Pen to Paper

Veeery nice!

This wonderful little trove is exactly what the lanes are about! A wonderful (if limited) selection of high quality materials. as a notebook-​addict I certainly found my crack, and that’s not to talk this wonderful shop and owner down!
Always, always visit when I’m near.

I bought a clutch pencil here three months after it opened in 2000. I lost the pencil and went back to replace it: the woman remembered not only me but what pencil I had originally bought!
Not the most enormous range of materials, but a sound collection of pens, pencils, papers and other writing equipment at a good price. A local business with a friendly and interested staff who are more than willing to help.

Pen to paper, there is a saying «Good things come in small packages» and this store is certainly it, fantastic assortment of ink pens of all calibers from quill up to the most exquisite of writing instruments at reasonable and affordable prices. The customer service is fantastic with polite and friendly staff who are truly knowledgeable of the products they sell and can advise you to chose the best product for you whilst adhering to what ever budget you may have. A loverly little shop which is so good it is like an antique. If you visit Brighton definitely pay this shop a visit, even if not for stationery just sheerly for the character of the shop.

I have been complimented many times on my handwriting. I always say thank you. What people don’t realise is that I have a secret and that is being a shopper of Pen to Paper.
If you keep a journal or ever have the desire to do so, then this is the shop to buy your tome. They have a lovely selection of leather bound, heavy gram paper books that will survive even the most rugged back packing across Asia. If you want to compliment this with a proper pen, they also stock a wide range of Lamy fountain pens and nibs.
Alongside your traditional writing goods, expect some nice cards, artist supplies and inks. You could certainly pick up a nice craft related present for someone.
The staff are very helpful and always happy to advise on their pens. I got to try out a number of different nibs for the last pen I bought and they have enough spare parts to make sure your pen stays in tip top shape. You don’t see too many shops like this about any more with many settling for a bic biro. Trust me you really will rediscover the joy of writing if you buy your pen and paper from this shop.

Moleskines were once my guilty little pleasure: I would buy them just to fill them with random scribblings, doodles and notes, then buy a new one and start all over again… Just because of the love of scribbling on paper. I’ve grown out of that a little now, entering the electronic age and all that, but still have a youthful lusting after lovely new paper and pens. When the mood strikes me, I browse through Pen and Paper to regain that part of my life, and it always puts a smile on my face.
If you aren’t quite as obsessed with some stationary as I am, this probably won’t register, but Pen to Paper does sell some of the nicest stationary around. Moleskines, real paper, various lovely pens and pencils (proper writing utensils, mind, not biros or something), that sort of thing: an artist’s paper shop, in effect. I love the idea of being able to buy bits of paper and write on them, but then this is all such nice, expensive paper…
Now, I’m indebted to the electronic age now. I’m happy to be the guy how types everything these days, or makes notes on his Blackberry over buying new notebooks every couple of weeks. Still, it is nostalgic to breeze through Pen to Paper’s lovely products: if you were ever a wistful poet upon the heath, this is definitely for you!

When taken by throws of creativity and passion, or more accurately; seeking to avoid paying £10 for a greetings card, I decided to come here.
Looking around, you find there is a great range of arts and crafts, from various tissue papers and cards, to paint, glitter and a range of other less than masculine items.
Having seen the choice before me, I quicky panicked, fearing my lack of artistic ability. Thankfully for me, Pen to Paper also sells those generic cards I was talking about, most of which aren’t that generic. Rejoice.

There are times when I dislike email as a form of communication. It doesn’t seem as personal to receive an email from someone as it is to receive a handwritten letter from someone. And when you write a letter, it’s usually because there’s something important you wish to say to someone else. I guarantee that you will never receive a letter in the mail from a loved one saying something such as: «Hey… check out this link!» Yet, that’s what you get with email. So I appreciate stores such as Pen to Paper. They realize the importance of handwritten correspondence, and grant you the tools to complete the task.
You’ll find your notebooks, your journals, your pens, your ink pads. Everything you need to write down your thoughts, your dreams. Because of a journal I bought here, I’m now prepared to go back and do my morning pages (diary entries you write first thing in the morning to awaken the unconscious mind). This is a good shop.

This place is great, though expensice. I got an adorable small Alice and Carroll notebook from here, with the original illustrations dispersed throughout — only downer was the £8 price tag. There are loads of really pretty items in here, and it’s great if you don’t mind spending that little bit more than you would in W H Smiths/Clinton’s. The stock is so varied and well selected that it’s certainly worth a look.

This is the kind of shop that I secretly love. There’s something about the smell of stationary that agrees with me– that heavy, woody scent of books and paper. The other thing I love about stationary is that it seems so full of potential! I guess it’s the whole romantic image of the blank page thing… anything could be written to anyone anywhere in the world.
Pen to Paper is my favourite kind of stationary shop, full of colourful leather bound diaries, cool art deco calendars and specialist pens and pencils. Everything is well-​made. They also sell beautiful printed wrapping paper and the kind of artsy cards you’re not going to find in Clintons. The piece de resistance has to be the flecked handmade paper, which comes in a variety of colours with matching envelopes– this is the kind of paper that makes letter-​writing an art again!
If anyone I know is reading, you could buy me literally anything in this shop, and I’d be one seriously happy lady!

This shop is beautiful. They make such an effort-​the window displays are always stunning– very elaborate and often based around a coming holiday or season. I don’t know many people who aren’t fascinated by a colourful collection of pens or a display of coloured paper and this shop has plenty to fascinate. When I wanted a really unusual card for my friend whose is going through a hard time– a run of the mill birthday card is almost a waste of money, but a really lovely card is as uplifting as flowers– I turned to Pen to Paper. When I wanted a sturdy, recycled and beautiful notebook for my work I found it here, and picked up some excellent stamps to play with, a few silver pens for presents. I found a witty notebook with a magnet for my mum to put on the fridge– no more lost shopping lists. Clarke’s the stationers may actually have a wider selection of colored and artisanal papers but this shop is prettier to browse through. The prices are a little bit more than other card shops and stationers but the quality is top-​notch and it leaves a nice warm feeling after shopping here– that you are supporting a shop that is really passionate about its products. They could do with a customisation service though– for those of us who dream of personalised stationery.

In the digital age where most people communicate through text and email, its comforting to find a store that’s with-​holding the tradition of writing and sending letters by hand.
As the name suggests, Pen to Paper is a cosy store that sells beautiful stationary, tissue-​lined envelopes, greetings cards, fountain pens and boxes of ink. It also stocks exquisite Japanese papers, address books, journals and a wide selection of lovely, pocket-​size notebooks and sketch pads.

This is one of those true gems that can be only found in the Brighton Lanes. A true stationares, they stock hand made paper, a multitude of lovely notebooks and an impressive range of different pens, all of high quality. Definitely a stopping point for christmas shopping.

A gorgeous little shop packed with a fantastic range of writing implements, colourful inks, journals, albums, notebooks, really special giftwrapping stuff, wacky cards and strange little offbeat items like party masks and alphabet stamps.
I come for Moleskine notebooks, old fashioned labels made of cardboard with string ties and pen nibs. But I always end up finding other things to buy as well.
Really useful for little gifts that are a bit different.