Delivery Charges
Main Centers (JHB, CPT, PTA, PE, EL, BLM, DBN, GEORGE) – door to door R75 per delivery
Regional (Non-main centers) – door to door R115 per delivery
Any area – Paxi store to store R65 per delivery
Collection from Capri Village Fish Hoek – Free
FREE delivery for orders over R1000
For bulk/branded pricing email sales@thepapery.co.za
Special Features of the Premium Dotted Journals
- Sturdy Hard Cover
- Available in seven beautifully designed covers
- Lovely textured feel cover material
- 160 x 160gsm thick quality cream smooth acid free paper
- Includes a matching ribbon marker and elastic closure
- Rounded corners
- Beautiful printed end papers
- Locally manufactured
- Specs: Dimensions: 21.5 x 15 x 1.6
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These dotted journals have the following outstanding qualities
PREMIUM PAPER: High quality paper is the foundation of our journals. We use 160 gsm acid-free paper in a light ivory colour, designed for you to use your favourite pen, pencil, or marker. (thicker than many other journals)
QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: This hard cover journal features a durable, printed material, rounded corners, and a thread-bound notebook designed to lay and open flat. Ideal for all your writings, drawings, and creative endeavors.
PRINTED END PAPERS Beautiful, printed end papers add a sophisticated touch to these upmarket journals.
Locally Manufactured This is a BIG bonus, as you will be supporting a South African small business and the manufacturing industry
ABOUT THE PAPERY: The Papery is a locally based business where innovative, quality stationery is conceived and created. We develop and manufacture our own 100% South African products. We take pride in producing top quality products while ensuring that our papers meet the world ISO standards in terms of environmental requirements. We research world trends, and our products are often local industry leaders in terms of materials, style and colour. Our pledge is to provide awesome products at an affordable price without sacrificing quality.
AKAMIA MALOPE (verified owner) –
PERFECT FOR ALL YOUR BUJO INSPIRED JOURNALING
Not only are these covers absolutely gorgeous, but the paper quality is excellent. I’ve just purchased my 2nd one and I’m in love! Pair it up with some fun washi tapes and metallic highlighters and you’re good to go! There’s ample pages to create your index, weekly spreads, habit trackers, daily rapid logs and collections! Delivery is also quick (1-2 days). Whether you’re new to the #bujo or #journaling community or not – you’ll love this premium dotted journal – I sure do!
Ilrok –
When I received my Premium dotted journal I was torn between using it for my work for notes or personal journaling. But as soon as I opened it up and I felt the amazing quality of the journal, I was drawn into writing in it immediately! It has a beautiful quality of making you want to write and write with meaning an purpose. I never knew that all it takes is having a beautifully made journal, such a simple tool, to get you to write again.
Kay Claire –
My mom ordered 3 of these journals for Christmas gifts – one for me, and two for my cousins. The one I got had a rip alone the side of the spine, but because I wanted to start my journal and have it ready for the new year, I decided not to return the notebook and kept it as is. But Papery was nice enough to send me a new one even though I had kept the first one!
Here’s my full review of the book since using it:
-Absolutely beautiful cover image made from a sturdy canvas material
-Has an elastic that goes over the cover, which I do appreciate in a journal, especially when you’ve been using them for a while and they get very thick. Also has a ribbon for bookmarking, though I don’t usually use these ever
-Paper quality is really nice and very smooth, and pencil marks erase away quite easily, and I haven’t had any issues with pens bleeding through the paper
-The binding on this journal isn’t ideal for bullet journaling – the book doesn’t want to stay open on the page you open it to until you really abuse the spine to do so. Makes it a little tricky to leave the page open on the desk or take flatlay photos easily
-The grid on the journal is about 6mm per line. Which isn’t particularly a bad thing, but my old journal was exactly 5mm per line and it was SO easy to measure out layouts with a ruler instead of counting out blocks. Also only 16 dots horizontally and 32 dots vertically on each page, which make some page layouts I rely on heavily just not work as well as my previous journal had.
For my small complaints I am very happy with the quality of this journal and the cover is so pretty. Will definitely be buying from them again!
Alison Deary –
Hi Kay
Thank you for your honest and very helpful feedback. We have taken note of the things that are areas where we can improve. This type of feedback is vitally important for us to keep our products in line with what people want.
Thank you again,
Alison
Emma –
I love the cover design, the premium paper and am just so pleased to have a locally well made product. Well done!
Aya M –
I love my journal, but I have some realistic complaints.
But first the pros:
• the cover (regardless of the design) is stunning, tough and has a wonderful texture.
• the elastic is firm and holds the journal together extremely well and I love that it matches the theme in terms of colour
• I love the bookmark, the inner back and front cover designs.
• the quality, texture and colour of the pages is pleasant and smooth, meaning it’s easy to write/draw with any medium (though be careful of watercolour due to the 120gsm)
And now the cons, and unfortunately the possible reason for not repurchasing:
• the grid is 6mm matrix, meaning there are fewer dots on each page (16 across, 32 down)
• the matrix makes it harder to measure due to the odd number measurement, meaning I have to count each layout spread (making it more time consuming to make spreads)
• the dot matrix doesn’t always line up across pages resulting in uneven looking spreads that are 2 pages wide
• normal spreads I’m used to using/making aren’t always possible now
Although I love my journal and am making a lot of use out of it, it is quite limiting.
Hope this helps others who consider purchasing!
Alison Deary –
Hi Aya
Thank you for your feedback, we love getting both positive feedback and good suggestions from customers.
We actually did a survey last month and found that most people want 5mm grids.
You will be happy to know that we have changed it and the next ones we manufacture will be 5mm.
They should be available in the next 2 weeks.