Paul, a former Notebook Addict of the Month, sent me these images of Jack Kerouac’s notebooks. I have to say that I read On the Road and it did NOT make me a Kerouac fan at all… but seeing his notebooks might just change my mind! Paul writes “The first picture is the front page … Continue reading Reader Week: Kerouac’s Notebooks
Jessa sent me an email with this great notebook story: I teach 6th grade Science at a Friends School in Philadelphia and I base a large percentage of my curriculum around the notion of observing, recording, and taking pride in a scientific sketchbook. My students still take notes in a traditional binder, but for each … Continue reading Reader Week: Jessa’s Science Students
Welcome to “Reader Week” at Notebook Stories. I get lots of emails with questions and tips about notebooks, but unfortunately, I don’t tend to get around to posting them very quickly! So this week, I’m trying to catch up– all my posts this week are from readers’ submissions. I love getting tips and questions and … Continue reading Reader Week Moleskine Monday: Gaby’s Decorated Covers
This week’s addict has quite a stack of Filofaxes! She also admits to having quite a few other notebooks and agendas, and says these are all unused. She also shows off this rather luscious-looking Hermès agenda! See more at Sheapup’s Flickr photostream.
I forget how I stumbled across this book, but I love the cover: The Amazon page for The Vinyl Cafe Notebooks doesn’t have much info, but it turns out Stuart McLean is a Canadian author who has a radio show called The Vinyl Cafe. Find out more here.
This has to be the coolest notebook I’ve ever bought. I almost had a heart attack when I stumbled across it on eBay, and it only took me a split second to hit the “Buy it Now” button and grab this beauty for about $45 including shipping. When the notebook arrived in the mail, it … Continue reading eBay Gem: A Decorator’s Pocket Looseleaf Notebook
I’ve been thinking that I haven’t posted much about larger sketchbooks lately, so here’s one of my favorites. I’ve used a few of these Holbein sketchbooks over the years and always liked them. There’s something about the colors and that stripe up the edge and the ribbon closure that makes them seem nicer than other … Continue reading Holbein Multimedia Books
Some absolutely gorgeous travel journal pages at Notes from the Road, full of beautiful watercolors of birds, reptiles, landscapes and more. See more at Ecuador Moleskine Journal.
This week’s addict displays some nicely broken in Moleskines and other brands: Introducing (half of my) notebook collection. Aside from a handful of ‘skines (ruled, plain, My Pilipinas variant, planner), you can see leather notes and a Buckskin notebook. My collection could have been made up of fountain pens, but then I’m afraid that I’ve … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Ronin Bautista
Yet another proprietary brand notebooks, this time from UK office supply store Ryman’s. I keep thinking there must be just a few factories in China that churn out identical notebooks and people just slap their own branding on them! This one looks like it has a soft, smooth cover similar to the Monologue notebook I … Continue reading Ryman Notebook