Empowering Individuality

Articles to inspire yourself-expression.

Today, we’re talking with Susanne, a graphic designer and self-taught artist who has made a big impact with her "Tiny Tales." We are excited to share her story with you and to welcome her to the #PeopleOfPaperblanks community. To see...
On a recent Writing Wednesday, in an effort to provide hope to all those writers struggling to be published, we highlighted four of the harshest rejection letters some extremely successful authors have received. But what if you can't even...
If you're stuck in a rut and looking for some encouraging advice, you've come to the right place. Here are some thought-provoking, and hopefully creatively inspiring, points that have been made by some of our favourite artists. Pablo Picasso Learn the...
We all know that writing in a journal is a great way to express your innermost thoughts. It's easy to see why keeping a journal might be helpful to log personal goals, dreams or even setbacks. But the specific...
The end of summer signals the beginning of a new school year and whether you are a student, a teacher or simply a life-long learner, developing better note-taking skills is always a useful endeavour. The key to taking really...
Sometimes at the Endpaper Blog we get the unique opportunity to offer a platform to creative journallers from around the world. We’ve recently partnered with Quynh Vu – a multitalented artist and bullet journaller who specializes in brush lettering...
To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we're giving away 25 journals! We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who entered our #Paperblanks25 competition and who has supported us over the years. We absolutely love creating Paperblanks journals and...
Homophones, homonyms, homographs and heteronyms. These words all sound pretty similar, which is fitting because they are used to describe the many ways similar-sounding or -spelled words can actually differ. This may sound like a boring language lesson but...
If you believe the folks at Sky Travel, the third Monday of January has been scientifically proven to be the worst day of the year. In 2005 the travel company developed an equation, using variables such as "debt level"...
By now you’ve probably heard of the Danish and Norwegian concept of Hygge (pronounced “hoo-ga"). The Danes are described as the happiest people in the world, and with Hygge being such a large part of their lives, we think...