A few years ago, I went to an exhibition of art by Karla Knight, but for some reason have never gotten around to posting about it til now. Her work is very interesting, full of strange symbols and spacey-looking shapes. But of course I was especially intrigued since some of the exhibition included notebooks! I … Continue reading Karla Knight’s Notebooks →
If you’d like to see notifications about my posts on Bluesky, now you can! I just realized dlvr.it had stopped posting my updates to Twitter-I-mean-X and Facebook about a month ago, so it seemed like a good time to jump on the Bluesky bandwagon. I probably won’t be posting very actively but there will at … Continue reading Notebook Stories is Now on Bluesky →
It’s been a long time since I embarked on any crazy notebook modification adventures. But every once in a while, I get a bee in my bonnet about a notebook that is just soooo close to perfect except for this one little thing… and if it seems like something I might be able to fix, … Continue reading Vintage Filofax Modification →
I have to confess that I bought this notebook mainly because I was feeling a little frustrated. I’d made a trip into NYC and was all excited to go to Goods for the Study and browse through lots of fabulous stationery… but then when I got there, I didn’t see anything that I really thought … Continue reading Dressco Stitched Notebook Review →
I just can’t seem to resist a certain kind of vintage notebook on eBay. I have bought several over the years, from various brands, in varying conditions and with various contents. This one is quite adorable. It’s also quite fragile– the cover material (some sort of faux-leather material) is not very flexible, and the edges … Continue reading Another Vintage Marquette Notebook →
Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…