Stationery Gifts

Stationery is for people who think a good pen is a personality trait and a new notebook is a reason to get out of bed. Whether you're shopping for the planner-obsessed friend who color-codes her week, the journaler who goes through notebooks at an alarming rate, or the person who simply refuses to write things down on a phone like some kind of animal — this is the collection.

The bulk of what you'll find here comes from Chronicle Books and Peter Pauper Press — two publishers who have spent decades making beautifully designed notebooks, journals, and activity books that are actually worth buying in physical form. Also here: Willow Creek Press, Primitives by Kathy, Orange Circle Studio, and a few others worth discovering.

You'll find weekly planners with enough structure to make your brain feel organized, spiral notebooks with funny sentiments on the cover, magnetic notepads for the fridge, jumbo zipper pouches for keeping 8.5x11 papers from becoming chaos, and desk pads that make the work week feel less like a slog. Pen sets topped with crystals and crowns, because your writing instruments should be as interesting as what you're writing.

Most of these make excellent gifts — immediately useful, pleasantly surprising, and usually under $20. Good stocking stuffers. Good "I saw this and thought of you" purchases. Good "I needed a hostess gift and had five minutes" solutions.

Also in this collection: washi tape for the planners and the gift-wrappers, novelty pens, essential oil diffuser pens, gem-topped crown pen sets, and crystal-topped pens that look like something a stylish person keeps on her desk and never loans out.

If you like this, you might also like our Notebooks and Stationery collection, Greeting Cards, Gift Ideas, and Gifts Under $30. And it all comes from GetBullish — the Brooklyn-based shop that's equal parts funny, giftable, and slightly rebellious. We ship fast, offer free U.S. shipping on orders over $50, and believe your desk accessories should have as much personality as you do.