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Origin One Notebook Review

I recently received a selection of goodies from Origin One, a company based in India. Founded in 2015, Origin One describes themselves as “a collection of everyday stationery, handmade rugs, and elevated basics made for the design loving global nomad.” Their website very attractively presents a wide variety of notebooks, planners, stickers, stamps and other … Continue reading Origin One Notebook Review

Reader Question: Where Can I Get a Set of Monthly Journals?

Sarah asks:  I wanted to ask your recommendation on a set of notebooks that I can use to journal my entire year so that I can carry them and write in them around one or two months’ worth at a time.  I don’t like  Moleskine’s thin paper but I am looking for that concept, a … Continue reading Reader Question: Where Can I Get a Set of Monthly Journals?

Notebooks from Europe

I’m very fortunate to have friends in Paris and Amsterdam that I’ve been able to visit a few times. I went in 2014 and bought quite a few notebooks. This past year, I went again, and also included Belgium on my itinerary. I wasn’t expecting to buy as many notebooks this time, but I ended … Continue reading Notebooks from Europe

Review & Giveaway: FM-31 Notebooks

The folks at FM-31 were kind enough to send me a sample pack of their new line of notebooks. Let’s take a look! FM-31 makes sturdy 3-packs of 5 x 7 3/4″ notebooks with a stitched spine– like Field Notes on steroids! The notebooks are made in the U.S.A and a portion of their proceeds … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: FM-31 Notebooks

Review: Etranger di Costa Rica Notebook

I bought this adorable little notebook from JetPens. Although “etranger” is a French word, “di” is an Italian word, and Costa Rica is in Latin America, the company is Japanese. I guess it’s just that enjoyment of slightly absurd foreign phrases that you sometimes see on Japanese products, as there is also French text on … Continue reading Review: Etranger di Costa Rica Notebook

Gradient Notebooks by onedesignspace

These notebooks were born as a Kickstarter project. I love the colors, which I think really do succeed in capturing the colors of dawn, dusk and night. “Gradient Notebooks is a limited edition notebooks collection capturing time in three different colour gradients: Sunrise, Sunset, Night. The design was focused on time perception throughout colours and … Continue reading Gradient Notebooks by onedesignspace

Softcover and Single-Signature Notebooks from My Collection

On my “to-do” list for this blog has been a comparison of various notebooks in similar styles. I thought I’d do a post about softcover notebooks, and one about single-signature notebooks, similar to Field Notes and Moleskine Cahiers. So I went rooting around in my collection to find various examples of these styles, but the … Continue reading Softcover and Single-Signature Notebooks from My Collection

Notebook Addict of the Week: Jesse Jarnow

This week’s addict is right in line with the rest of this week’s theme. He has quite a collection of those old reddish-brown notebooks and is desperate to find more! He mentions them being made by Oxford, which must be the brand they ended up with in more recent years after Boorum & Pease was … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Jesse Jarnow

Boorum and Pease Brown Taped-Spine Notebook

A reader recently wrote to me with the following question: “I have been looking for a particular kind of notebook for quite some time. I see them more in movies than anything, and examples include JFK and the most recent Captain America movie (see pic below). It’s very similar to the one you have posted … Continue reading Boorum and Pease Brown Taped-Spine Notebook