The Onion Skin Journal

09/01/2026

One of the things I am most proud of in my business is the relationships it has taken to create these books. Love is the je ne sais quoi that makes people hold these books and NEED to create. They are not lifeless. They are infused with the love by which they were created.

08/31/2026

A lot of people ask if they can try our Onion Skin before they commit to buying a journal and the answer is absolutely yes. Our notepads come with tear away sheets that you can use in your other journals, swatch or send notes with.

08/30/2026

Crafted from reclaimed Kentucky bourbon barrels, each pen carries the history of the wood it once was. Made from charred white oak, every piece preserves a trace of the barrel’s interior, creating unique grain patterns and character that cannot be replicated. No two are alike.

Fitted with solid brass hardware and a Jowo #5 nib in your choice of fine or medium, the pen offers a balanced weight and dependable writing experience. The cap threads securely onto the barrel and includes a clip for everyday practicality.

Made in America by grandfather-and-grandson makers Jim Cantrell and Ryan Jones in an old barn woodshed on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky.

• Handcrafted from reclaimed Kentucky bourbon barrels with solid brass hardware.

• Features a Jowo #5 fountain pen nib, available in fine or medium.

• Includes one ink cartridge and a reusable converter for bottled ink.

• Pairs beautifully with onion skin paper, allowing ink to flow cleanly without bleed-through.

08/29/2026

The Nagare. *Scroll to third pic to see me designing the book with my Japanese bookbinder*

This journal is special to me. Travelling in Japan with our baby in a backpack, my partner and I discovered many unique papers. With a creative spark I sought out a local bookbinder in Tokyo to make my vision come to life.

Featuring five unique papers sourced exclusively from Japan. Because why not?

Tomoe River — Ultra-thin, fountain pen friendly
Conqueror 100 — Textured European classic
Takezumi — Traditional bamboo paper
Shokubu-shi — Smooth, versatile surface
Usu-dogi — Light indigo paper with greenish tints

07/15/2026

06/25/2026

THE JOURNAL SLOWLY BECOMES
a layered record of your life.

Over time the pages begin to soften wrinkle ghost and gather texture from daily life. Notes overlap sketches remain faintly visible and reflections slowly layer into one another. What begins as blank paper becomes a tactile record of movement memory and becoming.

06/25/2026

Yesterday we were moving the application we send emails from to a new one and somehow you all received the welcome email series again. Ha. So welcome again❤️

06/01/2026

I spend a lot of time wondering how to get back to a previous version of me. A wilder me, who drank coffee at ten pm, and sat up all night writing on the floor in my underwear, admiring the movement of my body, the intensity of my heart. The version that blasted music too loud in my car while going too fast down the highway, feeling the fire of freedom and ache of aloneness like a drug. A version before all the paperwork and responding to emails, and tap here and click that, before the exhaustion of early motherhood.

But what if it’s not about finding the older verisons of ourselves, but discovering the newer ones? Who is this me who lays in awe staring into my baby’s eyes and feels what love unencumbered by the need to be loved feels like for the first time. Or the version of me that feels liberated by breathing through discomfort and not burying it. The version of me that is willing to speak my shames, a little louder, so that those in the back can hear, and step a little closer.

What if the taste of the wildness ahead of us is more and deeper that the previous version of us could hold? What could be more interesting than discovering the undiscovered?

05/30/2026

The Black Original Ouroboros Onion Skin Journal🖤

05/29/2026

The Original Onion skin Journal. In stock (for now;)