Our relationship with stationery is long-standing, unchanging and nigh on obsessive. A beautiful untouched diary or a coloured pen, can bring us an incomprehensible, often irrational gush of delight. Lucky for us its National Stationery Week (31 March to 6 April), which means it's the perfect time to treat yourself to a new notebook or two. To help, we've recreated our very own stationery department with a selection of the very best desk treasures below.
Fashion prints
Set of 3 pocket notebooks, £10.58
Sealed Away
'It's What's Inside That Counts' tape by Hazel Nicholls, £7.50
Freud's Psychoanalytic Rug
Sigmund Freud mouse rug, £16.99
Neon Statement
Pantone A5 notebook (with free ballpoint), £11.95
Office in a Box
Micro Office Tool Box, £6.70
Crazy in Love
Smythson 'Queen Bee' Wafer Notebook, £35
Retro Fix
J-Me Rewind Tape and Desk Tidy, £18.00
Design Cred
Ritter A5 notebook with pencil, £5
Time to stick
Pattern Masking tape sticker set, £6.95
The Designer
Christian Lacroix notebook, £15.95
Classic Cut
The Great Gatsby zipped pouch, £12.95
Stache Of Ideas
"My stache of ideas" notebook, £6.95
Feminine Muse
Mummy Girl USB Sick, £9.99
Mean Business
Smythson Skull and Crossbone Correspondence Cards, £30
Jackie's Story
Jackie O pencils, £7.94
Page Saver
Tom Dixon The Clip, £10
The Ornament
Harp Pencil Sharpener, £6
Into The Fold
Oragami Post It Notes, £2
Luxe Buy
Grosvenor Collection 2014 Soho Diary, £260
Lab Work
Design Ideas Labwork glass cylinders, £17
Vintage Inspired
Le cahier exercise book, £4.90
Tweeting
Alessi Chip Magnetic Paper Clip Holder, £32
Hot news
Monopoly Notebook, £5.99
School Memories
Milano, framed magnetic blackboard, £45
Iconic Print
Liberty London Blue Iphis Travel Card Holder, £55
Grown Up Colour Pen
Muji 6 in 1 colour pen, £3.50
Matchy Matchy
Personalised letterheads and matching envelopes, £128
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Personalised bookplate sticker, £4.20 for 4
Rustic Solution
Vintage enamel pencil holder cup, £7.14
Play Time
Mark’s Silicone A6 Notebook, £14.95
Gold Crush
Midori Brass Pen case, £49
Adult Crayola
Faber castell colour GRIP colouring pencils, £10.99
Book inspired
Clairefontaine Bob Foundation A5 books (pack of 3), £8.50
Here's the End
'The End' typographic bookend, £19.95
Grand Memos
Masterpiece Sticky Notes, £5
In Print
Letterpress business cards, from £59
Leather bound
Leather Bound Oxford Dictionary, £39.95
Unlosable
Maped Zenoa Scissors, £4.25
Smart Pen
Fisher Space Pen Bullet Space Pen with stylus, £27.95
Slick folders
Recycled Leather A4 Envelope, £20