I don’t think I’ve ever written about this notebook, which is a surprise. I fell hard for the Nava Memoria 1992 diary the minute I saw it. It was sold in a store I was working at then, and since I had just been promoted, I made the case that I needed this diary to … Continue reading New Year, Old Planner: Nava Memoria 1992
Central Crafts is a family-run business based in the UK, offering a variety of journals and photo albums, as well as other stationery, gifts and craft items. They have a wide line of leather covered journals made in Italy, and they provided me with a free sample of the “tiny” size Firenze Classico Wrap Journal, … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Leather Journal from Central Crafts
I love these sketches by Javier de Blas, from Urban Sketchers: See more at: One month in Florence with a pocket sketchbook (5) | Urban Sketchers
From an interesting article at Slate: “American student Barbara Donahue (then Barbara Finlay) lived in Italy between August 1937 and March 1938, when she was 7 and 8 years old. She attended a Catholic school, the Istituto Vittoria Colonna, in Milan. There, she was issued these small soft-covered government-produced student notebooks, decorated with colorful, dramatic … Continue reading Notebooks from Mussolini’s Italy
This week’s addict was first featured in 2012 with this photo of their collection: As of January 2015, here’s the current collection: Annotated on Flickr as follows: my stack of blank notebooks. from left to right: – moleskine large weekly notebook planner 2014, le petit prince edition – little prince diary, gift from a friend, … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week (again): P. W.
I love this image of what seems to be an old diary written in Italian. Found at the link below– I’m not sure how the text and image relate, even after a translation to English! Via Taccuino di prigionia (17) | Brotture.
