This week’s notebook addict has the distinction of being our first Filofax addict:
This is a particularly hard to justify form of notebook addiction– after all, a Filofax is a durable, refillable binder: you can’t “use it up” the way you can with other bound notebooks and journals. 10 Moleskine-type notebooks might not seem like qualification for being a true addict, but 10 Filofaxes definitely counts. Even I only own 4 Filofaxes… I think… though that doesn’t count numerous other non-Filofax-branded binders that I filled with Filofax inserts… and various other small looseleaf notebooks… but most of those were probably cheaper than buying real Filofaxes, which are also one of the most expensive notebook addictions!
The Elle website features eleven favorite notebooks (with a wee mention of a review by yours truly), including Moleskine, Smythson, the Shopsin Diary, and the oh-so-high-school Trapper Keeper– who knew it’s been revived as a trendy accessory!
Talk about the ultimate indulgence: devoting a notebook entirely to one’s chocolate consumption!
Isn’t it hard to start writing in a brand new notebook? Best to write or draw something on the first page right away, so you don’t have to be intimidated by the blank pages anymore.
This is my newest one and I already love it. It’s a collection of chocolate bar wrappers and what I was doing when I ate them.
From The Chocolate Notebook via things i love: new notebooks and journals – blog – tales of LIFE.
I always love hearing about writers’ notebooks, though this is a little different from most! From an interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of American Salvage:
Do you keep any kind of notebook?
I don’t have a writing notebook properly, but I do have this fabulous datebook that I keep with me at all times. [Hauls out a thick, red hardcover book the size of a novel.] The Big Red Book, the 2009 Standard Diary Daily Reminder. I do fill it up with writing stuff sometimes, but mostly it’s to-do lists – what I have to do and what I have to not forget. But when I’m on a train or a bus or watching a really boring presentation, then I do sometimes put creative things in there, but not very often. Mostly it’s very factual. They have them at Office Depot, and I get one every year. It costs way more money than it should – it’s like $25 dollars or something, but it’s fun. My mother had these same books, starting back in 1960 when we were kids, so I was used to always seeing them on the shelf. Hers were more entertaining than mine are.
I loved this picture– it reminded me of the goofy ideas I sketched out in some of my childhood notebooks:
It’s from a review of a book called The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook.. The notebook itself is a pretty cool concept, with space to tuck pencils in the spine and that awesome brain-lightning logo! And the book sounds like a fun pick for your favorite science-nerd/ notebook-nerd kid!
Too bad this event already happened! I wonder what kind of notebook that is in the picture…
Julius Singer Press and Awkward Press team up to present “Old Notebooks,” an evening of readings by authors Sara Jaffe (The Art of Touring), Chris Leo (Feathers Like Leather), Zack Lipez (No Seats On The Party Car) and Jason Diamond (vol1brooklyn.com). Awkard Press writes, “In addition to reading from their published works, writers will have a chance to dust off something buried within their old notebooks, something they’ve never read from before, something they never intended to see the light of day. Ever.”
Isidora from Croatia wrote to say hello and tell me about her handmade notebooks and cards, which are adorable! I liked this shot of the notebook-making process:
As of 2017, her site no longer seems to be active, unfortunately…
Msmonster presents a portion of her large and very eclectic notebook collection:
She notes “I’m not majorly picky about where I get my notebooks from, I love my Ciak and Rhodia as much as I love some of my Tesco brand notebooks that cost as little as £1.50.”
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Daily Reminder. I do fill it up with writing stuff sometimes, but mostly it’s to-do lists – what I have to do and what I have to not forget. But when I’m on a train or a bus or watching a really boring presentation, then I do sometimes put creative things in there, but not very often. Mostly it’s very factual. They have them at Office Depot, and I get one every year. It costs way more money than it should – it’s like $25 dollars or something, but it’s fun. My mother had these same books, starting back in 1960 when we were kids, so I was used to always seeing them on the shelf. Hers were more entertaining than mine are.
. The notebook itself is a pretty cool concept, with space to tuck pencils in the spine and that awesome brain-lightning logo! And the book sounds like a fun pick for your favorite science-nerd/ notebook-nerd kid!