The Paper Trail Club is a very casual monthly creative catch-up for people who own too many notebooks, keep paper scraps “just in case” and feel spiritually connected to Officeworks (or Morning Glory back in the day).
Think analogue hobbies that involve journals, knitting, sketchbooks, fountain pens, collage scraps, sewing projects, postcards, stickers, watercolours, zines and the notebook you bought during a deeply convincing “this will fix my life” moment. Bring whatever creative thing currently has your attention — or come for the coffee, good company and the rare opportunity to sit at a café table without someone asking where their left shoe is.
There’ll be stationery swaps, postcard exchanges, notebook show-and-tells, thrifted craft treasures, handmade zine ideas, seasonal themes, fountain pen testing and very strong “I started this in 2021 and today might finally be its moment” energy.
No classes. No pressure. No need to be artistic, productive or aesthetically organised. Just a table full of creative people making things, chatting, sharing supplies and enabling each other’s completely unnecessary stationery purchases like the emotionally supportive little community we are.
Spaces are limited (mostly because cafés contain a surprisingly finite number of chairs once everyone arrives with tote bags full of notebooks and fun craft supplies). If you’d like to come, please reserve your spot early so I can plan the table sizes, future gatherings, surprise little member gifts and the general level of creative chaos accordingly. Basically: the sooner I know numbers, the sooner I can start plotting next month’s stationery-fuelled nonsense.
First Friday of each month, generally at a local venue in Yass Valley, NSW (mostly Murrumbateman café or pub). We will meet between 10 am and 12 pm. Come solo. Bring a friend. Bring your stationery. Mostly just come, so it’s not me sitting alone by the window with a coffee, seventeen glue sticks and a journal full of half-finished thoughts looking like I’m either writing a memoir or avoiding eye contact.
Bring whatever creative thing currently has your attention or your latest creative hyperfixation. No supplies? Come anyway. There’ll be a communal stash of paper scraps, stickers, crafty bits and assorted creative chaos to rummage through like tiny stationery goblins at a craft market.
After attending three gatherings, members become officially eligible for a handmade ceramic membership token — a tiny little keepsake for your handbag, keys, journal pouch or pencil case. Think of it like an old-school pen pal club, except instead of sending letters across the country, we gather around a café table with coffee, paper scraps and at least one person saying, “wait… let me show you this notebook.” Membership tokens are handmade in small batches, and each one is slightly different, because frankly, perfection is exhausting, and wonky things have more personality anyway.
From time to time, there may also be surprise member gifts tucked into gatherings — books, postcards, recipe cards, sourdough starters, garden and seasonal treasures, paper gems, stationery bits, little handmade objects or other tiny joys that feel like finding unexpected mail in your letterbox.
The Paper Trail Club is a very casual monthly creative catch-up for people who own too many notebooks, keep paper scraps “just in case” and feel spiritually connected to Officeworks (or Morning Glory back in the day).
Think analogue hobbies that involve journals, knitting, sketchbooks, fountain pens, collage scraps, sewing projects, postcards, stickers, watercolours, zines and the notebook you bought during a deeply convincing “this will fix my life” moment. Bring whatever creative thing currently has your attention — or come for the coffee, good company and the rare opportunity to sit at a café table without someone asking where their left shoe is.
There’ll be stationery swaps, postcard exchanges, notebook show-and-tells, thrifted craft treasures, handmade zine ideas, seasonal themes, fountain pen testing and very strong “I started this in 2021 and today might finally be its moment” energy.
No classes. No pressure. No need to be artistic, productive or aesthetically organised. Just a table full of creative people making things, chatting, sharing supplies and enabling each other’s completely unnecessary stationery purchases like the emotionally supportive little community we are.
Spaces are limited (mostly because cafés contain a surprisingly finite number of chairs once everyone arrives with tote bags full of notebooks and fun craft supplies). If you’d like to come, please reserve your spot early so I can plan the table sizes, future gatherings, surprise little member gifts and the general level of creative chaos accordingly. Basically: the sooner I know numbers, the sooner I can start plotting next month’s stationery-fuelled nonsense.
First Friday of each month, generally at a local venue in Yass Valley, NSW (mostly Murrumbateman café or pub). We will meet between 10 am and 12 pm. Come solo. Bring a friend. Bring your stationery. Mostly just come, so it’s not me sitting alone by the window with a coffee, seventeen glue sticks and a journal full of half-finished thoughts looking like I’m either writing a memoir or avoiding eye contact.
Bring whatever creative thing currently has your attention or your latest creative hyperfixation. No supplies? Come anyway. There’ll be a communal stash of paper scraps, stickers, crafty bits and assorted creative chaos to rummage through like tiny stationery goblins at a craft market.
After attending three gatherings, members become officially eligible for a handmade ceramic membership token — a tiny little keepsake for your handbag, keys, journal pouch or pencil case. Think of it like an old-school pen pal club, except instead of sending letters across the country, we gather around a café table with coffee, paper scraps and at least one person saying, “wait… let me show you this notebook.” Membership tokens are handmade in small batches, and each one is slightly different, because frankly, perfection is exhausting, and wonky things have more personality anyway.
From time to time, there may also be surprise member gifts tucked into gatherings — books, postcards, recipe cards, sourdough starters, garden and seasonal treasures, paper gems, stationery bits, little handmade objects or other tiny joys that feel like finding unexpected mail in your letterbox.
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