Square sticky note pad with a cartoon green dragon and the text 'I'm not procrastinating, I'm doing side quests,' on a moss background

Professional by day. Geek by nature.

Every adventurer hits the same wall eventually: the version of you that clocks in is quieter, blander, and more buttoned-up than the one who stays up theory-crafting a build, rereading a favorite series, or plotting a cottage you'll probably never actually own. Your desk — the place you spend 40+ hours a week — usually only ever meets the first version.

Begin Your Side Quest →

When your workspace doesn't reflect who you actually are, it's not just "a little boring." It's a low hum of dissonance you carry all day — the sense that you're performing a slightly smaller, slightly duller version of yourself just to seem professional. You minimize the parts of you that light up: the fandom, the folklore, the found family at the game table, the "I'd rather be reading" energy. Do that enough hours a day, enough days a week, and it stops feeling like a boundary. It starts feeling like erasure.

Invisible. Flattened. Like you're borrowing a desk instead of sitting at your own.

Adventurers shouldn't have to choose between looking put-together and feeling like themselves. Their loot should let both things be true at once.

Welcome to the Lab.

We're fantasy and cottagecore-inspired stationery and gifts, built for adventurers who need their desk — and everything they hand off to a fellow geek — to survive a 9-to-5 without losing the plot. A notebook for you, a card for them, a sticker for whoever knows exactly what it means: every piece of loot is professional enough to pass without a second glance, and unmistakable to anyone who gets it. No apologies here — just original art you won't find anywhere else.

If you don't:

You keep the version of yourself that shows up to work smaller than the one that goes home...

If you do:

Your desk becomes a small, steady reminder that you don't have to leave yourself at the door...

If you're struggling with feeling like you have to leave your inner geek at the door every day you go to work, then choosing the Lab for your desk is the right decision.

  • Brewed by a fellow adventurer.

    Self-taught illustrator, lifelong tabletop and bookish nerd — every piece of loot comes from lived experience, not a trend report.

  • Built for the desk, not just the shelf.

    Durable, water-resistant stickers and quality stationery and gifts that survive actual daily use — not just a shelf display.

  • Curated, not mass-produced.

    Every piece of loot — whether it's ours or a fellow maker's — is chosen for quality and originality, not pulled from a supplier catalog or slapped on a template a hundred other shops are using.