Planners + Journals

A journal is a strange thing to buy for someone, because you are really buying them the intention to use it. The ones that get used tend to be the ones that feel good to hold and are not too precious to write badly in.

This collection covers keepsake journals for pregnancy, babies and memories from Write To Me, gratitude and wellbeing planners from Olive + Page, undated planners for people who start in March rather than January, and everyday notebooks from Papier HQ and Emma Kate Co. Linen covers, lay-flat bindings, and paper worth using a decent pen on.

Undated is almost always the better buy. A dated planner abandoned in February becomes guilt on a shelf, where an undated one just waits for you.