Here’s one for soccer fans: an Arsenal Football Club Moleskine. I’m not sure if it’s literally a Moleskine brand notebook customized with the team’s logo and a red bookmark and elastic, or a lower-case M generic moleskine notebook. At $16.99 for a 5×8.5″ notebook, it seems too cheap not to be a knockoff. I suppose [...]
- Nifty
- 01.31.12
- books, creativity, Ex Libris Anonymous, Journal, My Collection, new products, Places to Buy, Reviews, sketchbook, books, ex libris anonymous, handmade, journals, recycled, spiral bound, unlined
I was contacted several months ago by Jacob Deatherage, the owner of Ex Libris Anonymous, a small company based in Portland, Oregon who make journals by hand using old recycled books. When I agreed to accept a couple of samples for review, I had no idea I’d get this large batch! First of all, I [...]
I think this is my favorite Moleskine partnership yet. It actually has a piece of Lego in the cover. My nephew is obsessed with Legos, so this might have to be his next birthday present! Read more at Daily Desired: A Lego-Compatible Moleskine Journal to Devise Secret, Brick-Based Schemes.
- Nifty
- 01.27.12
- Addict of the Week, Links, Moleskine, Organization, Other People's Notebooks, record-keeping, addict, Addict of the Week, cahier, fountain pen, Moleskine, notebook addict
This week’s addict blogs at Seize the Dave, where he shows off the nice row of Moleskine Cahiers (and an unidentified wire-o bound notebook) below. Read more about his experience using fountain pens in these notebooks at seize the dave: paper review: moleskine cahier.
- Nifty
- 01.26.12
- creativity, Moleskine, new products, Places to Buy, big and mighty, cahier, etsy, man plans notebook, moleksine, my awesome thoughts notebook, perfect plans notebook
My latest Etsy fave: Big & Mighty. I love their irreverent customzied Moleskine cahiers! More styles available at Etsy.
- Nifty
- 01.25.12
- Kokuyo, Maruman, My Collection, Places to Buy, Reviews, writing, campus, japanese, jetpens, kokuyo, Maruman, notebooks, pens, wire-o
JetPens is renowned as a fabulous source of, well, pens… but they also stock a lot of great notebooks too. Brad at Jet Pens was kind enough to send me some samples for review– let’s take a look! These 3 notebooks are give a first impression of sleekness, somehow. The covers are smooth, and they [...]
- Nifty
- 01.23.12
- Art, creativity, Journal, Moleskine, Other People's Notebooks, sketchbook, Art, art journal, Diary, Journal, Moleskine, sketchbook, video, watercolor
I love seeing videos of people flipping through their notebooks, especially colorful art journals like the one below, from Leslie at Comfortble Shoes Studio. Read more at Comfortable Shoes Studio: Journal Flip: Moleskine #3.
This week’s addict is a 21 year old “struggling journalist” who notes: There is no such thing as too many notebooks, after all. =) Here’s a few from her collection: Read more at journals & notebooks « MarlaViray~ marvels, musings and meanderings.
Some diaries featured in today’s Wall Street Journal…
- Nifty
- 01.13.12
- Addict of the Week, Art, creativity, Links, Moleskine, Other People's Notebooks, sketchbook, addict, Addict of the Week, Art, book by its cover, drawing, melisaa castrillon, notebook addict, sketchbook
Here’s another sketchbook addict, found via the “Sketchbook Series” posts at Book By Its Cover. She uses an interesting variety of sketchbooks and her artwork is lovely! See more here.