Twitter Winter - February 2025
When the snow lays thick, muting traffic and traversal, the one sound that remains is the song of birds dancing in the winter sky. This box takes its feathers from the duality of the warm coziness and icy aesthetic of the Shimaenaga bird, as well as other flying friends. Soar into 2025 with the Twitter Winter Box! Enjoy items like:
A5 Notebook Bird From Midori
Midori has a selection of animal motif items with the bird selection being one of the more popular ones! This notebook comes from this selection and features a variety of birds encouraging your creativity. There are 64 pages in a calm highlight hue with that famous Midori quality. Somehow a ruled book is reminiscent of birds resting on phone lines.
Katanuki Fusen Shimaenaga (Long-tailed Tit) From Furukawashiko
Have you heard about the Shimaenaga bird? They’re tiny fluffballs that could be mistaken as a sentient snowball. Due to this birdies presence in Japan’s northern island Hokkaido, and white body, it’s associated with winter. This die cut sticky note set is a limited offering for the winter season from paper experts Furukawashiko, who specializes in paper. Did you know Shimaenaga snuggle together to stay warm in winter?
Clima Sticker Nostalgia From Mindwave
The warm colors of an early winter sunrise, sepia flowers that could decorate your bookshelf next to the window with a view of the fields. And yes、 more Shimaenaga birds. This sheet of die cut give off an ethereal feeling thanks to the crayon art style mixed with a realistic art style. The stickers are made with Japanese tracing paper.
2Way Clip Shimaenaga (Long-tailed Tit) From Greeting life
This clip that doubles as a stand is a special item created in collaboration with artist and illustrator Yusuke Yonezu famous for his seemingly simple yet sophisticated designs. This clip is versatile in how it can turn 360 degrees to fit both on the side, top or wherever on your notebook. It can even be a stand for photos or postcards! See yusuke’s other work here: https://www.instagram.com/yusuke_yonezu/
HITOTOKI Clear Stamp "Korijirushi" Swan From KingJim
Ever struggled with placing your stamp in the right place? KingJim solves this while making this stamp look incredible in the process. Its ice cube-esque design makes it an elegant addition to your pencase. It portrays a lake with swans and has features that prevent excessive ink use, as well as being very easy to wipe clean as it is acrylic. Did you know most swans from lifelong partnerships with a chosen partner?
DewDrop Versa Magic Turquoise Gem From Tsukineko
We specifically selected this gorgeous “Turquoise Gem” color ink to go with the Korijirushi stamp also included in this box. The ink is smudge resistant after it has dried of course. The box shape is reminiscent of a tear drop making not just the output elegant, but its whole aesthetic. A quick piece of advice: Use a tissue to remove excess ink in the page to reduce drying time.
JETSTREAM Single 0.5mm Shell White (Light-touch ink) From Mitsubishi Pencil
One of ZenPop’s favorite pens is here to start the year with you, now with the newly developed “Lite Touch Ink”. While it sounds like a Nintendo DS commercial, it is in fact a formula that makes for reduced writing resistance compared to other inks. Jetstream is one Mitsubishi pencil’s flagship items, designed to be “Just right” for everyone. This item was selected based on feedback from the ZenPop Community. You can Join here!
Die-cut Stand Memo pad Blue Bird From Marumo Insatsu
The ethics of how Snow White used animals to do her chores can be discussed another time, but it’s hard to pretend we haven’t all wished for a similar ability. Write your message in one half and fold for an unmissable memo! It’s viable with all sorts of ink as it’s made with Cosmo Air light paper, with 50 sheets in total! Did you know; Mountain bluebirds get their color not from pigment, but due to how light refracts off their feathers!
Washi Flake Sticker Yukizora Shimaenaga From Furukawashiko
This pack of winter themed stickers come with a total of 5 designs you can play around with for the season. The delicate die cuts and Japanese Washi quality you expect from Furukawashiko makes for excellent decor. Notice how the night time designs are borderless. It’s speculated that the Shimaenaga’s popularity was sparked by a photo book called “Shimaenaga-chan”.
