13/08/2026
WELCOME TO UNBOUND PAPER TRAILS.
If you’ve just found your way here, let me tell you a little story about how we got here…
Because Unbound Paper Trails didn’t really start with paper.
It started with a bookshop.
For years, I was the bookshop lady.
And I bloody loved it.
I loved the books, obviously.
But more than that, I loved the people.
The conversations that happened between the shelves.
The regulars who came in for a chat as much as they came in for a book.
The strange little treasures people brought through the door.
The stories behind old things.
I’ve always been drawn to things with a past.
Vintage finds.
Old books.
Beautiful paper.
Forgotten treasures.
Things someone else might have thrown away that still had a little bit of life left in them.
I’ve always been a rescuer.
A repurposer.
A collector of interesting things.
And somewhere along the way, I realised something about myself:
I am a curator at heart. ❤️
I don’t necessarily need to make everything from scratch.
I want to find the beautiful things.
The interesting things.
The unexpected things.
The things with a story.
And then I want to bring them together in a way that makes someone else stop and think…
“Ohhh. I love this.”
That realisation is where Unbound Paper Trails began to take shape.
But this isn’t simply a shop.
And it isn’t really about paper.
It’s about stories.
Stories found in the pages of old books.
Stories tucked inside letters.
Stories attached to objects that have already lived a life.
Stories from people we meet along the way.
And, eventually, stories from all the places we go.
Because there’s a much bigger adventure behind this little corner of the internet.
I’m building a life that gives me the ability to follow the interesting road.
To travel.
To wander through country towns and dusty little antique shops.
To find forgotten bookshops and markets.
To meet interesting people.
To collect pieces of places.
To rescue beautiful old things.
To turn them into something new.
And to share the stories I find along the way.
I want Unbound Paper Trails to become a little bit of a love letter to the curious.
For the people who still love handwritten letters.
Who stop at roadside stalls.
Who can’t walk past an old book.
Who see potential in things other people overlook.
Who believe that the best stories aren’t always found on bestseller lists.
Sometimes they’re tucked inside a battered old book.
Or written on the back of a photograph.
Or hiding in a box at the back of an op shop.
Or waiting for someone curious enough to pick it up.
And that’s what I’m building here.
A collection of stories, paper, treasures, adventures and beautiful little pieces of the past.
Some things I’ll make.
Some things I’ll curate.
Some things I’ll rescue.
Some things I’ll send off into the world again.
And some things will simply become part of the story.
Because that’s the thing about being Unbound…
You don’t have to stay in one box.
You don’t have to choose just one thing.
You can follow the threads.
You can change direction.
You can collect experiences.
You can build something that looks completely different from anything you thought you were going to build.
And perhaps most importantly…
You can make a life that feels like yours.
So, if you’re here at the beginning…
Welcome.
Stick around.
There are books to rescue.
Letters to write.
Paper to play with.
Treasures to find.
Places to explore.
And a whole lot of stories still waiting to be told.
This is Unbound Paper Trails.
And we’re only just getting started. 🖤
— Tunja
