About Indigo & Paper
Who writes this, what it covers, and how it pays for itself.
Indigo & Paper is a small independent site about paper and the things done with it: letters, envelopes, journals and planners, cutting-machine work, and the desk all of that happens on.
Indigo & Paper operates from Drobo, Ghana. We create and sell downloadable planners, workbooks and templates; product and order support is available at hello@indigoandpaper.com.
What you will find here
Practical writing, aimed at the point where a decision gets made. How to fold an envelope that survives automated sorting. Which properties of a script font decide whether a monogram welds. Why habit trackers stop getting filled in at a clean edge rather than gradually. The common thread is that each piece tries to answer a question you would otherwise have to answer by wasting materials.
Five sections:
- Letter Writing: envelopes, addressing, and the slow post
- Journals & Planners: spreads, trackers, layouts
- Cricut & Cutting Machines: fonts, welding, vinyl, licensing
- Craft Business: pricing what you make by hand, craft by craft
- Home Office: the desk and what earns space on it
Who writes it
One person, writing from experience with the materials rather than from manufacturer copy. Where I have not tested something, I say so. Where something is a rule of thumb rather than a specification, I say that too — several of the articles here are explicit about the difference, because in craft writing the two get blurred constantly and it costs readers money.
I am not a lawyer, not a postal employee, and not affiliated with any manufacturer. The font licensing article in particular is a checklist, not legal advice.
How this site pays for itself
By selling its own things. Indigo & Paper makes digital files — a 2027 planner and journal pages, kits for the household, hosting and gift-giving, tools for people who make things to sell, and printables for study, sewing and crochet, moving and travel — and sells them in the shop. That is the only income.
There are no affiliate links here. There were until September 2026, and how this site makes money says what changed.
Selling my own products creates its own incentive problem, so here is how it is handled:
- Several articles recommend not buying things, including one that argues most desk accessories change nothing and one that names four popular journal spreads as not worth the page. Those stay in, and they are the reason the rest is worth reading.
- Where a free option exists, it is named as the free option. The habit tracker is free and is not a trial of anything.
- No prices, product names, or catalogue claims appear here unless I have checked them. If I cannot verify a specific claim, the article stays general rather than inventing a detail.
- An article recommends one of my products only where the article's own argument leads there, and it says the price.
Elsewhere
The Pinterest account is @indigoandpaper.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, I want to know — particularly on the technical pieces, where a wrong claim costs somebody a sheet of vinyl. See contact.