This charmingly illustrated journal offers moms-to-be a place to document the colorful details of their pregnancy, from first reactions to being pregnant to meeting baby. Featuring classic and quirky prompts—covering symptoms, cravings, baby nicknames, maternity clothes, and more—plus space to record week-by-week notes, this unique keepsake invites expectant mothers to capture the fleeting and amusing minutiae alongside the unforgettable milestones.

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An apology that's more than hot air! Ten balloons in five bright colors are tucked inside a die-cut envelope for easy gifting. Share the whole package after a mistake or inflate individual balloons to clear the air with heartfelt humor.

Sorry I Am Such An Asshole Balloons

Celebrate the world around you with 50 approachable and thought-provoking prompts, each one designed to capture a unique little detail from your day—from the most delicious food you ate to the moment you laughed the hardest. Each prompt is paired with a colorful painted illustration and lots of space to record and reflect.

How Was Your Day?

Now fans of our Listography journals (over a quarter of a million copies sold) can list all their hopes and dreams with My Future Listography. Encouraging users to envision future goals and aspirations, this journal includes over 70 all-new thought-provoking list topics that range from the practical (places to visit, habits to break, good deeds to perform) to the more whimsical (animals to adopt, other lives to lead, events to time-travel to). With quirky hand-drawn illustrations and insightful prompts throughout, this journal invites the motivation and fun that come with pondering the road ahead. Perfect for planners, list-lovers, and dreamers of all ages!

My Future Listography

Roz Chast rescues us from the boredom of gray with this set of individually and hilariously named (yet identical) graphite pencils.

Roz Chast Pencils

Because a life well lived is a life
worth remembering, this pocketsized
notebook offers cultural
dabblers five tabbed sections
for recording notes about the
art, movies, books, music, and
performances they never want to
forget. The foil-stamped cover,
dyed edges, and waterfall tabs
lend the gravitas these meaningful
experiences deserve.

Discoveries & Observations

This practical, thought-provoking journal will guide you in discovering a well-suited and fulfilling career path. Find a career path that works for you, and build a life you love. Career Compass will help you think strategically about your future and identify a well-suited and fulfilling line of work. Thought-provoking questions and helpful exercises from an experienced career coach prompt you to consider your strengths, weaknesses, values, and priorities in order to define and actualize your ideal lifestyle and vocation. With artful design elements in a bright, uplifting package, this is a helpful handbook for new graduates, twentysomethings, and job changers looking for light guidance and a place to think deeply about their career path. 
- ALWAYS RELEVANT: Choosing a career path, living a meaningful life, finding happiness in your everyday—these are topics that we all love to read, write, and think about. Every generation is interested in this topic, and rightly so—we should all aspire to do what we love and love what we do. 
- GREAT GRAD GIFT: This is a positive and productive gift for college-age students, new graduates, and anyone setting out in their career. While this journal has a clear gifting moment—it's the perfect thing to give to your twentysomething who is still figuring things out—it is also a helpful self-purchase for job changers of all ages. 
- SPEAKS TO WORK-LIFE BALANCE TREND: Now more than ever, people are interested in finding a meaningful career that offers a healthy work-life balance. Rather than simply instructing you to "follow your passion," this journal will help you think through all the options, as well as the pros and cons of each, so you are able to make a thoughtful and informed decision. Perfect for: 
- New grads who are about to embark on their career 
- Shoppers looking for a grad gift 
- Twentysomethings who are early in their career and still figuring it out 
- Fans of Designing Your Life, What Color is Your Parachute?, and Roadmap 
- People of all ages who are considering or actively making a career transition, starting a side hustle, or interested in finding a more fulfilling path

Career Compass

With 2 giant to-do list pads and a series of other pads for notes, reminders, and flags, this double-sided notepad portfolio elegantly marries function and form.

Oh Joy! Sticky Notes And To-do's

Built for the micro-blogging-minded writer and with space for 365 entries, this journal is the perfect way to "tag" a year of memories IRL (in real life).

Hashtagaday

From artist Kate Pocrass, this
journal is filled with charming
illustrations that capture the
colorful details of travel. With
unique designs on every page,
En Route is great for taking on a
trip or for everyday adventures.

En Route

The ultimate kitchen aid, this keepsake box is filled with over 100 charming labels. From organizing ingredients to personalizing homemade gifts and treats, these labels are a must-have for any home cook.

Made Especially For You Labels For The Kitchen

With ridiculously amazing images of cats working out—Jane Fonda–style—this journal is a loving tribute to fuzz-ical felines and the fitness craze of the 1980s. The purrfect place to work things out!

Work It Out!

With stunning illustrations from the book Nevertheless, She Wore It, this journal inspires readers to find their inner style. Here's a space for the person whose style speaks volumes. Featuring stunning illustrations from Nevertheless, She Wore It by Ann Shen that showcase iconic styles and the gutsy women who made them famous, this journal will inspire readers to find their own inner style.

FAN FAVORITE: Ann Shen's art has a unique power to it, and her previous books and stationary from Bad Girls Throughout History and Legendary Ladies have generated an enthusiastic following.
DISTINCTIVE DESIGN: The combination of Ann Shen's art and Nevertheless, She Wore It's unique topic make this a standout option for journaling.
LIFESTYLE SWEET SPOT: Gorgeous illustrations in a giftable package make this the perfect journal for style lovers.

Perfect for:

Fans of Ann Shen and her beautiful art style and her book, Nevertheless, She Wore It

Fans of Bad Girls Throughout History and Legendary Ladies

Nevertheless, She Wore It

An elegant and practical gift for every well-read woman. Bibliophiles can use this reader's journal to record what they’ve read, reflect on their favorite characters and notable quotations, and list books to devour next. With a grosgrain ribbon bookmark and gorgeous watercolor portraits of literature’s most beloved female characters printed throughout—plus a comprehensive list of prize-winning fiction to inspire new selections—this reading companion is as beautiful as it is useful.

Well-read Women

Offering kindness—and receiving it—is essential to building a life of peace, wellness, and happiness. Featuring meaningful quotes from beloved historical figures, thoughtful prompts (including inspiring suggestions for random acts of kindness), and plenty of space to jot down reflections, this beautiful keepsake journal invites users to nurture, celebrate, and record the kindness in their lives.

Kindness Every Day

This lovely blank sketchbook features artwork by up-and-comings artist Irina Troitskaya and Isaac Tobin. Crisp blank pages of sketching-quality paper inside make this the perfect gift for drawers, sketchers, and creative types of all stripes.

Exquisite Sketchbook

Featuring the playful animal illustrations of artist Junzo Terada, these sticky notes add instant charm to any note or message.

Animal Adventures Sticky Notes

Outspoken alphabets and tech-savvy messages give all gadgets a chance to say something personal.

Text Messages

A breakthrough in productivity journaling, this intuitive organizational system is wonderfully helpful and easy to use. Two notepads—one for jotting down to-do-list items, one for scheduling them throughout the week—housed in a hardcover case.

Plots & Plans: Mint Marble

Capture life's highs, lows, and everything in between with the help of more than 1,000 expressive stickers. This tech-friendly journal evokes a mobile phone with text message bubbles and lightly guided prompts throughout. Write daily, or dip in and out. Either way, this journal will celebrate all your "feels"!

My Life In Emoticons

Light, encouraging, and beautiful, the It's Just Mercury in Retrograde Journal is the perfect way to banish any celestial chaos and bring out the good vibes. Missed your train? Spilled coffee on your shirt? Nothing going right in your life? It's not your fault—IT'S JUST MERCURY IN RETROGRADE! What better way to embrace this seasonal phenomenon than with a beautiful journal that says it all? This vibrant journal is filled with encouraging prompts, colorful lined pages, and lush illustrations to offer a bit of celestial encouragement. Mercury retrograde is thought to be a good time to work on self-improvement, so whether it's that time of year or you're simply in need of a pep talk, a cosmic reset, or just a place to write it all out, this journal is here for you. 
- BEAUTIFUL GIFT: A foil-stamped cover, vibrant artwork, colorful lined pages, and elastic band to keep everything together create an irresistible package for easy gifting. 
- EASY MINDFULNESS: The prompts are spaced evenly throughout for lots of writing space and are designed to help users de-stress, distract, and reflect, giving a sense of calm and encouragement. 
- APPEALS TO THE MODERN MYSTIC: The illustrations and prompts strike the right tone for mindfulness and self-care seekers of all types, from casual horoscope readers to serious astrological enthusiasts. Perfect for: 
- Fans of Write It Down, Let It Go and The Moon Journal 
- People looking for funny add-on gifts or stocking stuffers 
- People interested in astrology 
- Horoscope readers

It's Just Mercury In Retrograde

Features charming scenes and creatures from the game.

Doodle Jump Sticky Notes

This silk-screened keepsake box contains 150 sheets of rescued paper perfect for recording one-of-a-kind thoughts. Each sheet of notepaper has a blank side for writing, while the other side is adorned with a previously printed design. Refill by rescuing and reusing your old sheets of paper, too! Rescued Paper products are made from paper stocks that would otherwise be discarded. No paper is pulped in this line. Found in Old Delhi's Paper Market as well as among misprints and overruns from manufacturers across India, the rescued paper is sorted, folded, and bound with thread and silkscreened covers. Designed by Sukie, the acclaimed UK-based studio of Darrell and Julia Gibbs.

Rescued Paper Noteblock

In this quirky guided journal, a cast of endearing animals helps readers navigate the stresses of the modern world. Colorfully illustrated and bursting with insight and wit, it's the perfect tool for building new habits and pursuing big dreams.

Live Your Own Wild Life

Journaling just got a lot more colorful and a whole lot more fun! Featuring playful prompts that illuminate connections between color and content—use every shade of yellow to list the things that make you happy, or describe the last time you stayed up all night using every hue of the sunrise—this guided journal offers writers a chance to explore a whole new spectrum of just how brilliant and bold they can be.

Write Bold!

Showcasing artist Junzo Terada's imaginative animals, this set includes two different side-stitched paperback notebooks, plus a vinyl pencil pouch with zip-top closure alongside. Perfect for on-the-go creativity or as a desktop accessory!

Imagination Runs Wild

This duo of address books features steamy and hilarious gay and lesbian pulp covers on each tab and includes revealing reviews of the racy novels! Like the pulp novels featured inside, these softcover address books have gilded edges. This is a must-have item for anyone fascinated with gay cultural history, or delighted by wicked, funny camp.

Gay Pulp Address Book

The eye-catching art of stationery favorite Sukie wraps around the pages of this gorgeous full-color noteblock. The block sits in a colorful tray with a pull-out storage drawer.

Sukie Noteblock

Each of these ten eraser-topped graphite pencils is illustrated to look like a different character, making for a phenomenally friendly set of writing companions.

Sukie People Pencils

The Then & Now Keychain features an uplifting rainbow with the words “then” and “now” on either end.
Created by artist and author Adam J. Kurtz, this adorable, gold-plated brass keychain serves as a reminder that the arc of time brings positive change.
For then, now, or anytime along the way, this vibrant keychain offers a colorful pick-me-up.

- A healthy reminder of hope and optimism in keychain form 
- Features Kurtz's charming artwork set in enamel on sturdy, elegant brass 
- A delightful self-buy to add a pop of personality and interactive fun to your keys
Adam J. Kurtz's signature artistic and writing style strikes the right amount of humor and honesty.
This uplifting keyring is perfect for anyone who could use a reminder to look at the bright side of life and trust the process—wherever they may be.
Keychain features:

- backing card, 2-1/8" x 3-1/4" 
- imitation gold-plated brass keychain with 7-color enamel: 1" x 1-1/2" 
- 1" key ring 
- polybagged