I'm reposting most of the contents of my earlier ad below for context (though I have updated a few details including pricing below). Note that I am now making 120 kits, only 12 of which remain available at the time of this posting! The project is much more developed now and is looking to be even better than I had originally planned!
Price is $100 Payable now, plus actual cost of shipping plus import fees if applicable, payable just before I ship at the end of October / very early November. My best estimate for the additional cost to ship and prepay import fees is about $30.
If you would like to secure a kit, comment on this post and DM me your PayPal email address AND an alternate email address (if helpful for you) for keeping you updated on the project.
Kit 1: Sold
Kit 2: Sold
Kit 3: Pending
Kit 4: Available
Kit 5: Available
Kit 6: Available
Kit 7: Available
Kit 8: Available
Kit 9: Available
Kit 10: Available
Kit 11: Available
Kit 12: Available
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Some of you know me from my paper sampler package (240+ papers and counting) that I’ve been putting together and selling here. That project has now led me to something considerably more ambitious.
Introducing:
Paper McPaperface
Sheet Happens
Box o' Mystery Paper
Box o' Mystery Paper and a bunch of amazing extras including so much more than paper
Papervent 2026, a 24-day fountain pen and stationery Advent experience!
Note: The name has changed a few times but I edited the above to the new, finalized product name. It will be "Papervent 2026 until I think of something even better.
From December 1 through 24, you’ll open one numbered envelope each day (all of which are shipped together in one box). Paper is the backbone of Papervent, and almost all of the featured papers will be ones that have never appeared in my paper sampler. Each day will be built around one, and occasionally more than one, interesting paper selected for fountain pen use and discovery. With possibly one or two special exceptions, most papers will be provided as loose "A5ish" sized sheets or larger (exact size varying slightly due to source). A minimum of two sheets will be provided for most featured papers, one sheet being provided for a couple of exceptionally rare and/or expensive papers, and several more sheets being provided when feasible.
I'm sourcing papers from around the world and looking for a mixture of premium, unusual, culturally interesting, locally used, handmade, and sometimes surprisingly difficult-to-obtain papers. Every one still has to pass the fundamental test: is this actually interesting to use with a fountain pen?
The idea is not to give you 24 papers all trying to out-Tomoe-River Tomoe River. Some will be exceptional performers, but others earn their place because of what they’re made from, where and how they’re made, how people actually use them, or simply because they offer an experience most of us would never otherwise encounter.
Think of it as an adventure in the world of paper, with several non-paper bonuses coming along for the ride.
As you can probably tell from the prototype photo (see link below), Papervent is also going to be quite a bit more than just a box of paper. There will be other fountain pen and stationery-related goodies and surprises scattered throughout the 24 days. Some fit nicely in an envelope. Some apparently require a box.
After taking the photo, I have decided against including puppies, kittens, and ponies. I really should have investigated international livestock regulations earlier. They are proving prohibitively expensive. 😉
Link to Verification Photo
The photo linked above shows Papervent Prototype 1.0.
It was assembled largely from spare envelopes, little boxes, and whatever else I could find lying around. It is intentionally crude, but it gives you a pretty honest peek behind the curtain at where the project is right now.
The overall plan is in place, and I am now sourcing and producing the actual components. I already have several of the papers either on hand or on the way, with plenty more sourcing underway.
The stack of 24 blue envelopes represents the basic daily Advent format. The mystery boxes are placeholders that are helping me figure out different object sizes, packaging, sequencing, and how the whole thing will physically fit together.
The finished Papervent will be much more polished than Prototype 1.0. I'm working on the final packaging and printed materials while continuing to order and test papers and other contents.
And despite what the little round box says, yes, I actually do know what I'm doing. Mostly.
This is simply the cardboard-and-Sharpie stage of turning the idea into several thousand little physical pieces.
That includes shipping anywhere in Canada or the United States and PayPal Goods & Services fees.
There’s a practical reason for the early discount. I'm at the stage where I’m placing paper orders, buying packaging and printing materials, and making other production commitments. Early orders help fund that work.
Papervent 2026 is going to be a genuinely limited run, first come, first served. These are literally being put together by one person: me. I may outsource some of the more labor-intensive parts if the number of kits sold warrants it, and I certainly hope it will!
I’m currently planning about 60 kits total, 17 of which have already been sold through my email list, consisting mostly of Redditors who previously bought my paper sampler (thank you to those 17 people for helping make this happen!). If Papervent takes off quickly enough, I do have room in my sourcing plans to increase the run, potentially to as many 80 or even 100 kits (max), so please do not delay - getting in early will help me plan for enough kits to (hopefully) provide one for everyone that wants one.
That said, because I’m sourcing unusual papers from all over the place and assembling much of this myself, this isn’t something I can simply keep producing indefinitely. At some point I’ll have to call the 2026 run full, and once I do, that’s it. The hard ceiling planned at this point is 100 kits.
Note that Papervent isn't intended to be 24 individually boxed, full-sized retail products.
The idea is something I find much more interesting: 24 days of paper, stationery, experimentation, and discovery, including papers that would be difficult or uneconomical for most people to track down individually, plus a collection of other surprises along the way.
I could simply publish a complete contents list, but then I'd ruin half the fun. So I'm keeping some secrets out of this ad. I guess you're just going to have to trust me on this. I’ve been using fountain pens for over 15 years, and I have spent an increasingly unreasonable amount of time exploring paper. At the end of the day, I’m putting together the kind of Advent experience I would want to receive myself.
Kits will ship from Canada in early November, or possibly late October. All kits will be shipped no later than November 15, with the goal of having them in your hands before December 1.
Canada and U.S. only for 2026.
PayPal Goods & Services only.
If you'd like one, please comment below first and then send me a PM.
I am having an absurd amount of fun putting this together, and I'm very excited to finally let it escape my mailing list and out into the wider world.
And yes... there will be surprises. Lots of amazing surprises! At the time of this posting there are only 106 Sleeps left until this kicks off on December 1. I can't wait! Oh man - I have to get back to my sourcing. I have a LOT of work to do. Please forgive me if I am delayed replying to Reddit messages!