DIY Scrap Paper Notebooks
Ever wanted to make your own notebooks out of recycled paper? Design Sponge posted a neat tutorial: Read more at Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » diy project: recycled scrap paper notebooks.
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Notebook Addict of the Week: Laura Jane
Laura Jane shows off these notebooks and journals, saying “I covet them. {seriously}” Read more and see some scrapbooking tips at her blog, Call Me Laura Jane.
Moleskine Monday: Tao Lin Sells His
An amusing tidbit from a Salon post about Tao Lin, an up and coming writer described as “the next big thing in urban hipster lit.” Among his unusual marketing stunts are things like selling shares in the future profits from his novels, and putting odds and ends like drawings, notes and unpublished story drafts up … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Tao Lin Sells His
The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook
The Art of Manliness blog muses on the long tradition of keeping a notebook: The idea of carrying around a pocket notebook has become quite popular these last few years, revived by the introduction of the current incarnation of the “Moleskine†into the market. It’s become so popular that I’m afraid it has come to … Continue reading The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook
Moleskine Monday: Juan Rayos
This is one of the most gorgeous examples of notebook art I’ve ever seen: See more at Juan Rayos – Chinese Moleskine | Aqua-Velvet.
Red and Blue Lines
I love this: From Make Something Cool Every Day 2009 on the Behance Network.
Book: From Old Notebooks
Now here’s a book many of us might like to read! Or write ourselves… From Old Notebooks is a memoir, a novel, a poem, an essay — a self-styled memoivel — which exemplifies how love of language and literature enriches our lives, and explores, often with great humor, the many pitfalls confronting a young writer and father … Continue reading Book: From Old Notebooks
“Little Notebooks Everywhere”
From the Huffington Post: The thing about opening your mind up to a new story idea is that you once you do it, there’s no going back. All of a sudden, everything seems like it has to do with the new idea. Songs and lyrics and billboards and articles and movies and books and people … Continue reading “Little Notebooks Everywhere”
Michael Bierut on 86 Notebooks
A couple of years ago, there was a great post on Design Observer about Michael Bierut’s notebooks: The post made its way around the blogosphere so extensively that I never bothered to link to it here. But more recently, a reader asked me if I had seen it, and it got me thinking again about … Continue reading Michael Bierut on 86 Notebooks
Moleskine Monday: Colorful Edges
I love this photo of 5 Moleskines containing a year’s worth of art journaling. From Journal Junk, a great blog about art journaling.