If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you know I’m pretty committed to using a certain size of notebook… so much so that a notebook can be almost perfect, but if it’s a few millimeters away from my preferred size and proportions, it’s going to be a reject. But it wasn’t always this … Continue reading Larger Notebooks from My Collection
In my last post on the topic of picking a sketchbook, I was struggling to figure out what to use next, after starting and then abandoning a Bindewerk Linen journal. I eliminated quite a few candidates, and had narrowed my choices down to these: Hahnemuhle Travel Journal HandBook Journal Stillman & Birn Alpha or Epsilon … Continue reading Sketchbook Switch: Here’s What I Chose
As longtime readers of this site will know, I’ve been pretty committed to using Moleskine sketchbooks. For years, I’ve been keeping one going at almost all times, for drawing and sketching whenever the mood strikes– sometimes even sticking to a habit of daily drawing for a year or more. I built up a stash of … Continue reading Sketchbook Switch: SO Many to Choose From!
I’ve been sharing notebook images from this blog on Pinterest for quite a while (as well as re-posting lots of other people’s notebook images). Over time, I’ve built up a surprisingly large following there, but in recent months I’ve noticed that a particular image of mine seems to have gone viral! The photo in question … Continue reading My Notebooks Have Become a Meme
I probably don’t write enough about Clairefontaine notebooks (only 71 posts!) but they are one of the quiet joys of the stationery world, They’ve been around forever, they are relatively inexpensive, many stores carry them, and they are pretty consistently high quality. I was in France recently, and visited a stationery store (of course) and … Continue reading Clairefontaine Pocket Squared Notebook
Here’s a cute collab: Beatrix Potter notebooks from Smythson. Beatrix Potter artwork will give many people, including me, a warm feeling of childhood nostalgia, and they’ve done a great job incorporating it into these notebooks and stationery sets, with iconic characters and quotes on the outside, and full color art as endpapers and envelope linings. … Continue reading Smythson Beatrix Potter Notebooks
I recently finished watching the final season of Hacks. Though the premise of the show didn’t interest me when I first heard about it, once I finally started watching, I was completely hooked– so funny and smart, with great characters, stellar performances, and a satisfying emotional arc. And of course I am writing about it … Continue reading Deborah Vance’s Notebook on Hacks
I totally missed it when Moleskine announced these little notebook charms back in November 2025. Apparently they started as part of a collaboration with the K-pop group BlackPink, which I guess was successful as they’re already sold out. It’s pretty gimmicky and I never put charms on anything, but I can’t help finding these tiny … Continue reading Cute Moleskine Notebook Charms
I first encountered Nakabayashi’s Logical Prime notebooks at Nota Bene in Montreal, where I decided to buy some sizes that I don’t typically use just because they seemed nice and I wanted to review them (see here). I didn’t realize Logical Prime made any notebooks in my favorite size, but I later stumbled across an … Continue reading Logical Prime A6 Slim 2.5mm Grid Notebook
Here’s another interesting antique notebook from my collection. I love the concept of a diary mixed with a foreign language dictionary. This would have been intended for a soldier who was being sent to fight in France during World War 1, so in a lightweight, compact package, the soldier (or other service member) could both … Continue reading WW1 Soldier-Sailor’s Diary
