Our Story
From a love of textile design to handcrafted stationery, born in the heart of Edinburgh.
Gillian Boyd
Ollingtons began with a sketchbook and a passion for pattern. Gillian's background in textile design led her to create custom notebooks specifically for documenting repeat patterns — the kind of purposeful, beautiful stationery she couldn't find anywhere else.
What started as a personal project grew organically. Other designers and creatives discovered these handcrafted notebooks and wanted their own. New ranges emerged naturally, each one thoughtfully designed to serve a specific creative purpose.
Every product in the Ollingtons range exists because someone needed it.
Meet Ollie
Every good story has a dog in it, and ours has Ollie — our beloved Jack Russell who gave Ollingtons its name. We've had him since he was a puppy, and his personality is woven into everything we do.
Ollie is adventurous, bounding up and down Arthur's Seat with boundless energy. He's also wonderfully stubborn — once he's set his mind to something, there's no changing it. We like to think our products share that determination: purposefully designed, uncompromising in quality.
Adventurous
Arthur's Seat regular
Stubborn
In the best way
Harry Joins
In 2025, Gillian's husband Harry officially joined the Ollingtons team. It was about time, really — some of our most popular products in the time planning and organisation range were originally developed to help him stay on track.
Now he helps with everything from product development to getting orders out the door. The household conversations about paper weights and binding techniques have only increased.
2025
Joined the team
A Love of Stationery
Above all, we just love stationery. Whatever city we find ourselves in, we'll track down the little independent stationery shops. We love sketching, writing, note-taking — and in Harry's case, writing music too — using pens, pencils, and beautiful paper.
There's something irreplaceable about putting pen to paper. The texture, the permanence, the way ideas flow differently when you're writing by hand. We make stationery for people who feel the same way.
Made in Scotland
Scotland is our home, and we take great pride in its rich traditions of papermaking and printing. From the historic mills along the Water of Leith to the printing presses that flourished during the Scottish Enlightenment, this city has always been a place where ideas meet craftsmanship.
Edinburgh at its best is an artistic and creative epicentre. The festivals, the galleries, the independent makers — there's an energy here that inspires everything we create. We're proud to be part of that tradition, making stationery by hand in the heart of the city.
Every Ollingtons product is designed and handmade in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
Designed & made
100%
Handcrafted
