The Paper Trail Diary turns 1!

by Jessica // May 5, 2015 // Comments off

Happy birthday to my pretty little blog! I can’t believe it’s been a year of blogging about my favourite things: books, zines, snail mail and crafts. I started The Paper Trail Diary for a few reasons: I wanted to ‘justify’... Continue reading →

Book Review: Boo by Neil Smith

by Jessica // May 1, 2015 // Comments off

Boo, by Neil Smith. Vintage Contemporaries/Random House Canada. Out May 12. Boo is one of my favourite books of the year so far. I was enthralled with it from front to back. I read it a couple months ago and I... Continue reading →

Happy World Stationery Day – here are some of my favourites

by Jessica // April 29, 2015 // Comments off

Today is World Stationery Day, as part of National Stationery Week (which is British, but whatever)! To celebrate, I want to show off some of my favourite stationery that I use for my snail mail. Sometimes I like writing in cards,... Continue reading →

Learn Washi Style

by Jessica // April 27, 2015 // Comments off

From the crafty genius who delivers washi tape to you as Omiyage.ca comes a new book all about things you can do with the goods! This comes at a particularly useful time for me, as I’ve accumulated a box-full of... Continue reading →

Zine spotlight: Creativity for Introverts

by Jessica // April 22, 2015 // Comments off

I am always on the lookout for self care and introversion zines, especially for the upcoming Self Care Package subscription service, so recently ‘Creativity for Introverts’ popped up in front of me! Here we have the introductory zine and the... Continue reading →

Say hello to the Q&A Letterbox

by Jessica // April 20, 2015 // Comments off

If you are the kind of person who spends time looking at all the greeting cards in paper stores, who knows there’s a perfect card out there for every occasion and who likes supporting Canadian artisans, then the Q&A Letterbox... Continue reading →

How to start a virtual book club: A Q&A with the Letter Writers Alliance

by Jessica // April 9, 2015 // Comments off

Let’s talk about book clubs. When you reach your mid-twenties, you may start to notice that everyone around you starts to talk about their book clubs. What they’re reading now, asking for recommendations for what to read next, the dish... Continue reading →

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