Notebook Addict of the Week
“I’m a journal junkie” writes this blogger. Here’s just a part of her collection:
“I’m a journal junkie” writes this blogger. Here’s just a part of her collection:
In the first part of this review, I discussed the outward appearance of four similar pocket sketchbooks, the Moleskine, the Pen & Ink Journal, the HandBook, and the Derwent Journal. Now I’ll look at the insides. Rather than bore you with repeated photos of almost identical things, I’ll just point out a few details that … Continue reading Four Notebooks Reviewed Part 2
Here’s another post about an out of control notebook craving: I love notebooks. I love blank pages, ready to absorb new thoughts. I love filled notebooks as proof that I did think. Her collection:
The notebooks I use most frequently are hard cover pocket sketchbooks, with heavy unlined paper that is suitable for various kinds of ink, pencil, and watercolor paints. I like to doodle and draw sometimes, so this type of notebook works well for me even though I also tend to use them for keeping a journal. … Continue reading Four Notebooks Reviewed Part 1: Moleskine, HandBook, Derwent, Pen & Ink
I was on a business trip when I spotted these folks at Laguardia, obviously enjoying their travels, which the wife was recording in a journal!
This person has 15 notebooks going! Wow! See the Flickr page for a description of how each one is used, including one for pasting in photographs, a “private diary,” a “public journal,” and a “daily planner/food journal”.
If you think you’re bad, check out this post. I counted 8 notebooks currently in active use, and she says these are just the ones she uses frequently!
I was happy to find this post, where the author talks about owning lots of journals and wanting to be better about filling them: Do any of you have any suggestions for how I can really get on track with writing/drawing at least a little bit every single day? But best of all, she linked … Continue reading How to Keep a Colorful Daily Journal
Here’s some nice colorful notebooks from a UK website called “Papergrain: The Stationery Boutique.” Unfortunately, I think they’d get pretty pricey with the exchange rate and shipping from the UK…
Biffybeans has a review of an interesting travel journal. Although I’m sure this is a great product for some people, I was somewhat turned off by the highly formatted nature of the pages: Sometimes it’s nice to be prompted to enter certain data, but for the most part, I think I am more of a … Continue reading Notebooks With Pre-Formatted Pages