The Creative Block - Yellow
The Creative Block - Yellow
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Product description
The Creative Block is a super chunky notepad that features 300 sheets in a variety of twelve different creative prompts, designed to get your pen moving. A really thick notepad with blank pages – and a few nudges to get you started.
We all know about creative block. Whether it’s caused by limiting beliefs, no inspo, an unexplained low, lack of space… Whatever the reason, it sucks. So how do you turn the tap back on? How do you get your ideas to flow again? How do you get back to that feeling of exhilarating creativity? The one where you’ve got it all at your fingertips. It’s in your hands. You’re a genius at work.
But you’re staring at a blank page. And the tap is dry.
In 2017, we designed a testing pad for our stores to encourage you guys to pick up our pens and get them moving. To get your draw on. To have some fun. Wordplay or pencil play. Pressure-free. No big deal.
Since we made them, you’ve been asking to buy them. Everyday.
Well, now you can.
We call it The Creative Block. We got stuck on the name.
It’s a super chunky notepad, a thick pad with blank pages (and not-so-blank ones), filled with quirky, creative prompts to jolt you out of your rut. Designed with our signature Papersmiths touch – because cool designed stationery should also be practical, playful and ridiculously satisfying to use.
Available in pink or butter yellow. It's designed by us and printed by our buddies in Bristol. We've used an uncoated 100gsm Italian paper stock made with 80% recycled fibres and 20% ECF virgin fibers. It’s a smooth, dreamy surface that takes pencil and ink beautifully.
It's FSC® certified, acid free, chlorine free, biodegradable, recyclable and, we hope you'll be pleased to hear, it comes without any unnecessary packaging.
This was the first ever Papersmiths notepad - our own paper product. And we're still proud as punch.
Here in butter yellow, launched in 2025, but also available in the original Papersmiths pink.
You’ll find twelve different prompts tucked into its pages:
- Squiggle Room
- What's your favourite word?
- Still Life
- Bust-a-Rhyme
- Draw someone in the room
- Self Portrait
- Guest Book
- Confess
- This is where you draw the line
- Lonely Hearts
- Show your working
- Draw a Dog
Key specs
- 300 pages – a really thick notepad for serious scribblers
- Uncoated Italian paper, 100gsm
- Made with 80% recycled fibres
- Designed by Papersmiths
- Printed in Bristol
- FSC® certified and fully recyclable
- No unnecessary packaging
- Includes 12 illustrated and word-based creative prompts
Size: A5
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Let customers speak for us
I would expect nothing less from Papersmiths but these notebooks are so lovely! They look so cute and the paper is so thick and smooth. I love mine for journaling and notetaking. Highly recommend!
Perfect size, love that it’s easily refillable, can’t fault it :)
Beautiful pen that writes finely and smoothly and is a nice shape to hold.
Arrived quickly and in lovely packaging. Nice quality paper. Thank you!
I have a 24/25 planner from this company and had to seek out the one for 25/26. This cover is beautiful and I'm so excited to get planning for the coming year :)
I love these notebooks. I had this one from a previous purchase at another shop, and was elated to find them again here at Papersmiths. Bought 2 more in the green colour. Highly recommend.
I already have a leather passport notebook. I bought it in the Brighton shop, which I visit regularly. About two months ago. I travel periodically, and my actual passport accumulates visas, entry and exit stamps, scuffs, and creases. My passport notebook will collect memories, dreams, and reflections, as well as scuffs, scars and creases, as I travel. I bought the online one as a present for a fellow traveller who is also a keen notebook keeper. I love the replaceable inserts as I can collect them together in a box full of memories. I might also use the box from Papersmiths. My friend was as delighted with the passport notebook as I am.
I’ve been searching for the right notebook to use for my next journal, this one is just right.
Great size, gorgeous colour & soft cover. The pages are just the right thickness for the pens I like to use.
It came beautifully wrapped. I’ll definitely buy again.
Perfect for putting hair clips in for when I’m getting ready on the go. I also love the lilac and green colour combo. Very cute!
A beautiful, thick paper notebook. Lovely to write in.
Gave this to my note writing husband....loved it. Excellent service and quality.
Excuse the pun, it was a present and well received by the recipient. Caran D’ache pens are lovely to use and this one was admired by the recipient on a visit to the Brighton store. Excellent service.
Papersmiths is a gem- beautiful pens, gorgeous packaging and the sweetest personal touches. They even included a handwritten thank you card with our order. I also needed to cancel something i bought by mistake and they sorted it immediately - super attentive, quick and on it! Such a lovely experience from start to finish!
Nice flowing fineline pens, good colour.
I bought the notebooks as gifts so didn’t want to disturb the nice wrapping to look at them properly but I wanted to write a review as a compliment to the excellent service that I received. Thank you.