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Creative Artifacts HQ

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec

Eco-friendly sketchbooks, notebooks, journals, blank greeting cards and plantable paper goods handcrafted in small batches in Montreal.

Montreal, QC CA · creativeartifactshq.com

A one-person Montreal studio, founded 2016 as Handbound and rebranded to Creative Artifacts HQ, that hand-binds sketchbooks, notebooks, and plantable paper goods from recycled and locally sourced materials. Sole proprietor Stephanie Raudsepp both owns and makes the products; distribution runs through the vendor's own site, Faire wholesale, and independent Canadian retailers, with no grocery presence.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The privacy policy names the business address as "Stephanie Raudsepp, 4435 Rue de Bellechasse, 105, Montreal QC", indicating a sole proprietorship under the founder's own name. Corporations Canada's federal registry returns zero results for "Creative Artifacts HQ", consistent with an unincorporated Quebec sole proprietorship rather than a federal corporation; the Registraire des entreprises du Quebec, which would confirm registration, is not fetchable.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's own pages state products are "designed and handcrafted in small batches in Montreal, Canada" across the home, about, and shipping-policy pages, with no separate manufacturing facility mentioned.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Single-founder studio based in Montreal; the site names no other staff or location, so HQ and workforce are both taken as Canada at 1.0.

Inputs

92.5 reported

CA 85% · EU 15%

The FAQ page describes the main paper stocks as recycled: cotton rag paper reclaimed from local Montreal-area textile offcuts, and plantable seed paper handmade in Canada with seeds native to Canada. One accessory line uses cork harvested from cork oak bark, a Mediterranean/EU material; this is treated as a minor input alongside the paper-based majority, so the split is an estimate rather than a published figure.

  • FAQs - Creative Artifacts HQ · the vendor's own site “Cotton rag paper is recycled from recuperated cotton textile offcuts from the local textile industry.”

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