalist with a refined vintage charm, Kunisawa has quickly become one of Japan’s most exciting new stationery brands.
Materials: Paper
Dimensions: 3.7" x 6.6"
Tokyo, Japan
Find Ring Note
$ 19.50 USD
"I do not seek, I find." Fans of spiral notebooks, look no further. The Find Ring Note is the sturdy, attractive, and enjoyable notebook of your dreams. It features 80 sheets of copper-edged paper that has been specifically chosen to provide the ultimate writing experience for fountain pen users (though it does quite well with graphite and ballpoint pens as well).
About Kunisawa
Since its founding in 1971, Kunisawa has collaborated with graphic designers, advertising agencies, photographers and other creatives to produce office goods tailored for the creative mind. Kunisawa notebooks use British-style foolscap paper, which features a gliding smooth texture and excellent ink absorption designed especially for fountain pens. Minimalist with a refined vintage charm, Kunisawa has quickly become one of Japan’s most exciting new stationery brands.
Materials: Paper, Metal
Dimensions: 5.8" x 8.26"
Tokyo, Japan
Shunshun Washi Tape - Island Wave
$ 5.60 USD
Step up your next crafting project with a roll (or two) of washi tape; it's strong, easy to remove, and available in a wide variety of attention-grabbing patterns and designs. This one features a design from artist Shunshun depicting a panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea.
About Shunshun
Shunshun is a Hiroshima-based creative who began his career in architecture design before pivoting to focus on fine art. His work uses delicate lines and intricate details to compose thoughtful representations of the natural world.
Materials: Washi paper, adhesive
Dimensions: Width: 2cm; Roll: 10m
Hiroshima, Japan
Shunshun Washi Tape - Rain
$ 5.60 USD
Step up your next crafting project with a roll (or two) of washi tape; it's strong, easy to remove, and available in a wide variety of attention-grabbing patterns and designs. This tape features a design from artist Shunshun depicting the slow onset of a summer rainstorm.
About Shunshun
Shunshun is a Hiroshima-based creative who began his career in architecture design before pivoting to focus on fine art. His work uses delicate lines and intricate details to compose thoughtful representations of the natural world.
Materials: Washi paper, adhesive
Dimensions: Width: 2cm; Roll: 10m
Hiroshima, Japan
Midge & Mondo Pines Field Mouse Greeting Card
$ 5.00 USD
5 x 7", blank inside
On a separate sheet, accompanying the Art Poster:
Midge and Mondo get on like a house on fire. And whenever they’re around, everyone knows it - there is such a spark between the two; it is both electric and contagious.
No one knows how or when the pair met; they’ve just always been. Daydreaming, talking, or simply cozied up with each other reading. Usually, if the latter, it’ll have something to do with cars. Mondo’s four-wheel love is the iconic Porsche 911, while Midge fancies a beefy 1969 Corvette L88 with the ZL-1 big block.
But, when reading turns to daydreaming, they chatter away about restoring an oldie: a 1949 International Harvester Half Ton. They found the mix of curves and power absolutely titillating. Heaven forbid (for the community at large) they should actually ever get it built, though. How on earth they’d negotiate the steering wheel, the gears, and the brakes clearly hasn’t come up in conversation.
Albert Finnegan Black Bear Greeting Card
$ 5.00 USD
5 x 7", blank inside
ON THE BACK OF THE CARD:
Albert Finnegan always appreciated a good tea party and hosted them often. But he got to thinking, “Why serve dainty finger sandwiches and delicate petit fours when I have all of these blueberries from up the hillside? I'll serve nice BIG pieces of pie. A-n-n-n-d I'll serve them on dinner plates, even if it is only mid-afternoon!” So he did.
Albert's tea parties were always a great success due, in part, to his generous portion sizes. But it was his charming personality and make-you-weak-at-the-knees recipes that had everyone coveting an invitation. So, after much encouragement from the neighbourhood, Albert and his love, Eleanor, opened their waterside patisserie, Portage. Dawn 'til dusk, they are serving up all sorts of sweet treats. Swim, slither, walk, or fly to Portage; eat on the patio or take away. But get all you can while you can because, come the first sign of snow, the culinary couple will be packing it in for the winter
Murray Maynooth Moose Greeting Card
$ 5.00 USD
5 x 7", blank inside
ON THE BACK OF THE CARD:
Murray Maynooth, a very gentle spirit, is a veritable Thoreau on four legs. He lives in an off-the-grid, solar-powered geodesic dome constructed entirely of found twigs whittled to perfection by his old friend Ford Buckminster the Beaver.
Being a staunch vegan (his favourite autumnal treat is baked butternut squash with birch syrup), Murray spends his mornings foraging for berries and vegetables and crafting his harvest into wonderfully tasty treats.
Afternoons have him leisurely toot-tooting around the neighbourhood on his trusty bicycle. Not simply for the exercise: he loves the social that his daily ride offers. Stopping to chat at nearly every house, Murray always leaves a much appreciated package of preserves. The exchange of ideas is always invaluable, providing the pith for his ever-developing philosophies.
Newton Chapel African Elephant Greeting Card
$ 5.00 USD
7 x 5", blank inside
ON THE BACK OF THE CARD:
Newton Chapel African Elephant was born with a curiosity about music. Understandably really, as he watched the herd respond to seemingly inaudible sound vibrations from many miles away. Or felt the thunderous drum-like beats reverberate to his core when running with the clan. As a toddler, he would rummage through his parents' music collection with pencil in hand, unwinding every cassette tape they had in the hopes of finding the music it held. It’s abstruse and ethereal nature only furthered his fascination.
To celebrate his second birthday, the herd saved its pennies for something very special. It arrived in a huge shipping crate, weeks early, which gave him plenty of time to investigate. Running his incredibly sensitive sniffer along every crack and seam, Newtie hoped the treasure would reveal itself. It did not. Accompanying this was a second box, especially for him from his parents, very beautifully wrapped, and clearly a partner to the peregrine present.
When his big day arrived, it took Newtie all of ten seconds to break into the box. Silence. He looked at the odd thing, and then at his family and friends, and back at the odd thing. Helping him open the smaller parcel, a collection of classic records, they placed one onto the turntable of the odd thing and flipped a switch. Newton jumped back in surprise. Music resounded from the odd thing’s nose. Instinctively, and to everyone’s amusement, he trumpeted back a reply. They had gifted him a gramophone and, after explaining just what it was and how it worked, Newtie was in love.
While he no longer tries to find where the music hides, he’s enthralled with this magical device. It continues to gift him with respite, strength, inspiration, revelry, reverie, comfort, connection and, paradoxically, moments where he can both lose and find himself.
Whitby Valentine European Hedgehog Greeting Card
$ 5.00 USD
– Sold Out7 x 5", blank inside
ON THE BACK OF THE CARD:
As Whitby Valentine Hedgehog ambles along the overgrown trail, he starts thinking about how many times he’s made this trip into town and back: every day, year after year, since he could walk. He doesn’t scurry along as he did when he was just a hoglet; he doesn’t even move along briskly. No, these days, it is definitely a meander, and he is just fine with that.
As he heads into his twilight years, Whitby may have less might and dexterity but at least the universe gifts him with a growing reserve of wisdom and patience to offset. His eyesight is fading, too - a more difficult adjustment - but Whitby figures it is simply an opportunity to see with the heart rather than the eyes alone. True, he now listens better and speaks more thoughtfully, and even though he had a beautiful spirit before, he now connects with others more deeply and wholly. As Whitby rounds the final curve of the brae, gingerly treading up four low, wide stairs before reaching his house, he steps squarely on a fire ant hill. Totally unintentional, of course; his eyes being dim, he couldn’t see. But those ants, protecting their formicary, alert Whitby of his misstep by nipping at his legs straight up to the knees. Unbeknownst to him, James Willoughby Red Squirrel, a stained-glass artist by trade, had been perched in a nearby tree and saw the entire debacle. As Whitby bumbled home to soak the sting away in an herbal bath, James returned to his studio, inspired to help. Being ever resourceful, he found some old pop bottles and, from their bases, was able to chisel two thick magnifying lenses just the right size. He fitted them into makeshift wire frames, and they fit perfectly.
Whitby Valentine loves his new spectacles and wears them proudly; he is eternally grateful. So are the fire ants. But, from time to time, he’ll leave them on his console table as he heads out just to remember what it means to really see.
OHTO Wooden Mechanical Pencil Eraser Refill
$ 2.00 USD
Ensure a proper fit and outstanding performance with this eraser two-pack for the OHTO Wooden 2.0 Mechanical Pencil.
About OHTO
Since its founding in 1929, OHTO has been one of Japan's most important stationery manufacturers. Although its writing instruments are hard to find in other countries, OHTO is known within Japan as the first company to create a ballpoint pen there, and its products are prized by stationery aficionados the world over for their traditional aesthetic and thoughtful construction. OHTO's goal is to perfect common writing instruments in the belief that high-quality everyday tools help us lead happy, productive lives.
Dimensions: 9mm D
Tokyo, Japan
Tsubame Memo Square
$ 7.25 USD
Take your notes on the go with this pocket-sized memo pad from Tsubame Note. It features Tsubame's famous "Fool's Paper", a high-quality paper that performs exceedingly well with fountain pens. Each page features either plain or grid markings printed with a water-based ink that does interfere with your writing.
Materials: Paper
Dimensions: 5.9" L x 5.7" W
Tokyo, Japan
Tsubame Memo Pocket Pad
$ 4.50 USD
Take your notes on the go with this pocket-sized memo pad from Tsubame Note. It features Tsubame's famous "Fool's Paper", a high-quality paper that performs exceedingly well with fountain pens. Each page features either plain or grid markings printed with a water-based ink that does interfere with your writing.
Materials: Paper
Dimensions: 4.72" L x 2.95" W
Tokyo, Japan
Timbre Hand Bell
$ 49.00 USD
This modern, yet thoughtfully designed hand bell rings out with a pleasing clarity when gently rocked from side to side. The sound is achieved without a traditional clapper. Instead, large and small iron balls float freely inside the mechanism, allowing it to ring when only slightly rocked. Designed by Gen Suzuki.
About Timbre
Timbre (pronounced "tam-ber") is an assemblage of home accessories created with sound in mind. Every object in the collection produces its own distinct note upon use, appealing to both the visual and auditory senses in the process. Whether through touch or movement, each interaction with a Timbre product enriches your life with gentle tones and elegant aesthetics. Learn more about the Timbre line and hear samples of each item's unique sound here.
Materials: Die-cast zinc, steel, wood, iron balls
Dimensions: 2.68" L x 2.68" W x 5.25" H
Osaka, Japan
Timbre Table Bell
$ 49.00 USD
This compact bell lets out a solid and pleasing chime at the push of a button. Made from die-cast zinc and featuring a matching non-skid silicone base, it’s an unassuming desk item that sends a clear signal. Designed by Gen Suzuki.
About Timbre
Timbre (pronounced "tam-ber") is an assemblage of home accessories created with sound in mind. Every object in the collection produces its own distinct note upon use, appealing to both the visual and auditory senses in the process. Whether through touch or movement, each interaction with a Timbre product enriches your life with gentle tones and elegant aesthetics. Learn more about the Timbre line and hear samples of each item's unique sound here.
Materials: Die-cast zinc, steel, silicone
Dimensions: 2.68" L x 2.68" W x 2.36" H
Osaka, Japan
Timbre Kendama
$ 97.00 USD
Have fun and get in the rhythm with this conceptual kendama. Designed by artist Yasuhiro Suzuki, it features a slightly oblong ball and matte black coloring meant to resemble a music note. With each flip, twist, and catch, the beechwood body makes a pleasing thud that engages the senses.
About Timbre
Timbre (pronounced "tam-ber") is an assemblage of home accessories created with sound in mind. Every object in the collection produces its own distinct note upon use, appealing to both the visual and auditory senses in the process. Whether through touch or movement, each interaction with a Timbre product enriches your life with gentle tones and elegant aesthetics. Learn more about the Timbre line and hear samples of each item's unique sound here.
Materials: Beechwood, string
Dimensions: 7” H x 2.75 W x 2.55” D
Osaka, Japan
