Cloth covers aren’t that unusual for notebooks, but how about a notebook made entirely of cloth and needlework– even the writing in it!?! [Candace Hicks’s] primary art practice includes recreating classic composition notebooks in cloth form, embroidering text into their fabric pages. The text is mostly composed of collected snippets that she finds recurring in … Continue reading Notebooks Made of Cloth
Wow, school is barely over and the back-to-school articles are already starting to appear! Some fun notebooks are featured in the linked article, including composition books with donuts on them! See more: 15 Cute Notebooks – 15 Fun Journals
This week’s addict is Neko, a 14-year old living in Canada who emailed me this submission: “I’ve been crazy with your site, like forever, and I think it’s going to become a habit. I, too, collect bunch of random notebooks ever since my mom gave me a girly pink diary. This picture is my smaller … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Neko
This week’s addict emailed me some photos and the following story: “I’ve loved notebooks since I was a little kid. But this year things got crazy with the super cheap back to school sales at Staples, Walmart, and the dollar stores. Even though a single notebook was as cheap as $0.50, I ended up spending … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Bubba
This week’s addict emailed me some photos of his notebook collection. Paul says “I really enjoy your site. I’ve attached some photos of my collection, and it’s obvious that I have a problem/obsession with notebooks. I’ve kept a journal since 1992 during a trip to Europe with friends after college. The obsession exploded from there.” … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Paul J.
This week’s addict blogs about “writing, reading and tools” at Presents of Mind. She has been collecting notebooks for about 13 years– a sampling of the results are below: Moleskines, Miquelrius, composition books and more, plus some cool vintage labels to identify them! An excellent collection. There’s lots more commentary and photos at My Notebook … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Marie
This week’s addict emailed me a photo of some of her notebooks. Rebecca says: “I have been buying notebooks wherever I go since I can remember. I love cute little ones and I have a particular love for composition books from America which we can not get in London so I have to ask friends … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Rebecca
I have to admit I had no idea what an Anole was when I found this, but I have now learned that they are a type of lizard, and Albert Schwartz, a professor of biology at Miami Dade Community College, was an expert on them, thanks to all the notes he kept in these: … Continue reading Albert Schwartz’s Anole Notebooks
She’s baaaack! Kara was our notebook addict of the week back in April, and she’s sent me some follow-up photos of her collection in its current state: Kara says “This past week I had a day off and decided to group all of my journals from every corner of the house to see what … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week (again): Kara
This week’s addict is Chelcee, who emailed me these photos of her notebook collection, with lots of information about how she uses them. (Please note the lime green numbers in the lower left hand corners of the photos.) A little about me, my name is Chelcee. I’m 21 and I’d very much consider myself a … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Chelcee