This week’s addict is a “Rebel Quilter, Writer, Curator, Teacher, Artist, Fabric Designer, Stencil Designer” who says “I am gathering a very nice collection of sketchbooks.” She is decorating them very nicely too, with lots of washi tape and beautiful artwork inside. Check out the original post for lots more images: Twisted Sister: Pages from … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Jamie→
Here’s some questions from readers that have come in over the last few months. Some of them are stumpers, for me at least, but I hope some other sharp-eyed readers will be able to answer! From Chris: Do you by any chance know what type of notebook/journal Bradley Cooper is using in the movie ‘Burnt’? … Continue reading Questions from Readers→
At her blog Whispering Winds, Marian Korth has a lovely story about the notebook above: “As I was thinking about what to write in my blog this week, I picked up my mom’s little black book again. This is the little hardcover “Memorandum Book†that Stella Lillesand, my mom’s Sunday School teacher, had given her … Continue reading A 1920s Notebook That Hits “the Emotional Jackpot”→
I love stumbling on interesting antique notebooks like this! “Andrew Croswell (1778-1858) was a student at Harvard University in the late 1790s. He later studied medicine in Plymouth, MA, and practiced there and in Fayette and Mercer, ME. In the collections [at the Massachusetts Historical Society] we hold two notebooks that were kept by Croswell. … Continue reading Andrew Croswell’s 19th Century Notebooks→
This is one of my favorite notebook addict submissions, because these notebooks are truly full of stories! “My name is William, last November marked 20 years for me as a ships agent. Indirectly my notebook habit began in the US Army. A very instrumental part of infantry basic training is you are required to keep … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: William→
A new collection of colorful Smythson notebooks: “When Smythson approached the graphic artist Vahram Muratyan to design a set of notebooks — carte blanche — Muratyan ran with that freedom. “It occurred to me that I could take those words — those French phrases that we use in English — and place them above the … Continue reading Smythson Notebooks by Vahram Muratyan→
I love this image of the author/illustrator Lauren Redniss with some of the notebooks, sketchbooks and scrapbooks she used in the making of her book Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future. “Ms. Redniss, who teaches at Parsons School of Design, walked a reporter through her bookmaking process, picking up materials laid out on an … Continue reading Lauren Redniss and Her Sketchbooks→
The moderator of tonight’s Republican debate seems to use Field Notes, judging by this photo from today’s New York Times: Source: John Dickerson, Molded by News Legends, Hones His Skills at CBS
This week’s addict is an illustrator graphic designer who has been keeping sketchbooks for years. Some of these go back to his college days. More recently, he fills about one sketchbook a year, and likes to decorate the covers. They look fantastic, inside and out! Read more at: 2015 Sketchbook: Latest In A Long Tradition … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Eryck Webb→
I am lucky to have grown up in an era when learning cursive was mandatory. In first grade, I was in an open classroom where we were combined with second graders for some activities, but the older half of the class went off on their own to learn cursive. I have a very vivid memory … Continue reading Learn to Write Cursive→
Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…