Making My Own Stationary

April 24, 2014

I have a friend who owns a small printing company and she specializes in printing smaller print jobs. So she tend to keep an assortment of different papers in stock. I'm going to pick out the paper that I want, a nice smooth paper that's at least 30 lb. and she's have it cut in half and drilled with 6 holes so that it fits into my Franklin Planner binder. I'll probably get quite a lot so I thought about posting something here on FPN if anybody else might be interested in buying some of this paper. It's a way cheaper option than buying individual notebooks and, given that I've been a Franklin Planner person for years, allows me to use binders that I already have, which I much prefer to having a bunch of little notebooks.

As I said, I was going to see if anyone here wanted any before I had her do this and it doesn't all have to have the holes drilled in it. Let me know if you might be interested in this. ––I may have her print very light gray grid-like dots on the paper, similar to Rhodia.

May 7, 2014

I'm doing he same thing. Right now I'm playing with the design. You can see my design attached to my intro post at https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/266052-not-quite-new-but-its-been-way-too-long/

I also had trouble finding any stationery at was more masculine. I found my Dapper Rat image from an 1861 issue of Vanity Fair Magazine. I cleaned up and edited the image and there it is.

Right now I'm using some 32# resume paper I found for half-price at a local big-box office supply store. Once I get the image placed and sized like I want it, I'll get it professionally printed.

I've also printed my own notebook paper for my Arc system notebook. I'll have to look into the HP 32# laser jet paper.

May 9, 2014

You might also want to check into rubber stamps - there are thousands of designs available, and you can customize them with inks ... I do this with my Tomoe River paper.

And remember that with thinner papers (such as Tomoe River), you don't need to have lines. Just set them on top of a ruled page when you're writing and the lines will show through.

HP

May 9, 2014

You can also download LibreOffice (legally free) and use the Draw module.*

Or use the Incompetech website.**

I use LibreOffice to create lined stationery of a size, weight, spacing and colour that suits me.*** For letters I have a first page that is formatted for return addresses and greetings, and the second and subsequent pages are normal. You could then also add artwork on the margins to suit.

I also have lined and margined templates for A5, B5 and A4 papers. I have used the B5 template for some plain Lihit refills I recently got at Officeworks.

* Currently features a nice looking FP on the front page gallery.

** Create a template, download it and open it in LibreOffice Draw. You can then add artwork to suit.

*** Draw the first line, copy and paste it below at the spacing you want. Copy and paste the two lines below that. Copy and paste 4, 8, 16 lines, etc until your page is full. I use 6mm spacing for A5, 7mm for B5 and 8mm for A4.

May 10, 2014

Everyone has great ideas here! One not mentioned is the Kreate-a-Lope by Green Sneakers. No scissors or tracing necessary. Really easy way to match your envelopes with your stationery. Here's a YouTube video for how to use it:

Edited May 10, 2014 by fiberdrunk

May 10, 2014

Everyone has great ideas here! One not mentioned is the Kreate-a-Lope by Green Sneakers. No scissors or tracing necessary. Really easy way to match your envelopes with your stationery. Here's a YouTube video for how to use it:

That's pretty cool. Nice, simple solution. Especially since envelopes can be so expensive!