Notebook Stories

My latest Etsy fave: Big & Mighty. I love their irreverent customzied Moleskine cahiers! More styles available at Etsy.  

I got an email a few months ago introducing me to these cool notebook necklaces, handmade by Casey at FartsyArts! My name is Casey and I TOO am a lover of notebooks. Mole skin, spiral, sketchbooks, oh my! I probably have too many but there is something so lovely about having blank notebooks around JUST [...]

If you have ever wanted an inside look at the workshop and process of an artist who sells customized Moleskines on Etsy, check this out:   Read more here: falling feathers – new moleskine journals |.

Some more tips and questions from our mailbox: Christa’s hand-drawn Moleskines celebrating San Francisco, made to order with your name included in the design:   Paul spotted the RoadPro brand of notebooks at a truckstop in Ohio. I’ve seen these at truckstops too, and also wondered why there would be a brand of notebooks exclusive [...]

Here’s an interesting article– not about notebooks in itself, really, it brings up some interesting questions about how people “recycle” vintage imagery for stationery and other products.      Two young women in Cincinnati are testing the fringes of Fabulous Fifties nostalgia by selling reproductions of 1955 police mug shots. And their company, Larken Design, [...]

I was very impressed by this beautifully crafted Moleskine cover, made by an artist named Jennifer, as a birthday present for her husband. What a great gift! Read and see more here: a Red Pumpkin Studio: Happy Birthday Moleskine Cover. It’s a shame Jennifer doesn’t sell Moleskine covers like this one, but you can see [...]

Catching up on some more reader correspondence! From Carol: You probably already know about this—the Voynich manuscript—but I was looking at some cool pictures on National Geographic and thinking about how, really, it’s just someone’s very beautiful notebook! And I’ve crossed the line into custom-made—this week Staples is making three wire-o-bound graph paper notebooks in a [...]

I got an email a while back from a reader named Hope, who along with her husband runs this Etsy shop specializing in hand-decorated journals, cards and postcards. Among their products are Writersblok and Moleskine notebooks with some cool designs: Check out the wares at Blackbird and Peacock.

Check out these great looking notebooks on Etsy: b a s t i a n o notebooks on Etsy. Unfortunately, it looks like the shop is on hiatus at the moment, but the Etsy page gives contact information and it sounds like more notebooks will be for sale again at a later date.

For sale on Etsy! From the listing: This is old store stock from a now defunct shop, and is in BEAUTIFUL CONDITION! Each pad has 60 sheets, and measures 6″ x 9″ – the perfect size for all of your stenographic needs! And that cover art is just TOO MUCH! More at VINTAGE notebook STENOGRAPHER [...]