This is quite a poignant tale of a lost and found Moleskine. So far, the “if lost” contact number hasn’t helped, but given the heart-breaking plea below, I hope it finds its way back to its owner! The other day I was looking for something in our filing cabinet which contains a huge clutter of … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Lost by a Stranger→
Freda submitted this awesome batch of notebook photos. She says she made a lot of them herself, and even the ones that aren’t homemade look like they’re extensively decorated to make them unique. Freda’s blog isn’t about notebooks, but check it out anyway: http://norrinraddmyhomeboy.tumblr.com/ Thanks for sharing your addiction, Freda!
What an odd concept: notebooks that are called “claustrophobic” because they are bound on both sides and you have to tear the pages to turn them. Not sure I’d actually want to own one, though! See more at Love Aesthetics.
This week’s addict was another submission by email. She writes: My name is Acacia and I am a notebook addict! I buy them at every opportunity and covet them unabashedly. I write in them as journals, books of stories, collections of poems and quotes I like, but I am a faithless lover. The lure … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Acacia→
An amazingly chock-full sketchbook, the collective work of 4 artists. Just beautiful! The backstory: “In 2004, NY artist Oliver Jeffers, would exchange a sketchbook with 3 other artists and follow one another’s lead with a weekly illustration. Over the course of 36 weeks, each would respond to the previous artwork which proceeded them and … Continue reading A Traveling Sketchbook→
Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…