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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While journalers and junk journalers exist in this digital age alongside the rest of us, they crave the tactile and in-person elements of the analog world. In part 2 of my chat with Software Engineer Victoria Kirst, we take a deep dive into this non-digital community in the pages of her stationery zine <a href="https://shop.pouchmagazine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pouch</a> and beyond.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you are unfamiliar with stationery clubs and swaps, it is positively heartwarming to learn of tools like washi tape or stickers being lovingly bartered or shared by these offline communities. Here, stationery is not a commodity but a tool for collective expression.</p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-75515" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-75515 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="75515" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-9186 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funny-papers tag-big-jon tag-birthday-cards tag-fantastic-man tag-greeting-cards tag-press-here tag-sarah-schwartz tag-stationery tag-thank-you-cards tag-thank-you-stationery tag-the-paper-chronicles" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/new-big-jon-collections/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=150%2C150&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=200%2C200&;ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=293%2C293&;ssl=1 293w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=75%2C75&;ssl=1 75w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=24%2C24&;ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=48%2C48&;ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pressheremain-e1426853212367.jpg?resize=96%2C96&;ssl=1 96w" sizes="(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></div><div class="meta"><div class="byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-4"><div class="byline-part cats"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/category/funny-papers/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">Funny Papers</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/new-big-jon-collections/">New Big Jon Collections</a></h3></div><div class="byline byline-3"><span class="byline-part date"><i class="tipi-i-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date" datetime="2015-04-10T13:08:01+00:00">April 10, 2015</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="9186"><span class="likes-heart"><i class="tipi-i-heart-o" aria-hidden="true"></i><i class="tipi-i-heart" aria-hidden="true"></i></span><span class="tipi-value">0</span></a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></tipimidc>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For Victoria, Pouch is the ultimate passion project turned side hustle, a tool to grow her community as she scratches her own creative itches. This becomes exceedingly clear in Victoria&#8217;s surprising Nerd Notes, where this micro-bride turns her very wedding into stationery to mail and share!</p>



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Victoria Kirst of Pouch Studio (2 of 2)
