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Black Paper Notebooks
Find notebooks with black pages and a range of compatible pens for black paper.
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Supernova Gel Pens (Pack of 10)$ 16.00
Take beautiful notes or illustrate illuminated scenes in the dark. These gel pens are specially formulated to work with the Dark Matter notebooks – they write in vibrant color o...
Linguistics Dark Analysis A5 Softcover Notebook$ 20.00
Immerse yourself in the world of language - Adorned with Chinese characters, Arabic script, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Hebrew, Phoenician, Greek, and more, this notebook is a unique ...
Ready to Launch Dark Matter Notebook$ 30.00
Lights illuminate the Artemis 1 rocket as we prepare to set foot on the moon once more. Each cover in the Dark Matter series celebrates the beauty found in darkness and the sce...
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Blue Star Chart Sticker
A gift for my husband — he loves it! Perfect for an amateur astronomer.
Holly L.
Blue Star Chart Sticker
Love the look
Jennifer
Vintage Rocketry Graphic Tee
Great pens
I'm really enjoying these pens. Just a hint of sparkle and they still write so smoothly.
Fantastic pens
These are some of the best pens you can buy. Vibrant color. Smooth writing. I always throw in a pack of new colors with every order. I strive to own them all.
Love these pens
These are some of the best pens you can buy. Vibrant color. Smooth writing. I always throw in a pack of new colors with every order.
Very high quality notebook. Image on the cover is clear and the paper feels very nice to write on. Perfect for my BOC notes
Love it
Loved the detail and quality
Core Sample Notepads
Crysta A.
Core Sample Notepads
Really cool design! Makes me wanna go back to school just so I can use these notebooks more lol.
It's perfect. My shaker bottle spring fits inside if I twist the girth down a bit, so my protein shake no longer has microplastics chipped from my old shaker bottle.
Beautiful
Great design....now all they need to do is offer one with their classic cell biology design.
James A.U.
Seaweed Pillow Cover
Love these!
Juliette
Hominid Skulls Wine Glass
Such a fun journal cover, and I love that there’s matching washi tape.
I love the vintage-y feel of the illustrations on the Whales & Seals journal cover. Whats not to love about some marine charismatic megafauna?
