EmilyRuth

Paper lover, avid journalist, sender of happy mail and postcards. Stationery - I love it all! Letter sets, memos, ephemera pieces, scrapbook paper, homemade envelopes, postcards, address labels, washi tape samples, & stickers. Yah can’t go wrong! :)

I frequent my post office to collect the newest stamp designs. I am utterly in love with 2025’s Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake stamps. This stamp shows a 3d mask of a snake, meant to be a modern take on the long tradition of paper-cut folk-art crafts created during this time of the year. (Description via USPS.com) This is the 6th edition of this series and unfortunately I only have the Year of the Dragon and Snake so far.

I just started my first hobonichi techo this year and am hooked. I aim to journal every day and use it as a planner, habit tracker, and collage album. In my techo I write exclusively in my lamy safari - mango and kaweco skyline sport – macchiato fountain pens. I love the smooth buttery feel of writing with these two pens and changing out the ink colors based on my mood. I have a growing collection of rubber stamps and think these little touches make all the difference in my journal spreads and snail mail.

I prefer neutral or earth tones and nature themes but happy to explore all other possibilities. I tend to gravitate towards stationary items with birds on them. I think they are funny little creatures & would like to get into birding.

I enjoy traveling, watching RomComs, running, cycling, hiking, collage & paper art, playing frisbee with my very good dog, reading, and being outdoors in the sunshine. I am a big believer in the power of positive thought. I am also working on learning Spanish.

Wishlist: I adore mini deco stickers. Tiny little stickers of people, nature, animals, stationary, etc. Magazines: Flow, Frankie, Cut+Paste. Stamped images: I'd love to receive some of your favorite stamps on unique paper for me to cut out and collage into my journal or on letters.

Dislikes: please no alphabet or reward/kiddie character stickers and nothing religious, thank you!

Some ideas and inspiration:

a - address labels, animal lover

b - baked treats, bees, bears, birds, "black milk project" stationery, bottles of ink, book themes, book pages in languages other than English, browns, bugs

c - coffee, "coffee monsters co", concerts, cottagecore, cycling

d - die cuts, dogs, doilies

e - earth tones, ephemera, envelopes (collaged, decorated, patterned), "eric small things"

f - fall themes, florals, fountain pens, fruit

g - greens

h - hobonichi, household themes (desks, furniture, lamps)

i - illustrations

j - k -

l - "la dolce vida" stationery, letter sets

m - mail themes (especially mailboxes across the world), magazine cut outs (florals, towns, art, daily life, small things, stationery), maps, memos, midori stickers/memos, mountains, mushrooms, museums

n - nature, "notebook therapy"

o - octopus

p - patterned paper, p.e.t. tape, piano, planner stickers, polar bears, postcards

q - quail

r - recommendations for the town you live in (favorite art/stationery shops, coffee shops, book stores, thrift stores, restaurants)

s - scenic views, stamps, stamped images, snails, snorkeling, sunflowers

t - tea (especially vanilla chai), tiny stickers/stamps, travelers notebook, travel themes, trees

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v - vegan recipes, vintage book pages

w - washi samples (florals, solids, patterned, checkered, colorful, small animals or people), washi stickers, watercolor, wildflowers, wildlife fun facts, woodland animals

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y - yellow (mustard shade), yoga

z - trips to the zoo