A cozy creative studio where books, journals, letters, and everyday beauty meet.
A quiet place for those who find meaning in marked-up books, handwritten pages, thoughtful rituals, and the small beautiful moments of ordinary life. Here, paper becomes a place to read more slowly, write more honestly, create more freely, and keep what matters.
I’m So Glad You’re Here
This is a cozy little corner for anyone who loves books, journals, handwritten letters, creative pages, and the beauty of ordinary days.
Maybe you’re here because you love annotating fiction and want somewhere to keep your thoughts after reading. Maybe you love writing letters to friends, family, penpals, or your future self.
Maybe you have a journal you want to fill, but you don’t want it to feel like another task. Maybe you simply want to slow down, notice more, and make everyday life feel a little more meaningful.
However you found your way, I’m glad you’re here!
At Beauty By Desy, it’s not about doing everything perfectly. It is about returning to paper in a way that feels gentle, creative, honest, and yours.
A place for quiet pages & creative rituals
I create seasonal companions, printable letter pages, and handmade journals for slow reading, thoughtful writing, creative reflection, and everyday beauty.
Everything here is made to help you return to the page, through the books you read, the letters you write, the journals you keep, and the small moments you want to remember.
Seasonal Companions
Gentle digital companions filled with prompts and rituals for reading, writing, journaling, letters, creativity, and noticing the season you are living in.
Letter Writing Pages
Printable pages for the letters you want to send, save, or finally write down, to friends, family, penpals, loved ones, or yourself.
Handmade Journals
Small-batch handmade journals created slowly for book reviews, letters, reflections, creative writing, memories, and everyday beauty.
Read slowly. Write by hand. Keep what matters.
I believe a book can become more than something you finish, it can become a conversation. A journal can become more than blank pages, it can become a place to gather your thoughts, your creativity, your prayers, your memories, your ideas, and the little moments that might otherwise pass unnoticed. A letter can become more than words on paper, it can become a bridge between you and someone you love.
This space is an invitation to live more attentively, not by doing more, but by noticing more.
Featured Products
This is not just a journal — it’s a slow ritual, stitched into paper.
(This listening is for 2 Pocket Journals)
Crafted for the mindful artist and soulful scribbler, this one-of-a-kind journal features hand-dyed coffee pages, giving each sheet a warm, aged tone and organic texture. It’s perfect for journaling, sketching, poetry, collage, or sacred morning pages.
✨ Sketchbook Details:
- Measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches – small enough to carry, deep enough to explore
- Cover: Natural Kraft cardstock layered with handmade Mulberry paper
- 60 pages (30 sheets) of coffee-dyed, acid-free mixed media paper
- Deckled edges – raw and artful, like torn parchment
- Textured surface great for dry media, pencil, pen, charcoal, ink, pastels, light watercolor, or expressive collage
- Saddle stitch binding with waxed thread
- Jute twine closure with metal eyelet + pearl button – rustic charm meets intention
🌿 Why You'll Love It:
Each page carries the unique marbling and tones of the coffee-dye process — no filters, no presets. Just earthy beauty, ready for your truth to land. It's the perfect companion for grounding rituals, mindful mornings, travel reflections, or gifting to someone who values presence and artistry.
🎁 Gifting Option:
All of my sketchbooks and journals are sent in brown craft wrapping paper decorated with vintage collages & ink stampings at the front, then tied in a bow with jute twine. Books can be sent direct to recipients a free handwritten gift message on coffee dyed paper attached. Please mark as a gift and leave your gift message in the Message box. I dont send invoices or paperwork with gifts.
📦 Packaging:
Eco-conscious and gift-ready — shipped with intention and care. Ships within 1–2 business days from New York.
💌 Let this be your gentle reminder: you don’t need a perfect plan — just a page and a moment to begin again.
**Because all of our items are handmade, please remember that there will be little imperfections and all sketchbooks and sizes may be slightly different. However these imperfections are what make them truly unique and give them character.
*ALL SALES ARE FINAL, WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE.
❤ Thank you so much for shopping with us, Happy Sketching/Journaling! 😊
Introducing our Mini Checkered Treasure Book - Junk Journal. These beautiful journals are the perfect place to store your thoughts, your morning/night time gratitude, prayers, memories and even photos. Now you can store your precious thoughts or memories in your very own treasure book!
The cover is made of recycled paper bag covered with a beautiful black/white and gold chiffon fabric, with lace interior. The inside pages of the journal consists of beautifully stitched lace, card stock and book pages. This gives the journal a very elegant vintage look, while keeping the pages very minimal so that you have tons of space to write and decorate.
Each journal is slightly different and may contain decorated pages and lace embellishments with different colors not shown in the photos. We used beautiful patterned paper and lace bits in each journal to give it a beautiful minimal yet vintage look. Each junk journal is unique, beautiful and made with lots of love!
Journal Details:
▪️1 Black & White vintage inspired journal
▪️ Measures 5.5 inches x 5 inches
▪️ Paper Bag + Fabric + Lace Cover
▪️60 white writing pages front + back (24lb paper weight)
▪️Doilies & Book Pages
▪️Saddle Stitch Binding with Waxed Thread
▪️Twine Closure embellished with charms and beads
▪️Includes a beautiful Kraft Card Stock decorated Bookmark with lace bow
**Because all of our journals are handmade, please remember that there will be little imperfections and all journals will be slightly different. However these imperfections are what make them truly unique and give them character.
*ALL SALES ARE FINAL, WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE.
❤ Thank you so much for shopping with us, Happy Journaling! 😊
#blackandwhite #handmadejournals #vintagejournals
(This listening is for 2 Pocket Journals)
This one-of-a-kind, handcrafted sketchbook is designed for the soulful creator, someone who values texture, truth, and quiet moments of expression. Whether you’re capturing dreams, sketching stillness, or beginning again on a blank page, this journal was made to hold your inner world with care.
✨ Sketchbook Features:
- 3.5 x 5.5 inches – perfect for on-the-go sketching, journaling or mindful rituals
- Cover: Earthy Kraft cardstock + handmade Mulberry paper for organic texture
- 60 pages (30 sheets) of 98lb acid-free mixed media paper
- Subtly deckled edges on every page — raw, real, and beautiful
- Textured surface ideal for pencil, pen, charcoal, ink, pastels, light watercolor, or collage
- Saddle stitch binding with waxed thread – durable and handmade with love
- Jute twine closure with vintage-style metal eyelet + pearl button
🌸 Why You’ll Love It:
This is not just a journal, it’s a space to come home to yourself. Each book is crafted by hand, so no two are alike. The tactile textures and thoughtful details make this a meaningful gift for artists, writers, mindful creatives, or anyone who needs a moment of stillness or creativity.
📦 Packaging & Shipping:
Packaged mindfully using eco-friendly materials. Ships within 1–2 business days from Staten Island NY.
🎁 Gift Ready:
All of my sketchbooks and journals are sent wrapped in brown craft wrapping paper decorated with vintage collages & ink stampings at the front, then tied in a bow with jute twine. Books can be sent direct to recipients a free handwritten gift message on coffee dyed paper attached. Please mark as a gift and leave your gift message in the Message box. I dont send invoices or paperwork with gifts.
💌 Let this be your reminder: creativity doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs a safe place to land. This sketchbook is that place.
**Because all of our items are handmade, please remember that there will be little imperfections and all sketchbooks and sizes may be slightly different. However these imperfections are what make them truly unique and give them character.
*ALL SALES ARE FINAL, WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE.
❤ Thank you so much for shopping with us, Happy Sketching/Journaling! 😊
This handmade gold lace ribbon bookmark is a vintage dream — elegant, and laced with wonder. Created from beautiful 1/2 wide gold lace ribbon and finished with antique bronze crimps, one end holds a charming Alice in Wonderland-themed charm that adds storybook magic to your reading ritual, and the other holds a beautiful cluster of pearls.
📏 Bookmark Details:
▪️Choose your ribbon length of either 9" for small books/journals or 12" for medium sized books/journals
▪️The ribbon is 1/2 inch wide — fits snugly in most hardcovers & journals
▪️Gold Lace Ribbon
▪️Antique bronze ribbon crimps for a timeless touch
▪️Antique bronze Alice in Wonderland charms on one end (Mad Hatter, teacup, clock, etc.)
▪️Pearl cluster on the opposite end
▪️Shipped in a recyclable gift box, wrapped in eco-friendly kraft paper
🎁 Perfect For:
💖 Vintage book lovers
💖 Alice in Wonderland fans
💖 Thoughtful gifts for readers, teachers, or journaling friends
💖 Literary gift boxes or bookish care packages
📚 Whether it peeks out from the pages of a novel or graces your favorite journal, this ribbon bookmark is a nod to curiosity, story, and imagination.
🎁 Gifting Option:
All of my handmade items are sent in brown craft wrapping paper decorated with vintage collages & ink stamping at the front, then tied in a bow with jute twine. They can be sent direct to recipients a free handwritten gift message on coffee dyed paper attached. Please mark as a gift and leave your gift message in the Message box. I don't send invoices or paperwork with gifts.
📦 Packaging:
Eco-conscious and gift-ready — shipped with intention and care. Ships within 1–2 business days from New York.
💌 Let this be your gentle reminder: you don’t need a perfect plan — just a page and a moment to begin again.
**Because all of our items are handmade, please remember that there will be little imperfections and all sizes may be slightly different. However these imperfections are what make them truly unique and give them character.
*ALL SALES ARE FINAL, WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RETURNS REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE.
❤ Thank you so much for shopping with us!😊
There is Beauty Worth Keeping
In the book you underline.
In the letter you finally write.
In the journal page that begins without a plan.
In the quiet morning light.
In the ordinary evening.
In the people you love.
In the small gifts God places throughout the day.
