This week’s addict contacted me via Twitter, with this excellent photo of an excellent notebook collection, most of which are “waiting to be filled as journals.” You can check out BonsaiBeanz comic blog and follow Bonsaibeanz on Twitter. Thanks for sharing your addiction!
What a great idea: notebooks made out of coffee cups… with brown pages within, of course! Read more at Re-Purposed Coffee Cups Make for Notebooks Worth Buzzing About | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building.
For anyone who needs some inspiration when it comes to filling their notebooks, it’s time to get schooled: Journaling School! Journaling School is a series of posts on the blog “My Life All in One Place: A Blog About Rediscovering the Filofax,” by Ray Blake. Each post looks at a different aspect of journaling and … Continue reading Journaling School
A flip-through of someone’s Moleskine sketchbook from a 4 week trip to California. via My California Moleskine Sketchbook on Vimeo.
I just love this image: See more at Sayaka Isowa’s website. Found via Image of the Week: Pages from a medical illustrator’s sketchbook | Scope Blog.
Rookie has a great post about ways to get started with keeping a journal, including visual journaling, writing down overheard conversations, logging daily activities, and more. The author shares some nice photos of her own journals, including these: Read more at Rookie » Where Your Book Begins.
Mike wrote to say “Hey love your site. Was cleaning up my studio and found some of my old sketchbooks. Thought you might like the pics. Can see ’em better here:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindarfis/sets/72057594114309939/” Mike is definitely a sketching and sketchbook addict! I love the variety of styles and subject matter. There are Moleskines, spiral bound, plain … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Mike
A delightful post about sketchbooks by Carol Gillott, featuring her own watercolor sketches, handmade sketchbooks, and some photos of sketchbooks done by famous artists. Below are Carol’s: “Any artist worth their salt earns their bones filling a gazillion sketchbooks with doodles” “I made these when I was in my bookbinding phase.” Read more (and more … Continue reading Sketchbooks from Paris Breakfasts
Jean-Claude Ellena, a perfume maker, talks about how he uses a Moleskine notebook: “My tools are test blotters, a pencil, a block of paper and, for a number of years now, a notebook. It was as I approached forty that I started making notes on accords, ideas for perfumes, writing down thoughts, copying out quotations, … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena on His Notebooks
Freda submitted this awesome batch of notebook photos. She says she made a lot of them herself, and even the ones that aren’t homemade look like they’re extensively decorated to make them unique. Freda’s blog isn’t about notebooks, but check it out anyway: http://norrinraddmyhomeboy.tumblr.com/ Thanks for sharing your addiction, Freda!