Notebook Stories

Some diaries featured in today’s Wall Street Journal…

I forget how I first heard about Rubberband notebooks, but I emailed them a while back and they sent me a great batch of samples to review. Let’s take a look! First, we have this very snazzy planner. It comes in a slipcase with a paper band around it, and inside you get a nice [...]

2011 is already a few days over and I’ve yet to 100% decide what I’m going to do for a diary. I say “diary” and not “planner,” since I tend to use a paper diary only to record past info on diet, exercise, health, and other little notes, as opposed to noting future events. In [...]

Still trying to decide on a 2011 planner? Check out this post for some ideas (though some may only be available in the Philippines): No Frills vs. The Chichi: The Battle of Buying Your 2011 Planner @ ClickTheCity.com Metro.

The Kolo Essex Travel Book is an interesting hybrid of a Moleskine-type notebook and a Filofax. From the outside, it looks a lot like a Moleskine, but with some important differences. The binding is cloth, with a window in which you can insert your own image. An elastic band holds it shut. On the back, [...]

I spotted this in Manhattan: Recognize that planner? Looks like a Moleskine to me!

This week’s addict has quite a stack of super-stuffed Moleskines! One of them has an interesting patterned cover– it’s a Viktor & Rolf limited edition. See more and read the comments at My Moleskine Collection 2006-2010 on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.

Here’s another example of a customized Moleskine, this time from Library Notebook. She’s turned it into an all-in-one notebook, with lists, a calendar, and sections for specific projects. She’s also added some extra envelopes to hold business cards and snazzed the whole thing up with colorful artwork. More info and images at Library Notebook: Another [...]

Here’s a neat idea for customizing your Moleskine daily planner: mark your own monthly tabs to make it easier to find a page quickly: Read more at Plannerisms: Moleskine Month Tabs Hack.

If you live in London, you might want to join the  Stationery Club.  Here’s what a self-described Moleskine Fangirl has to say about a meeting she attended, and her own notebook preferences: “Is it a real club?” Yes.  A real-life, lots of people in a bar, scaring the non-stationery normals out of the room type [...]