I’ve been enjoying my cross-country trip so far! It hasn’t involved a whole lot of notebook sightings but here are a few so far. At the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, TN, I bought this Vinylux journal. I’d seen these before at a holiday fair in NYC and didn’t buy one, but … Continue reading Cross-Country Road Trip Notes
The Daily Beast takes a look at some favorite notebook brands and how to use them, with links to some other interesting resources, such as an article from Forbes about how to keep a leadership journal. Their top picks, all good ones: Leuchtturm Dotted Journal Maruman Mnemosyne Grid Notebooks Midori MD Lined Notebook Rite in … Continue reading Choosing a Notebook for Journaling
It’s been a while since any new product from Moleskine excited me much. But I was happy to see that they’ve finally introduced some updated versions of the City Notebooks. I have almost all the cities that were released when they first introduced these (in 2008, according to Amazon, even though the maps in some … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: New City Notebooks for 2018!
This week’s addict was found on Flickr, by way of Pinterest. That is quite a collection of Field Notes! In the commentary, she says she aims to use 15 Field Notes notebooks per year, so this should be at least a 5 year supply!
About 2 years ago, I visited a very cute shop in Philadelphia called Omoi Zakka. As Wikipedia explains, “zakka” is a Japanese concept having to do with household items that are attractively designed. The Omoi Zakka shop certainly delivered on that when I was there, with lots of interesting little items for the desk and … Continue reading Notebooks from Omoi Zakka Shop
I’ve been using my Nolty diary regularly and loving it. It’s a great size, has nice fountain pen friendly paper, and the design is cool in a classic, retro, business-y kind of way. I don’t understand Japanese, so I’m missing some of the benefits of the maps and info in the back, but that doesn’t … Continue reading My Growing Love for the Nolty Diary
Just started a new Moleskine sketchbook and felt like playing around with some cross-hatching…
Since my last update in January, I’ve finished one Moleskine Sketchbook and just started a new one. For my daily journaling and catch-all notebook, I’ve switched from a squared Moleskine to my lovely blue linen-covered Bindewerk dot-grid notebook. I’m enjoying being able to use my fountain pens more on this sturdy paper, though I miss … Continue reading What I’m Using Now: March 2018
This spring, I’m going to be driving from New York to California and back, with lots of stops along the way. I’m hoping that part of my adventure will be finding some cool independent shops that sell notebooks! What are your favorite retailers in the US that I should visit? Arizona and the Bay Area … Continue reading Help Me Plan My Cross-Country Trip!
Here’s another addict from Instagram, where she can be found as @inst_aga. She’s obviously has a wide variety of notebooks, and her Instagram shows off lots of beautiful art and hand lettering inside them!